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Shontrail gets dreamy, gritty on genre-bending ‘Sonata’

September 16, 2025

At some point in recent-ish music history, the concept of "genre" was put out to pasture. Why constrain yourself to just one musical style, many emerging artists asked, when you could embrace all of them? Like ...

Warning: Don’t watch Shontrail’s “Ghoul City” video if you’re sensitive to flashing lights or great music

Tyler Maas

May 6, 2025

We don't hear from Shontrail all that often, but when he decides to resurface, he really makes it count by doing things like releasing the song of the summer, winding up on our year-end Favorite Milwaukee Music...

Shontrail and Sam Whitten are out all night and going “Thru The Rafters”

Matt Wild

January 29, 2024

When we last checked in with Milwaukee musician Shontrail, he had just scored a certified Summer Jam with the infectious "When I'm Alone I Get Real High." The blissed-out electro banger was tailor-made to be bl...

Shontrail’s “When I’m Alone I Get Real High” is in the running for Milwaukee’s song of the summer

Tyler Maas

August 9, 2023

The bad news: Summer's days are numbered (quite literally). While there's still a metric ton of festivals, block parties, and other bits of civic celebration on the books for Milwaukeeans to enjoy between now a...

Shontrail announces new album, begins new era with “Red Rabbit”

Tyler Maas

June 22, 2023

Last year, we stumbled upon Shontrail by way of the Milwaukee-based singer's "Warm Heart" single. That standout song—which earned a spot on our Favorite Music Of 2022 year-end list—was part of Shontrail's Silve...

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