Are You Feeling This | Mark Ronson, Jaill, Rollerskaters, and Trentemoller

Lots of songs never make it to the radio that are getting lots of attention online. Live tracks, sanctioned and unsanctioned remixes, mash-ups, overlooked gems by unsigned artists. Every week on “Are You Feeling This,” we invite you to hear what the buzz is all about. You tell us what you think. Vote in the [...]

Rhythm Lab Radio Presents: Soundset 2010 Mix

Last night, Rhythm Lab Radio presented a speical mix in honor of one of the most premiere hip hop festivals of the year – Soundset.  The mix features artists performing at this year’s festival and after party.  Soundset kicks off on Sunday, May 30th at Cantebury Park outside of Minneapolis. Later that night, there will [...]

Event | Million $ Mano, Mic Terror, Jon James, Elechronic @ Moct – Saturday, May 29th

This Saturday at Moct, Chicago invades Milwaukee. Blogger Nik-E Sweetz & Colorhaus Group has put together a very special show featuring Chicago’s Million $ Mano (Tour DJ/Producer for M.I.A, Hollywood Holt) and Mic Terror (download his mixtape “Can I Borrow A Feeling” plus additional performances from Milwaukee’s Jon James and the Elechronic DJs.  I highly [...]

Sound Travels Thursday: North African Rai

Sound Travels for Thursday’s is an exploration of style; music in particular, and North African Raï. There is an easy read here, if you want to get the details on the history. And these are the songs that I played at noon… Malik Adouane “Shaft” Orientale Fever and Funk Spectacle [Audio=http://radiomilwaukee.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/07-shaft.mp3] Khaled “Raba-Raba” Kenza [Audio=http://radiomilwaukee.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/04-raba-raba.mp3] Cheb Hasni [...]

Top 5 Countdown: Memorial Day Songs

#5 Chuck Brown “Block Party” #4 Mumbo Gumbo “Barbeque” #3 Chuck Berry “Back In The U.S.A.” #2 James McMurtry “Memorial Day” #1 Jimi Hendrix “The Star Spangled Banner”

That was Deee-Lite!

This week’s Seven O Clock sample continues to explore the music of Deee-Lite! This funky trio is responsible for some of the 1990s best dance tracks.  Their obvious world wide hit “Groove Is In The Heart”, overshadowed some of their better works, like this track from their 1990 album World Clique… Deee-Lite “Who Was That” [...]

Sound Travels Wednesday: Toots & The Maytals Mini Mix

A bit excited I guess; Toots &The Maytals are in town and playing at Turner Hall at 8pm so I thought I’d throw up a minimix of some of my favorite T&TM songs. Here’s what i cam up with… Sound Travels Wednesday Toots & The Maytals MiniMix [Audio=http://radiomilwaukee.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/bam-bam-mix.mp3]

Freebie | Paper Tiger featuring Dessa, “Palace”

Minneapolis hip hop collective Doomtree is having a very busy year.  Both P.O.S. and Dessa put out amazing albums and both are part of the Gayngs project. Parts of the crew recently recorded a session for Daytrotter. Then most of the crew are performing this Sunday at Soundset in Minneapolis.  Now another member of the [...]

Freebie | Major Lazer and La Roux, “Lazerproof”

This is freebie is probably the first mixtape I have seen to crash a server.  Diplo and Switch better known as Major Lazer put together this amazing mixtape featuring La Roux called Lazerproof.  Last year La Roux had a big year with her debut release Bulletproof. Some of the remixes were even bigger. They dropped [...]

New Music Wednesday | Sleigh Bells, Tift Merritt, Big Head Todd & The Monsters and

On this week’s New Music Wednesday, (5/26/2010), we have new music from Sleigh Bells, Tift Merritt, Big Head Todd & The Monsters and The Like. Listen to the tracks below and then let us know what you think by voting for your favorite tune. New Music Wednesday is sponsored by Penebaker Enterprises, Whiskey Bar, and meChecking @ PyraMax Bank You [...]