Milwaukee-to-New York transplant BLAX is back with a new video, set to an absolute banger of a track that was released at the tail end of 2016. “Nothin”, featuring Brooklyn artist G.R.A.M.Z., is strong both as a track and video. To be fair, BLAX has been bringing it for years, but this feels like something extra when you see it
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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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Festival lineups are kind of like dominoes; once one drops, they all seem to fall right behind faster and faster. Fresh off the heels of the Coachella announcement for this year, The Governor’s Ball has announced who they’ll be bringing to NYC this year. Tool, Chance The Rapper, Phoenix, and Childish Gambino all share the top line of the lineup
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The world of melodic heavy rock transcends continents, and Japanese band Crystal Lake prove that with their new video for “Black And Blue” from their upcoming album, “True North”. The clip for the song, directed by Kei Ikeda, was shot in both New York and Tokyo, featuring rooftops in both cities. Judging by their sound, Crystal Lake could make a name
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Welp, this is the song that will be stuck in your head today. Brooklyn indie rockers Mainland have an earworm on their hands with their latest single, “Permission Slip”, which was released last week. With a bright guitar line, tight percussion, and echoing background vocals, this is basically the epitome of indie, and it’s all done incredibly well. Basically, every
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New York production/artist collective Local-Mu12 has been around sparingly for years, but are gearing up for the release of a new album, and Milwaukee’s Dana Coppafeel is featured on the first single, “Hood Rich”. Produced by Real McKoy, the track also features the likes of Oh No, The Manorail, and Local-Mu12 member Stryfe. The album appears to have a lot
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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. We’re back with our second round of Five to Watch, and we’ve
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New York City’s High Waisted take a modern spin on the conventional surf rock sound, adding a bit of punk rock edge to keep things interesting. The band is based on the Lower East Side of NYC, the definitive rock n’ roll neighborhood, and that comes out in their music, as well as offstage. We talked to frontwoman Jessica Louise
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With dreamy synths and crunchy percussion, New York City’s Mainland have a new single that blends the best of post punk with dream pop in “Beggars”. The first release since their “Outcasts” EP, which was released at the beginning of the year, this track is uplifting in every sense of the word. As the song’s cover art would suggest, the
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Score one for SoundCloud playing suggested songs after what you initially clicked on. That’s how we discovered this recent release from Nasty Nigel, and it absolutely bangs. The Queens emcee goes in on a stellar trap beat, produced by Pat Lukens. Within the first minute, you’re hooked on this track about Nigel’s daily routine. This is a head-nodder, and it’s
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The Brooklyn duo collectively known as Lilly Wolf are back with crisp, poignant visuals for their latest single “Terrible Mistake”. The track is pure pop goodness, with Lilly’s vocals accenting producer Alex Neuhausen’s bright, spacey beats. The video, shot by KRSP Visuals, accents the song perfectly, complete with a bender and dance party in reverse. It is definitely not a terrible
Read moreThe latest album from Coheed And Cambria, “The Color Before The Sun”, is the first to deviate from “The Armory Wars”, a narrative that drew together all of the band’s previous albums. In many ways, until now, Coheed and Cambria weren’t just making concept albums, they were a concept band. However, they’ve ditched that for a traditional rock album, but have found
Read moreNew York City’s Troy Ave is quickly moving his way up the hip hop world with his tough style and uniquely NYC sound. His “White Christmas 3” is currently helping his buzz swell to levels he hasn’t hit before, and one of the standout tracks is “Restore The Feeling”, which is getting some airplay, particularly on satellite radio. Check out
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So… shout out to SoundCloud for automatically playing suggested tracks after the song that you came to the platform for. It’s because of this wonderful accident that I came across New York City’s Rome Streetz, and his most recent EP, “Work On The Arm”. Within the first couple of bars, you could just tell that Rome has it in all
Read moreWhen you take the memorable Sauce Money & Jay-Z “Pre-Game” instrumental, and put two upcoming Brooklyn emcees on it, you can actually get a way better product than most would expect. In this instance, Profit and Shawn Kitt of Bangout Records do the instrumental justice, with a pair of solid verses over some timeless production. Brooklyn doesn’t play around, as
Read moreOkay, so I’ll admit, I was one to judge this track before I heard it. A near-six minute long remix with five emcees on it in 2015 doesn’t sound that appealing on paper. However, when it comes to this track, I was sorely mistaken. The beat was the first thing that drew me in, and then all five rappers held
Read moreSo here’s a cool thing that we did. With a hole in my SXSW schedule, I decided to throw an impromptu cypher on 6th Street (where all the unofficial parties are) in Austin. This area is notorious for seeing pop up performances on street corners, and during SXSW the area is literally filled with talented artists from all over the
Read moreBronsolino is back. After recently releasing the cover art for his major label debut, “Mr. Wonderful”, Action Bronson dropped another single from the album, “Terry”. With a jazzy, authentically New York sound to it, Bronson does his thing on the track, making me even more excited to hear the album when it comes out. The album is due out in
Read moreA short while ago, Brooklyn artist Dumplings én China debuted a new track, “EnnairaM” at The Hole NYC. With a combination of elements of hip hop, spoken word, and electronica, the track is an introspective, personal look at the artist behind the song. With a slew of reverse effects and echos, this is a trip from the moment you press
Read moreThis week’s Milwaukee Artist of the Week is Jessi Mechanic, an indie singer/songwriter that has taken her dreams out of the midwest to the Big Apple. Jessi is a transplant to Brooklyn, but a native Milwaukeean, and that midwestern appeal carries over in her band’s music. Their debut EP, “Wandering In Roam” was released in November, and it’s clear that
Read moreHold on, things are about to get artsy. New York electro-pop duo The Ropes released a new video and EP at the end of October by the same name. The EP is three tracks that carry an inherent NYC cool factor to them, carrying a very polished, minimal sound to it. The video is creative as well, teetering on creepy
Read moreNYC’s MC Elijah Black is becoming an established member of the music scene there, both as a solo artist and as part of Sibling. Recently, the group performed at Afropunk’s Battle of the Bands, where Black showcased himself as the main emcee. This time around, though, he’s taking things solo for the summer, with “GhettoBirds”, a track that isn’t your
Read moreA$ap Rocky got out his inner rebel in New York City for his “Riot Rave” video. The track features a rather laid back beat from the creator of last year’s Harlem Shake track, Baauer, and unfortunately not a verse from A$ap. It’s described as an art video, showcasing real rioting. Apparently, rioting involves a lot of running, some 5-0 grinds
Read moreArtist, songwriter, and all out creative genius David Byrne can almost do no wrong in my eyes. The early Talking Heads records are perfectly creative, addicting, and totally different for their time period. There was a stretch in my life where I fell asleep to my Stop Making Sense DVD every night for weeks on end. But… He covered Biz
Read moreNew York City’s gaVen heVy recently released this three track EP as his debut project. “Dedicated To Her” is a combination of classic New York hip hop sound on the production with a super calm flow over the top. Listening to it definitely takes you back to a different era in a hip hop. For an initial release, this is
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