AUDIO: Mariboy Mula Mar – “Love Don’t Live Here”
Mariboy Mula Mar has a new EP out for Valentine’s Day, and he goes through a multitude of emotions on “Love Don’t Live Here.”
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AUDIO: Phasing – “If I Were Leaving”
“If I Were Leaving” realizes the potential of their blend of pop punk and shoegaze.
Read moreAUDIO: Troy Tyler – “You Know How It Goes”
R&B crooner Troy Tyler couldn’t let Valentine’s Day come and go without dropping new music.
Read moreAUDIO: Flight Club + Clementine – “Flight Club + Clementine”
This uncommon Mid-Atlantic/Midwest rock crossover is a true delight.
Read moreVIDEO: Chicken P – “Venting”
The track covers a wide range of topics, everything from feeling helpless while locked up to the shine that he’s seeing now with a label deal and too much cash to fit in his pockets.
Read moreAUDIO: Known Moons – “Everything Is”
There’s big picture things happening here, but also intricate minor elements that help make the sum of the parts even bigger when you hear it.
Read moreB&E Weekly Jams: 2/13 – 2/19/24
Check out new music from Milwaukee, featuring tracks from Mo’City featuring PaperStacks, Chicken P, Clementine and more!
Read moreAUDIO: Heather Lewin FT. Christopher Chan – “Arlo’s Delight”
Fiddler-composer Heather Lewin released a new single at the beginning of the month. Enlisting Christopher Chan on guitar, Lewin allows her melody here to gracefully prance with whimsy and glee. Chan’s rhythm gallops along to create a most heartwarming duality akin to childlike wonder. “Arlo’s Delight” is an effervescent string tag-team – give it a listen!
Read moreAUDIO: Astronaut Husband – “Off to Nowhere”
Indie folk act Astronaut Husband released a new album a few weeks back. The 16-track project is layered gorgeously with feathery vocals, gossamer acoustic melodies, muted field recordings and wispy textures. Lyrical themes of fumbled love (“Shut Up”), longing for someone (“Remain”), aimlessness (“Night Drive”), people changing (“Fountain of Youth”) and despair (“After Hours”) accompany the gentle, introspective instrumentation that
Read moreAUDIO: Algid Funeral – “Enveloping Umbra”
Atmospheric black metal act Algid Funeral released their sophomore album at the end of January. Bringing ten songs, the band unleashes their chilling, wicked brand of heaviness via devastating growls, unrelentingly grim melodies and frigid soundscapes. The record could be the sonic accompaniment to a solar eclipse that never goes away. Algid Funeral undertake harrowing desolation with “Enveloping Umbra.”
Read moreAUDIO: Mo’City – “Milwaukee’WI”
Mo’City returns with a much-anticipated new album full of heat.
Read moreARTIST SPOTLIGHTS: Glass Seraph, Faketwin
X-Ray Arcade hosted an evening of gothic vibrations Friday night with Milwaukee acts Glass Seraph, Destros and Faketwin alongside Chicago-based Iron Years and Lincoln, Nebraska-based Plack Blague. Glass Seraph is the duo of singer-songwriter Vivie and producer Tombo, although Vivie typically performs solo. Their sound could be described as dreamy, gothic pop. Friday was Vivie’s second performance; their first had
Read moreIn The Crates: Lisza Battikha aka Sheikha
In the first installment of In The Crates, Ben Slowey talks with Lisza Battikha aka DJ aka Sheikha about her background in music and ultimately her decision to pursue DJing.
Read moreVIDEO: Will Pfrang and the Good Land Gang – “Girl in My Dream”
Pop rockers Will Pfrang and the Good Land Gang have the visual out for their recent single “Girl in My Dream.” Shot by Austyn Meyer, the scene finds frontman Will Pfrang hanging out around Holy Hill in a beautiful fall landscape. The song is about the recurring apparition of your soulmate visiting you after dark. Check it out, and look
Read moreVIDEO: Vanity Plates – “Posthumous Fame”
Surf-garage rockers Vanity Plates are back with a new single and video. Shot by Omar Lozano, the scene finds the fellas having a day out at the Mitchell Park Domes, taking in the scenery and goofing around with shots of the band performing the song peppered in. “Posthumous Fame” touches on the humble question of whether people will appreciate you
Read moreVIDEO: BigBlow – “Run”
BigBlow is getting his funds up however he needs to with this new single and video.
Read moreAUDIO: Death Tape Super Bass – “Body Horror”
Experimental/noise act Death Tape Super Bass released a new tape at the beginning of January. With six tracks themed around the grotesque horror subgenre, Aaron Steinmetz brings his eclectic blend of industrial clangor and techno sensibility. The last two tracks dive straight into harsh noise for ten minutes each, more or less, reflecting the more jarring and corrosive sensations of
Read moreAUDIO: Expen$ive Featuring Chicken P – “Dead Wrong”
Michigan rapper Expen$ive and Chicken P are here to set the record straight on a lot of things.
Read moreAUDIO: Certified Trapper – “Aqua”
Certified Trapper brings another bass-heavy track to the light with a new single.
Read moreVIDEO: Looney Bandz – “Karma”
Whether he’s talking about someone that crossed him or a relationship that went awry, he brings the autotuned bars to address it all.
Read moreAUDIO: Meccah Maloh & Je’Love – “If It Isn’t Love”
Meccah Maloh and Je’Love are getting a jump on Valentine’s Day, dropping a his and hers collab.
Read moreSocial Cig Podcast #51 – Dak DuBois
The two talk about their process of making music, allergies, music theory and more.
Read moreAUDIO: Peroxide – “The Big Light”
Hardcore punks Peroxide recently disbanded, but they weren’t going to head out without releasing one last record! They blaze through seven songs here, sharp and ferocious as ever, full of headbanging potency and piercing decibels. All proceeds from ordered tapes are going towards helping the Turbo’s with recent medical expenses. “The Big Light” is a powerhouse closing to Peroxide. Long
Read moreVIDEO: Xposed 4Heads – “Mess Up”
New wave act Xposed 4Heads returned to Earth for a new single and video recently. The future-flying party rockers bring their fun, idiosyncratic energy for a jam where they crank the notches up and boogie through the apocalypse. Directed by the band’s own Mark GE, the scene is in black and white, taking place in a brutalist environment to represent the
Read moreAUDIO: Sludge Hawking – “Throwaway Days”
Sludge Hawking released a new album in December. Mixing country, folk rock and psychedelia, Hawking brings nine songs rife with somber twang and social commentary. “Born Into Blue Light” kicks things off with existential themes about our changing times, followed by similar contemplations like the day-to-day dread of “Circles” and awakening into class consciousness with “Sleep City Streets” and more.
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