If you ever get a spare hour and a half, and you love music, especially punk, watch A Band Called Death on Netflix. The documentary talks about the incredible lost story of Death, a group of three brothers from Detroit, who were making punk music years before any of the other early punk bands were formed. Shortly before frontman David
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Here’s a track with a back story, if there ever was one. Around 1985, Columbia Records wanted to bring Johnny Cash back into the limelight. He worked on an album called “Out Among The Stars”, but ended up leaving Columbia Records before it was completed. The label ultimately had to shelf the entire project, and it was left in the
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EDIT: Katie’s Bandcamp is now live, and the link is posted below. Original Post – Feb 11, 2014 @ 8:52 P.M. Katie Lafond has been actively writing and playing music for the past four years, but she has been singing for as long as her memory serves. The 20-year old from Racine, who is influenced by Amy Winehouse, Janis Joplin,
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No Sleep Records recently released a warehouse session with one of my favorite pop punk bands right now, The Swellers. In 13 minutes, the band tears through four songs, including a couple from their new album, The Light Under Closed Doors. Also, I’m thoroughly convinced the cajon (that box that Jon Diener is playing) is the coolest instrument ever. He
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I don’t even know what to make of this one. You know, and I know, that you clicked on this link because of the name. Don’t deny it. It’s all good. However, the song is a kinda sick blend of EDM and hip hop. Give it a listen, if you don’t mind it playing off the name of a crazy
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I was recently sent this video from London indie rockers Echotape, and I have a feeling that they are one of the next big names to break out internationally. This song, a single from their upcoming album, will be available on February 17th on iTunes. You can preorder it by clicking here. Check out the video:
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Sometimes music comes to me in the most random of places. In this instance, Rome Fortune’s video for “I Was On One, I Can’t Lie” landed on my Tweetdeck via social media rock star Gary Vaynerchuk. However, after checking out the visuals on this, I had to listen to it over, and over, and over. Gary V was right. Look
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Cleveland spitter C-Ro Del-Fresco sent over the latest edition of his Fresco Music Fridays series that he’s been promoting. Check out “Didn’t I?”, a mixture of a laid back sample, some slick bars and a trap-ish beat. Add C-Ro Del-Fresco to your list of talented Midwestern emcees with one listen below:
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Chicago emcee Ace da Vinci is doing hip hop just a little bit differently, with his own brand of extra creative music and visuals. His latest, “Star Trek” is exactly that. Check out the video below. As an added bonus, you can stream his album, “Sitcoms” below that:
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Vaughn and Richy Slims are a pair of relatively new names in the Milwaukee music scene, but with tracks like this, they’re destined to add to the musical landscape here. With a super jazzy vocal sample, and a hard hitting beat, the two have a great canvas to spazz on for a couple minutes, which they definitely do. Check it
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Florida’s A.G. (Ariginal Tha General) gets all sorts of political in his new video for “God Save Amerika. It’s clear that A.G. had something to say, and he gets it off of his chest while riding around in a Cadillac vibing over a nice beat. Check out the BlakPro directed visuals below:
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New York City’s gaVen heVy recently released this three track EP as his debut project. “Dedicated To Her” is a combination of classic New York hip hop sound on the production with a super calm flow over the top. Listening to it definitely takes you back to a different era in a hip hop. For an initial release, this is
Read moreHey everybody, It’s been a while since last time I filled you in about the current Breaking and Entering happenings, so here goes nothing. First off, a huge thank you to anyone that frequently visits the blog for new music. January 2014 was far and away the busiest month for the site traffic-wise, tripling December 2013 and doubling our busiest
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Are you a Milwaukee musician/band? You can submit your music to be the Milwaukee Artist of the Week by emailing links to info@BreakingAndEntering.net. We’ll check out every submission we get! This week’s Milwaukee Artist of the Week is a long overdue homage to the Rusty P’s, one of Milwaukee (and the midwest)’s premier hip hop groups. With a career dating
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New York emcees Al-Doe and Curt@!n$ take a minute to dissect Public Enemy’s “Contract On The World Love Jam”. The end result is “Flavor Flav’s Clock”, a three-minute, old school bar fest. Insert obligatory “Yeah boyee!” joke here. Enjoy:
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An unexpected post found while scrolling through tumblr, but it is such an important thing. From looking at the title it’s easy to think, “this could be either really good, or horrifyingly horrible”. Well, it is definitely rad. When I found this post on tumblr, it was under the name “Hawkins”, unfortunately, I am unsure whether that is true or
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Hello, all Breaking And Entering readers! My name is Josh Ranft, and I will be writing and posting articles relevant to the MKE music scene. The reason why I want to write for B&E is twofold. First, I am an aspiring journalist. I currently study Journalism at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Music is my passion and writing is my trade,
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Chicago alternative band Empires is back with the first single from their eagerly awaited album, Orphan. Their previous releases, “Bang” and “Howl” have been albums that I play on repeat when I get them, and this song is no different. I’m looking forward to Orphan, and I think that a lot of people that check this song out will be
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Action Bronson should just have a part of his show where he takes on all challengers. The man is no stranger to on stage incidents, and the latest altercation happened in Portland. After lighting a joint and throwing it into the crowd, he proceeded to light a second one, only to be wrapped up by security. Bronson then pushed the
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The ever dwindling saga of Chief Keef’s legal troubles seems to be adding a new chapter, thanks to a $26,000 lawsuit from RapCure. According to TMZ, Keef was paid $2,500 for travel, and a $15,000 advance for a benefit show in Cleveland. However, Keef bailed on the event hours before he was supposed to go on, even though his manager
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Another post with Comet Tales, Samer Ghani gives details on the beginning and progression of solo project. Me: What is Comet Tales about? Samer: Comet Tales is really a rebirth of myself, as a musician, but more importantly as a person. The years 18-21, have seriously been the worst fucking years of my life. Broken down and left behind by
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Fresh off the announcement of a re-released Mobb Deep album on the way, Prodigy and Alchemist released a new video for “IMDKV”, off of their collaboration album “Albert Einstein”. Prodigy hasn’t lost anything in all of his years of spitting, and he’s not lacking in toughness, either. Check out the video below.
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With news of a reunited Outkast, and locally some Summerfest rumors, Big Boi and Andre 3000 also announced that they’ll release solo projects before the reunited Outkast gets going again. To coincide with that, Big Boi brought out this track, featuring a heavy Blue Oyster Cult sample, and southern stars Big K.R.I.T. and the legendary Bun B of UGK. Check
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In a spot that was originally Sage The Gemini’s, Casey Veggies puts his own spin on Dev’s “Kiss It.” And for reference, yes, that is the same girl that was featured on The Cateracs smash hit “Bass Down Low” a few years ago. Check out the remix below.
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Major Lazer have released the first single from the recently teased “Apocalypse Soon” EP. Last week, Diplo & Co. dropped a teaser video featuring this track, and I’ve eagerly been awaiting the full version. Low and behold, it’s now here for your listening pleasure. Please refrain from twerking on any surfaces that aren’t yours, and stream “Aerosol Can” below:
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