A new compilation series from Label 51 Recordings is focused on music scenes around the country, and in association with Irving Place Records, the first volume features music from Milwaukee acts. “Notes From The Underground, Vol. 1” featues 12 tracks from Milwaukee bands, including Trolley, Certain Stars, Elephonic and more. 300 copies of the LP are pressed on green vinyl
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Apollo Vermouth released a new album on the six-year anniversary of her last album “Crashing Into Nowhere.” It’s ten tracks of lush ambient and drone soundscapes marked by immersive field recordings, shifting sonic emotions and wandering, textural passages. There’s an empyrean quality to Apollo Vermouth’s music that feels warm, inviting and alluring, evocative of halcyon memories, transient recollections and buoyant
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A Crushed Rose is an experimental ambient project of Alisa Rodriguez’s, who is known both as Apollo Vermouth and for being vocalist/guitarist of Operations. She has a new EP out under ACR, consisting of recordings from the late 2010’s. These five tracks are pensive in mood with cascading sonic layers. “The Right Kind of Dumb” is an ambient techno track
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Cairns’ latest includes tape loops, immersive textures, campfire-friendly acoustic guitar, and hypnagogic passages.
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After three years, Apollo Vermouth is back with a gorgeous new track.
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The acts took part in a day-long event of experimental music at Cactus Club this past Saturday.
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Ben Slowey sits down with the ambient indie artist to discuss her most recent album.
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Freespace is a free monthly artist showcase that takes place on the last Wednesday of the month at Jazz Gallery in Riverwest. Curated by Sam Ahmed (WebsterX) and Kane Rulan, it has been going on since 2015 and is a solid opportunity for emerging artists to display their creative edge to a smaller and more intimate crowd. Janice Vogt hosts
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The band joined So Zuppy, There Are No Thieves In This Town, and Johnnie Baker on Friday night.
Read moreMusicians You Should Know is a new section dedicated to Milwaukee musicians that you may or may not be familiar with. Franklin, Wis., musician Alisa Rodriguez has been involved in Milwaukee-area music since 2011. The following year was when Wasted Islands, her first “real” band, started playing shows more frequently. Since then, Alisa has gone on to play in Lost Spirit, White
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