Quarters Rock n’ Roll Palace hosted a stacked bill Saturday night featuring Indianapolis-based electro-garage-punk artist Splat Gorek as well as local acts Paralyze, Bdwthr, Cyrus Chrome and Pay Dirt.
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Acclaimed experimental rock trio Xiu Xiu took the stage at Cactus Club on Wednesday night with a packed house; it was the band’s first time in Milwaukee since 2012. Opening for them was Taffy Puller, the improvisational duo of guitarist Chris Rosenau and drummer Jon Mueller. Xiu Xiu is Jamie Stewart (vocals, guitar), Angela Seo (vocals, keyboards, auxiliary percussion) and
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Emerging electropop artist Domi dropped not one but two singles on the same day the other week. “Crazy” is a dance stomper about being head-over-heels for someone and begging to know if they feel the same; infectious with the hook and fiery in theme, the song is a certified club hit. “Champion” carries touches of hyperpop and house with ambitious,
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Hip hop artist Ja Dubb dropped a new tape in the middle of April. This body of work largely confronts finding yourself and stepping into your power in spite of what the world throws at you. Dubb raps with sharp flow about coming out of tumultuous times (“Lost My Mind”), people crossing her (“Straight Fire”), proving people wrong (“Need Me”)
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Joan Hell’s break into the techno scene features a thumping beat and distorted synth noises as a callback to ’90’s dance music.
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Math-emo rockers Treeminder released a new two-piece – their first release since their 2020 self-titled album. With eruptive, shrill vocals, shifting time signatures and riffage that flows like trickling waters, the band meanders with sharp emotiveness and rhythmic spontaneity. Lyrically, these tracks seem to tackle self-destructiveness, despair and lying to yourself. Treeminder unleash a cathartic rumination on impostor syndrome with
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Harsh noise project Citizen 2-13 released a new album recently. It’s seven tracks that consist largely of industrial textures, dystopian atmospheres, amplified grinding and occasional alarm-like mechanisms that all culminate into a desolate, formidable odyssey. There’s a sense of danger and unsettlement embedded in this sonic installment like we’re going deeper and deeper into the depths of a secret government
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Hip hop artist Drizo dropped a new video this week accompanying his recent album “For the Broken.” Shot by Q Cam, the scene finds the rapper keeping to himself as he contemplates heartbreak. Drizo is seen out and about in the streets at night, waving around a flare in an alleyway, and under the statue of an angel as he
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Hip hop artist Z4 dropped a new album recently. Consisting of sixteen tracks, the record gives the rapper plenty of room to express himself with joy, gratitude and ambition. Z4 has tons of fun at the mic from song to song; you can tell from his positive and playful demeanor that he’s genuinely excited to be making music while recognizing
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The opening night of the 2023 beat battle tournament did not dissapoint.
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