AUDIO: Frantic Repair – “Grey Hour”
Frantic Repair’s debut, “Grey Hour,” is a brooding yet energetic release that needs to be on your radar.
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AUDIO: Hypersleep – “Glum”
The record is weaving layers of distorted guitars and atmospheric elements around a confessional delivery.
Read moreAUDIO: Lake Drive – “If You Say So”
With lyrics about leaving a relationship and the deeper context behind it, there’s feelings of hurt and contemplation, but set to a beat that you can dance to, as well.
Read moreAUDIO: Oogwé – “Staggering Beauty EP”
Milwaukee’s Oogwé swing for the fences and spin together six tracks of blissful noise on their debut EP “Staggering Beauty”, melding the intricate rhythms of math rock with anguished textures of emo and post-hardcore.
Read moreAUDIO: Tiny Voices – “Reasons I Won’t Change”
Tiny Voices’ debut album is everything that you love about emo rolled up into one record.
Read moreAUDIO: BUG MOMENT – “The Lazer Collection”
Bug Moment are back online with their new EP “The Lazer Collection”, channeling the grungy emo and post-hardcore of the 2000s through a fuzzy, digitally warped lens.
Read moreAUDIO: Tiny Voices – “Backseat Therapist”
Oshkosh midwest emo group Tiny Voices are gearing up to release their long-awaited debut album in March – their new single “Backseat Therapist” is a manic joyride through euphoric highs and anguished lows.
Read moreAUDIO: BUG MOMENT – “Chaos Emerald”
Ahead of a new EP, Bug Moment dives into scuzzy emo on “Chaos Emerald” – getting dirt under their fingernails on a grungy kiss-off that pulls no punches.
Read moreAUDIO: Buena Cara – “Buena Cara”
It’s officially Midwest emo season, and Buena Cara are ready in full force with their self-titled album that came out at the beginning of the month.
Read moreAUDIO: Okay Omen – ” Echoes of Loss”
Okay Omen return with four tracks of beautiful, yet chaotic emo on their new EP.
Read moreAUDIO: Man Alive – ” Trust The Process”
“Trust The Process” is 12 songs of full-speed-ahead punk, compromising for nothing.
Read moreAUDIO: Okay Omen – ” Headlock”
The band rip through this one, all while maintaining the technical guitar work and punishing drums that have become their calling card.
Read moreAUDIO: Excuse Me Who Are You? – “Double Bind”
“Double Bind” holds nothing back when it comes to emotional bursts of vocals, but also technical Midwest Emo guitar parts.
Read moreAUDIO: Eric Raven – “Feral”
Eric Raven’s new single is a gristly soundscape of screams, drums being obliterated and a jagged guitar lick. The self-proclaimed “goth daddy of New Jersey” provides listeners with a shocking metal track that’s sure to drive you wild.
Read moreAUDIO: Pasta Sauce – “Somewhere to Grow”
Indie-emo act Pasta Sauce released their third EP. The duo brings seven tracks to ponder existential questions about growth, faith, pain, life, death and purpose. The dialogue sampled in “Real, Random & Forever” sums it up pretty well; featured is a conversation between two people about what happens after we die, and how everyone has their own way of reckoning
Read moreAUDIO: Riotnine – “Death Before Detransition”
“Death before transition” is Riotnine’s first EP, containing skramz steeped in rage and discord.
Read moreRiotnine shakes the Cactus Club with “Death Before Detransition” EP release show
Riotnine, a Milwaukee band that plays a mix of skramz, emo and punk, screamed “Death before detransition” at an EP release show at Cactus Club.
Read moreINTERVIEW: Riotnine!
We talk to the emerging emo / skramz band about their formation and upcoming material.
Read moreAUDIO: RIOTNINE! – “No One Wants Pain”
Midwest emo/skramz band RIOTNINE! dropped their debut single this week. This energetic tune is about distractions, self-care, and trying to make something out of nothing in this rapidly crumbling world. The shouted vocals cathartically channel loneliness and resistance to individualistic ethic; we all just want to feel loved and part of this world, after all. We hope to hear more
Read moreAUDIO: Pasta Sauce – “Dearly Departing”
Emo-indie duo Pasta Sauce are out with a new EP, inspired by the duo’s first move from a college neighborhood to the suburbs. They interpret the concept of transition in various ways, whether it be through heartbreak or loss or feeling in limbo. There’s profound fortitude and fierce conviction that evidently went into this work, with melancholy yet polished melodies
Read moreAUDIO: Sn3k – “HyperWHAT?!”
Sn3k’s album sounds like a caffeine overdose.
Read moreSad Boi Project: In The Alternative Emo Rock Genre, The Memorable Hooks Created Keep Fans Coming Back For More
Kicking off in late 2019, Sad Boi Project has been pushing their way into the music industry with the EP, No Hard Feelings, which allowed them to gain enough momentum to survive the pandemic crisis. Being influenced by bands such as My Chemical Romance, Taking Back Sunday, and The Strokes, Sad Boi Project continues to shape their sound and spread
Read moreAUDIO: Osseo – “These Days”
Emo rockers Osseo are newcomers on the Milwaukee scene, and they’ve got their debut album out to show for it. There’s a lot of existential dread weaved into the music here, begging to know what in life is better off. “Cicadas (Reprise)” is about pitying someone, “Anders” seems to be about wondering if resilience is worth it, and “Lily” ponders
Read moreAUDIO: Buena Cara – “Security Cameras”
Emo rockers Buena Cara’s new single is about wondering what your ex is thinking. You’re not on speaking terms but can’t help but contemplate what they haven’t told you. You replay old conversations in your head, wondering what else you could’ve said. These intrusive thoughts make you anxious but there’s not really anything you can do. We hope to hear
Read moreAUDIO: C x m e r x n FT. Global AzN – “Loner”
Emo pop artist C x m e r x n has a new single out with fellow storyteller Global AzN. It’s a song about getting by as a lone wolf and not wishing to be anything else. No one, not even your significant other, understands. That said, you get constantly fucked up to cope with these feelings. With a touch
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