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For the past eight months, Daysee has been excreting trippy tunes from their analog recording studio in Palatine, Illinois. The studio is owned and run by duo Nick Van Horn and Erich Schuh, who needed a space to record their work; a shoegaze hallucination of noise inspired by an eclectic mix of musicians including the Beatles, Swervedriver, Kendrick Lamar, and Slowdive. Shoegaze: a subgenre of alternative rock and neo-psychedelia that originated in the United Kingdom in the 1980’s is composed of distortion of noise especially with guitar, obscure vocals, and an indistinguishable melange of sound. The music of Daysee, like...

Faith, love-bug of a pug, with her pal MattiePhoto courtesy of Faith's BFF, Kelso Who is Faith? Faith is squish, Faith is rolls upon rolls of wholesome love and goodness. Faith is the most illustrious pug that DIY CHI has ever had the privilege to know. One would think that a pug as accomplished as Faith Loaf would be stuck up and self-absorbed, but in my experience and that of Faith’s many friends, lovers, and admirers, she is always down to earth and down to cuddle. This pug resides at Charm School with her good pal Kelso and recently took time...

Loebman and his GuitarPhoto by Alexandria Dravillas A dopey-eyed, shaggy-haired Max Loebman howls into a microphone, hugging it toward his body as one would a lover. The room is packed, the crowd, rowdy, skin against skin. The type of show where the music feels real enough to touch. All of the songs on Loebman’s new album Wild One are completely composed of demos. “I like things to be as fresh as possible," says Max. "That’s why I record them directly after I write them. I think that’s why I like Neil Young so much; his stuff is so raw.” Since the age of 16, Loebeman...

Here is a collection of photos from the release show on April 28, 2017, for Sun Cop's debut album When You Hear The Drum You May Speak. Vinyl pre-orders are still up and will ship out mid-June. All photos taken by Diana Bowden and Alex Manley. BUNNY (A. Manley) BUNNY MERCH (D. Bowden)   MERCH MOM DIANA (A. Manley) FAR OUT CHERRY MAN (A. Manley) PAUL CHERRY BAND (D. Bowden) MARK of SUZIE (D. Bowden) SUZIE (D. Bowden) ANDREW, SUN COP (A. Manley) SUN COP (D. Bowden) JOSH, SUN COP (D. Bowden)Listen to Sun Cop! Listen to Suzie! Listen to Paul Cherry! Listen to Bunny!