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. We’re thrilled to kick off 2017 with another installment of our monthly Five To Watch
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Long Island indie duo The Glazzies recently premiered a video for their newest single, “Spill”, and you’ll be yearning for the days of early 90’s alternative by the time the track is over. The song, as well as the video, are both energetic, and wonderfully primitive, drawing up nostalgia for some of the first glimpses that the public ever saw
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Brooklyn artist Lily Virginia recently fell onto our radar earlier this year, with a few impressive singles from her then soon-to-be released project. The wait is over, however, as Lily recently released her new album, “Play Me Twice”. As to be expected, the project is nine tracks of sophisticated indie pop, punctuated by Lily’s stellar vocal ability. From front to
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With a big, expansive sound that hits you like a whirlwind, Brooklyn’s Spirit Animal are making a name for themselves nationally. Their sophomore release, “World War IV” is turning heads with it’s genre blending style. The band hits Cactus Club on December 9th with Nico Yaryan as well as Bo Triplex and his Beautiful Band. Before that, we caught up
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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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Brooklyn indie artist Lily Virginia is gearing up for her audio/visual album, “Play Me Twice”, which comes out on November 18th. In the meantime, we have a new live video from Lily, for single “Long Time”. This is the fourth video released from the album, which will be complete with nine videos. With a bright voice and just the right
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Milwaukee’s one man lyrical machine, Taiyamo Denku, is back with a new single, this time featuring New York veteran Grand Surgeon. “Listen Up” is one of the first releases on Denku’s CyphaDen Music, and features now frequent collaborator DCypha on production. “Listen Up” is an exhibition in the art of being an emcee, as are most tracks that Denku drops.
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With their latest single, “Nobody Else”, New York indie quartet Miniature Tigers have a certified indie jam on their hands. The track is is the perfect blend of lo-fi, mellow pop that feels right on a rainy fall day, and even though the current weather doesn’t dictate that mood just yet, you’ll be more than prepared when things start to look
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Moovalya (Phoenix, AZ) Here’s a band with a take-no-prisoners attitude and a sound to match it. With their unique blend of melodic punk, Moovalya are making a name for themselves within the Phoenix music scene. With a sound that combines elements of bands like Sum 41 and a young AFI, punk fans everywhere can relate to a component of Moovalya’s
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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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We hope you’re ready to meet the next pop punk band that you won’t stop listening to. Manic Pixi are carving their way onto the national music landscape with their most recent release, “Iron Heart”, the band’s second release. We checked in with frontwoman Kat Hamilton to learn more about the band, and their release: B&E: Introduce yourself! Who are
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If you’re looking for glistening, festival ready indie pop, Future Generations have the track for you. “Thunder In The City” has the potential to be an indie anthem, with all of the necessary components to make Future Generations alternative radio mainstays. The single is part of the band’s self-titled debut album, which came out on Frenchkiss Records last week. Get
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Queens emcee KingAce decided to slow things down a little bit and talk to the ladies on his latest single, “Think Of You”. Flipping the infamous sample of Ghost Town DJ’s “My Boo”, which you youngins might know from the Running Man Challenge videos, KingAce puts his own spin on things over production from Elias. His verses are nothing short
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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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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
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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
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After a slew of mixtape releases, and then a long absence, Gerald Walker’s debut album, “Target” is finally available. The drought between releases is well worth it, though, as Gerald put out a double disc, and there’s also a book available detailing the making of the album. Musically speaking, the flow is the same Gerald Walker that we’ve watched grow
Read moreOne thing I will always reward is solid visuals. In the case of Chris Rivers and Whispers’ “Steel Sharpens Steel”, there is definitely some original video work done. Director Danny Cinema did an excellent job of painting the two emcees in a separate but equally sinister limelight, and the awkwardness of making them neighbors only contributed to the value of
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 moreWithout a show to shoot on Friday night at SXSW, I decided to throw together a cypher on 6th St. and film it. However, from that, it was also decided that there should be a second cypher at the Pearl St. Co-Op later that night. I walked into a full on college rager, and the cypher only made things crazier.
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
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