AUDIO: Big Laugh – “Consume Me”
Big Laugh blitz through ten tracks in under 20 minutes, taking no prisoners along the way.
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AUDIO: Faster Faster Faster – “Spiel”
The prolific punks have 18 tight tracks on their new release.
Read moreAUDIO: 2 Ball Screwball – “The Voices In My Head EP”
Ska punks 2 Ball Screwball are out with their sophomore EP – their first release since 2017. It’s four fun, energetic tunes that blow off plenty of steam to channel all the spinning thoughts and existential dread. These riffs and hooks have the power to get the crowd on their feet to sing, dance, laugh and forget the woes for
Read moreAUDIO: Big Laugh – “Shadow Figure”
Hardcore punks Big Laugh dropped a new single ahead of their forthcoming album “Consume Me.” Fierce and rambunctious, “Shadow Figure” is a full-on modern hardcore banger with riffage that rattles the walls and vocals that cut like a knife. In the final minute it takes on a fearsome, crashing melodic shift that feels like something’s haunting you akin to the
Read moreAUDIO: Big Laugh – “Mask”
Big Laugh’s latest single “Mask” is proof of the band’s love for hardcore punk and modern hardcore in a single explosive package.
Read moreAUDIO: Gorilla Knifefight – “THIS KNIFE WINS THE FIGHT!”
Duck Earnhardt closes 2022 with another Gorilla Knifefight tape. Hardcore punk is as fast and furious as ever here, balancing personal angst with societal angst through igniting riffs and a pounding drum machine. Earnhardt battles greedy capitalists and the Internet while also holding on tight for love and for his friends, ultimately prevailing. Gorilla Knifefight emerges victorious with “THIS KNIFE
Read moreAUDIO: Bad Year – “Faded Memories”
Bad Year hit their stride with six tracks of working class pop punk.
Read moreAUDIO: Ratbatspider – “Frosty’s Winter Murderland”
Horror punks Ratbatspider dropped a deadly Christmas single this year. This bloody ripper tells the story of a kid who gets bullied a lot until he puts a magic hat on, which turns him into a grotesque monster that deals judgment on those who were laughing. Needless to say, no one’s laughing now. Ratbatspider turn a lovable, jolly tale into
Read moreVIDEO: The Riverwest Sessions: PAX
The Riverwest Sessions brings you a fully acoustic set of catchy acoustic punk rock tunes by MKE-based acoustic duo PAX.
Read moreVIDEO: Avenues – “Blood On The Moon”
Avenues have a monster on the loose with their latest video from “We’re All Doomed.”
Read moreAUDIO: Gorilla Knifefight – “Anarchy Chess EP”
Matt Glassel’s hardcore punk project Gorilla Knifefight has a new EP out. It’s four songs, one of which “Fear Factor” we heard this summer released as a cassingle. Glassel is ready to kick ass and fight as he rocks about the bullshit that is the United States government. The dude’s got love in his heart and spreads it through anarchy
Read moreAUDIO: Ratbatspider – “Until Everything Is Red”
The horror punks return with their latest spooky season offering.
Read moreAUDIO: The Eradicator – “Forever the Eradicator”
Punk rockers The Eradicator are out with their third album today. The record assumes the role of John the Squash Man, who battles both internal and external enemies in order to keep his title. There’s blazing punk riffs, infernal vocals and anthemic choruses galore to get you riled up as the masked warrior rages on – if you’re a pusshead
Read moreVIDEO: Convert – “Unnatural Acts”
Gothic post-punk rockers Convert released a video for “Unnatural Acts” off recent album “Saves.” The video has an apocalyptic feel with clips on masked doctors, mass surveillance, disorderly conduct, strange AI experiments and riots. Such ideas go hand in hand with the song’s overall theme of just how ugly humanity can get. Directed by the band’s own Sam Sharkey.
Read moreAUDIO: Various Artists – “Oh SCOTUS, Up Yours!”
