New Playlist Alert: Remember Football?

While fans sit at home, the soundtrack of football remains the same with big hip-hop beats, marching band percussion, inspirational cues, and some good old fashioned rock & roll.

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By Every Measure

Beyond Every Measure features award-winning data expert and research journalist Reggie Jackson and 88Nine’s Director of Digital Strategy & Innovation Tarik Moody as they examine six different aspects of systemic racism through the lens of Milwaukee. Our hosts strive to find the answers to two questions: “How did we get here? And how can we fix it?” Education and action.

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Call & Response: Friendship Commanders

Friendship Commanders is a hard rock band comprised of Buick Audra (vocals/guitars) and Jerry Roe (drums/bass). They create heavy, melodic rock that tackles topics like surviving abuse and challenging the patriarchy. We chat with the band about their origins, activism, the sound of their newest release, and expanding who represents heavy music beyond wizards and warlocks.

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Palpable Stories and Invisible Lines

What does segregation feel like? In 2018, NPR Member station 88Nine Radio Milwaukee created a feature-length documentary called Invisible Lines to try and answer that question. We worked with their creative team to assemble a cohesive score while supporting the raw and emotional moments of the film.

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Call & Response: Immortal Girlfriend

Immortal Girlfriend is nocturnal synthwave band consisting of brothers Will and Kevin Bush. Taking inspiration from their childhood and night driving, they’ve created a sound that is full of dreamy synthesizers, textures, and danceable beats. We chat about their newest release, how the sounds of the night became a part of their signature sound, and what happens next for the band in these uncertain times.

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New Playlist Alert: Doomscrolling

This playlist captures the self-destructive behavior of Doomscrolling through dark drones, pulsing synths, unsettling percussion, and dissonant atmospheres. Feel yourself tense up as you go down the doom-and-gloom rabbit hole, finding more and more reasons to be afraid.

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