Eclectic alternative artist ThatGuyEli released his sophomore album recently. Constantly looking to innovate himself outside the box, Eli incorporates hip hop, R&B and electronic elements in conjunction with variably textural guitars to drive themes of getting his mind right, running from demons and finding peace. The lone feature here is $hiro on “Automata,” who drops bars that seek similar sentiments
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Singer-songwriter Janalyn Rose is out with a Christmas single. It’s a romantic piano tune about longing for someone, waiting for the day you’ll be together again; until then, you’ve got a heavy heart. This person has you wrapped around their finger, and the strings from Ernie Brusubardis IV capture the somber, lonely feelings of time apart. Janalyn Rose can’t wait
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Hip hop artist Mayyh3m’s got a new video out accompanying his recent album “Broke Til’ Tomorrow.” In this Crown-directed visual, Mayyh3m’s found at a party but he’s got a lot on his mind. He steps into the crowd to dance, dropping bars about how he’s hung up on anxiety and struggles to reconcile the past with the present no matter
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Hip hop artist Faded Francis teamed up with SEIR for a recent single. The two are after the timeless feelings of good music, success and perseverance here, recognizing that they’ve got a gift and are determined to use it. With an extended guitar outro that echoes their excitement, this song has the optimism to get you hyped up and leap
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Metal-mathcore act Graysea tackle broken hearts and broken promises with their latest single. Love is deceitful and unforgiving, and the band channels the morbid reality of abandonment through unrelenting shrieks, fierce tempo changes and lyrics from a gut-wrenching place. Graysea let out one hell of a cry with “Manipulation.”
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Singer-songwriter Max Devereaux cranks out new music left and right, and his latest album is all about how life revolves around the dollar. It’s an inescapable cycle, and Devereaux uses humor in his songwriting to reflect the absurdity of comfort, survival, and consumerism that’s hell-bent on capital. He invites you to go to the mall for free, rants about the
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Alternative rockers Virgin Ambition’s latest single is about two people that just don’t seem to be right for each other. There’s nothing really between them anymore besides the sex, so now it’s time to go their separate ways. Things are going south and time’s running out! Virgin Ambition release themselves as hostages of love with “Not Enough.”
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Experimental collective VUCA teamed up with Amanda Huff for a reimagining of the English folk song “Greensleeves,” complete with their own lyrics. The result is a grand, magical anthem of spirit, ignition and joy just in time for the holiday season. It was collaboratively written between Huff, Kelly Fitzsimmons and Steve Peplin (who also contributes guitar with a totally shredding
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Acoustic folk act Glacier Shine are out with their debut album. There’s eight songs here that were written over several years, chronicling melancholy topics of grief, ephemeral moments, passing time, burying your sorrows and trying to heal. Danny Balister sings gently as Anna Benjamin echoes him lovingly, together contemplating which feelings remain and which depart. “Glacier Shine” channels feelings of
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Electronic project Black Lines, Din Sky is out with their first release in five years. It’s five tracks that merge chiptune and K-pop for a most retro-future audiovisual experience, created utilizing the XBAND network and recorded through an SNES. If you’re ready to race through a classic 90’s video game, look no further than “Antisummer Club SPC-700.” Plus, a 52-page
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Steph Lippert is a musician known for her work in bands such as Ruth B8r Ginsburg, L’Resorts and Lady Cannon as well as DJing as Gramma Matrix. She’s got her own band going now, The Steph Lippert Project, and recently their first video came out. Shot by bandmates Dena Aronsen and Frank Martinelli, “Which Witch?” finds Lippert riding the bus
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Hip hop artist and producer DizzyRandoms dropped a new EP recently. The Midcoast DJ brings five tracks that fuse retro and modern production styles while containing entertaining samples and sporadic bars of his own. You can tell from the flow of this tape that DizzyRandoms is having a ton of fun, juxtaposing skillful transitions with whimsical creative choices that will
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Tombo dropped a new EP recently, bringing a layered approach to lo-fi that you can get lost in. Incorporating elements of hip hop and dream pop, there’s an evocative atmosphere where every sound and texture caters to a storm of complicated feelings, whether it’s electronic or guitar driven. Their vocal performance is emotive, raw and dusky while the production here
