A Tiny Chat with Lowertown

By Tom Lounges

Published November 29, 2022 at 5:37 PM CST

MUSICAL GUEST: LOWERTOWN

Guest Host: Rockin' Riley Mummey

Calling in to chat will be Lowertown -- a fresh young international music duo who are performing with red hot pop sensation BEABADOOBEE on November 29th at The Riveria Theater in Chicago.

Lowertown members -- Olive Osby and Avsha Weinbert --create music with moody aesthetics, vulnerable lyrics, and grungy soundscapes. Their latest album is "I Love To Lie" on Dirty Hit Records.

Joining show host Tom Lounges in studio to add her own youthful perspective to this interview will be Riley Mummey, the manager and "new music" buyer of The Record Bin in Hobart, IN.

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