Lupe Carroll

Lupe Carroll is a bluesy singer-songwriter who writes romantic tunes with a quartet of instrumentalists. He began as a solo artist performing in coffee shops and bars around the city.

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Singer/SongwriterAudiotree
Zach Heckendorf

Zach Heckendorf is a hip hop loving guitarist who plays percussive acoustic rock. Inspired by the versatility of players like Tommy Immanuel, Heckendorf brings a calm to the hectic guitar style.

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Singer/SongwriterAudiotree
White Arrows

White Arrows is a trippy, psychedelic electronic rock band who create odd soundscapes with serenading vocals. Their music takes on the form of a collective art project.

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ElectronicAudiotree
Lindsay Lou & the Flatbellys

Lindsay Lou is a dynamic vocalist who fronts the bluegrass quartet “Lindsay Lou & the Flatbellys”. Their new album, Ionia, features Lou’s soaring rasp cutting through the band’s constant chord movement.

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CountryAudiotree
The Humble

Mo Lowda and the Humble’s strange name is a perfect descriptor for their unconventional Southeastern rock blend. The More Louder part manifests itself in Tube Screamer-saturated delay walls and heinous bass grooves. 

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RockAudiotree
The Bros. Landreth

The Bros. Landreth is a rock band whose style could easily be called “Americana” if they weren’t from the Great White North. It’s a blend of roots rock perfect for open plains and evenings around a winter fire. 

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CountryAudiotree
Psalm One

Psalm One is a rapper groomed on the Chicago Southside whose style is aggressive and real. Fluffy, Psalm and Angel perform as a threesome of rapper chicks, throwing down background vocals and dancing their faces off to the band’s groovy tunes. 

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Hip-Hop/RapAudiotree
James Tillman

James Tillman is a soulful singer-songwriter. He prefers the soft tones of an electric guitar; writing chunky grooves on flat-wound strings. Tillman swoons in a sweet falsetto over jazzy barre chords he slides along the neck. 

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R&B/SoulAudiotree
Lili K.

Lili K. is the voice you hear in your favorite Chicago hip-hop artist’s music (cue Acid Rap and Innanetape), but she has also created an original jazzy, soulful, hip hop sound that is all her own. 

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JazzAudiotree
PUP

PUP are forerunners in the heavy punk scene emerging from Chicago’s sister city. The quartet creates more controlled chaos than scene counterparts; infusing shoegaze and colorful textures within. 

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PunkAudiotree