Lounge-grunge project Pay Dirt released a new single. Drawing on themes of liberation and freedom, Gnat Bowden sings with a commanding presence, telling someone to shed their skin and show their true form. They beg this person to know how many acres of themself they are willing to give, accompanied by resonant saxophone passages and a haunting gothic atmosphere. Bowden
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Power pop rockers Man Random’s latest single tackles executive dysfunction. We’ve all been there being stuck completing tasks that we have no desire to do, and this song revolves around procrastination and distraction instead of being productive. With an angsty hook laden with group vocals and a driving riff, Man Random rage about meeting deadlines, filling out paperwork and making
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Singer-songwriter Venturer has kept us ensnared by lovably vivid tales of fantasy and magic the last few months. His latest single continues that saga, and it’s about not being alone spiritually even when you are alone physically. It can be a scary realization at first, but once you accept this presence, these specters become guidance and blessings. Driven by a
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The Milwaukee music scene was recently hit with the tragic news that beloved musician, artist and teacher Cecilio Negron, Jr had passed away. Several of those close to him came together to create a piece of music dedicated to his memory. The KASE trio collaborated with Anthony Deutch on a free jazz composition just over eight minutes long, recorded live
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Hardcore punks World I Hate have unleashed their highly anticipated debut full-length album into the world. With eleven blazing tracks, the record brutally confronts the callous neoliberal machine that enables evil and violence to pervade in our world. The band is sick of nonstop, performative bullshit, seeking to eviscerate such injustice with the infernal, crushing onslaught of dystopian powerviolence. With
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Noise act Lucky Bone released a new album this past week. Recorded after viewing the 1988 Dutch film “The Vanishing”, the album was created using locked grooves cut and pasted onto a groove-less, blank record. Opening with warped samples of ekphrastic film analysis, the album then continues into a bright, psychedelia-tinged soundscape of repetitious clangor and crackling texture; things conclude
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Okay Omen are out with the video accompanying the lead single from their debut album “So It Goes…” released in February. Samer Ghani shot the visual this past winter, finding the band performing the song in an upper-floor space which gets projected onto the side of various buildings (including the Giannis mural!). Folks come gather and watch the projections –
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Electronic producer 0pticbox’s latest single is a sleek yet jittery one. Taking a complex rhythm pattern and hanging a gently humming melody over it, the song features a distant sample of a man praying to be reunited with his family, happily doing so by the end. With this context, the tune feels like the accompaniment to feverishly searching for something
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Indie rockers Quotes From Movies dropped their second single of the year about a month ago. It’s a song about getting older and feeling lost; the world seems like it’s all so fake and you just want to escape from it all. With a keen pop sensibility that tackles the relatable topic of young adult angst, Quotes From Movies bring
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BoodahDARR recently dropped his first new single since 2021. The Atlanta-by-way-of-Milwaukee rapper is soaring in the clouds and ready to dunk on his opponents here, fearlessly doing what he needs to do to get by. With rapid-fire flow, money on his mind and a dreamy instrumental to close the song, BoodahDARR is eager to live into the next chapter of
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