AUDIO: THICK NEEDLES – “Mighty Machine”
Milwaukee hard rock band THICK NEEDLES drops “Mighty Machine,” a crushing new track blending punk, blues, and psychedelic grit.
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Milwaukee hard rock band THICK NEEDLES drops “Mighty Machine,” a crushing new track blending punk, blues, and psychedelic grit.
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Texas metal four-piece GORE. return with a vengeance on new single “Lead Me to the Slaughter,” a scathing takedown of modern-day idolatry. The band is currently on tour with Kittie, with European dates locked in for Fall 2026.
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Milwaukee producer Cashout Beatz drops “2 Humble,” an 11-track album featuring standout collab “Different” with Chris Echols and Destiny Briona.
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Rising hard rock outfit Hollow Pact announce their signing to Sumerian Records with the release of new single and music video “Tear,” plus upcoming tours with Royale Lynn and Of Mice & Men.
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Elizabeth Cook drops the VHS-inspired “Sunset Promenade,” a love letter to her closest friends and a sharp critique of media saturation, ahead of her Shooter Jennings-produced album Great Television, out August 14 via Thirty Tigers.
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Portland’s masked nu-metal shock rockers Amerakin Overdose premiere their vital new track “Oxygen” and reveal a run of summer tour dates leading up to Rock Fest 2026.
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Milwaukee artist puffwrldwide releases new four-track EP “Kavon.” featuring Heezy the Artist.
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Nicole Atkins returns with her seventh studio album “Drama,” her first all-new full-length in over six years. Produced by Wilco’s Pat Sansone and released via Chris Isaak’s Wicked Game Records imprint on Sun Records, the LP arrives September 18. Lead single “When the Night Falls” is streaming now.
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Pittsburgh atmospheric metalcore outfit 156/Silence share “Proxy Idols,” the latest cut from their forthcoming Pure Noise Records debut ‘From A Distance,’ arriving September 4. Catch them at Inkcarceration, on tour with Chiodos, and on their fall US headliner.
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Milwaukee’s industrial goth veterans Lockjaw return with “Paranoid,” a high-energy, minor-key assault that proves three decades in, they’ve still got plenty of venom.
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Milwaukee electronic artist LUXI rises from the ashes with “Phoenix Rising,” a high-energy new single that channels rebirth and restless creativity.
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Milwaukee rapper Mr. Lloyd returns with “The Hiest,” a quick-paced, speech-heavy single full of confident wordplay and cinematic energy.
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GRAMMY winners Suzy Bogguss and Vince Gill are the latest additions to Dan Seals & Friends: The Last Duet, a posthumous tribute album celebrating the late country-pop crossover legend, arriving August 28 via Melody Place.
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Milwaukee producer Cashout Beatz links up with Chris Echols and Destiny Briona on “Humble,” a standout from his new album 2 Humble.
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The late Dr. Pieter Noomen — minister, psychotherapist, and unlikely spiritual scribe — left behind a free online archive of conversations with a presence he called “Life Itself.” Here’s why his work is finding new audiences in 2026.
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Endless Fires Fest returns to Syracuse’s Sharkeys Event Center August 15-16, 2026 with a final wave of bands including Boundaries, Bleeding Through, Emmure, and On Broken Wings joining previously announced headliners Three 6 Mafia, Circle Jerks, GWAR, and American Nightmare.
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Italian power metallers Frozen Crown unveil “The One,” the Tolkien-inspired first single from their darker new album ‘The Legend of the Six Kings,’ out October 2 via Napalm Records.
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Milwaukee’s puffwrldwide delivers moody heat on “OMG” featuring Heezy the Artist, the standout closer from the new four-track project Kavon.
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San Antonio rockers Kingdom Collapse turn Natasha Bedingfield’s “Unwritten” into a stadium-shaking anthem — the latest single from their debut album Survivor, out October 30 via Mascot Records.
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Milwaukee industrial goth veterans Lockjaw return with “Paranoid,” a dark, driving single that showcases three decades of refined intensity.
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Milwaukee electro-pop artist LUXI returns with the high-energy single “Phoenix Rising,” another bold chapter in her decade-long run of adventurous electronic music.
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A stripped-down Rap Draft Performance titled “Is this hard?” delivers bar-first confidence, patient pacing, and punchlines built for the rewind.
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Independent artist Bagg Jee delivers a moody, cinematic new visual for his single “Alley,” shot by Ocean Legacy Cinematic.
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Nashville cult-favorite Melaina Kol shares “Parallel,” a house-inspired, cello-laced curveball from the upcoming LP “Okay that’s a great idea because if I do that then,” out August 14, 2026 via Julia’s War Recordings.
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Milwaukee rapper Mr. Lloyd returns with “The Hiest,” an uptempo banger that showcases his relentless flow and continued growth in the city’s hip-hop scene.
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