The final Bandcamp Friday of the year arrives December 2. I’ve made a habit of rounding up music recommendations from recent Reader stories for each Bandcamp Friday, and since this is the 26th one, I hope it’s redundant to explain that for a 24-hour period, Bandcamp passes along its usual share of sales revenue to […]
Tag: Tenci
Chicago indie-folk outfit Tenci embrace rejuvenation on A Swollen River, a Well Overflowing
Four years ago, Chicago singer-songwriter Jess Shoman started Tenci as a bedroom project, and in 2019 they debuted with the album My Heart Is an Open Field. The following year, Shoman reissued My Heart through Austin indie Keeled Scales, which has put out music by similarly contemplative artists such as Arizona experimentalist Karima Walker and […]
Ratboys celebrate their tenth birthday in a virtual living room at Schubas
Ratboys celebrate their tenth birthday in a virtual living room at Schubas, Northwestern’s New Music Conference returns in online form, and more.
Another chance for a Bandcamp binge to help musicians
Even as Illinois reopens, artists and labels remain cut off from major sources of income—so Bandcamp is again waiving its cut of sales.
DJ and producer Jordan Zawideh drops an homage to oddball old-school house
DJ and producer Jordan Zawideh drops an homage to oddball old-school house, sheet-music institution Performers needs help to survive the pandemic, and more.
A new Chicago indie-rock comp benefits Brave Space Alliance and Black & Pink
A new Chicago indie-rock comp benefits Brave Space Alliance and Black & Pink, Anna Holmquist of Bad Songwriter Podcast drops an album with their band Ester, and more.
Chicago folk project Tenci translates cozy bedroom-written songs to a full band
Chicago singer-songwriter Jess Shoman started her folk-leaning project Tenci in her bedroom a little more than a year ago. Spencer Radcliffe & Everyone Else, who opened Tenci’s first show last December at the Hungry Brain, had helped her get the project out of the house. Before that gig, Everyone Else vocalist Tina Scarpello had joined […]
Demolición makes room in the north-side scene for Latinx rock
Dumpster Tapes books the Demolición festival to make room for Latinx rock in the self-segregated north-side scene.