Astrachan is the solo project and surname of curly-haired indie rock beefcake Ben Astrachan, a self-taught analog tapehead who conjures up his special blend of starry-eyed lofi folk rock in the candlelit haze of Puccini’s Studio (Astrachan’s basement bedroom/workspace) on Chicago’s northwest side. Astrachan is also the co-founder of Berta Bigtoe (with Austin Koenigstein) and Astro Heart (with Ryan Gebhardt), and a tireless accomplice to fellow travelers Smushie , No Lonesome (etc), brightening stages across Chicago with his golden voice, polytechnic abilities, and good-natured boyish charm. Forthcoming LP “Cleaner than Clean”, self-produced and recorded directly to tape in Puccini’s Studio, is a noisy upbeat rock-and-roll affair slated for release on Happen Twice in July. It figures to be a banger.
Lucky Cloud
Lucky Cloud is the songwriting project of Austin-born, Chicago-based musician Chet Zenor, the choice guitarist for dozens of acts including Minor Moon, Squirrel Flower, Hannah Frances, Elizabeth Moen, Max Subar, Henry True, Sarah Weddle, and You Are The Garden, and co-leader of instrumental avant-country trio Alta Vista, whose debut self-titled album released in 2023 via Ruination Records. Growing up splitting time between midwestern suburbia and central Texas, the sonic landscape of Zenor’s upbringing was colored by the twangy grit of his parents’ rockabilly subculture, the pirated indie-rock inherited from his sister’s laptop, and the twisty jazz harmony he learned in school. These threads together weave the tapestry of Lucky Cloud’s sensibilities, leaning into the dissonant combinations of eclectic strains of pan-American guitar music distilled through personal songwriting.
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