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On 2023's The Flying Toad Circus, Milwaukee "emo-adjacent rock melancholia" group Bug Moment spun a hushed and haunting spell. There were moments of brilliant noise and anguished cries, but the bulk of the reco...

Last fall, Milwaukee's premier "emo-adjacent rock melancholia" group Bug Moment released a terrific new single, "Arbiter." The band followed it with the fantastic "Purple Guy." And now comes the dramatic (and t...

Bug Moment's metamorphosis from a glitchy bedroom project to the city's finest "emo-adjacent rock melancholia" band is one of the great Milwaukee music scene success stories of the post-pandemic era. Twenty-twe...

In the six months that "emo-adjacent rock melancholia" Milwaukee band Bug Moment released its stellar second record, The Flying Toad Circus, the group has rocketed to the top of the city's music scene. Sold-out...

When life hands you lemons in the form of a canceled show at a beloved fast food restaurant, make lemonade—by moving that show to a beloved skate park. Last month, popular Milwaukee band Bug Moment—along wit...

There are songs on Bug Moment's excellent The Flying Toad Circus where the swamp-submerged carousel on the album's cover comes to life. Opener "Carousel" is preceded by a 30-second soundscape of crickets, night...