Happy Summer Solstice! Today marks the official beginning of the summer season, as well as the longest day of sunlight for the year. Unfortunately Chicago is trapped in some severe storms all day, so we won’t get the benefits of the sunshine. It happens. The good news is that there are plenty of songs in this edition of Pick Your Poison to properly channel whatever specific weather event or mood you might be dealing with. Underground legends The Mary Onettes return with a darkly smooth synth-pop single that falls somewhere in the spectrum of The Cure and Depeche Mode. Rising hip hop star MIKE continues his pattern of great releases with his second album in two months. You can stream all 33 minutes of it below. Then there’s multi-instrumentalist Tash Sultana, who’s giving us yet another taste of her forthcoming debut full length album that’s due out at the end of August. She’ll be performing at pretty much every music festival around the world this summer (Lollapalooza included), so make sure to catch her set, as she does incredible, mind-blowing things with looping pedals. Ride on past the jump for more songs from 101, Adron, Dillon Francis (ft. Jarina De Marco), El Ten Eleven, Felicity, Matt Muse (ft. Shawnee Dez), Restorations, Tony Molina, and Tory Lanez (ft. Rich The Kid).
The Mary Onettes – Cola Falls
MIKE – Renaissance Man
Tash Sultana – Salvation
101 – Ride the Wave
Adron – Your Habitat
Dillon Francis – Look At That Butt (ft. Jarina De Marco)
El Ten Eleven – You Are Enough
Felicity – Happily Paralyzed
Matt Muse – Shea Butter Baby (ft. Shawnee Dez)
Restorations – The Red Door
Tony Molina – Wrong Town
Tory Lanez – Talk to Me (ft. Rich The Kid)
