Indie rockers Complex Machine have their EP out today. Speaking on things like constantly switching how you view yourself relative to the world around you, the cycle of someone needing you and you needing them, and letting yourself break free, this body of work has a central theme of meandering through life in unrelenting confusion. When we’re not kids anymore,
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Ben Slowey sits down with the drummer of Jazzcore Friction.
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Comedy rocker Anson Obvious and his band have a new single out today. Obvious doesn’t mean to be mean to Stan at the Office, but he keeps finding ways to be. He gets Stan a sandwich from the stand, but stands over Stan as Stan eats the sandwich. Through these narrated tongue twisters, Anson Obvious brings the accident-prone humor he’s
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GP El Magico and Sypher Lady X team up for a heartfelt new single.
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Burgie Streetz is back in full effect, and you can hear that with his return album.
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Seasoned hip hop artist Eli $tones dropped another single on Valentine’s Day. This one is produced by Ricci; $tones assures a girl that he’s not ignoring her, but that he’s focused on securing the bag so that he can give her anything she wants. It’s a personal testament to balancing romance with grind, which $tones has certainly touched on before
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Milwaukee hip hop veteran Armstrong Ransome’s new song finds him annihilating all the chumps in his way. He raps about not leaving the house often these days and how most people don’t know what he’s been through. He invites you to bring your whole crew up against him, but guarantees you won’t stand a chance. Move or get abused. Armstrong
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Alternative rockers The Directionals are out with a new single. With touches of emo and surf pop, this song seems to be about the relationship between you and your father, and how he appears in and out of your life. Sometimes he’s here to love you while other times you wonder where the hell he is. Don’t feed the rage,
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Neo-psychedelia artist VBIV’s latest single revolves around the hopes of being with a girl. The song continues the other-worldly desert feel present on VBIV’s recent EP “Fallen Angels” with triumphant horns, atmospheric percussion, and reverb-heavy vocals. Mixing acoustic and electronic instrumentation, the song begs for adventure with that special someone. We hope VBIV has more to come soon.
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Art rockers Dinner Set Gang have another single out. As the title suggests, the tune is told from the perspective of the mighty guy in the sky. The band is heavy on the figurative language with keeping the world turning and the storms blowing; without someone watching over, we’d all be dead. It’s the second song from this quirky new
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Ben Slowey sits down with the Higher Education Records artist.
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You’ve really got to take your time listening to Nicholas Gunn’s 10-track masterpiece Sound Condition, which dropped just a few days ago.
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J.O.S.E. channels Biggie for his latest single and video from “Music For The Soul, Vol. 2”
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Three acts team up for a strong first single of the year from Tyso SPRME.
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Percussionist Mike Neumeyer has another tune for us out this week. Released on the three-year anniversary of his father passing away, this piece is dedicated to his healing process from such a personal loss. He plays the marimba here with focus and glee, gradually introducing new elements of rhythm as well as mournful lyrics. Spanning over eight and a half
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Singer-songwriter Hanna Simone’s new single is about feeling made for each other with your lover. Nothing else makes sense and it only feels right. Producer Elly Bird laid down the beat; the song’s sensual R&B swirl brings candles and dim lights to mind. It’s only a taste of a full-length album Hanna Simone is working on, and we’re looking forward
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Hardcore punks Dislocation have a new single out, consisting of two songs in one track. The blistering speed of this band synchronizes with their existential dread about climate change. Winters have become unnaturally brutal. Straws, saving the turtles, and plastic bags only become flashy slogans against the face of corporate capitalist greed. Dislocation have heavy feelings about the environment and
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The Earth Satellites are a neo-classic rock band based in Los Angeles where Milwaukee’s own Sugar Ransom is on guitar, keys, and backing vocals. The band’s new record was created through virtual collaboration, delving into the territories of heartbreak and lovesickness blanketed by nostalgia. There’s a heavy 70’s rock feel fit with modernized aesthetics, especially as the isolating effects of
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Ben Slowey sits down with the singer/songwriter and local bassist.
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In 2018, Nite Owl won a song contest with the St. Louis Cardinals. Currently, he’s featured on the baseball team’s theme song, ‘Cardinal Nation: Hearts Are Pumpin.’ His sweet blend of musical styles embodies the integrity of underground lyrical hip-hop music, while also hitting the characteristics of commercial mass appeal. Nite Owl has written, recorded, and released 22 independent studio
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The first thing to come to mind—immediately, that is, as in seconds into the opening tune “Writing for My Shadow”—on the latest Long Player from Delusive Relics entitled The Blind Owl is who on earth’s playing that piano?
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Von Alexander delves into his “Hemispheres” project for a new single.
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Phatbrane gives you music to decompress to with his latest instrumental project.
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House producer Tombz teamed up with his “northern brother” Cloverdale for a new banger on Vibrancy recently. It’s a feel-good jam that keeps the footwork steady between each build-up and bass drop. From left to right, you’d better keep it tight. It’s a tune the entire dance floor will synchronize to. Tombz has had a productive year so far with
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Ben Slowey sits down with the R&B songstress.
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