I always love having my expectations broken and music is the one place where it consistently happens. The guys in ROYAL’Z formed the band only a few months ago and they are already incredible. The 5-member metalcore band out of Minnesota already have a tight and refined sound that you normally don’t hear from many … More Video Review: ROYAL’Z – Na Na Princess
Not For You is a 3 piece ambient/noise/shoegaze/rock band from Chicago Illinois. With only two releases on to their name, one of which being merely a jam session, their April (2015) release Canary in the Mine is the best look at what the band is actually about. Canary in the Mine is a place where … More Review: Not For You- Canary in the Mine
It’s hard to make a lyric video interesting. They are usually just flashes of the words with added emphasis and transitions. Add in some unusual font or interesting movement and you have yourself a lyric video. Very rarely do you ever actually see any people in one, but Audacity’s video for Breaking Point breaks the mold, see … More Video Review: Audacity – Breaking Point
One of Eau Claire’s premier DIY rappers, Sayth has been steadily dropping singles ahead of his upcoming EP Body Pillow. Sayth packs complex issues and delves deep into some uncomfortable topics with his songs with complex lyrics and a subdued delivery. This partnered with North House’s spacey beats is a hip-hop pairing that make Macklemore and … More Review: Sayth – maybe god is afraid of us?
It is very easy to forget that The Present Age is only made up two people, brothers Isaac and Logan Lamers, when listening to their music. Even watching them live you end up forgetting there’s only two people because they play with such passion and energy. Their trick to pull this off is creating a … More Review: The Present Age – You’re Everything
Formed in 2009, Of The Fact is a pop punk four piece who cut their teeth in central Wisconsin, a place lacking in a strong local music scene. However lacking the scene may be, they thrived, and released their first EP, fittingly titled Big Plans For A Small Town, in the summer of 2013. Two … More Review: “Adjust.” by Of The Fact
If punk really is dead, no one seems to have told The Retakes a three-piece coming out of the Minneapolis. Their music is loud, fast, upbeat, and most of all enjoyable. Like really enjoyable. The Retakes sound is like a mix of The Pixies and Jaws, hard-edged instrumentals and harmonies. It’s the kind of music … More The Retakes – Girl: EP Review
Officially listed as an unconventional melodic driven punk band, Wausau based Teenagers has dropped their Veggie House demos EP and boy is it something. Unconventional is definitely the most definitive word in to describe their sound as it’s not quite punk, it’s not quite metalcore, think of them like a more hardcore Neck Deep. The … More Review: Teenagers – The Veggie House Demos
Dylan Finely is part of the Full Effekk crew from Oshkosh that seems to pump out some of the better local artists of the area. It’s hard not to find at least one of their members at a hip-hop show in the area, they are literally everywhere. UW-Oshkosh’s annual Bye Gosh Fest, a music concert … More Dylan Finley: Review
Gimme My Bike is a Wisconsin Cow-punk band, as member Jeff Kranz put it, out of Oshkosh and cow-punk they are. Kickstand is their first studio album and it has a very unique sound to it that is, honestly, refreshing to hear. It’s not quite full punk, but it’s a seeming mix of different genres like … More Review: Gimme My Bike – Kickstand
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