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Indie pop act The Last Bees released a new EP about a month ago. Bringing the sprightly sunshine pop that the group has been known for, these five tracks bring warmth to a chilly world. The tunes are catchy as hell with bright melodies, putting us right on a southern California beach with your lover. Whether they’re seeking love at
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Hip hop artist SammyCin’s latest single finds him yearning for someone who understands him. He’s prone to feeling alone even when he’s around others and thinks about just flying away sometimes. But he keeps his head up and hopes that one day he’ll feel rightfully connected to the world around him – anyone who’s felt like an outlier before will
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Eric Blowtorch is back with a new single, and this one finds him taking a country western-bluegrass direction. It’s the tale of an adorable woman born and raised in the countryside who serves up looks yet is sweet as can be. The song is about a minute and a half long which gives Eric Blowtorch just the right amount of
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Alternative rock act Milk Solids are out with a new EP. It’s five songs that incorporate elements of shoegaze, dream pop and post-punk, ending with the title track which spans over ten minutes. The music is bold and textural while the lyrics have an overall positive nature to them, touching on feeling alive and learning to be comfortable with passing
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Electronic project The Vicuna 100 just put a ton of music out on Bandcamp – here’s one such release. It’s two tracks of spacious, glossy soundscapes that send us into a hypnotic, meditative state – each nearly twenty minutes long. The first track incorporates some light techno while the second track favors brightly shining ambient. Be sure to check out
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Aliesa Nicole and JR Scalez teamed up for a new EP. Nicole sings heartfully and Scalez raps masterfully in a solid R&B-hip hop hybrid collaboration. It’s five tracks that explore the chemistry between two people, whether it’s through sex or romance. That said, the two are looking to prove one another, so Nicole and Scalez play the part of the
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Hybrid artist Ernie Z’s latest single finds him hung up on a woman who’s giving him mixed signals. He wants more than anything to be there for her and he’s begging to know if she’d do the same. It’s a song about being kept up late with your thoughts, performed to the melody of raw, vulnerable R&B. Ernie Z seeks
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Death metal band Anomaly are out with a new record this week. Tormented, haunted riffage. Relentless blast beats. Roared lyrics of endless pain. Great terrors lurking in the woods and winds. All these things are features of Anomaly’s forceful odyssey through technical, prog, and melodic brutality. Embedded in the heaviness is an acoustic track about disappearances and curses in the
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Conceptual-performance artist KLEANER released a new EP this past week. It’s four tracks of gothic no-wave, created with ominous bass guitar and drum machine underneath Gnat Bowden’s powerful poeticism. KLEANER channels the pains of abandonment, love and lack thereof, and being haunted by a past lover’s face with “BASEMENT.” KLEANER will be at Cactus Club tonight alongside Primrose, Special Interest
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There will be a powerhouse night of music at Promises in Walker’s Point on Saturday, December 10th that will raise funds for Midwest Access Coalition, an organization that supports folks in need of abortion with access to safe medical procedures as well as food, medicine, transportation and childcare support. Bands playing will be Milwaukee’s RAT BATH, Mortgage Freeman and Pescatarian
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Alt pop artist Sunny Lou dropped a two-piece recently. In less than four minutes, Lou conjures the feeling of being up in the sky looking down at yourself. Both songs are lively, determined, and are truly after what they want, utilizing Auto-tuned vocals and soaring electronic production. It’s an energetic yet emotional release from Sunny Lou – an artist who
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Hip hop artist Hi-Milly dropped her debut EP this week. Incorporating elements of hyperpop and trap, Milly brings six tracks that are peppered with samples to enhance the various moods. Hi-Milly very much says what she means and means what she says as she navigates flexes, dreams, trauma, love and running the bag. The lone feature comes from Sadgirl333 on
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