Milwaukee’s BC Tha Hybrid has a lot of content to unload to the world, and he’s recently done so on his “Hybrid 3” album. According to BC, this is his best work yet, and it’s definitely a lot to take in. The album is 13 tracks deep, with only one feature on late in the playlist track “Lugia Freestyle”. The
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Fresh out of Washington, DC, indie quintet Distant Creatures have a guitar bending, melodic anthem in their latest single, “Escape”. The song is a throwback to the low-fi, high-apathy sound that made 90’s indie rock so captivating. With a healthy dose of buzz, and the nonchalant voice of frontwoman Mina Karimi, this is one that you’re sure to come back
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Stop what you’re doing, there’s some next level underground hip hop that you’re missing out on. You know that “The Lead Singer Of Genesis”, the new LP from Def Harmonic, is a banger from the moment you press play on the first track. With some spacy, house-inspired beats, the album is spastic, and completely unique to Milwaukee. With a blend
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In the past couple of crazy weeks, we missed some throwback steeze from Milwaukee’s XVOQ. Produced by the emcee, “Nostalgia”, is straight out of a house party, and has a sample that Haz Solo or Dylan Thomas would drool over. He isn’t shy on the microphone, either, spitting bars with as hard as he can over the track. With the
Read moreEye & i is a 5-piece musical collective that performs around Milwaukee and Chicago. Their first EP “Mama Sia” was firmly planted in the reggae genre, but they have since then explored new musical territory. Now, with their first full-length album “Let’s Ride,” the band has developed their own unique brand of electro-funk. Keyboardist and producer Glenn Sobie says that
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After much anticipation, a couple of singles and EPs, and probably way more shows than any other band that comes to mind, Soul Low’s “Nosebleeds” is officially out today via Gloss Records. The full length follow up to “Uneasy”, the release that really helped propel the Soul dudes, a full LP is a very welcome sign. Working in elements of
Read moreWye Oak played at Turner Hall Ballroom Tuesday, Aug. 2. It is a band I listened to constantly throughout college, kind of a darker indie rock duo that gained tons of traction through the song “Civilian” on its 2011 album named the same. I want to say it was used in a Walking Dead teaser. Don’t quote me on that.
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The artist formerly known as Pharoh Khalid has become Mashi Maseratti, and has some big plans for the future. He recently released “Beyond The River”, his first track under his new moniker, and his introduction of Mashi Maseratti to the world. We caught up with him to further clarify the changes, and what to expect from Mashi: B&E: This is
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The intersection of hip hop, indie, funk, and pop is a glorious one, with projects like Broken Bells, Gnarls Barkley, and more residing their comfortably, making tremendous music in the process. A new name that could feasibly added to that genre-blending intersection is False8o, the side project of NONOYEAHOKAY’s Colin Plant and LMNTlyst. The first release from the duo, “Zonin’”
Read moreLast night, Icelandic rock group Kaleo made their sequel appearance to a sold-out Turner Hall in a glorious way. Kaleo shatters everything you think you know about Icelandic music by ditching all the weird shit that made Bjork famous and in exchange giving us good old American style rock/blues. It’s clear who this band draws their influences from by creating their
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As a Milwaukee based music blog, Breaking And Entering has two obligations: to introduce Milwaukee music to the world, but to also bring a world of music to Milwaukee. That being said, I am thrilled to announce that Breaking And Entering has worked with Reverbnation to launch our monthly “Five To Watch” series. Every month, we will bring you five bands
Read moreNow that the 11 days of craziness and madness of Summerfest is over, I’ve had time to reflect on what I just experienced these past two weeks. As a music lover, this festival is super important for me. It allows me to see bands I know and love, but also discover new ones . It is an exciting time of
Read moreWell Milwaukee and other blog readers, it’s been awhile since I have posted anything. Since then I have been working on erasing some entries that I have posted here in which I felt that I could have done a better job. With the obvious excuse for school and moving into a full time job, I owe this one all to
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The first concert I ever went to was at The Rave when I was in seventh grade. I was seeing the Honda Civic Tour with Panic! At the Disco, The Hush Sound, Phantom Planet and Motion City Soundtrack. I was so excited because all of these bands I listened to 24/7 and were basically my life in my middle school
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Every morning I hear my screeching alarm go off, I have such a hard time getting out of bed because I have nothing to look forward to. When I was younger, I had such a different mentality. I enjoyed getting up every morning because it meant I get to watch hours of music videos before I head out for my
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102.1 FM Milwaukee put on one of their many exposure shows to celebrate 10 years of being a station. These shows are meant to give new exposure to bands and help them gain a new fan base. This time around they had Broods and Strumbellas stopping by the Rave to share what they got in an intimate setting. Broods
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With a strong buzz surrounding his name in recent months, Mike Regal released his debut project, “Premonitions” to significant fanfare. To put it bluntly, this project is filled with bangers, and Regal comes correct on every verse. Regal also handles the production on the lion’s share of “Premonitions”, but occasionally defers to the likes of Trumaine Jordan, CameOne, Lex Luther,
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If you watch your fair share of Milwaukee music videos (which, we do), there’s no way you haven’t heard the name Xavier Ruffin, or at the very least, seen some of his impressive work. A graduate of MIAD, Xavier’s been consistently impressive as a videographer, photographer, producer, writer, editor, animator, and who knows what else for some time. He
Read moreAngel Olsen performed in Milwaukee for the first time on Thursday, June 16 at the Pabst Theater. She’s one of those artists I had been dying to see live for quite some time, mainly due to her other-worldly set of lungs. Occasionally, I hear a voice so spectacular that I want to witness it live on a stage, for a
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Electronic collective NiceFM might’ve just dropped the chillest mix of the summer, and it’s only the middle of June. “Comp1Waves” combines nine different artists’ work, blended into just under a half hour of your summer’s soundtrack. With appearances from the likes of Dashcam, Sammyjams, Ipaghost and more, the synth heavy pop doesn’t stop. Whether you’re hitting the beach during the
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With the release of his upcoming album, “MoneyWave” set for June 20th, we checked in with C$ to talk about the project, as well as the transition from his history of groups to performing solo. Check it out: B&E: For those that don’t know, what exactly is MoneyWave? C$: MoneyWave is the new movement that I have been stirring
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Performing electronic music live can often be tricky to pull off effectively. The notion of pre-programmed sound in a “live” setting almost sounds counter-intuitive, and more importantly, can look stagnant if done poorly. On Wednesday night at the Pabst Theater, Purity Ring did electronic in the most entertaining way possible. In a word, the show was a spectacle, to say
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One half of Chicago’s Super Fresh Bros., C$, is dropping his debut solo album, “Moneywave”, and today we get to hear our first taste of what’s to come. “Hol Up” is the first single off of the project, and the emcee puts a little different twist on his sound. Rather than rapping about video games, this track is dedicated to
Read moreVonny Del Fresco is dead. Von Alexander, who generated his initial buzz under the previous moniker, is very much alive however, and we get to watch that transformation in the stunning Damien Blue directed visuals for “Waves”. In the video, the last of VDF is tied to a tree in the woods and left for dead, and it’s up to
Read moreAndrew Bird visited Milwaukee April 18, where he graced The Riverside Theater’s historic, grandiose stage. Fittingly, this was the warmest day of the year thus far, with uncharacteristically high temperatures in the upper 70s. I like to think he flew here for the spring, but maybe that’s a bit presumptuous. Bird is one of those artists that transcends age and
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