Category Archives: Milwaukee

AUDIO: Denny Rauen – “6/8 TIME”

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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AUDIO: E.B. Albeit – “Wrong Side”

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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AUDIO: Chloroforms – “Lay Low and Be Held”

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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AUDIO: Whiskey and the Devil – “Everything”

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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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VIDEO: Protege Ft. DarylAnne – “Either Way”

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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AUDIO: Richie Buz – “9:30”

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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AUDIO: The Hatchets – “Every New Beginning Comes From Some Other Beginning’s End”

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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AUDIO: Starz Wint – “I Should Block You”

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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AUDIO: Night Ark – “Away From Home”

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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AUDIO: KASE – “The Proof”

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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