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Surgeons In Heat announce new album, release new single, “Why’d You Start?”

February 8, 2018

It seems that every Surgeons In Heat album is a comeback album. Maybe it's the three-year gap between projects, beginning with 2012's self-titled bleary-eyed dance party and culminating in 2015's hyperactive Di...

Buckle up and stream Slow Walker’s new single, “Ride”

Tyler Maas

February 6, 2018

We've said it before, but it still holds true: There's nothing slow about Slow Walker. Since the band's 2011 start, they've averaged one album or EP per year. Their continually-expanding catalog is full of fast...

Twin Brother goes solo, so low on emotional ‘Rightfully So’

Tyler Maas

February 1, 2018

Back in December, Twin Brother announced it was no more. Fortunately, the sudden end of the band didn’t last long, as singer/primary songwriter/founding member Sean Raasch decided he wasn’t quite ready to say g...

Stream the new Platinum Boys EP, ‘We Don’t Dance (Anymore)’

Tyler Maas

January 12, 2018

Just two days ago, we posted a lengthy listing of Milwaukee releases we looked forward to hearing in 2018. We knew there were going to be oversights, but we had no idea such a notable omission would be brought ...

Look sharp in the new year with Kiss Critique’s ‘Allegations’

Matt Wild

January 2, 2018

One of the more idiosyncratic Milwaukee albums of 2017 was Ravi/Lola's Shape Up Shoulders, a swirling concoction of candy-colored psychedelia and blissed-out Sunday-morning pop. It was yet another winning colla...

Hear another track from the forthcoming ‘Land By The Lake II’ hip-hop compilation

Tyler Maas

December 21, 2017

Throughout 2017, we've given you a few samples of Land By The Lake II, the forthcoming follow-up to a compilation that producer and engineer DSCRIBE curated to help “create a snapshot of Milwaukee's potent hip-...

BLAX’s Adebisi Agoro veers into instrumental, experimental territory as “Armstrong Ransome”

Tyler Maas

November 28, 2017

Since moving back to Milwaukee from New York in 2013, Fresh Cut Collective co-founder Adebisi Agoro—who raps under the stage name BLAX—has worked hard to regain his footing in the hip-hop scene he’d temporarily...

Exclusive stream: The Bang Bang crosses into new, improved creative territory with ‘Bridges’

Tyler Maas

November 15, 2017

When we last checked in with The Bang Bang way back in early 2015, the young Milwaukee blues rock outfit was preparing to release its self-titled debut album. Since then, the quartet has become a regular on the...

Hear three songs from Ian Olvera’s new project, Daydream Retrievers

Tyler Maas

November 14, 2017

The last time you could hear Ian Olvera's voice on a recording, the Milwaukee singer-guitarist was fronting The Sleepwalkers. Following the release of two songs in early 2015, the band was shelved to allow othe...

Get a second hit of Indonesian Junk with the hook-heavy ‘Stars In The Night’

Matt Wild

October 10, 2017

The opening seconds of Indonesian Junk's terrific Stars In The Night consist of a vocal take played backwards. It's a fitting introduction to an album that rewinds the clock to a time and place long gone—CBGB c...

Hook up with the new NO/NO single, “Take Out,” from the upcoming ‘Twentysomethings’ EP

Matt Wild

October 3, 2017

The evolution of Milwaukee's NO/NO has been a thing to behold. With roots in the lo-fi new wave group The Delphines, the bigger and better NO/NO has quickly morphed into a full-on synth-pop force. That transfor...

Bo & Airo hits the mark with “4GLDK9$”

Tyler Maas

September 20, 2017

When we last wrote about Bo & Airo, we were introducing you to the dynamic hip-hop duo consisting of bass prince Bo Triplex (Bo Triplex And His Beautiful Band, New Age Narcissism) and drummer/rapper Airo Kw...

Hear the “Sounds Of Bay View” with this late ’50s record

Tyler Maas

September 7, 2017

Bay View, much like anywhere else in Milwaukee, is changing. Many of the dining and nightlife haunts, shops, residents, and even the landscape of the neighborhood itself are virtually unrecognizable compared to...

Stream the anthemic, excellent debut from Kate Moths, ‘Reverse Earth After Birth’

Matt Wild

July 14, 2017

Listen hard enough and you can hear the heart of '90s midwest emo still beating in Milwaukee. It lives on in newer bands like Estates, and veteran bands like Maritime. Now, add the perfectly monikered Kate Moth...

Stream GGOOLLDD’s new summer-jam single, “Secrets”

Matt Wild

June 22, 2017

The perfect summer jam is an elusive and temperamental beast, impossible to track down one minute and blaring from your car stereo the next. Our Memorial Day playlist took a stab at collecting some of the best ...

Run, don’t walk, and stream Indonesian Junk’s “I’ll Run Away”

Matt Wild

June 15, 2017

When we last heard from Indonesian Junk, the Milwaukee power/glam/punk-rock outfit was celebrating the release of its debut, self-titled record. "True to form, there's plenty of power-pop blood coursing through...

Feel alive with new track from Sex Scenes’ scandalous ‘Swallow’ EP

Matt Wild

June 13, 2017

If you've been out and about in recent weeks—say, at Gloss Weekend or Sunday's Locust Street Festival—you've probably spied the name "Sex Scenes" among the usual Milwaukee musical suspects. And if you've actual...

Ravi/Lola expands its psychedelic sound with ‘Shape Up Shoulders’

Matt Wild

May 30, 2017

When we last heard from Ravi/Lola, the whimsical psychedelic outfit was cleaning house, so to speak, with the 20-track II: Ravi's Tramadol. It was a charmingly lo-fi affair, proudly showing its roots as a home-...

Listen to Rocket Paloma’s explosive self-titled debut

Matt Wild

March 23, 2017

When writing about a band like Rocket Paloma, it's easy to rely on rocket-themed puns and wordplay (see above headline). But calling the Milwaukee group's self-titled debut EP "explosive" is useful, because, we...

Stream The Zach Pietrini Band’s ‘Holding Onto Ghosts’

Tyler Maas

March 1, 2017

Zach Pietrini is a work in progress. That's not an indictment of his talent as much as it is an acknowledgement of Americana troubadour's unwillingness to spend too much time in any single creative territory. S...