Garage pop trio Cozy Danger released a new EP this week. There’s five tunes here that bring the bright, sunny energy that you love and crave from Cozy Danger, making you feel good in your own skin while getting you to dance a bit too. “Fuck Yeah Get It Girl” is a fun tribute to badass women that was released
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Indie-psych rockers Yum Yum Cult released their long-awaited debut album. They get soulful, they get funky, they get noisy – it’s a kaleidoscopic record that covers all the bases with a colorful sonic palette that the band’s built over the years. Not only do Yum Yum Cult switch things up across the album – they even do so within songs!
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Just about the only thing you, me, or anyone else for that matter, needs to know about the latest release from VIKINGS—the single “Tanlines” b/w “Swimming At Night”—is the aforesaid “Tanlines”.
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Hip hop artist Taybae is one to be playful with her music while knowing she’s dope. Her latest single finds her on a dark trap beat dropping bars that find the balance between her leisure and getting her money right. She’s out here making shit look easy, making money from her iPad and letting the dominos fall. Taybae stays winning
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T!ny’s been firing up some excitement this year, and her latest single keeps adding fuel. Deviating from her previous hip hop direction, this one takes on an exciting hyperpop flavor where T!ny embodies a mythological seductive demon who comes off as a princess. Clocking in at a minute and 45 seconds, the fast-paced energy gives her plenty of time to
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Hip hop artist Kid Vibe’s latest single comes just in time for spooky season. The rapper invites you to come have a blunt with him as he slashes his way through life, letting passion guide him along the way. Clocking in at just under two minutes, the song breathes fire and gets you excited to put in work while feeling
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One can just tell, simply by the spelling of his name, that your man jRadx is one of those creative types.
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Bremen Cafe hosted a wonderful all-local bill on a rainy Sunday night this weekend – Pescatarian at Best, Bunk Bed, and Rainbow Cobra. Pescatarian At Best comprises of vocalist Benton Belzer, guitarists Mason West and Courtney Martel, bassist Liz Adkins, and drummer Nikki Nelson. Their unique indie pop sound has been described as “funk-adjacent post-punk.” Sunday’s show was missing Belzer
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Newcoming artist Grayson’s new single is about labels and how quick people are to put you in a category. Merging hard rock and pop sensibilities, the song channels the frustrations of navigating social spheres where everyone’s putting you in a box rather than getting to know you. The chorus rumbles with powerful momentum, resonating with anyone who’s been written off
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Emo-rap rockers Tiqmmy dropped their first single since debut album “Joint Effort” from earlier this year. It’s a song about failure and continually blowing it. You feel like you’re in an endless rut and you’ve had just about enough of it, reflecting the cyclical nature of mental health struggles and their impact on everything you do. Tiqmmy yearn for a
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Indie singer-songwriter Next Paperback Hero released a new EP this week. Where his debut album “Morning Skies & Heavy Eyes” channeled deep reflections about purpose, meaning and healing, “Nowhere to Run” finds Nathan Honore reaping what he’s learned and putting his best foot forward. “We stop so we can begin again” he sings, reminding us that growth is an irregular
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Singer and songwriter Clayton explores indecision, longing and vexation in this 4-track EP
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Hip hop artist 2Hi’s got a new single and video out. Directed by WAK, this visual’s full of joyous late-night energy. In the company of homies and blunts, 2Hi raps about making sure he and his crew have everything they need, not worried about anything or anyone else. 2Hi carries an unbothered demeanor with his music where he’s really just
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Docx told you to pick a seat before…now they’re telling you to pick TWO seats. The experimental producer remixes the original tune with some different notes while retaining the hyper, exciting energy of the beat. It doesn’t matter what you seats you pick as long as there’s two of them – Docx breathes new air into a previous hit.
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Indie rockers Brat Sounds have their next batch of tunes out from their upcoming record. All three of these songs keep it right under the three-minute mark with the band’s signature playful rock and roll. “Nothing” basks in lonesomeness, “Tell Me Why” slows down the tempo while begging to know why you reap what you can’t sow, and “Thing to
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With their most recent arrival, ‘Runnin’ For Your Love’, Spectral Display create a sound that combines aspects of the underground with textures from the contemporary realms. The band from Amsterdam display their unique edge, and as a result, they leave us begging for more! When it comes out of the speakers, the song ‘Runnin’ For Your Love’, an electronic pop
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Indie pop band Less Common is about feeling saved by someone else. This person is there for you on your good days and bad days; you couldn’t imagine what you’d do without them. Favoring a trap beat coupled with emotionally potent guitars for the production, Less Common bring an undeniably powerful love cut that continues pushing the envelope for what
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Electronic pop artist Christopher Dallman’s latest single is one about intoxicating love. With a retro synth beat and passionate vocals, he sings of finding truth in someone else, getting lost in their touch and feeling wide awake even when he’s asleep. It’s a stylishly sensual bop from Christopher Dallman!
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Noise artist Lucky Bone recently put out a lot of work on Bandcamp; this week we’d like to share the first two (of four) releases. The first is “Waiting-Room”, a 26-minute composition of 8-track tape loops. The second is “Music for Moving Body”, which is like a collage conceptualized as background noise for while you’re driving, representing the motion and
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At the close of a summer full of basement and club shows, Midwest tours and a sold out showing of a locally made feature length film, three bands and a DJ play a show which they unanimously agree was their best show yet.
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There’s good work on Johanna Dadap’s “The World’s Gone Up in Smoke”, which manages to achieve a couple points of noteworthiness.
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There are some things Sparky’s Magic Piano does perfectly well on its recently released Long Player, Never Twice the Same Colour.
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There’s a new DIY venue in town called the Litehouse – named because it’s Diet Lite’s house. They had their inaugural show this weekend featuring Milwaukee bands Garden Home, Riotnine, Bug Moment and Madison’s Excuse Me, Who Are You? plus local art vendors. Folks filled the place out for one hell of a first event. Riotnine consists of core members
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Singer-songwriter Zach Pietrini’s got a new single and video out. “Seventeen” is directed by Brian Klewin and shot by TradeMark Media. The song is about finding the nuances between the good and the bad of memories, breaking from the binary of one or the other. Pietrini is found biking around his hometown with friends and driving around as he sings.
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Singer-songwriter Jacob Slade welcomes us into fall with two new songs today. Cool, classy and caring are three words to describe Slade’s demeanor here, gently yearning for the companionship of another. He brings his signature dreamy crooning to melodies with subtle rhythmic embellishments, gradually painting vivid pictures. Jacob Slade tackles being lost and then found with “Let You Know” and
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