Category Archives: Milwaukee

AUDIO: Twisted Truth – “Aversion to Joy”

Twisted Truth are a new Milwaukee hardcore act to know. They just released their debut EP and it’s five tracks of brutality fully loaded with death-ridden beatdowns, diabolically vicious melodies and inconsolably bleak lyrics. Look no further than Twisted Truth’s “Aversion to Joy” for sharp, pugnacious Midwest hardcore. Catch their first show at JJ’s Bar & Grill this Saturday at

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AUDIO: Starz Wint – “Take Me Home”

R&B artist Starz Wint dropped a new single a few weeks back. She’s singing about living in the moment with someone she’s interested in here, feeling lustful and desirous for an intimate night. While R&B songs often take on a romantic, commitment-oriented approach, Starz Wint’s “Take Me Home” goes against the grain seeking pleasure with no strings attached. Check it

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AUDIO: Quisy Wita Y – “TheraP: The Soundtrack”

Quisy Wita Y released a new album at the end of February. The Milwaukee hip hop veteran delivers a thematically potent album driven by themes of trauma responses relative to the Black community, the material conditions of Milwaukee County, never giving up on the hustle and keeping composure in the face of adversity. Features here include Juju Coleman (“414”), Duch

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AUDIO: Barely Civil – “I’d Say I’m Not Fine”

Emo rockers Barely Civil have unleashed their third full-length album into the world. While the band’s previous albums were written with a heavy focus on posing existential and vulnerable questions, this album produces answers to some such questions. Much of the material here is inspired by mass radicalization and disillusionment brought on by COVID times. Recorded over the last year,

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AUDIO: Lynne Arriale Trio – “Being Human”

Jacksonville-by-way-of-Milwaukee jazz artist Lynne Arriale released a new album earlier this month. Accompanied by musicians Alon Near and Lukasz Zyta, Arriale delivers a potently imaginative assemblage of instrumental tunes that honor the human spirit’s drive to defy all odds, feel with intensity and seek meaning everywhere. Each song is titled a different facet of such experiences; “Faith”, “Curiosity”, “Gratitude” and

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AUDIO: Gangstalker – “Thank You.”

Hardcore punks Gangstalker released an album a few weeks back. The band brings blast after blast of raw, loud, distorted hardcore that will appeal especially to those who like their punk with a noisier edge and touch of humor. “Older we get, the more pissed we’ve become” the band describes the record, and those sentiments get blatantly driven across at

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