Indie emo act LoBi LoBianco have a new single out. It’s a poignant one with lyrics touching on processing grief but still left with unanswered questions. The chorus erupts into cathartic potency, captivating the sense of feeling so many things at once. LoBi LoBianco have an EP coming soon – stay tuned!
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Folk act Dead, Dead Swans are out with a new two-piece. Both songs are stripped-down with just acoustic guitar; “I Find Myself” is about falling in love and having a better outlook on life from it, and “This Song Brought to You By a Falling Bomb” brings imagery of the verge of a mental breakdown. There’s rawness of two polar
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Ben Slowey talks to the DJ and co-founder of Digital Crate.
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Check out new music this week from Destinee Lynn, Social Cig, Day Tvvo and more.
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Gerald Walker keeps it short and sweet on his most recent single.
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The guitar slinger returns with a track from “Soul On Arrival.”
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Melvv raves through the night on a new drop.
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Litty Wop comes straight from the streets in a new video.Litty Wop comes straight from the streets in a new video.
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Indie rockers Social Cig have the video out to their recent tune “From Afar.” It’s by Nicholas Tenaglia, Mitchell Jakubowski, and Keith McAllister, and finds Parker Schultz putting his headphones on and going for a stroll. He starts texting a girl that he’s never actually met, eager to get to know her while having no idea who to put a
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Jazz artists Kenn Fox and Garrett Waite teamed up for a new album. With graceful fingerstyle guitar from Fox and delightful compositional direction from Waite, this record seamlessly fuses expertise from two dynamic personalities. There’s contributions from musicians Randy Mueller, Davey Harrison, Shokan Muishitzu Roshi, and Raj Alwa here as well, including a narrated poem in “Two Worlds” about the
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Punk rockers Curbsitter are back with a new record. It’s six tracks of ass-kicking punk, ripping about things from your body growing mold to nobody being meant to be pigs to being around your friends. There’s a keen sense of urgency here, feeding the vigor of frantic vocals and flush riffs. Curbsitter will be delivering this energy live this summer,
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Day Tvvo is a bona fide pop star with tones of potential.
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Destinee Lynn has no hesitation when it comes to displaying some boss energy on her latest album.
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The sophomore release from the R&B singer keeps things beautifully simple.
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Psych rockers Colorblind Chameleon are out with their proper debut single – it’s one of the tunes on their live Minneapolis album from last year. Vocalist Christian Porter pierces the trippy atmosphere as he sings of the ephemeral nature of one coming and going. With colorful and kaleidoscopic layers, the songs towers with bittersweetness. We hope it’s the sign of
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House Tree is the new collaborative project between Jasmine Rosenblatt of indie pop band Bug Moment and singer-songwriter Jacob Slade. Their debut single is out today, and as the beautiful cover art implies, it invokes imagery of a calm, gentle meadow. The song touches on exhaustion and time passing by, doing your best to live for every moment even though
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Blackened thrash-crust metal band To the Dogs released their debut full-length album on Life After Death Records. If you like your metal with blistering speeds, diabolical growls, devilish contempt for life and unrelenting ferocity from every instrument, then you’re in for a treat. The canines of death take no prisoners here, blazing destruction across eleven tracks. “Light the Fires” rattles
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Pop rockers Quotes From Movies released a new album recently. With bright hooks and sincere lyricism, “Balanced Breakfast” is a record about struggling to heal and find authentic connection. There’s themes of brokenness, pushing people away, getting clean, and cringing at the past that all culminate into an intense yearning for change. Charlee Grider appears on “Percocet” in the role
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The second night of the Big Beat MKE quarterfinals featured some absolute bangers on Thursday night.
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Ben Slowey sits down with the multi-instrumental singer/songwriter.
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Experimental artist and cellist Jack Calvey is a new one on our radar. His latest release is a jam under a bridge in downtown Milwaukee (near Potowatomi Casino). With wind rumbling and humidity in the air, Calvey plays a string medley that captures the springtime joy as cars pass overhead. Definitely check out Jack Calvey’s previous releases where he works
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Heavy psych rockers Shadows Taller Than Souls’ latest single is about grief and struggling to feel connected to others. Clocking in at just over two minutes, the song rips with angst around pushing people away and dwelling in a lonely void. Stay tuned for more to come from Shadows Taller Than Souls in the near future!
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Art rockers Sun Silo released their sophomore album this past week. Experimenting with different methods of sound and recording, this album cascades with catharsis, touching on esoteric themes from God to disillusionment to love to nature. The band varies in volume here, being loud and raucous at times while arcadian in thought at others. The ten-and-a-half minute long closer “Diana”
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We’re talking J. Cole playing basketball in Canada, T.I.’s son fighting Waffle House employees and more.
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Start your summer off right with synthpop artist DASHCAM’s latest single featuring Anna Wang. The tune twinkles with vibrant wonder, lyrically encompassing having your world flipped upside-down by someone. This person you feel completed by after feeling lost; as such, Wang’s vocals coarse with infectious magic and burst with joy. It’s the first single from DASHCAM’s upcoming album “Sundown on
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