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Cafe Racer’s Seamless New Album “Shadow Talk” Out Now

6/15/20

You won’t want to skip through any tracks off “Shadow Talk.”

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Support Black Artists On Bandcamp’s First Fridays

6/1/20

Bandcamp is waiving fees & giving 100% of revenue to artists for purchases made 6/6 & 7/3. Support Black artists now and always.

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The Curls Release New Single “Nu-Country” ft. Fran (Video)

4/20/20

Happy 420! All Bandcamp sales of “Nu-Country” will be donated to The Greater Chicago Food Depository.

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V.V. Lightbody Shares New Video for “Horse On Fire” (Video)

4/10/20

Bonus: this music video also doubles as your new quarantine home work-out.

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Watch OHMME’s New Video for “Ghost”

4/8/20

Our only gripe is we have to wait until June 5th for the full album.

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Drop Everything & Watch “Gimme Gimme” by NNAMDÏ (Video)

4/7/20

NNAMDÏ blew us away with his latest album. Check out the joyous visuals to “Gimme Gimme” off BRAT.

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Cafe Racer Showcases New Album ‘Shadow Talk’ w/ Faces & Zenith (Listen Up)

3/28/20

Listen to Faces and Zenith off Cafe Racer’s upcoming album ‘Shadow Talk’ out via Born Yesterday Records.

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‘That’s What I Want ‘Em To Say’ by The Anna Maze (Listen Up)

2/13/20

We are very excited to finally share the new debut album Thats’s What I Want ‘Em To Say by Chicago singer-songwriter The Anna Maze!

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GEM TREE Shares New Song ‘Mums’ (Listen Up)

2/11/20

GEM TREE shares another intoxicating gem, Listen Up!

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Stream “Nadia” by Otherly (Premiere)

1/20/20

Today we are excited to premiere the next single “Nadia” before the album drops on February 28, 2020.

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“Allowance,” V.V. Lightbody’s new single, will help ease your guilty conscience. (Listen Up)

11/9/19

Chicago’s own V.V. Lightbody released a beautiful new single, “Allowance.”

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STIR, Bill Mackay & Katinka Kleijn’s stunning new album, just dropped. (Listen Up)

11/8/19

Cellist Katinka Kleijn and guitarist Bill MacKay just released STIR on Drag City.

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Stream “I’m Afraid Of Americans” by J.S. Ondara (Listen Up)

10/9/19

J.S. Ondara is shedding new light and perspective on a familiar sound.

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Watch “Sweet Talkin” by Dogs At Large (Video Premiere)

9/6/19

We are super stoked to premiere the video for “Sweet Talkin” by Dogs At Large available today from Fine Prints!

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Stream “Strawberry Love (ft. Rhea the Second”) by GEM TREE (Listen Up)

8/23/19

Some more new music from Chicago label Rosebud Allday. Listen Strawberry Love by GEM TREE featuring Rhea the Second on vocals.

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KAINA shares her debut album, Next to the Sun (Listen Up)

7/20/19
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Stream ‘Southsider’ by Burr Oak (Listen Up)

7/20/19

Savanna Dickhut of Elk Walking just released her new single ‘Southsider’ under the alias Burr Oak.

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Stream ‘Love Is Everywhere (Beware)’ Off Ode To Joy Out October 4th via dBpm Records (Listen Up)

7/16/19

Wilco return with Ode to Joy, out October 4th via dBpm Records.

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Stream ‘Sleeper’ by Wyatt Waddell (Premiere)

6/28/19

We’re obsessed these days with the soulful crooner, Wyatt Waddell who just dropped his new single ‘Sleeper’ today.

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Listen to ‘Last Night’ by Little Church (Listen Up)

5/25/19
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Rhea the Second Drops ‘Pink Nation’ (Listen Up)

4/12/19

Rhea the Second says she was inspired to write “Pink Nation,” after a conversation she had with her mother about her parents’ relationship. The title of the song came from a wedding photo of her mother holding pink carnations.

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Listen to “Everybody One Of A Kind” by Wilde Belle (Listen Up)

3/23/19

Wild Belle just dropped their new album Everybody One Of A Kind yesterday and it’s a freaked-out sonic collage of all the things that brings us into their universe…

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ANOTHER LAND BY LUCILLE FURS DROPS TODAY (Listen Up)

3/15/19

Listen to the spectacular new album ‘Another Land’ by the Lucille Furs now!

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Watch The Video “Lucky” by Dehd (Video)

3/6/19

We are hyped to share the video for the album’s first single, “Lucky”.

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The Minimal Beat is Chicago-based music blog. We blog about relevant artists of the day, with no particular genre-specific focus. In addition, The Minimal Beat hosts a weekly radio show on 105.5 WLPN-LP 'Lumpen Radio' every Saturday from 5-7PM CDT. We also release music on the private press label TMB Limited. If you would like more information or want to get involved with The Minimal Beat, please write to us at the email below.

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