"So Composed" is the new single from Chicago-based indie folk rock band Minor Moon, the songwriting project of musician Sam Cantor, and featuring Nathan Bojko (drums), Michael Downing (bass) and Colin Drozdoff (keyboards). It is the first sample of new Minor Moon compositions that will be featured on their upcoming EP, What Our Enemies Know. Driven by sounds of a warm, bluesy Wurlitzer piano, soft electric guitar lead and drums, "So Composed" is an ease-back-and-relax song th

"Trust and Bones" is the third full-length album release from Madison, WI based folk rock band The Mascot Theory, recent winner of the Madison Area Music Association 2016 Artist of the Year Award. Recorded at Clutch Sound in Madison, WI in the former Smart Studios (Nirvana, Death Cab For Cutie, Garbage) and mixed in Nashville, TN at The Record Shop, "Trust and Bones" is scheduled for official release on Friday, October 14. The Mascot Theory (TMT) is comprised of Erik Kjelland

"Everything Behind Us is a Dream" is the most recent album from Chicago-based artist We/Or/Me, the musical alias of singer-songwriter Bahhaj Taherzadeh, joined by several fellow musicians, including Adam Selzer, Luke Ydstie, Amanda Lawrence, Cory Gray and Alia Farah. The 11 beautifully composed songs on this impressive release are soft, thoughtful and sentimental - in both sound and lyrics. The predominant instruments across all songs include Bahhaj's simple, yet sophisticate

By now, I'm sure you've all heard that breathtaking song in the Apple iPhone 7 commercial ("Midnight") and have asked Siri to tell you what it's called. If you haven't, the song is called "In a Black Out" from the collaboration of Hamilton Leithauser (from NYC indie band The Walkmen) and Rostam Batmanglij (from NYC indie band Vampire Weekend), who go by the "that's a mouthful" artist name of Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam. Their full-length album "I Had a Dream That You Were Mi

Following their two prior full-length albums, Suha (2014) and Saye Lonnie (2015), Milwaukee-based indie rock band Ladders releases a self-titled EP of five brand new songs on August 10. Founded in 2014, the band consists of Daniel Mitchell (lead vocals, electric guitar), James Sauer (lead guitar, vocals, keys), Dan Oberbruner (bass, vocals) and Myles Coyne (drums, vocals, keys). Ladders' prevalent sound is solid, refreshing indie and classic rock. These are well-written songs

And The Echo is the brilliant electronic pop collaboration of Winn McElroy and Morgan Pennington, who started making music together in early 2014 in Oxford, Mississippi. They have recently released their self-titled, full-length debut album. "Okinawa" is the album's explosive opening track, and I don't think there could be a better choice for drawing the listener into the synth-laden, lush music this band creates. You'll want to turn up the volume, sing along and dance around