Rapper-singer Angelenah makes her R&B debut with I Don’t Regret a Thing

Gossip Wolf has been hip to Chicago rapper and singer Angelenah, aka Ashley Hart and Angel Davanport, ever since she released the 2018 EP Sore but Grateful. She’s been sharpening her skills in the years since, and last week she dropped I Don’t Regret a Thing, which showcases her flamboyant singing across six luscious R&B tunes. Her fiery performance on the humid, slow-boiling “Drama” pushes her clarion voice so hard it starts to fray. On Thursday, October 13, Angelenah celebrates her EP with a show at Golden Dagger; ShowYouSuck, GreenSllime, and DJ TeaWhy open. Tickets are $12, and the show starts at 8 PM.

The songs on I Don’t Regret a Thing are produced by Chason Rice, the BeatPlug, the O’My’s, and Budah Tye.

This wolf can’t think of a better source for Halloween-adjacent jams than former My Gold Mask multi-instrumentalist Jack Armondo. His darkwave project, Panic Priest, makes the kind of moody, soaring Peter Murphy-esque choruses and stomping electronic beats that would’ve kept the dance floor at Neo bumping till just before sunrise. The new Panic Priest album, Psychogoria, drops via MinneapolisMidnight Mannequin next week, just in time for peak spooky season—and Armondo celebrates with a show at the Hideout on Thursday, October 20, with openers Iron Years and Clubdrugs plus sets by DJ Scary Lady Sarah; tickets are $12, and the show starts at 9:30 PM.

Psychogoria includes a cover of the 1984 hit “Self Control” by Italian singer Raf, also covered by Laura Branigan.

Otherpeace, the rootsy, meditative solo project of long-grinding Chicago rocker Matt Clark (Pinebender, White/Light), debuted earlier this year with the charming and immersive album Capitalism Blues. Last week, Otherpeace dropped Lose Your Illusion I (For L.A.), an EP of covers of songs about Los Angeles—its drawling version of Lana Del Rey’s “Mariners Apartment Complex” belongs on any fall playlist you’ve got! Otherpeace opens for the Deer at the Hideout on Thursday, October 13; tickets are $13, and the show starts at 9:30 PM.

No word yet on Lose Your Illusion II.

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