Sigh….it’s really a bummer that hardly anyone gave this album a shot dispute loving Black Sun. Kintsugi is an album that’ll make you realize why you love Death Cab. The melancholy in Ben Gibbard’s voice and lyrics. The beautiful and sometimes loud instrumentals. Unlike Codes and Keys, this is 100% them, doing what they’re good at while evolving slightly in
Read moreThis is the album that made me love my local music scene. Raw, in your face, and catchy as hell. Mike, Charlie, and Matt provide wonderful aggressive and mellow vocals while killing it at each of their instruments. 2016 should hold bigger and better things for Milwaukee’s own Estates. I highly recommend giving this one a listen. I think you’ll
Read moreMany hip hop heads claim that the real hip hop is gone in today’s dime-a-dozen rap landscape. However, enter artists like Grand Rapids, Michigan’s Tekh Togo and Joose The Conqueror, and you may have to dispute that claim. “Dressed To Kill” is the first visuals from Tekh’s “Blackwater” album, and it’s a head nodder. This is the complete package; a
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When the weather gets cold in Wisconsin, you go inside to party, and that often means the club. Therefore, in order to have a sufficient club experience, you need an ample supply of club bangers(z). Thankfully, the new single from Shaun Flow is just that. “Turnt Up” leaves little to the imagination, but if you take it for what it
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In the annual rush of the holiday season, it’s easy to miss some of the releases that come out. Busta Rhymes’ latest mixtape, however, is not one to pass over. “The Return Of The Dragon: The Abstract Went On Vacation” is 17 tracks of Busta, just as you’ve always known and loved. The tape starts out a little slow, but
Read moreWhat happens when you combine Taking Back Sunday, All Time Low, and The Starting Line together? Why you get England’s very own As It Is of course. In a year where good pop punk is in short supply, Never Happy, Ever After brings back that spark of why we love this genre. High energy, super catchy, and relatable lyrics
Read moreToday we have a brand new album from Milwaukee’s Pharoh Khalid, entitled “Money To The People”. The young emcee brings a collection of new tracks to the table, and is destined to further etch his name into the Milwaukee hip hop scene. “Money To The People” drops after several head-nod worthy freestyles and loose tracks have populated Khalid’s SoundCloud. This
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The duo of Australian produce DCypha and Milwaukee emcee Taiyamo Denku have been teaming up for some time now, and collaborating with some big names in the process. Add living legend Jadakiss to that list, and you’ve got the roster for “Life Like This”, the latest track from Denku. Jada puts his verse down, talking about life in the streets,
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Uni-Fi Records emcee SPEAK Easy is always up to something. In his latest installment, Speak teams up with producer Canned Beatz for “Eivet’s Rednow 2”. The project is intended to be a tribute to Stevie Wonder, hailing him as the legend he rightfully is. His sound, and Canned Beatz’ spin on it, compliments Speak’s flow entirely, and the final product
Read moreSick of Christmas music everywhere that you go? (We get it, you don’t listen to the radio.) Maybe you aren’t into the whole “Punk Goes Christmas” spiel. Anyway, here is some pretty dang good music to get you pumped for the holidays, since the weather hasn’t sufficed here. I mean the first song is called “Skank For Christmas” who doesn’t
Read moreLike fine wine, Enter Shikari continue to get better and better and this album is no exception. With a sound that grabs the listeners by the ears with lyrics unlike anything else they’re listening to at the time. Unlike writing about personal and relatable things, Enter Shikari write about the world around them and warn listeners. While some people might
Read moreWhile some songs on this album should have stayed on the cutting room, 5SOS are starting to find their own identity and sound. I enjoyed this a hell of a lot better than the self titled. The lyrics are more relatable, tackling depression, family issues, and of course, relationships. The band once again teams up with producer John Feldmann for
Read moreCanadian electronic duo Purity Ring have released the video for “Heartsigh”, the first track off of this year’s “Another Eternity” album. The band is known for their overpowering sound and accompanying visuals live, and they’ve brought that to this video. Along with directors Cecil Frena & Alex Fischer, the group creates a cinematic landscape to match the epic nature of
Read moreThat boy Channel is back. As debuted in a remarkable Saturday Night Live performance, Chance the Rapper unleashes “Somewhere In Paradise”, featuring Jeremih and R. Kelly. The production is somewhat of an all-star team as well, with Peter Cottontale, Corin Roddick of Purity Ring, Nate Fox, and Donnie Trumpet all contributing. It’s going to be very interesting to see what
Read moreIt’s been a long time since I’ve posted on here, but often times life gets in the way. Anyways, here’s a collection of stuff I’ve been listening to. A lot of this isn’t considered with the same genre, but I started with it and kept going. Hopefully this becomes a new thing on here. Thanks! -Emily.
Read moreSometimes, you just see things in your inbox, and you have to click on them. In the case of Kosha Dillz, and an 8 minute long mixtape, one minute for each night of Hannukah, it’s totally worth it. With a mix of modern hip hop and traditional Jewish culture, it’s actually an interesting, somehow epic tape. Dillz describes it as
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Earlier this week, Sleigh Bells unveiled a new single, as well as the first glimpse of their upcoming fourth studio album. “Champions of Unrestricted Beauty” is, among other things, surprisingly clean by the band’s standards. Typically, Alexis Krauss’ vocals are somewhat drowned out by a plethora of huge guitars, and even bigger bass percussion. However, this time around, Krauss is
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Tapebenders are quickly becoming one of the more recognizable names on the Milwaukee scene, and their most recent release, “Set Your Life On Fire”, is a solid demonstration of why the band is emerging. With an eclectic sound that best falls under the indie rock category, although at times drifts elsewhere, there is a lot of talent to be recognized
Read moreOh, Best Coast. You are so dreamy. I can’t quite remember when I first heard their music, but I think my sister described the California-raised indie pop duo as “a girl who smokes weed all day and loves her cat.” Cue angels singing. Of course, she was referring to Bethany Cosentino, the singer, songwriter and vocalist of Best Coast, who
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It was a big year for Milwaukee music, and that was capped off with the 8th annual RadioMilwaukee Music Awards last night. The event was held at 88Nine’s studios in the Third Ward, and it was nothing less than something special. Oodles of local music talent were in the room, both onstage and off, and it felt like one big
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With the production “Grand Design” almost hitting the two year mark, Pizzle recently released “Bad As It Seems”, a track that doesn’t carry any information to it, so we can assume it’s a loose track that wasn’t intended for the final product. Armed with a hard beat from Yung Dev, Pizzle switches it up from his normal machine gun, double
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Bad Wig have introduced themselves as a lo-fi, high intensity group, and you really get the feel for the band’s style on their debut EP. The band formerly known as the Midwestern Charm carries on the influence of a former sound that feels uniquely, well, Midwestern. The mix of bright, poppy lyrics and fuzzy production make this feel homegrown, but
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Coming off their 8th studio album, Sonic Highways, Foo Fighters decided to give a little something back to the fans. The free five song EP features what we have all come to love and expect from Dave Grohl and the rest of the gang. Crunching hard rock riffs and melodic ballads, St. Cecilia feels like a real treat to those looking for their hard
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