Rock and roll took the stage at Lilliput Records on Saturday night for the venue/record store’s newly started “Lilliput After Hours” series featuring bands Well + Good, Okay Omen and North Warren. Well + Good consists of vocalist/guitarist Devan Diefenbach, vocalist/bassist Justin Meli and drummer/backup vocalist Marcus Freeby. The alternative rockers formed in 2022 out of high school friendships, as
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Post-hardcore/screamo band Garden Home have a new single and video out today – their debut release on Thumbs Up Records. Shot by the wonderful Samer Ghani, the scene depicts the band breaking into Music Go Round Greenfield, grabbing instruments and setting up gear to deliver one hell of a headbanging performance. Lyrically, the song touches on being haunted by the
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Okay Omen are out with the video accompanying the lead single from their debut album “So It Goes…” released in February. Samer Ghani shot the visual this past winter, finding the band performing the song in an upper-floor space which gets projected onto the side of various buildings (including the Giannis mural!). Folks come gather and watch the projections –
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Klassik gives us a taste of new music he’s been working on with a single where what goes around comes around. In his trademark and ever-inventive fusion of hip hop, soul, R&B and jazz, Klassik drives home that if you aren’t authentic to yourself and those around you, it comes to haunt you eventually. He’s learned a lot from dealing
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Rocker and singer-songwriter Trapper Schoepp’s latest video accompanies the song “I Am a Rider” from his 2021 album “May Day.” Shot by Samer Ghani, the scene finds Schoepp riding his bike in various East Side Milwaukee locations with Leroy the Boston Terrier sitting up front. The Urban Ecology Center, the Art Museum, Lake Park and the Domes are just a
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Okay Omen is a new rock band on the block featuring members of bands such as Live Tetherball Tonight, Garden Home and Weird Storm. Their debut single and video is out now; shot by Samer Ghani, the scene is set in the band’s practice space with each band member rocking out by themselves before the full band appears on display.
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Cactus Club celebrated 414 Day with an eclectic bill featuring Dora Diamond, West Nile Crows, Funk Summit Bass Team, Diet Lite, and Klassik. The room remained filled with cheer, excitement, and supportive energy all evening. Dora Diamond came up in Milwaukee performing drag and burlesque before her inception into the music scene over the last few years. Her sound marries
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Post-hardcore band Garden Home are out with their debut music video, which accompanies “Ghost” from their recent “Postmortem EP.” Shot by Samer Ghani, the scene here finds the band playing in the dark as a lone light flickers about, bringing the substantially emotional themes of the song in full force. Note that it’s in black-and-white while already being shot in
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Pop sensation 9 A.M. is out with the video for “BAYFACISDEAD” from their album “A Sensation You Thought Would Stick” of earlier this year. Shot by Samer Ghani, 9 A.M. is onstage at Cactus Club, dances around their room, and takes things up to a rooftop parking lot as they sing about how much they’ve wanted this girl to be
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Indie folk artist Next Paperback Hero has a new record out today. It’s nine tracks; the cover art is a shot of Lake Michigan from our good friend Samer Ghani. Fittingly, this album serves as somewhat of a “lake” of singer-songwriter Nathan Honore’s poignant feelings about starting fresh and finding meaning in every pocket of his life. He has immense
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Hip hop-soul artist Klassik has returned with a new single and video dedicated to Juneteenth. He wrote the song last year as the Black Lives Matter uprisings had been going on, and he became inspired to make a statement about how the fight for Black liberation is far from over. It’s an anthem for Black joy while retaining a sense
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Industrial post-punk artist X Harlow has the visual out to “Parking Lot” from their recent album “Anchorite.” Shot by Samer Ghani while directed by Justin Schmidt (X Harlow) and Tasha Woods, the video depicts Schmidt dancing and grooving in various spots around Milwaukee, both in nature and against the skyline. They’re also shown repeatedly wearing a skull mask with a
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Singer-songwriter Johanna Rose created a video for “Loving You” from their recent record “Lunar Eclipse.” Featuring lyric animations by Cheston VanHuss, Rose is shown riding down forested roads, sitting on the edge of a pool dipping their feet in, ice skating, and playing guitar among various other activities. They’re reconnecting with themself in ways they’d previously lost touch with while
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Social Caterpillar distance themselves in a new video.
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The band gives us a gritty new video from their “Silent Seconds” album.
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Paper Holland and a host of musicians give “Galápagos” new life.
Read moreAnother post with Comet Tales, Samer Ghani gives details on the beginning and progression of solo project. Me: What is Comet Tales about? Samer: Comet Tales is really a rebirth of myself, as a musician, but more importantly as a person. The years 18-21, have seriously been the worst fucking years of my life. Broken down and left behind by
Read moreComet Tales, a project starting with Samer Ghani teamed up with high school friend and former band-mate, Ryan Longworth to play a private party for the employees of Outpost (on KK in Bay View, WI) at the new Anodyne on Bruce St. (continuation of Bay View/downtown Milwaukee, WI). Samer was approached a week before this evening (January 25, 2014) and
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