There’s a lot of pressure on bands to perform well on the summer festival circuit, especially newer bands that are just starting to create a national buzz around them. For The Neighbourhood, who attracted a huge crowd of fans on Sunday night, things didn’t exactly go as planned by any means. When they hit the stage at 10:00, they moved
Read moreSo here’s the deal. Last night, I intended on reviewing Girl Talk’s set at Summerfest, but from where I was standing in the massive crowd, it was almost impossible to hear him. It didn’t help that the sound at the Miller Oasis was turned down so much that I could hear the Harley-Davidson Roadhouse from the Oasis crowd. So, instead
Read more…That was a bad choice.
Read moreComing in hot off of a major 2013, Fun. guitarist Jack Antonoff and Bleachers hit the U.S. Cellular Connections stage on Friday night to an overwhelming reaction. The crowd was smaller than Fun’s previous performance at the Miller Lite Oasis in 2012, but nevertheless, they were ready for a great show from a band that they really hadn’t heard much
Read moreYou may know Mandy Jiroux as the sidekick to Miley Cyrus in their old YouTube show, The Miley and Mandy Show. Or, you may know Mandy as the founder of girl group BG5, which was managed by Kris Jenner. On top of that, Jiroux is also a YouTube fitness and dance personality. In any capacity, you probably know that she
Read moreIn the midst of a foggy night two of Summerfest, California indie group Best Coast found a way to bring some California-esque warmth to the U.S. Cellular Connections Stage. Frontwoman Bethany Cosentino, outfitted in a Simpsons dress and Air Jordans (though she mentioned she insisted on wearing sweatpants), commanded the stage with ease for a surprisingly small crowd. She, along
Read moreAre 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 Lex Allen, a renaissance R&B artist with a wide range of skills. The Milwaukee native summarizes his sound as “alternative R&B with
Read moreThe opening night of Summerfest had a bit of a damper placed on it, due in part to the fog that cancelled the Big Bang fireworks display. The unseasonably cold weather didn’t help matters, but inside the Miller Lite Oasis, there was a different type of cold that took center stage. Some of the crowd had been waiting for the
Read moreFirst off… G-G-G-G Unit!!!! Okay, now that that’s out of the way, G-Unit is back with a new video for “Nah I’m Talking Bout”, featuring most of the classic lineup. However, this is a very different sound from the classic G-Unit. This sounds like it’s supposed to feature Future, which says a lot about the track in itself. But, that
Read moreSpoon’s new album, “They Want My Soul”, is due out on August 5th. However, the band released this video on their YouTube page, labeling it as an unofficial video. Either way, it’s the premiere of their new single, “Rent I Pay”. the band probably figured it would hit YouTube either way, so they might as well get the streaming credit
Read moreAb-Soul recently released his latest album, “These Days”, but everyone is talking about a verse from someone else on the album. K Dot is back at it, again making waves for his verse on “Kendrick Lamar’s Interlude”, which on name alone drew in fans of the man at the forefront of TDE. Personally, I think the infamous “Control” verse was
Read moreAre 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 Heidi Spencer & The Rare Birds, a folk/country hybrid with a timeless sound. The group just released “Things I Remember Golden”, a
Read moreYesterday, the internet freaked out about this new track from Alt-J, meaning that the hysteria surrounding the band has definitely not diminished in the aftermath of a monster 2013. This song continues where their last album, “An Awesome” left off. Their new album is set to be released in September of this year. The song is definitely addicting, with a
Read moreRemember those Freshman Adjustment mixtapes that Kanye West put out early in his career? Specifically the amount that Kanye talked about how many records he had that were unreleased? Well, a beat from that era has surfaced in Tia London’s new track, “Kanye Rant”. No word on if Yeezy authorized the beat to be used, but this is definitely early
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Hey, Milwaukee, listen up. You should all be excited to hear that Breadfest is back for its second year, and it bigger than before. Myles Coyne put the festival together with help from the Breadking music collective. Last year, it took place over two days at venues throughout Riverwest. This year, it’s expanded to four days. Last year, it was mostly
Read moreHailing from The Bronx, New York, YC The Cynic is quickly making his name known nationally. After a recent Complex Magazine interview, which is a huge step for any artist, YC dropped this video for “Night Thoughts”. This is definitely not your average hip hop video. I would suggest not watching it right before bed, but that’s just me. Whenever
Read moreWhat started with a few cheesy dance videos has now become a necessity for OK Go: incredibly creative, unique videos that transform the music video into a performance art piece all its own. The band has become known for their incredible viral video hits, and yesterday, they released “The Writing’s On The Wall”, a video that combines optical illusions and
Read moreChicago Southsider Murph Watkins recently dropped a new track in anticipation of his upcoming “YUN” project. While at first, you may think from the opening bars of the Christian Loux produced beat and the hook that it’s going to be some Keef-esque ignorant ish, Murph does his thing on this track, with a solid flow throughout. By the time you
Read moreChicago native Ka’Ron Burgandy is building his name up in his hometown, and the rest of the country will catch wind to him pretty soon. He recently released this car-ready jam, “Million Dollar Mouthpiece”, on Soundcloud. This is the first single from his upcoming “Redline Vol. 2” mixtape. This beat is guaranteed to get stuck in your head all day,
Read moreLA’s King Fantastic is back, to the delight of thousands of eagerly waiting fans, after emcee Killer Reese One finished serving a lengthy jail sentence. The duo clearly couldn’t wait to release something for the fans, and so “Yup… Yup… Yup…” is a welcome sight for a lot of people, myself included. Clocking in at under two minutes, it really
Read moreIn advance of their upcoming Summerfest gig on July 4th, we caught up with Martin Earley of indie trio The Ballroom Thieves. The band is hitting the road, predominately through the Midwest this year, so if you get a chance to check them out, we encourage you to do so. Here’s what Earley had to say about the Midwest, Summerfest,
Read moreThis week’s Milwaukee Artist of the Week is Human After All, a pop punk group that packs a punch in all of their work. The group is in their second year as a band, but you couldn’t tell that at all from listening to them. They definitely sound very polished as a group, which means there’s an incredible amount of
Read moreSacramento noisemakers and publicity addicts Death Grips randomly put out this new project last week Sunday via their Facebook page. The band is no stranger to publicity stunts, but it appears as though this was completely spontaneous. They succeeded, though, as the buzz surrounding this collection of songs, set to be the first half of a double album, is constantly
Read moreWhen he’s not co-writing hits with Sara Bareilles or playing festivals and stadiums with Fun, Jack Antonoff finds time to write insanely catchy songs for himself. Antonoff spent his time on the road writing songs for a new project which remained quiet until in February when I Wanna Get Better hit all of our ears. The song quickly blew up on the charts and
Read morePennsylvania indie rockers Edelweiss are a band that are anxiously making a worldwide push to make it to the next level. They definitely have the sound for it, as evidenced by this video for “Icarus”. With most of the band still in high school, they definitely have time on their side. They’ve also played around the country, as well, so
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