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Our 2025 Chicago Artist to Watch class represent some of the voices, styles and legacies of the city’s sprawling music s...
06/09/2025

Our 2025 Chicago Artist to Watch class represent some of the voices, styles and legacies of the city’s sprawling music scenes.

Once you dive into their music, you’ll hear the gritty, emotive vocals that show the city back to itself; you’ll lose yourself in footwork, which could not be more Chicago; and you’ll hear sounds you have not heard before but will soon mark a moment in time for all of music. So goes living in Chicago: having access to the past, the present and the future through music at any moment, in any venue, in any neighborhood.

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2025 ATW Polaroids by  at  Featuring the eight artists and some of the These Days staff. 📸⛅️
06/05/2025

2025 ATW Polaroids by at

Featuring the eight artists and some of the These Days staff. 📸⛅️

Teala Vera is a 2025 Chicago Artist to Watch. Read the full feature at thesedaysmag.com ⛅️📝 by  📸 by  &  Graphic design ...
06/04/2025

Teala Vera is a 2025 Chicago Artist to Watch.

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Mike DFG is a 2025 Chicago Artist to Watch. Read the full feature at thesedaysmag.com ⛅️📝 by  📸 by  &  Graphic design by...
06/04/2025

Mike DFG is a 2025 Chicago Artist to Watch.

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Woes is a 2025 Chicago Artist to Watch. 📝 by  📸 by  &  Graphic design by .milazzo 📍
06/04/2025

Woes is a 2025 Chicago Artist to Watch.

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The Era are 2025 Chicago Artists to Watch. Read the full feature at thesedaysmag.com ⛅️📝 by  📸 by  &  Graphic design by ...
06/03/2025

The Era are 2025 Chicago Artists to Watch.

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Sparklmami is a 2025 Chicago Artist to Watch. Read the full feature at thesedaysmag.com ⛅️📝 by  📸 by ,  &  Graphic desig...
06/02/2025

Sparklmami is a 2025 Chicago Artist to Watch.

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Mvte is a 2025 Chicago Artist to Watch. Read the full feature at thesedaysmag.com ⛅️📝:  📸:  Graphic design: .milazzo 📍:
06/02/2025

Mvte is a 2025 Chicago Artist to Watch.

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Menace4hire is a 2025 Chicago Artist to Watch. Read the full feature at thesedaysmag.com ⛅️📝 by  📸 by  &  Graphic design...
06/01/2025

Menace4hire is a 2025 Chicago Artist to Watch.

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m.e.h. is a 2025 Chicago Artist to Watch. Read the full feature thesedaysmag.com ⛅️ 📝:  📸:  &  Graphic Design: .milazzo ...
06/01/2025

m.e.h. is a 2025 Chicago Artist to Watch.

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Our final Artists to Watch is now live! Read the full feature at thesedaysmag.com 🌤️With this final edition of our Chica...
05/29/2025

Our final Artists to Watch is now live! Read the full feature at thesedaysmag.com 🌤️

With this final edition of our Chicago Artists to Watch series, we close that chapter by turning the spotlight on eight artists who remind us why we fell in love with doing this in the first place.

This year’s class includes m.e.h., Menace4hire, Mike DFG, Mvte, Sparklmami, Teala Vera, The Era and Woes, representing a cross-section of Chicago’s sonic landscape. Together, they paint a picture of what Chicago music is right now and where it’s headed next.

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05/28/2025

Our final Artists to Watch. Tomorrow.

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