“ Up Down ” feels less like a song and more like a loop you don’t realize you’re stuck in. In Milwaukee’s rising underground, that same feeling of constant movement is hard to avoid. Aesthetic trends and visual ideas are constantly emerging, then dissolving. Lightris , a central figure in the Run Along Forever collective, has spent the early months of 2026 not just keeping up with that pace, but shaping how it feels. His latest single doesn’t try to slow anything down or make

Markaček is like any other 21 year old. He wakes up, showers, brushes his teeth & orders an iced latte and a pastry from a cafe. He also works on music for 5-6 hours, every single day. The 21 year old Chicago native was previously known as Dremmz , but switched to honor his mother’s last name, as he explains “After my mother marries, I will be the only Markaček left.” He’s no stranger to conceptual rap, interweaving in socio-political visuals, such as the album cover for his

Before Bianca Espino revealed herself as an artist to the public eye, she had a living room full of instruments that had no business being there. Her dad immigrated from the Philippines to Canada with little to his name. When he landed on new soil, the first thing he purchased was not an apartment – it was a guitar and a piano. Not long after that, a church he frequently attended was throwing out their drum kit. He pulled it from the dumpster and hauled it back as a welcomed