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Hughes Family Band spends ‘One Last Night With Nathan Hughes’

November 29, 2022

The title of Hughes Family Band's debut full-length, One Last Night With Nathan Hughes, is a somber hat-tip to its tragic backstory. Nathan Hughes, the band's co-founder and one half of its namesake (joining br...

Cozy up to the debut EP from Bunk Bed, ‘Top Bunk, Bottom Bunk’

November 15, 2022

There's an old episode of Unsolved Mysteries about a family in Horicon, Wisconsin, who, back in 1987, claimed their house was haunted. Their story covered all the classics—demonic forces, hellish visions, terri...

Hear a song from all 3 of Gallery Night’s forthcoming 7-inches

March 28, 2018

If you're reading this article, it's probably for one of two reasons. Reason #1: You've mistakenly stumbled on this, thinking it had information about Bay View Gallery Night or another artsy event. Reason #2: D...

Get caught up in the scorching new Static Eyes EP, ‘Traps’

August 22, 2017

Boasting accomplished acts like The Mistreaters, Jaill, The Delphines, The Goodnight Loving, and so many more, Milwaukee's semi-recent garage rock history is quite impressive. Currently, the city's garage rock ...

Stream Nickel&Rose’s effusive European souvenir, ‘Oh Sweet Love’

April 18, 2017

When we last heard from Nickel&Rose, the folk duo composed of guitarist Carl Nichols (Painted Caves, RAS Movement) and upright bass player Johanna Rose (New Boyz Club, Ruth B8r Ginsburg, Thistledown Thunder...

Stream the new Midnight Reruns single, “Scorpion”

February 13, 2017

At the tail end of 2015, Midnight Reruns continued to show listeners they were a force to be reckoned with by releasing Force Of Nurture. Within months of putting out the outstanding sophomore record (which w...

Hear Slow Walker bring its A-game to new EP, ‘Command Z’

January 30, 2017

Slow Walker is a curious name for a band that operates at such a frantic pace. The garage rock outfit put out three full-lengths between 2011 and 2014. Last year saw the release of two cassettes: a collection...

Stream Dream Vacation’s chaotic and cathartic EP, ‘Exude Sorry’

January 25, 2017

It's not unusual for people to turn to music to help cope with tragedy, sadness, and conflict. At times, that reliance of music's comforting capabilities extends to those writing the songs. Last November, Dre...

Stream Shoot Down The Moon’s first album since 2012, ‘Forever Sedated’

January 12, 2017

In October of 2012, Shoot Down The Moon released Meetings And Greetings. The record was the Milwaukee indie rock outfit's third full-length and fourth release since its 2005 outset. Not long after, the band r...

Exclusive: Stream Gauss’ shape-shifting EP, ‘Thalweg’

September 30, 2016

Milwaukee's Gauss calls itself a punk band. Perhaps that was accurate for a time, but oh boy, have things changed. In 2012, guitarist-singer Eddie Chapman (currently in Cairns), Andy Grygiel (Absolutely), and...

Stream the easy, breezy, beautiful self-titled Ladders EP

August 3, 2016

//Since releasing its excellent debut, Suha, in 2014, Ladders has kept busy while staying (relatively) quiet. The band's delicate instrumentation and the soft, soothing melodies employed on that first full...

Heavy Leaves start fresh as Yahara with ‘New Year’s Day’

July 21, 2016

//There are two reasons you probably don't recognize the name Yahara. First, the name is the brand new identifier for an unsung Riverwest folk outfit that used to be called Heavy Leaves. And even as Heavy ...

Exclusive: Stream Tigernite’s rip-roaring ‘Blood Moon’ EP

May 27, 2016

//After a whirlwind 11-plus months in which Tigernite opened for The Offspring, released its outstanding and critically acclaimed debut full-length, stole the show at the most recent Local Coverage, broke in...

Exclusive: Stream the pretty Ugly Brothers single, “Again & Again”

May 19, 2016

//By the time the first Ugly Brothers full-length, 16 Tiny Mountains, is released on August 13, close to two years will have passed since the Riverwest folk project put out its self-titled debut EP. To be ...

Exclusive: Take a whiff of the latest from Lamb’s Legs, ‘A Dozen Torsos Within Spitting Distance’

May 10, 2016

//It's been quite some time since we've heard from post-punk noise weirdos Lamb's Legs. Their last release, the six-song Summer of Lamb's Legs EP, was unleashed nearly three years ago, and in the time sinc...

Exclusive: Batten down the hatches for Antler House’s stormy ‘Across The Waves’

April 28, 2016

//Two years ago (almost to the day), we streamed Through The Dirt, a collection of a dozen emotionally devastating and beyond-their-years indie-tinged folk renderings crafted by an unknown trio called Antl...

Exclusive: Stream Midwest Death Rattle’s “Feed Them To Each Other”

March 31, 2016

//Last month, Midwest Death Rattle broke more than three years of silence (at least in the recorded sense) with a public domain footage-packed lyric video for "Post-Apocalypso," the first single and title ...

Exclusive: Stream the new City Of Ghosts EP, ‘PRISMS’

March 8, 2016

//Excluding a select few shows, including an acoustic Warped Tour set a few years ago and playing in support of Glassjaw at The Rave last month, Milwaukee's City Of Ghosts hasn't exactly been on the radar ...

Exclusive: Spend 7 (or so) minutes in heaven with Midwives’ ‘Cowboy Songs’ EP

December 2, 2015

//Back in February, Midwives delivered its third release in under a year's time. At a trim 16 minutes spread between a 10-pack of songs, the blistering self-titled release displayed the band's uncommon abi...

Exclusive: Stream Bad Wig’s debut EP

November 17, 2015

//Late last month, we reported the band Milwaukee had come to know and love under the moniker The Midwestern Charm would forge on under the name Bad Wig. The change in identification came as a result of a ...