If you’re familiar with acts like Sleigh Bells and Purity Ring, we have some blissful electronic pop that you’ll love. Electronic production duo darkDark’s new EP, “Heathered”, mixes eclectic production tracks with wonderful harmonies, creating a variable utopia for electronic music fans. Yes, there are drops, and yes, there are sections that sound like organized chaos; but the combination of
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As a Milwaukee-based music website, it is our obligation to not only bring Milwaukee to the world, but bring the world to Milwaukee, as well. Five To Watch submissions are handled exclusively through ReverbNation. To submit to become one of our Five To Watch, click here. With every month, it seems like we get hundreds and hundreds of incredible music submissions
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It may be the depths of winter, but LA indie duo Coast Modern have managed to capture the feeling of a lazy, mid-summer sunset with their new single, “Comb My Hair”. Anchored around a lo-fi, buzzing bass line, and a triumphant, blissful chorus, this song is indie pop at its purest. Reminiscent of acts like OK Go and Beck, the
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The great thing about a Friday is that everything comes out in terms of music, and you never know which way to turn, but you’re almost always going to find something amazing. Today’s case in point is LA producer Barclay Crenshaw’s self-titled album, which matches spacy, expansive production with features from the likes of Aviella, Lady Chann, The Underachievers, The
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In the past month or so, Lvrd Teague has been consistently dropping a stream of new music. The young Milwaukee artist is part of the Don Life collective, which has made us well aware of their presence as of late. “HeartThrob” is Teague’s newest loosie, assisted by LA artist Frvr. Between all of the members of Don Life, it’s looking
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Los Angeles is undoubtedly a tough market to break out of, with a plethora of artists and bands saturating the city. Hard work is definitely key to making it out, and Pacific Radio have been putting in the hours to make something notable. The band’s latest EP, “Kitchen Table”, recently came out, as well as the video for the title
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It seems like it’s been entirely too long since another great emo band has popped onto our radar, and trust us, we’ve been looking. Enter Point North; a LA-based band that reminds you of the glory days of hard-hitting pop punk dominating the early morning TV airwaves. The band’s most recent single, “Dearly Departed”, captures the spirit of so many bands that
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The secretive nature of Los Angeles production duo DarkDark gives a mysterious flare to their persona, but it also lends a tremendous amount to the type of music that they make. The group’s blend of dark, melodic electro-pop is aided by the fact that they keep a relatively low profile, and it also allows space for creative visuals like their
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As a Milwaukee-based music website, it is our obligation to not only bring Milwaukee to the world, but bring the world to Milwaukee, as well. Five To Watch submissions are handled exclusively through ReverbNation. Every month, we keep getting blown away by the amount of talented artists that submit music to us. It’s never an easy decision, but we’ve selected five
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As a Milwaukee-based music website, it is our obligation to not only bring Milwaukee to the world, but bring the world to Milwaukee, as well. Five To Watch submissions are handled exclusively through ReverbNation. Click here to submit music to be one of next month’s Five To Watch The submissions keep rolling in to us, and it’s amazing to see the
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Get ready to be transported into indie pop bliss. With polished instrumentation and a healthy dose of angst, the newest single from LA’s Arms Akimbo, “Miscommunication” is a jam, plain and simple. Adequately describing the frustrations of miscommunications in relationships, the band exclaims “I don’t give a fuck if you don’t love me anymore” with the passion of a jilted
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As a Milwaukee-based music blog, it is our obligation to not only bring Milwaukee to the world, but bring the world to Milwaukee, as well. Five To Watch submissions are handled exclusively through ReverbNation. Click here to submit music to be one of next month’s Five To Watch. Welcome to our initial edition of Five To Watch for August 2016!
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Now here’s one from Portland’s Liquid Beat Records for the hip hop fans. “Gangsta Jazz 2: The Album” is a smooth release from California emcee Libretto. The sequel to his “Gangsta Jazz” EP, this project was written entirely while incarcerated, and is Libretto’s first project since his release. If you’re a fan of artists like Jurassic 5 and De La
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Everyone looks for that definitive summer jam, and every year it seems like a new batch of pop is unleashed on the masses between late May and early September. This new single from LA by way of Australia producers Feenixpawl & APEK is definitely a summer jam in every sense of the word. Feenixpawl have become esteemed in the EDM
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The latest from LA’s Lavish Mack is all types of smooth, and oozing bravado. As you can probably guess, “Regular” is about, well, not being regular, but when your name is Lavish Mack, who would expect you to be? Anyways, Lavish goes in on this track, with a hook and melody to his flow that will leave you singing this
Read moreKing Fantastic have made a much-awaited return with their album “The Great Man Theory”, and that’s amplified by the single “Spooky Spooks And The Trouble With Capitalism”. If you’ve ever seen a King Fantastic video before, you know that things can be a bit out there. This one is admittedly a bit tamer than most, although Killer Reese One has
Read moreKendrick Lamar’s next album should just be called “How I Broke The Internet by Kendrick Lamar”. In his latest feat of Internet-crushing material, K Dot freestyled for six minutes straight on LA’s Power 106. It’s incredibly hard to do, especially with that many people in the room, and the cameras on you, and knowing that the world is going to
Read moreKing Fantastic pulls no punches on their latest song, another teaser to a new project. Killa Reese One flexes all over this track, getting a lot off of his chest in the process. Never one to bite his tongue, Reese keeps it as real as it gets, talking about the lifestyle that a lot of rappers try to portray. While
Read moreLA rapper and producer Jonwayne recently put out the visuals for “The Come Up” featuring Scoop DeVille. Rather than going to the streets with it, they made a great use of a studio space. The beat is tough all the way through, and verses from Jon and Scoop are on point. Check it out below:
Read moreKing Fantastic is my latest discovery. Self described as WestCoastSynthesizerBeachBumGangstaMusic, this EP really sounds like a dubstep-rap group, which is awesome. If you’re a fan of either genre of music, you’re really gonna like this. Plus, you have the option to either download the EP for free or support them by buying the EP on Itunes. Whatever option you pick,
Read moreI don’t even know why I find this so cool, but I do. I hope this is commonplace in L.A.:
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