Tagged Stream

Stream Nicholas Elert’s new EP, ‘Speculative Fiction’

April 8, 2019

When we last caught up with Nicholas Elert, the Milwaukee musician had just delved into the world of film by composing the score for a dreary Wisconsin-made short called Pity. Since then, the guitarist and mult...

Pete Freeman doesn’t want buildings scraping his sky in “Skylines & Distilleries”

Matt Wild

March 21, 2019

You may know Pete Freeman as the guy behind that Front Row Amy song that totally blew up. You may know Pete Freeman as the guy behind that "Please don't move to Milwaukee" song that also blew up. Now, Pete Free...

Listen to GGOOLLDD’s new single, “Success”

Tyler Maas

March 13, 2019

When we last checked in with GGOOLLDD, the Milwaukee-born party pop project was showing listeners some highlights from their 27-city tour with OMD in the form of the band's self-shot "The Way That I Feel" music...

Get warmed up for Caley Conway’s forthcoming EP with new single, “Cold Hymn”

Tyler Maas

March 7, 2019

Back in December, Caley Conway gave listeners the gift of Boleslaus The Cruel. The five-song EP was her second holiday release in as many years, following 2017's Heart Be Light. Unbeknownst to us, during the ti...

Hear songs from Pay The Devil’s latest, ‘To Hell With Luck’

Tyler Maas

March 5, 2019

Pay The Devil operates at its own speed. Back in early 2015, the self-dubbed "shantygrass outfit" released Wrong Side Of The River, a debut album that was three years in the making. Close to four years after pu...

Twin Brother comes back strong and triumphant on ‘A.I.’

Tyler Maas

February 26, 2019

The past two years have been full of ups and down for Sean Raasch. The singer and founding member of Twin Brother expanded his longtime trio into a full-fledged six-piece band and put out the excellent Alone In...

Say goodbye to The Midwest Beat and stream a song from the band’s final album, ‘Incantations’

Tyler Maas

February 14, 2019

Following 14 years, close to 300 shows, three European tours, and a trio of albums, The Midwest Beat is coming to an end. The longstanding Milwaukee-Madison project will officially call it quits today with the ...

Hear The Slurs get “loud and sleazy, fast and greasy” on ‘Shatter Sessions’

Tyler Maas

February 7, 2019

What do you get when you combine four veteran Milwaukee musicians with a desire to play "loud and sleazy, fast and greasy" tunes? The Slurs. The quartet composed of three former Rust Belt Demons members and 195...

Listen to the SIN BAD / Bad Wig split, ‘SIN BAD WIG’ (and say goodbye to SIN BAD for a while)

Matt Wild

February 6, 2019

Peanut butter and jelly. Gin and tonic. Jake and The Fatman. There are certain things that are destined to be joined at the hip, destined to go together like, well, peanut butter and jelly. You can add Milwauke...

Stream Lifetime Achievement Award’s woozy new single, “The Melatonin”

Tyler Maas

February 6, 2019

On October 13, 2015, Jay Joslyn set out to write a song. The goal was to complete it within one week’s time. After he did that, he set out to do it 51 more times. Joslyn decided to release that year's worth of ...

Surprise! Phylums just released an excellent new album called ‘phylums ii’

Tyler Maas

January 4, 2019

We're only four days into 2019 and the year has already been chock full of surprises. So far, we've learned Café Centraal will reopen as a “ Grand Café & Tappery,” ice bars will take over the city (weather ...

Go nowhere fast with The DUIs and stream “Lowlife”

Tyler Maas

December 11, 2018

Since forming in 2011, The DUIs have operated with a pretty simple set of motivations. The band that lives to "Party, get drunk, and play punk" has put out a steady stream of albums, EPs, and splits in its seve...

Get caught up in three gorgeous songs from Cairns’ latest, ‘Entanglement’

Tyler Maas

November 29, 2018

Back in March, Cairns released Cluttered Sky, a splendid sextet of songs that ranged from some previously unreleased "bedroom recordings" to intricate and vibrant new material with bandleader John Larkin (curre...

Stream The Zach Pietrini Band’s ‘Denver Sessions’ EP

Tyler Maas

November 27, 2018

Zach Pietrini loves to write songs.“I wrote a lot—mainly because it’s my way of making sense of my world,” Pietrini says. “As a result, there are tons of songs that I finish, but don't always feel like they...

Catch up with Saebra & Carlyle and hear new single, “Rabbit Hole”

Tyler Maas

November 23, 2018

Much has changed since we first introduced you to the "apocalyptic western" stylings of Saebra & Carlyle back in January. After officially starting out in late 2017, the duo consisting of longtime friends a...

Listen to the new Dramatic Lovers single, “The Comedown”

Tyler Maas

November 16, 2018

In 2017, Dramatic Lovers—the Milwaukee supergroup consisting of current or former members of Decibully, The Promise Ring, Temper Temper, and Maritime—spent the year playing out consistently and releasing a debu...

Vinz Clortho travels down a lost highway in “Endless Road”

Matt Wild

September 19, 2018

On paper, Milwaukee super-group Vinz Clortho sounds like a goof. Here are a bunch of musicians from bands like Calliope, Mortgage Freeman, Castle Thunder, and Mouse Corn playing in a group named after the Keyma...

Do the “Pierce Street Boogaloo” with the Hughes Family Band

Matt Wild

September 12, 2018

Milwaukee music is great, but there's something special about Milwaukee music that's about Milwaukee. Songs like Lorde Fredd33's "Reflections" can call attention to the city's ills, while songs like Maritime's ...

Listen to a new Nineteen Thirteen track, “Whistle Breath,” from the upcoming ‘Sci-Fi Romance’

Matt Wild

September 10, 2018

Victor DeLorenzo and Janet Schiff have invited me over to listen to their new Nineteen Thirteen EP, Sci-Fi Romance. Currently, however, more important matters are at hand. "I should have rescheduled after I rea...

C’mon and listen to the new Indonesian Junk EP, ‘Darkness Calling’

Matt Wild

August 21, 2018

Death. Taxes. Another snotty, glammed-up record from Milwaukee's Indonesian Junk. These are the three certainties in life, folks. One is grim, the other grimmer; happily, the third makes the whole thing worthwh...