Radio One Chicago

Hex sits down with Jake from Tiny Kingdoms to discuss all the music they will be releasing this year!

Tiny Kingdoms is the result of 4 friends who have a deep seeded passion for creating music. Based out of Chicago, the group delicately dances between various genres in an attempt to create a sound all their own. With a sound anchored by melodic guitar work and vocal hooks sure give the ears of listeners pure enjoyment, this indie rock quartet will continue to inject their own unique twist on rock music for years to come.

Cloudtone endeavor to craft boundary-pushing but accessible art rock with a polyrhythmic spin. Veronica, Sam, Jordan, and Hank met as students at the University of Chicago, and each brings a unique repertoire of musical skills and influences ranging from country and bluegrass to math rock. Together, they craft danceable songs driven by complex percussive composition, groovy baselines, and jazzy guitar awash with synthesized harmonies. The band roots their compositional ideology in a post-climate crisis perspective and challenges themselves and their listeners to reorient their perspectives through genre mixing and a dash of nonsense.

Cloudtone endeavor to craft boundary-pushing but accessible art rock with a polyrhythmic spin. Veronica, Sam, Jordan, and Hank met as students at the University of Chicago, and each brings a unique repertoire of musical skills and influences ranging from country and bluegrass to math rock. Together, they craft danceable songs driven by complex percussive composition, groovy baselines, and jazzy guitar awash with synthesized harmonies. The band roots their compositional ideology in a post-climate crisis perspective and challenges themselves and their listeners to reorient their perspectives through genre mixing and a dash of nonsense.

Mental Health Meets Hip-Hop™ is a program that invites Mental Health Professionals into THE CULTURE. We provide platforms that integrate clinical awareness, advocacy, education and support. We implement the knowledge of mental illness while simultaneously promoting mental wellness via hip-hip and the arts. We provide resources to the community and showcase talented local artist to denounce the plight of mental illness and deconstruct the stigma behind it.

Mental Health Meets Hip-Hop™ is a program that invites Mental Health Professionals into THE CULTURE. We provide platforms that integrate clinical awareness, advocacy, education and support. We implement the knowledge of mental illness while simultaneously promoting mental wellness via hip-hip and the arts. We provide resources to the community and showcase talented local artist to denounce the plight of mental illness and deconstruct the stigma behind it.

Chicago’s Sunshine Boys (featuring Freda Love Smith of Blake Babies, Dag Juhlin of Poi Dog Pondering and Jacqueline Schimmel of Big Hello) will be releasing the politically-charged single “Infinity Girl” on Friday, Jan 10 and Jennifer Reeder (whose new film Knives and Skin opened at the Music Box Theatre Dec. 13) has directed a spectacular video for the track which will be released on Friday, January 17. The band will then embark on a short tour with Freda’s former Blake Babies band mate Juliana Hatfield and there is a show confirmed for Space in Evanston on Thursday, Jan 16.

“Infinity Girl” will appear on the band’s sophomore album, Work and Love, which follows the critically-acclaimed debut Blue Music. Work and Love will be released on Friday, May 1 via Pravda Records.

Developing musical roots from Chicago IL, Jennifer Hall has created a gripping performance with an unmatched passion and vulnerability in her music. Drawing comparisons to the likes of Sia, Florence + The Machine, and Alice Merton, Jennifer identifies as a vocal powerhouse, while integrating her soulful stylings into a mix of experimental production.

Since the release of Jennifer’s self titled EP and the completion of several US tours, Jennifer leaned into a quiet period, a creative hibernation, to rebalance and reflect. Poised to close out 2019 on a high, Jennifer Hall’s booming single ‘In The Water’ and its accompanying music video was released in the Fall, delivering Jennifer’s signature soaring vocals and unbridled passion. With additional music in the works, there is plenty more to come from this rising artist.

Developing musical roots from Chicago IL, Jennifer Hall has created a gripping performance with an unmatched passion and vulnerability in her music. Drawing comparisons to the likes of Sia, Florence + The Machine, and Alice Merton, Jennifer identifies as a vocal powerhouse, while integrating her soulful stylings into a mix of experimental production.

Since the release of Jennifer’s self titled EP and the completion of several US tours, Jennifer leaned into a quiet period, a creative hibernation, to rebalance and reflect. Poised to close out 2019 on a high, Jennifer Hall’s booming single ‘In The Water’ and its accompanying music video was released in the Fall, delivering Jennifer’s signature soaring vocals and unbridled passion. With additional music in the works, there is plenty more to come from this rising artist.

Chicago’s Sunshine Boys (featuring Freda Love Smith of Blake Babies, Dag Juhlin of Poi Dog Pondering and Jacqueline Schimmel of Big Hello) will be releasing the politically-charged single “Infinity Girl” on Friday, Jan 10 and Jennifer Reeder (whose new film Knives and Skin opened at the Music Box Theatre Dec. 13) has directed a spectacular video for the track which will be released on Friday, January 17. The band will then embark on a short tour with Freda’s former Blake Babies band mate Juliana Hatfield and there is a show confirmed for Space in Evanston on Thursday, Jan 16.

“Infinity Girl” will appear on the band’s sophomore album, Work and Love, which follows the critically-acclaimed debut Blue Music. Work and Love will be released on Friday, May 1 via Pravda Records.

Whitney Wasson (she/they) is a standup comedian and artist based in Chicago. She began standup in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and has since performed all over the country. She's been a featured performer at over a dozen comedy festivals, and was chosen as a headliner for the Chicago Women's Funny Festival in 2017. Local credits include Laugh Factory, Zanies, Second City, iO, The Annoyance, Steppenwolf, and the Cards Against Humanity Theater. Her monthly showcase, Serenity Now, has been profiled in the Chicago Reader and features a cast of all sober performers at The Crowd Theater.

Learn more at www.thewhitneywasson.com

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