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Mission From Dog is a catch all for Casey Hess, an artist out of Chicago recording tunes as often as he can. He has two new albums out in 2026.

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Spring is the time when you want to open windows. Literally and figuratively. At Indie Boulevard, we have always thought of the April issue this way: a reason to let the air in, shift your perspective, tune in to what is happening beyond the usual radar.

On the cover of the April issue — @deandradelevy Multi-instrumentalist, arranger, Brazilian, over twenty years in the game. A musician who brought forró and jazz together in a way that lets both genres sound convincing and dignified within the union. Brazilian rhythms enrich the jazz structure, jazz harmony opens a new dimension in forró. And all of it happens organically, without strain, without showy juggling of traditions.
And yes — we called this album predictable in our review. But the predictability here is a consequence of mastery, and the parameters are a consequence of deliberate choice.

DeAndrade could have experimented, could have broken his own formula, could have surprised — and perhaps, on the eighth album, he ought to consider it. Yet Ponta Pé (Live) convinces precisely because DeAndrade knows exactly who he is and what he wants to say. A musician in peak form, with a band that knows the material and knows how to deliver it.

From here — keep turning the pages. There is a lot of music inside this issue. Truly a lot. New names, fresh albums, artists worth watching right now. Some of them released a debut, others — a third record that finally brings everything together. We listened, we selected, we wrote. Your part is simpler — press play, trust it, and enjoy.

Happy April. Open your windows 🎶

team Indie Boulevard 🫶

On the cover @deandradelevy
Text by @michaelreedm

#indiemusic #musicmagazine

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Check out my husbands @missionfromdog review for his new album that comes out this Friday. Link in bio.

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@missionfromdog (Casey Hess) belongs to that breed of musicians the industry only remembers in hindsight. His name has circulated on Chicago club marquees for years, surfaced in podcasts, flickered on Spotify playlists somewhere around the fifteenth slot — and still remained in the shadow of major labels and algorithms. There is a certain justice in that: Hess is a man who played punk-metal in high school with Wit’s End at Detroit bars alongside Stone Temple Pilots and Kid Rock, graduated from Berklee, relocated to Chicago, passed through the Asher Love project and its club orbit, lost his wife, rebuilt his life, and kept recording music. His biography reads denser than many albums, and it is precisely that density — biographical, emotional, instrumental — that defines the fourth Mission From Dog record. “These Times Take Things” arrives two years after “Minor Third” (2024), an album on which Hess worked with electric sound more aggressively than usual. The new record is billed as his “most cohesive set of songs” — a phrase artists tend to reach for by the fourth release, once they have accumulated enough material to understand what exactly makes their songs theirs.

Full article via the link in bio

#indiemusic #musicmag #musicnews

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My husband @missionfromdog has been working hard these past few months on his music. He has been wanting to do a covers album for awhile. Check out the first song for it. It features our son @0tt0_hess on drums.

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Chicago, here we come.

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Our new single is out now everywhere!!
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Happy Halloween! Token black cat holiday photo. She LOVES it!!!

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Just another Saturday night watching your family play at a party. Yes, that is my husband @missionfromdog on guitar.

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Our day hike on the Napali coast.

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Date night with the boys ♥️

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Dropping Nelson off at his father’s Alma mater. My first time to Boston too. Super excited for Nelson to get this 5 week experience.

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