Tagged Stream

Stream the new Whips song, “Goldmine,” and pre-order ‘The Ride’

February 22, 2017

You'd be hard-pressed to find a band in Milwaukee (or Wisconsin, for that matter) more capable of combining crushing, chest-pummeling rock and roll with rousing, radio-ready hooks than Whips. Since suddenly e...

The Fatty Acids unleash long-awaited album, ‘Dogs Of Entertainment’

Tyler Maas

February 21, 2017

The year was 2013. A revitalized Milwaukee music scene was abuzz with activity, and a young synth-pop sextuplet called The Fatty Acids was helping to lead the charge with a steady diet of lively local shows, ...

Let The Blue Mooners break your heart with lovelorn covers album, ‘Deal The Hits’

Matt Wild

February 14, 2017

On one hand, Valentine's Day is a day for love. On the other hand, it's a day for heartache, unrequited longing, and wallowing in one's misery. (A puzzling third hand helpfully points to the Wikipedia page of...

Exclusive: Stream The Fatty Acids’ “Strangers / In Your House,” from the upcoming ‘Dogs Of Entertainment’

Matt Wild

January 10, 2017

There comes a point in every long-running band's career when listeners (and writers) start tossing around words like "veterans" and "fixtures." Ready or not, The Fatty Acids have arrived at that point. Over the...

Exclusive: Stream Dashcam’s smoldering “Fire Escape,” featuring GGOOLLDD’s Margaret Butler

Matt Wild

December 13, 2016

Thanks to the success of shows like Stranger Things and films like Drive, the gauzy, retro-future sounds of the 1980s are enjoying a surge in popularity not seen since, well, the actual 1980s. In Milwaukee, t...

Exclusive: Listen to New Boyz Club’s three-song EP (the first in a trilogy), ‘G l O r Y g L o R y’

Matt Wild

September 26, 2016

Milwaukee's New Boyz Club describes itself as a "glitter folk punk" outfit, but that only hints at the group's expansive sound and its far-flung influences. The eight-piece band, formed in 2014 by upright bas...

Exclusive: Listen to three songs from Sugar Ransom’s bittersweet ‘Hopefiend’

Matt Wild

September 20, 2016

The title of Sugar Ransom's sophomore album, Hopefiend, can be read two ways. One implies something nefarious, a villain who preys on hope and the hopeful. The other is more upbeat, if only slightly, suggesti...

Exclusive: Stream Something To Do’s ‘Not Making A Sound’

Tyler Maas

September 6, 2016

When we last checked in with Something To Do, the band was riding high, having recorded the music for an Adult Swim show. With the money the band earned scoring Gigglefudge USA, the state's premier ska outf...

Bad Grades aim to make good marks in Milwaukee music

Tyler Maas

August 17, 2016

//Saturday night's show at Cactus Club will also be a back to school event of sorts, when Shane Hochstetler and Nathan Lilley return to the stage where their beloved band Call Me Lightning played countless...

Caley Conway And The Lucy Cukes save best for last with swan song, ‘Silk For Life’

Tyler Maas

August 16, 2016

//It's never easy to say goodbye to a band. Arguably worse than a band retroactively deciding their most recent performance and release would be their last is when an act senses the need for a change and k...

Shake, rattle, and ralph with The Pukes’ debut full-length

Tyler Maas

August 11, 2016

//Believe it or not, The Pukes have only been a band since the spring of 2015. It might seem like a much longer span of time to local listeners because the grimy trio has released an EP and a 45, played do...

Take a trip up north and stream The Blue Mooners’ funny, affectionate ‘Wildwood’

Matt Wild

August 9, 2016

//It's easy to forget that just outside the bustling megalopolis of Milwaukee exists a grand and beautiful state, full of pristine nature, gorgeous sunsets, and a good ol' fishin' hole or two. The Blue Moo...

Stream Ugly Brothers’ long-awaited album, ’16 Tiny Mountains’

Tyler Maas

August 8, 2016

//As ubiquitous has Ugly Brothers' name has become on show bills and festivals since the band's 2011 origin, the Riverwest folk project has released shockingly few songs. It's been two years since Ugly Bro...

Stream Soul Low’s sophomore slump-dispelling ‘Nosebleeds’

Tyler Maas

August 2, 2016

//Apparently, UNEASY wasn't just some throwaway album title. After entering local music fans' collective conscious with the lauded 2013 debut before most of the band's members could legally drink, Soul Low...

Exclusive: Suit up for Devil Met Contention’s debut full-length, ‘Fuel The Lights’

Matt Wild

June 27, 2016

//Devil Met Contention cut a distinctive figure in the Milwaukee music scene. Catch them live and it's impossible to miss their impeccably styled suit-and-tie aesthetic, cribbed straight from the dress cod...

Exclusive: Stream Midwest Death Rattle’s ‘Post-Apocalypso’ opener, “Tacoma Narrows”

Tyler Maas

May 18, 2016

//After going more than three years without making so much as a peep (at least in the recorded sense), Midwest Death Rattle has spent much of 2016's first five months issuing small-but-frequent samples of ...

Exclusive: Traverse Rx Drugs’ first single, “Mountain Of Dreams”

Tyler Maas

April 27, 2016

//When we first checked in with Rx Drugs last October, the Milwaukee super group fronted by The Championship singer-guitarist Joe Crockett and featuring members of Dashboard Confessional, Hugh Bob & Th...

Exclusive: Feast your ears on Paper Holland’s new EP, ‘Fast Food’

Tyler Maas

April 25, 2016

//Last month, we premiered "Jazzy Jeff," the new single and first-recorded peep indie-pop project Paper Holland has made since 2013's Happy Belated. In the three-plus years since its impressive and emotive...

Exclusive: Stream Heat Death’s dour, damn good ‘9 Steps To A Happier Life’

Tyler Maas

April 13, 2016

//Benjamin Franklin famously said, "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." This April 15, those inevitable forces will arrive in unison, as tax day will be chased with a ...

Exclusive: Stream Low Down Sound’s “Sugar Sweet”

Tyler Maas

April 7, 2016

//Little over a year ago, we formally introduced you to Low Down Sound by way of the Milwaukee classic rock outfit's debut EP Ride Into The Sun, which we called "a five-song sampling of American-made class...