Milwaukee-based Vacancy Chain helped start a compilation with 13 other artists to make a timely and powerful statement in face of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade this year, blasted through fuzzed amps and damning lyrics. Each song is a metaphorical blow returned to institutions that have inflicted pain on women for centuries, whether it’s the courts,
Read moreAUDIO: Spoy – “Green Gills”
Noise rockers Spoy are out with a new single. The band brings their other-worldly song structures, wailing vocals and cacophonous riffage into a headbanging shredder. The final minute of the song ascends and then erupts into a dissonant trance, leaving you at the edge of your seat. We hope it’s the sign of something bigger in the works to come
Read moreAUDIO: Gorilla Knifefight – “An Ode To The Gorilla / An Ode To The Knife”
Duck Earnhardt, also known as Matt Glassel, released a two-track cassette this month dripping with ransom note, stenciled DIY aesthetic and amp-busting riffs pulled from the American hardcore wave of the early ‘80’s. A single maxed-out guitar blares an air raid siren noise over a simple drum machine track while Glassel belts out lyrics about awaking something primal in yourself.
Read moreAUDIO: Brave You – “Lifer”
“Lifer” by Brave You is full of powerful punk-infused rockers with vocalist Mary Sibilski and guitarist Alex Meylink trading verses about parties, memories, regret, youth and facing adulthood. Influences from bands like The Lawrence Arms and Dillinger Four bleed through as most songs are energetic, melodic and often introspective. “Dream On” is a song about holding onto youthful memories with
Read moreAUDIO: Bathhouse Kill Squad – “Bathhouse Kill Squad”
Punk rockers Bathhouse Kill Squad are out with their debut album. It’s nine tracks that throw punches at the bullshit by incorporating horror themes and humorous metaphors into lyrics that alternate between getting screamed and spoken. The first half of the record comes firing out the gate with blistering speed but the tempo slows down a bit in the second
Read moreAUDIO: Lavish Waste – “Juice Demon”
Electro-punk band Lavish Waste are out with their debut record. With a danceable retro-future feel while making use of the vocoder, these six tracks bring vibrant melodies of electronic and guitar-laden varieties; they’ll most certainly get your foot tapping and body bouncing. Lavish Waste get the room shuffling with “Juice Demon”; they’re having a record release show this Saturday at
Read moreARTIST SPOTLIGHTS: Primrose, Curbsitter
It was a stacked night of punk at Bremen Cafe Wednesday night, featuring Holy Shit!, Curbsitter, Primrose and San Diego’s Human Issue. Primrose are a noise punk duo consisting of drummer-vocalist Sam S and guitarist-vocalist Bruno Vitols. Wednesday was only their second show although they’ve been working with bands such as Curbsitter, Ballstomper and Mind Harvester to break into the
Read moreAUDIO: Duckling – “CapTel”
Garage rockers Duckling have a new single out. Inspired by the recent mass layoffs by CapTel, who have been a major source of employment for Milwaukeeans and are now replacing their workers with AI, the song has a buzzing bass line and jangly riff that rumble underneath the band’s refrain “CapTel saved my life!”. Although the song was written a
Read moreAUDIO: Cutters – “Cutters”
Alternative rockers Cutters are out with their debut self-titled album. It’s a little punk, a little metal, and a ton of rock ‘n roll, with songs raging about everything from internet creeps to the ruling class to bands not pulling their weight to a man coming after you after dark. With crushing solos, call-and-response moments and a knack for calling
Read moreVIDEO: Murder Generation – “Ambassador”
Punk rockers Murder Generation have the video out for “Ambassador” from their self-titled debut record. It’s shot by Rich Altenach using the grainy 90’s video style and depicts the band rocking out as a messy apartment is investigated. It’s a song about being an uncontrollable monster; the video is an allusion to when Jeffrey Dahmer’s gruesome doings were revealed to
Read moreAUDIO: Florida Brothers Band – “Pick Your Sting EP”
Punk rockers and wrestling enthusiasts Florida Brothers Band released a new EP. Kicking things off with an intro created by synthwave artist BVSMV, the EP flings you right into the fun madness of punchy riffs and silly subject matter, tackling things like crooked politicians and the aftermath of eating White Castle. The third track is a cover of Electric Eels’
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