A Los Angeles-based music producer and songwriter, Dr. Jekyll is known for his versatile bandwidth and unconventional production. His music isn’t conformed to one genre. Dr. Jekyll chooses to break the mold by musically blending sounds and cultures he has been exposed to. Some of his musical influences are Dr. Luke, Timbaland, Pharrell Williams, Soulive, and Tool, to name a
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Hip hop artist Cam Will has a new single and video out. He’s rapping about being over the broke shit and only focusing on what will bring him success. Directed by himself and O Elegbede, Will and his people are shown congregated on a soccer field, as well as outside various landmarks in downtown Milwaukee. The artist knows what he’s
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Pop artist 5PM to Nowhere teamed up with Chicago-based collective Cosmic Sleepovers for his latest single. It’s a song about finding peace and serenity, opening with a hazy lo-fi interlude, and then making use of a jazzy bass line and atmospheric keyboards under Auto-tuned vocals. 5PM to Nowhere brings a delightfully tranquil mood with this one, and we look forward
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Artists Faded Francis and Keenan Hennessy teamed up for a new EP. Combining atmospheric, hazy beats with hip hop, the two showcase their talents against vulnerabilities and personal struggles. Francis expressed on social media that a lot of self-doubt and anxiety had been overcome through putting this body of work out, and the songs reflect those themes immensely. The video
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Neo-classical artist Sam Mullooly is out with an EP on Sickle Moon Recordings. Inspired by their favorite poet William Blake’s “Songs of Innocence and Experience,” these four songs touch on absence and parting ways. Each piece combines warm piano with artful verbal convictions. “My Serenity” confronts the afterlife and how one comes to term with themselves upon death. It’s a
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Canadian artist Rich Chambers has been writing, recording, and performing music for more than 20 years. Throughout the years, he has released numerous albums and successful singles both as a solo artist and a member of the band Half-Hour Late. After graduating from university, Rich released his first album that included the song ‘Snow Miser vs. Heat Miser.’ The single
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Producer Fedswantrick worked with an array of Milwaukee and Chicago artists to bring this new single. The song blends soul, R&B, dream pop, and hip hop into a tune featuring several verses and an ethereal guitar line. The chorus is about moving too fast in life and getting more than what you asked for. The artists each remind us to
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Electronic producer Ronco has a new single out on User Friendly Records – their first official release. It’s a house tune that’s pretty self-explanatory; it gets you grooving and jumping with a tempo that just keeps encouraging you. There’s some real gems coming from Milwaukee’s EDM scene, and this one is a valuable addition. We look forward to more from
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Rockers Whiskey and the Devil dropped their new record on New Year’s. Kicking things off with “Safe Harbor (Hindsight’s 2020)”, the band delivers an alcohol-soaked, energetic attitude over eleven songs in a variety of tempos. “Moonlight” is a banger that takes a 70’s hard rock riff into modern gritty aesthetic, while “Raze a Glass” carries a mean and animalistic swagger,
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Electronic industrial project The.HollowForm has a new record out. It’s a wicked, cacophonous body of work that plays with power electronics and industrial noise against haunting vocal effects. The track “Immurement” is an eight minute-long piece of loud, tortured zaps. “Eight” pulsates with abrasive terror. If you’re looking for something on the aggressive side of experimental music, check out The.HollowForm’s
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Rick Rutherford is taking off at rapid speed with his new release ‘Words’ which brings a new angle to indie music. The track which is the first to appear in 2021 for Rick is already sending a wave across the scene. It is clear to see why. Rick Rutherford, who also goes by the name Lightnin’ Stik, brings a signature
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Husband-and-wife folk rock duo Wise Jennings have been dropping new music lately; their latest is the single and video “Medicine.” The song is about the many different ways people cope with mental and emotional chaos. We do whatever we have to in order to appear “normal” on the outside, even though you may feel resentful of yourself for doing so.
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Emo pop artist C x m e r x n has a new single out with fellow storyteller Global AzN. It’s a song about getting by as a lone wolf and not wishing to be anything else. No one, not even your significant other, understands. That said, you get constantly fucked up to cope with these feelings. With a touch
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Electronic producer W e r e c r o w dropped a new album recently. Fresh from his “Weapons Online” trilogy, his sound plays on a sense of mystery and shadow. It’s fifteen tracks that feel like a stroll through a garden illuminated by black lights. The dude’s glossy compositions gleam with a knack for imagination; he’s out here on
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Experimental electronic artist Moustache Bride has yet another batch of work out. He continues his wizardry in the territories of synths and noise, like we’re walking through a futuristic sanitarium. Each sonic passage is like a new corridor. We’re pleased to see Moustache Bride hard at work at his compositions during quarantine, and we hope to get a plethora of
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Raised in Virginia, Trey and Jon have always had a good sense of music. They wrote and produced music inspired by the journey of life after years of practice and hard work. With this, they have also formed an acoustic funk duo named The Lindsley Brothers. From 2016 to 2019, The Lindsley Brothers set down some musical roots in California
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“The Fire”, the most recently released single from jefff, is one of those laid back, anything can happen odes to flames, lighting things, and basking within the gathering dust of moonbeams in the meantime.
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Chicago-based indie pop artist Hundredbucks is out with his debut EP. It feels like a hazy stroll through sun-kissed country; it’s four tracks of glittering and watery guitars accompanied by dreamy keyboards. There’s a romantic, sensual touch to “Dancing” while “Car Rides” could find itself as the end-credits song to an art house drama. Hundredbucks has put together a relaxing
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Hip hop artist Imotwbaby teamed up with Chavo for a new joint. The song is about doing whatever you have to for some “nice things.” Chavo joins Imotwbaby in rapping about treating a woman right and getting treated right in return. It’s a feel-good bop that reminds you of when you’ve come a long way. Imotwbaby has been dropping some
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Hip hop artist PLYTME teamed up with fellow artist Camb for a new single. It’s about a girl being the best you’ve ever been with sexually. The two rappers are here to please her in every way she needs; whatever she wants, she gets. It gets graphic, but that goes to show they mean what they say. PLYTME and Camb
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Emo rockers North Breese have their highly-anticipated record out. The band channels passion, rage, and angst over eleven tracks. While most are upbeat and hype us up, “Some Type of Way” stands out as a downtempo piano tune about never letting go of somebody. “Platypus” is about finding your way through a world you don’t feel you fit into while
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Dead Phones & Dogs are a groovy indie rock band that Milwaukee’s beloved Josh Trimble joined in Chicago with Stephen James and Zach Meyer. Their latest single is a bright pop tune about forever missing someone. It’s got a powerfully sentimental aura captivated by airy guitars and emotional vocals, like the band is singing from the tallest building in the
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Boy Lonely is the solo indie pop project of Casey Seymour, who plays in Kiss Critique and band Ravi/Lola. His debut record is out today; he describes it as his personal diary from being isolated during the pandemic. It’s got an overall romantic theme that plays thematically on the quarantine through each song. There’s songs about masking up, being safer
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Punk rockers Fox Face have their highly-anticipated record out today on Dirtnap Records. There’s twelve tracks here, all with rebellious garage energy – great to run to. There’s an overarching feeling of anger and terror, fueling by the urge to not take shit from anyone. “Haunt You,” for example, is about predatory men. “We Do Nothing” touches on being silent
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