On Nov. 15, Recess Records and Water Under the Bridge Records will release the debut record from Wish Granters. The new project features Mike Watt, plus members of Pale Angels, Toys That Kill, and Atomic Sherpas. The group will release a self-titled, 5-song 12".

The band was formed when Watt, on tour in London with Il Sogno del Marinaio, suggested a project to Jamie Morrison (Pale Angels). Later on, Reza Mireshan (also of Pale Angels) and Morrison came up with ideas that were shared with the rest of Wish Granters, who reheased and fleshed out the material.

On January 10, Curran Reynolds and Ryan Jones will release Body Stuff 3. The duo features former members of Today Is The Day, with Reynolds as primary songwriter and vocalist. 

Following the release of EPs 1 and 2, 3 completes a trilogy and will be released via The Chain. Describing the new EP, Body Stuff notes a few surprises, includinh synthesizer, acoustic guitar, death metal vocals more akin to Jones' work with Mutilation Rites, and a guitar solo by KMFDM's Andee Blacksugar.

Featuring the former Ducky Boys frontman Mark Lind, the aptly dubbed Mark Lind and The Unloved have announced they will relase a new album named The Last Bastion on Nov. 8.

The Last Bastion will release on Lind's State Line Records, with guest musical appearances from Jeff Morris (The Bruisers) and Paul Christian and Steve Neary (Far From Finished).

The song "Out Of The Blackout" is out now.

The Locust have announced six live dates this October-November, playing in Texas, Colorado, and California, including one date with Big Business.

The band went on hiatus in following the 2007 relase of New Erections, with limited activity in the decade since.

Comprised of Bobby Bray, Joseph Karam, Justin Pearson, and Gabe Serbian, the members have also played with Dead Cross, Le Butcherettes, Some Girls,  Head Wound City, Retox, and a whole bunch more. Pearson contributed a guest column for SPB about his multiple projects in 2016.

After releasing the MPLS covers EP earlier this year, Beach Slang has announced a new record in early 2020 featuring guest bassist Tommy Stinson (The Replacements).

To be titled The Deadbeat Bang of Heartbreak City, the new LP drops on Jan. 10 on Bridge Nine Records.

A lead single, “Bam Rang Rang,” is out now to whet fans' appetites. Beach Slang will be on tour this fall opening for Goo Goo Dolls. Check out the new song after the bump.

Jeff Rosenstock wil soon release a live record, recorded over four nights at The Bowery Ballroom in New York, NY. It released on a triple LP format, will come wit a 76-page book by photographer Hiro Tanaka, and is available for preorder now.

The live recordings capture Death Rosenstock, Jeff's band featuring John DeDomenici on bass, Mike Huguenor on guitar, Dan Potthast on keys/vocals, and Kevin Higuchi on drums. Thanks, Sorry! will release on Rosenstock's own Really Records.

Bloodshot Records is celebrating its 25th anniversary as a label this year. On Nov. 8 the label will release a new 22-song compilation to mark the occasion. Titled Too Late to Pray: Defiant Chicago Roots, the compilation revisits the concept of the label's first release in 1994, For A Life of Sin: Insurgent Chicago Country, which collected new material from a range of artists in the roots/country scene that Bloodshot highlights.

The new collection includes songs by Robbie Fulks, Brendan Kelly and the Wandering Birds, Jon Langford's Hillbilly Lovechild, and a whole lot more (listed in full below.

The label is hosting two special live shows in Chicago this November as well.

The band SNST, featuring Chris Broach (Braid/The Firebird Band) and Sonja Broach -- pronounced "Sunset," by the way -- recently shared a new single online (and embedded below) called "It's Hard To Be Loved (By You)."

Released late last month, the new song is a preview of what's to come on their upcoming second LP, which will also be titled It's Hard To Be Loved By You, due next spring.

The new song, and new record overall, shifts direction from the band's previous release, with Sonja taking more lead vocals.

"I wasn't happy at all with what I was doing vocally, and felt too close to the music and the production, and adding my wife to the mix, as the main singer, for most of the record, just seemed to fit much better with the music," Chris says. "It allowed me to focus on the music and the production, and as soon as I let go of the vocals, everything just made sense.  I still sing here and there on the record, and I probably will continue to here and there in the future, but this just made sense for right now." 

SNST released Turn Out the Lights in 2017.

Luggage will release their third LP, Shift, next month on Nov. 22 via Corpse Flower.

Described an a "monolithic minimalist trio," the new LP follows repetitive, shifting, and discordant movements that build and plot textural tones. The record was recorded at Electrical Audio in Chicago with Matthew Barnhart (Shearwater, The New Year). For a teaser, the band recently shared "Cam" over at Echoes and Dust.