Bear In Heaven ascended into the indie stratosphere in a cloud of critical acclaim with their sophomore LP, Beast Rest Fort Mouth in 2009. Since downgraded from a foursome to a trio, the band spent the following years on tour and in the studio prepping their highly anticipated re-emergence this year with I Love You, It’s Cool. Chicago Innerview caught up with vocalist/keyboardist Jon Philpot to discuss this ever-important lyricism, critical comparisons of I Love You, It’s Cool to the synth-laden music of the ‘80s, and generally figuring out, as Philpot put it, “that balance between playing shows, writing, and life.”
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Having spent the last decade vacillating between different genres, Tom Krell has found his calling in R&B as How To Dress Well. Over the course of two groundbreaking albums — 2010’s tortured, hazy Love Remains and the more refined but no less devastating Total Loss from earlier this year — Krell has established himself as one of the driving forces in mature, alternative R&B that even the hipsters are now digging their skinny jeans into.