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Jayke Orvis returns to Milwaukee on his own

Jared Blohm
Milwaukee native Jayke Orvis reached a crossroads in 2007. While his band—the .357 String Band—was beginning to garner attention outside of Wisconsin, his personal life was crashing around him. He was going thr...

El-Shareef’s Nonchalant EP is anything but

Matt Wild
The digital age has made it possible for artists to record and release their music at a stunningly rapid rate. Hip-hop, in particular, has embraced this accelerated production schedule in the form of mixtapes—q...

Field Report goes all in on Marigolden

Tyler Maas
You could hear it from the chapel steps.As the volume of the acoustic guitar and the lone singer’s wavering, vulnerable voice subsided, it was overtaken with thunderous applause of close to 500 people seate...

Exclusive: Stream Wealthy Ghost’s EP, Cold Hands

Tyler Maas
Much like the catchall “indie rock” classification that’s often applied to bands on major labels that don’t play rock and roll, “bedroom pop” seems to be the sub-genre du jour to describe delicate, exposed sing...

Bow and acknowledge Lorde Fredd33’s debut EP

Tyler Maas
Debut EP.Just one word and an abbreviation representing two other words can yield a myriad of listener outcomes. Sometimes, it's a one-and-done test of ultimately unkind waters before a half-hatched project...