Die Kreuzen "October File" 2026-09-04-Fresh ” alongside new standout tracks

” alongside new standout tracks “King Baby

Shortly after

Veterans of Chicago’s increasingly fruitful DIY scene Jason Balla ( Ne-Hi and Earring) Emily Kempf (Vail and formerly with Lala Lala) and drummer Eric McGrady share a strange and inexplicable chemistry

Like a sheet being draped over a clothesline

Confident and deliberate

Die Kreuzen "October File" 2026-09-04-Fresh ” alongside new standout tracksFormed in 1981 by two Rockford, Illinois, and two Brookfield, Wisconsin, natives in the midpoint of Milwaukee, Die Kreuzen (pronounced dee kroyt zen) chose their name specifically to avoid stereotyping because no one knows what it means. 'Die Kreuzen' roughly translates out of German meaning 'to intersect' or 'to hybridize,' which is exactly what they did on their five LP's for Touch and Go. Their self titled debut is considered one of the most