Post-hardcore rockers Okay Omen are out with the lead single off their upcoming debut album “So It Goes…”. The song is about struggling to love yourself and to give love to another after going through heartbreak, feeling like you’re all on your own. The song eases into the groove before getting explosive and loud around the halfway mark, crashing like
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Alternative rockers The Nile Club are out with their sophomore album today. With ten songs, the boys have fun just being themselves, diving into a myriad of different elements such as math, noise, garage and psychedelic styles of rock while incorporating existential, doomed lyrical themes. It’s a rock record that showcases the growth and evolution that a band is capable
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Hardcore punks Big Laugh dropped a new single ahead of their forthcoming album “Consume Me.” Fierce and rambunctious, “Shadow Figure” is a full-on modern hardcore banger with riffage that rattles the walls and vocals that cut like a knife. In the final minute it takes on a fearsome, crashing melodic shift that feels like something’s haunting you akin to the
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Indie rockers Royal Mill released their second single, and it finds them ready to chase after the sun – the sun, of course, being a euphemism for love. With some hints of pop punk and emo, the song is about being ready to be set free via the company of another. If you haven’t heard the band’s first single “Daydreams”,
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Pop artist Jabril Yousef is out with their first new music since 2021. It’s a single that reflects Yousef’s desire to have an inventive approach to art – someone who’s a little bit of everything, if you will. “Glitter” shines with elements of chamber pop, soul and R&B with passionate delivery about the magic of love. Stay tuned for more
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Indie rockers Motel Breakfast take a turn with their latest single. This one’s got a serene yet hazy feel, which is fitting because it’s all about dreaming of a certain someone and spending time finding yourself in the meantime. Bassist Drue DeVente takes the lead on this one, and he brings a high degree of composure and patience at the
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Mwgli has returned with a new single – her first since last summer’s “On My Mind.” While her past output has found her at the warm intersection of R&B, pop and reggaeton, this song finds her with a mellow and minimalist vibration. She’s got romance on her mind here, dreaming of spending the lazy day with her lover. With a
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Hailey Simone has kicked off her 2023 with a new single on PV2. She sings to assure someone that if they’re going to be with her, she’s bringing them down with her. Mixing both hip hop and soulful elements, “Kamikaze” finds Hailey Simone firm in her convictions that love gets toxic and it’s up to you to decide who you’re
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Hip hop artist Taejoz’s latest single, as the cover art suggests, is about figuring out what the hell you’re doing with someone who’s more than just a friend. You’ve got chemistry together and you’d do things for each other that you wouldn’t do for someone else, yet nothing’s set in stone. Taejoz brings out his soft side and is eager
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R&B star Clayton kicked off his 2023 with a new EP. It’s four songs that find the artist touching on different facets of love and giving someone his all. Clayton knows how get you bumping and grooving but also enchant the room with phone lights in the air, pouring out his heart on “REASON” but then enlisting hip hop artist
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Indie rockers Ghost Cuts are out with their first record in seven years. Incorporating the styles of post-punk, post-rock and darkwave, the band brings a sunless, textural atmosphere over eight tracks that flow into one another cohesively. There’s themes of loneliness, ostracization, succumbing to fear and the moon as an ill omen among other dreary things. Ghost Cuts take us
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Liquid City Motors is out with a two-piece, with one song going the trap-electronic route and the other taking the mellow acoustic route. “Endless Winter” is about growing rifts and yearning for something new, incorporating hip hop and autotuned vocals against clanking, metallic production. “God’s Dice” has a somber tone, reflecting on passing mundane moments that get easily forgotten. Liquid
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Singer-songwriter Jacob Slade dropped his first single of the year and it’s one about having trouble making up your mind. Slade’s music often comes from a place of speaking to a lover and navigating space with them, and this tune explores the quandaries of miscommunication and difficulty expressing your needs. With groovy guitar and fluttering atmosphere, it’s a gentle tune
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Cartoon-inspired pop act Oh Geeez have a new album out and it’s a ten-song battle between good and evil. As such a theme suggests, this album takes a darker tone than the trio’s previous output. That said, there remains a powerfully-executed aura of hope, perseverance and fighting for love that you know and love from Oh Geeez at this point,
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A wonderful night of music took place at Linneman’s in Riverwest on Friday night featuring Dandy L. Freling, Lyrid, and Hurd & Galante. It was Lyrid’s first show, and an attentive crowd filled the space with joy, warmth, and enthusiasm. Dandy L. Freling is a singer-songwriter whose country-folk style knows how to be both sensitive and catchy. Some of her
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In addition to playing in bands Peroxide and Delicious Monsters, Matt Glassel has got a myriad of solo projects where he explores different styles of music. Tuvok Jr is one such project, and this one finds him in leftfield techno and electronic territory. He’s got a new cassingle out with two tracks unearthed from years past that consist of anarchic
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Bass producers Decipher and Thred teamed up for a recent single on Biophaze Records. With robotic, mechanical wubs that pound and shred and zap, the producers are ready to make everyone lose their mind with these bass drops. There’s both suspense and style here, bringing cybernetic apocalypse to mind. It’s a dubstep headbanger from Decipher and Thred – check it
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Hip hop artist TayBae dropped a new single on the New Year. She brings her trademark unbothered flexes here, but this time she’s stepping all over those who can’t keep her name out of their mouths. She’s killing the beat and flipping the bands, begging to know why people who claim to be lowkey still do the most. TayBae’s got
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Hip hop artist Jerm Satori’s latest single is about keeping things moving even after the sun goes down. Others may not want to see you win, but if you move differently, nobody can tell you anything. With the moonlight guiding him towards his goals, Jerm Satori brings optimistic and excited energy to the mic with “That Route.” We look forward
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Hip hop artist and producer Super Ego Beats dropped a new single. Embracing unpretentiousness and looking to authentically express himself, Ego spits about finding his groove and invites you to join him if you’re on the same wavelength, and the beat carries a slow and introspective mood that accommodates his mindset accordingly. Stay tuned for Super Ego Beats’ album coming
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Pop act Fearful Earful is out with his debut album. The title of the record means “having vivid mental imagery”, and that’s quite accurate to describe the animated, vivacious atmosphere invoked here. Finding home in electric new wave melodies that bring forth many vibrant colors and friendly earworms, Fearful Earful carries a recurring theme of getting lost in childlike wonder
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Ben Slowey sat down with artist, promoter, singer-songwriter and movie buff.
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Indie pop act Bruiseboy* have kicked 2023 off by releasing their debut album. The duo brings a unique approach to pop that incorporates elements of post-punk, gothic new wave and electronica while carrying a recurring theme of relationship conflict where you’re constantly navigating a strained situation. The lone feature, DEADBYVALENTINE, appears on the track “PORNOGRAPHY.” Bruiseboy* combine dark aesthetic and
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Singer-songwriter Dusty Pockets has his debut single out, and as the title suggests, it’s one about being down on your luck. He sings of his girl leaving him for his old mechanic friend, and now he wonders who’s going to fix his busted minivan. The guitar resonates with attitude and Dusty Pockets sings from an anguished heart, serving a platter
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Jazz-funk fusion act Frugal Stu & the Coupons have kicked off 2023 with a new tune. This one could easily be the theme song for a hot new TV show, featuring a psychedelic guitar that reaches for the sky over a bed of climbing rhythm. It evolves into a climactic shredding solo like we’re seeing a resolution unfold with a
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