Jam rockers Modern Joey have unleashed their long-awaited debut EP out into the world, and it was well worth the wait because these songs are a boatload of fun. It’s five tunes that incorporate elements of country, funk, disco and progressive rock. The title track is given over eight and a half minutes to breathe, paving the way for a
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Fingerstyle guitarist Denny Rauen released a new album back in December. With nine compositions, Rauen delivers “wordless songs of the soul” as he describes, written inspired by the role that the guitar has played throughout his life. As such, these songs are warm, tender and tranquil, full of memory and gratitude. It’s definitely the kind of record you put on
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Singer-songwriter E.B. Albeit released his debut full-length album a few months back. With seven songs, this record finds Albeit continuing to bring an affable touch to reggae and dub flavored songwriting. Whether he’s singing about pushing through hardship (“Go Get Up”), he and a lover finding one another (“Make This Start”) or overcoming sadness (“At The Wheel”), E.B. Albeit creates
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Chloroforms is the experimental-electronic solo project of Michael Marchant, known for being in bands IfIHadAHiFi and Vile Bees. His latest album came out in November, consisting of twelve tracks that explore the territory of industrial synth beats. These tunes are variably frantic and whizzing with syncopation while nevertheless meticulous and precise with how they’re crafted, rife with hammering textures and
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As someone who can literally say “I’m twenty years old and I know everything,” as the first verse of this hard-hitting track states, I can tell you that the new single from Whiskey and the Devil is worth a listen. Following the local duo’s “War” and “Headlight” in 2023, this new single continues to pile on murky guitar and vocals
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This week, we’ve got new music from NileXNile, Certified Trapper, Will Pfrang and the Good Land Gang as well.
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Corey Pieper has the visual out for his song “Truly Do” with Sean Kingston, teaming up with DJ MAG X from India for a remix version of the track. Shot by PhillyFlyBoy, the production finds Pieper accompanied by backup dancers in a dark garage setting. Organically combining reggaeton and hip hop sensibilities, the song is an appeal to a love
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Protege and DarylAnne recently teamed up for the song “Either Way” off Protege’s new project “T.H.O.U.G.H.T.S.”, and they’ve got the visual for it out now. Shot by PhillyFlyBoy, the scene takes place in winter, with Protege counting his money and miracles (and confessing his sins) while DarylAnne is outside singing as the snow falls. There’s a robust dynamic between the
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Alternative rock act Saint Anyone dropped a new single earlier this month. It’s an infectious tune with a bubbly melody and magnetic chorus, written about struggling to get over a past love interest. Marrying pop punk, indie rock and hip hop sensibilities, Saint Anyones take us on the rollercoaster of back-and-forth romance with “The View.”
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Hip hop artist Richie Buz’s latest single is one about pulling through and persevering. The rapper takes on a conscious approach with this song, touching on the failure of our society to protect marginalized people and instead breeding a culture of exploitation and violence. The chorus delivers a culmination of such material conditions, detailing a woman finding her young son
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The track is full of flexes, over a beat that’s brash and uncompromising.
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Indie rockers The Hatchets have a new record out, and it’s their first new music since 2019. There’s eight songs here, bringing a sunny, folk-tinged guitar pop style to themes of malaise, alienation, destructive cycles and yearning for liberation. There’s an underlying class consciousness to songwriter Justin Otto’s lyricism that endures the battle between despair and urgency, recognizing that capitalism
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Primro$e has the confidence of a veteran rapper while still developing a sound.
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Tyso SPRME and producer Deuce LB$ give us a sample of their new collaborative EP.
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The beats are high-energy, and Monae brings an intimidating presence to the microphone every time she raps.
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Shifting away from the electronic elements of their sound, at least for this release, the band focuses on the songwriting that has helped develop their presence online.
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Linneman’s Riverwest Inn hosted alternative-world supergroup Strangelander for a superb night of music on Friday evening, packing the neighborhood mainstay full.
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Starz Wint released her sophomore album earlier this month. The R&B songstress brings twelve songs with the project, and as its title suggests, there’s themes here of toxic love habits and navigating situationships. Wint is candid and convicted as she confronts trust issues, bitter resentments, unhinged emotions and protecting her mental health, channeling intense vulnerability with composure and ownership. Featured
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A dark piano-led beat tells you what time it is, and Eastside Babie’s autotuned vocals still make it clear that he means business.
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Jon Henry has kicked off his 2024 with a new single and video. Shot by Henry himself, the scene finds the eclectic artist using VR technology to project various Jon Henrys around his apartment. The song is all about loving on yourself and finding the style that makes you feel good, and Henry’s certainly doing that here as he radiates
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Night Ark are a new indie folk duo consisting of Port Washington natives Alex Quade and Louie Schurrer, bringing what they describe as a “world percussion twist” to their sound. They dropped their debut EP a few months ago, featuring six songs where they experiment with improvisation and orchestration by way of lush, tranquil compositions, mostly instrumental. It feels like
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KASE released a new album right before the New Year. The trio of Jamie Breiwick, Anthony Deutsch and Jordan Lee creates five improvisations of jazz and hip hop infused by electronics like turntables and Moog synthesizers as dreamy trumpet calmly soars above. Recorded live at the Saint Kate Arts Hotel, there’s an organic atmosphere conjured here where elated imagination and
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With just over a year of making music, they’re a fresh face on the Milwaukee music scene, but already gaining traction.
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With a melodic flow over a chilled out beat, he talks about losing someone, and then trying to perservere when you feel stranded.
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There’s a purity about certain grooves in songs, and the new track from SNT JMS featuring Milwaukee’s own Grace Weber and Ruben Rojas today embodies that.
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