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SolÅce: Creating Catchy And Danceable Tunes, This Artist Will Pull You To Your Feet With A Beat To Remember

Artist SolÅce is back to explore the depths of catchy and danceable music in his latest track, Better Man 4U. Whilst based on a real-life experience of the artist himself, SolÅce hopes to capture the message that women should never settle for anything less than they deserve in a relationship. This powerful vocal delivery speaks to listeners from the start

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ARTIST SPOTLIGHTS: Jonathon McCombe, North Warren

Mid Coast hosted Volume 9 of their concert series at The Cooperage Wednesday evening and featured artists Jonathon McCombe, North Warren, Moonglow, and Phat Nerdz this time around. A crowd filled in and ate up each creative spectacle with enthusiasm. The cause chosen to fundraise for this month was AbolishMKE, who work towards prison abolition in Wisconsin. Jonathon McCombe is

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AUDIO: Dave Schoepke – “Bionic”

Experimental percussionist Dave Schoepke has a new single out this week. This piece is actually almost thirty years old; it was originally released on a cassette for a different project, but Schoepke revived it for inclusion on his upcoming EP. The song features vigorous drums and cymbals in addition to a sound effect created by scratching a microphone over the

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AUDIO: Ryan Necci and the Buffalo Gospel – “Bloodlines”

Country rockers Ryan Necci and the Buffalo Gospel have a new single out this week. It’s a heartfelt tune about being unable to change who you are. The realization hits you like a freight train, and all you can do is crawl into radical acceptance – self-reckoning, if you will. Many people are going through intense personal examinations right now,

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AUDIO: UNKNWN – “Growth”

Electronic producer UNKNWN released a two-piece this week. Continuing his forest-themed saga, these songs are vibrantly delicate and carefully crafted. It’s very subtle dubstep – “chillhop” if you will – and gives the feel of hiding under curtains of flora in the deep woods. UNKNWN once again sits at the table laden with awestruck bass, placing you exactly in the

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AUDIO: Honey Creek – “Midwest Summer”

Pop punks Honey Creek have a new single out today. It’s a little jam about touring around as a band in the Midwest, spending your whole summer sleeping on strangers’ floors and waking up to pissed-off texts from your girlfriend. It’s the life you chose yet you’re always left wanting more. The song has subliminal humor to it while remaining

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AUDIO: Designed After Nothing – “Punishment”

Metalcore band Designed After Nothing are out with their debut full-length album. As you can imagine, it’s a grim and tortured release, with the shrieks and growls and groans you’d expect from the depths of Hell. There isn’t much of a happy ending anywhere in sight; the band makes it known that judgment is upon us and there’s no escaping,

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AUDIO: HymnWho – “Retroactive Phenomena”

Electronic pop artist HymnWho has his sophomore album out this week. Like his first record “Apophenia4000,” this thing is full of sonic experimentation, encompassing everything from 80’s-flavored synthpop to funk to hip hop. Through such elements, he touches on subject matter ranging from living for thrills “Money, Drugs, & Sex Appeal” to mourning friends who’ve passed away in “Wishes” featuring

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AUDIO: Cntrlla – “Skelter”

Electronic producer Cntrlla’s latest single feels like you’re entering a prehistoric-looking alien world. It’s not long before you run into hostile creatures, and so the chase is on. The track begins with a trip hop-type beat that evokes a mysterious sensation, but once the dubstep zaps enter, so does the adrenaline. Cntrlla has released a lot of creative and inventive

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AUDIO: Anomaly – “Planet Storm”

Death metal band Anomaly are out with a new record – their first since 2015’s “Terms of the Saw Doctor” EP. It’s melodic, technical, and tinged with sci-fi terrors. The band brings brutal blast beats and thunderous growls that send them diving head-first into a dooming abyss, like they’re willingly leaping into a black hole in space. They recently said

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AUDIO: Vincent Van Great & Amanda Huff – “Troublemakers”

Hip hop/R&B artist Vincent Van Great and dark pop songstress Amanda Huff teamed up for a new album. There’s core themes of living mysteriously and seeking pleasure as an escape from the status quo. The two artists tag-team on lyrical synergy, singing about sexual tension in “Treats”, sensual romance in “Tease”, and transcendence into self-actualization in “God Mode” to name

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VIDEO: Reality TV – “Tobey Maguire”

Hip hop-producer duo RealityTV have an amazing new video out. A couple, played by Moses and Sierra Tonin, sit down to watch the cinematic masterpiece Spider-Man 3 by Sam Raimi. They’re left pissed by the ending so they decide to create their own Spider-Man 3. Slang Troubadour becomes Spiderman, but not just *any* Spiderman – Tobey Maguire’s Spiderman. He sets

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AUDIO: Alyssia Dominguez – “Out of the Blue”

Singer-songwriter Alyssia Dominguez has a new single out this week. It’s an uplifting country-pop tune about falling hard for someone and feeling like you’re flying in the sky. It came out of nowhere for Dominguez but she welcomes the feeling; she sees endless possibilities for her and this person. It’s a crisp love song from Alyssia Dominguez; she’s got another

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AUDIO: Osseo – “These Days”

Emo rockers Osseo are newcomers on the Milwaukee scene, and they’ve got their debut album out to show for it. There’s a lot of existential dread weaved into the music here, begging to know what in life is better off. “Cicadas (Reprise)” is about pitying someone, “Anders” seems to be about wondering if resilience is worth it, and “Lily” ponders

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ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Social Cig

A rambunctious, exciting night of loud rock music took place at Linneman’s in Riverwest Saturday night, drawing an enthusiastic crowd. Sets from Decatur, IL-based band Marble Teeth, Chicago’s Shoobie, and our own Social Cig and Diet Lite all went into a night of moshing, guitar-shredding, and cheer. Social Cig is the indie pop project of Parker Schultz. Currently he’s playing

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AUDIO: Moonbow FT. GLNNA – “I Found U”

Electronic producer Moonbow teamed up with vocalist GLNNA for a recent summer single. Uplifting like a sunrise, the song is about feeling complete with someone after feeling lost for so long. GLNNA compares such to drowning in the ocean and then miraculously being saved. It’s a song that conquers all odds and looks back at the storm it endured with

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