Fantasy songwriting project Venturer has a new single out. This one alludes to previous single “Dream Valley”, where a character slips into a dream and follows a lady’s beautiful song of love and memory to guide him through a fear-stricken valley. “Tune” finds him trying to remember that song again, and just when he’s about to give up hope, he
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Singer-songwriter Wylie Jakobs released a new record this past Friday. Written while he was home sick with COVID one week in 2021, the album was conceived as an exercise where Jakobs would write a song a day and see where his instincts would go. The result is a collection of seven tunes that channel deeply emotional and vulnerable subject matter,
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Singer-songwriter Ben Titus released his sophomore album this week. Spanning six tunes, this record was written primarily on bass, inspired by a series of challenging personal events that occurred in Titus’ life between 2018 and 2020. There’s a lot of contemplation and processing embedded within these instrumental passages, beginning with meandering and atmospheric material (“Fading”, “The Big Gamble”) before getting
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With twangy guitars and a driving rhythm, the track delivers an infectious energy that’s hard to resist.
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The two ask ChatGPT about the CIA, talk about songwriting and fingerpicking on guitar, snow, and a lot more.
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Singer-songwriter Jacob Slade has his second single of the year out today. It’s a song about facing internal contradictions and the tiredness that results from not doing so. With Slade’s signature breezy yet potent take on dream pop, “St. Paul” deals with internal work that needs to be done. We look forward to what Jacob Slade’s got in store over
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Singer-songwriters Emmett Mulrooney and Sean Gerty teamed up for a new single. The alternative pop tune is about being involved with a woman from the south side and she’s on her way over, yet there’s already problems arising between you two. With a flirtatious melody and an attitude that’s not afraid to put everything on the table, Emmett Mulrooney and
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The two talk about Aymen’s journey to Milwaukee, including drifting from couch to couch, getting work visas, bands that Parker doesn’t know about and much more.
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We at Breaking and Entering love our buddy Josh Trimble; even though he moved to Chicago some years ago, we’ve still been excited to hear the music he’s been working on. His new project, Kent Avenue Carpool, just released their sophomore single and it’s a joyous excursion into a dreamy sunset. Featuring a cheerful acoustic melody and occasional showers of
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Singer-songwriter Grayson released her debut EP. There’s three tunes here that lean into a multi-faceted pop sound of both electronic and acoustic flavors. She channels stories about two-faced people (“Jealousy”), a young star with a magnetic aura (“Madeline”) and wishing to touch the sky but being afraid of falling down (“Suspended”). Grayson is a young emerging artist to look out
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Sometimes, things just don’t work out, and singer/songwriter Brett J.B. is willing to embrace that on a new single.
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Singer-songwriter/producer Max Segovia released two new songs recently. The first tune “Just One Act (Can Change the World)” is lovingly crafted with a bed of piano and synths, encouraging the listener to make a difference around them with each small gesture and a little bit at a time. The second tune “Theme From Track & Field” is an instrumental tune
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Singer-songwriter MD McNally is out with a new record. It’s five songs that incorporate raw, heartful storytelling into a blend of folk, roots rock, country and psychedelia. There are deeply personal lyrical themes of putting the past behind you for good, waiting on a sea change, and battling oneself – all while ceaselessly clinging onto love. Devin Drobka appears on
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Singer-songwriterd 5PM to Nowhere and Matt Froelich teamed up for a new single. The tune is nearly seven and a half minutes long and is a rumination on unrequited love and faded bonds. Containing lush harmonies and a gently careening melody, the movement shifts around the five-minute mark with exquisite guitar licks and stomping piano chords taking us down a
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Singer/songwriter Isreal Perez is going through some transition in his life, and he documents that with a new single.
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Cody James battles internal conflict on a new single.
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Singer-songwriter Rich Travis released his debut single this past week. Picking up music later in life, Travis has accumulated many hours in the studio and many open mics under his belt, and now he’s ready to start sharing his music to streaming platforms. “BIRDIE” is a tune with a bluesy stomp and stouthearted punch, featuring Gordon Kirchoff on bass to
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Blacktop returns to sing about the pressure that life puts on a person.
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Singer-songwriter Dandy L. Freling’s got a new single out. With a gritty country folk flare, this tune encompasses a character who’s down on their luck with an aching heart, stuck getting blown back by the wind and yearning for the shining sun. The vivid imagery Freling sings of unravels the character and their plight with a galloping tempo. Dandy L.
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Singer-songwriter Sam Whitten is out with a new EP. It’s five songs that encompass hazy, emotive indie rock tinged with post-punk and noise pop. Whitten displays a knack for slow but sure buildups in his songs; for example, opening tune “On the Dot” begins with gentle crooning before erupting into shouting and distortion. “At Least I’m Fucked” has a similar
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War causes irreparable damage to everyone involved. An unjust, not to mention failed war multiplies that suffering. In the first single from his upcoming album, Milwaukee native and folk purist Trapper Schoepp sings of such suffering. A plucky guitar riff and spare drums run free for a few bars before he begins to sing. “Brother don’t you know we were
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Murphy Kaye captures the crossroads of a relationship well with this new track.
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Singer-songwriter Jacob Slade dropped his first single of the year and it’s one about having trouble making up your mind. Slade’s music often comes from a place of speaking to a lover and navigating space with them, and this tune explores the quandaries of miscommunication and difficulty expressing your needs. With groovy guitar and fluttering atmosphere, it’s a gentle tune
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A pair of singer/songwriters team up for a poignant song about questioning yourself.
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Cody James makes the most out of his releases as of late.
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