Hip hop artist Yo Shorti’s latest single featuring Dae Flywalker now has the music video out. Shot by RuffCopy Films, the scene finds Shorti in the booth rapping about keeping focus, then hanging out with her friends and feeling herself with a blunt. The visual effects of money and sauce are a nice touch, hitting home that Yo Shorti and
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Emo pop punks Clementine have a new single out, and the band says it’s about sleeping. That said, the song will do everything except put you to sleep; it’s got fiery excitement that’ll get the whole building shaking, whether it’s from the radiant cries of vocalist Joseph Altamore or the blazing solo from lead guitarist Bennett Gillies. Jump around with
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Metalcore band Seven Cites Dead are out with a new EP. It’s three raging tracks of awakened suffering, being forsaken, and hate being sown. There’s a recurring theme of being controlled and pitted against one another here, and that gets channeled through shrieks, smacks and slams. Rob Ellis is featured on the title track’s vocals. Seven Cities Dead deliver the
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Rainbow Cobra is a new rock band to look out for, incorporating country and folk sensibilities into their warm sound. Their debut EP is out and it’s three songs that yearn for change and for something good to happen after putting yourself through hell. With rugged honesty about seeking a better place, Rainbow Cobra let out a cry with “Falcon
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Indie pop band Pescatarian at Best recently dropped their second single. It’s a fun one about taking your parents to old folks’ homes with mom going to the good one and dad going to the bad one. The song makes humor out of a normally difficult situation, swelling with an explosive rock punch in doing so. Pescatarian at Best take
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Art rockers Large Print are out with their companion EP to “In the Clouds” from earlier this year. Comparatively and fittingly so, this record takes things in a drearier direction with songs about feeling down and being in disguise. You get put right in a storybook with scenes containing imagery of gray skies, objects collecting dust, or a rose wilting
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Check out new music from Gold Steps, Gego y Nony, Clayton and more this week.
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Need a Quick Infusion of Spinal Tap Moments? Try Quick Taps – short stories in short episodes for short attention spans.
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Lakeyah and Latto link up for her next big single.
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Marz Lightyear keeps a steady stream of music going with a new EP.
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King Swyft makes his presence felt with his sophomore album.
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Hip hop artists The Oshi and Rio Dinero teamed up for a summer anthem. It’s a banger about no one being able to tell you shit; Rio Dinero flexes to the bank and he’ll easily knock anyone aside who gets in his way, then Oshi comes in calling out those who shoot but don’t score. The two rappers talk the
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Psych-electrofolk project Mere of Light released a video for “The Wood Between the Worlds” off their new EP “Haptica.” Shot by Grace Mitchell, the scenes here find Elise and Eddie on the beach performing abstract movements as liquid trickles over their bodies like the elements of nature interacting with one another. Tranquil to the sensory while vast in textural imagery,
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Alt pop-punk band Gold Steps have a new single and video out via Ghost Killer Entertainment. It’s a song about putting a toxic and manipulative person behind you and living your best life; they’d try to use you for their own gain, and now they can play their games on their own. Fittingly, the video finds vocalist Liz Mauritz out
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A review of Parquet Courts at Summerfest.
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Pop star Charli XCX arrived at Summerfest Friday night taking the stage at BMO Harris Pavilion. It was her second time at Summerfest and fourth time in Milwaukee overall. Charli XCX hails from England. Her musical career started when she’d post songs on Myspace as a teenager, eventually attracting the attention of a promoter who started booking her for warehouse
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Now famed classic rockers Black Crowes took to the Generac stage on Friday night to a packed crowd of old and new fans alike for a raucous old-fashioned rock show that was sure to please everyone involved. The Black Crowes, now going on 40 years of being a band took to the Summerfest stage in the traditional fashion of greeting
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Diet Lite blaze through a new single at breakneck speed.
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The electronic producer’s new EP is a sonic escape.
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CJ Folds blends pop and hip hop while going through a breakup.
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Johanna Rose sings of empowerment in the tone of an old-school country gem.
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Zolton is back with the first single that he produced, recorded, and mixed himself. Dwelling in the intersection of electronica, hip hop and R&B, this song is about being in love with someone that doesn’t see you in their future like you seem them in yours. It’s been a rollercoaster with this person; you don’t know what to do with
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Electro-soul duo With released a new single this week. This one’s got a fun and playful touch, depicting two people who have differences with one another going on a drive and learning to bond. You’ll find that there’s a lot more to the world than the barriers we set, and that’s exactly what many of us need to hear right
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Indie pop act Oh Geeez are out with their third album. It’s a batch of tunes that each make you feel less alone in its own unique way – that’s the magic of Oh Geeez at work. Their core songwriting themes are friends, family and fantasy; with the warmest hooks and neighborly demeanor, Sean McGibany and company bring plenty of
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Ben Slowey talks to two members of the slacker rock band.
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