Breaking And Entering is thrilled to bring you the next installment of our local monthly showcase at The Tonic Tavern! We’re coming back on July 20th, as we bring you Sin Bad and Seven Costanza! Cover is $5, and your first domestic beer or rail drink is free! Sin Bad Sin Bad is a power-pop-garage-punk-emo band. With catchy melodies and
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Children of the beast embrace. Sum 41 is back! After several years of ups and downs, including a very great album in 2011’s “Screaming Bloody Murder”, the band has their first new video in five years with “Fake My Own Death”. It’s Sum 41 vs. the Internet in this one, as they dodge memes that are dead set on destroying
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Let’s face it, cover songs are a lot like Halloween costumes; while they’re not the real thing, some are great, some are really clever, some are actually genuinely scary, and a lot of them suck. That being said, this week I divulged into Hopeless Records’ “Punk Goes…” series. Now, there should be a disclaimer here that many of the bands
Read moreThe Swellers are in the midst of their final “Call It A Night” tour, in which they’re saying goodbye to some of their favorite cities to play as a band. While there is a European leg to the tour, Chain Reaction in Anaheim, CA, a punk rock staple, was lucky enough to get the final US Show from the band.
Read moreFall Out Boy are back with their latest album, “American Beauty/American Psycho”. As one of the premier names in pop punk, the group has evolved by leaps and bounds since their early releases. With several songs from the album being released in advance of the album, it’s interesting to see the dynamic of this album. The singles are jam-packed into
Read more‘ Punk Goes Pop Volume 6 is out, and while I could go into a whole commentary about how none of the bands featured on the compilation are actually neither “punk” nor “pop”, and that this thing should be renamed immediately, I’ll spare you that lecture. Though might I suggest they start calling this compilation “Fearless Records presents: Hot Topic’s
Read moreJordan Witzigreuter, aka The Ready Set, had a blast on this year’s Warped Tour. So, naturally, why not make that the music video for new single, “Freakin’ Me Out”? See him have way too much fun with friends on the tour bus, backstage, and in front of thousands of teens that just want to dance their feelings out, okay?! The
Read morePop-punk kings New Found Glory have gone through a lot in the past couple of years. In the three years since “Radiosurgery”, the band’s last album of completely new material, they’ve experienced a list of issues that would break most bands. Most notably, the band left Epitaph Records for Hopeless Records, and announced the departure of their principal songwriter, guitarist
Read moreThis week’s Milwaukee Artist of the Week is Human After All, a pop punk group that packs a punch in all of their work. The group is in their second year as a band, but you couldn’t tell that at all from listening to them. They definitely sound very polished as a group, which means there’s an incredible amount of
Read moreA couple days late, but hey, it was Easter! On Saturday, April 19th, I was in attendance of All Time Low’s 13th show at The Rave. The show started at 8 pm with Handguns. For a newer band to be opening a sold out show, man did they kill it! The crowd was divided, some have heard of the band,
Read moreAre you a Milwaukee musician/band? You can submit your music to be the Milwaukee Artist of the Week by emailing links to info@BreakingAndEntering.net. We’ll check out every submission we get! There are very few times when a band name is as accurate as it’s sound, but this week’s Milwaukee Artist of the Week are spot on. Direct Hit! is a
Read moreNo Sleep Records recently released a warehouse session with one of my favorite pop punk bands right now, The Swellers. In 13 minutes, the band tears through four songs, including a couple from their new album, The Light Under Closed Doors. Also, I’m thoroughly convinced the cajon (that box that Jon Diener is playing) is the coolest instrument ever. He
Read moreAn unexpected post found while scrolling through tumblr, but it is such an important thing. From looking at the title it’s easy to think, “this could be either really good, or horrifyingly horrible”. Well, it is definitely rad. When I found this post on tumblr, it was under the name “Hawkins”, unfortunately, I am unsure whether that is true or
Read moreLooking for new music? Well here’s a Texas trio you (probably) haven’t heard of… yet. About a week or so, I got a new follower on Twitter, of course it was a band that I haven’t heard of. I waited for the spam message, but it never came. After finally getting some free time, I sat down and took a
Read moreAre you a Milwaukee musician/band? You can submit your music to be the Milwaukee Artist of the Week by emailing links to info@BreakingAndEntering.net. We’ll check out every submission we get! This week’s Milwaukee Artist of the Week is fairly new, but are generating a huge buzz already. From the fallout of Mechanical Kids and Take The Day comes powerpop hybrid
Read moreAre you a Milwaukee musician/band? You can submit your music to be the Milwaukee Artist of the Week by emailing links to info@BreakingAndEntering.net. We’ll check out every submission we get! This week’s Milwaukee Artist of the Week are Avenues, a pop punk quartet that has done some incredible things in a very short amount of time. The band formed in
Read moreAnother gem from my video production class. Never had heard of The Air On Everest until this video project, but I’ve sung this chorus in my head so many times. It’s such a catchy song. Textbook pop punk, and a cool video from Christian Shebesta. Kudos to those guys. You will sing this song a lot. You’ve been warned.
Read moreIt’s finally here. New Blink-182. The first single from the long-awaited new album premiered on KROQ around 20 minutes ago. I’ve been spending the last 20 minutes listening to the song and trying to embed it. I can’t. However, if you click on any of the words in this sentence, or this picture of Blink, it will take you to
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