Music - Aug. 25, 2009
Five questions for rapper Kid Millions
Local rapper Kid Millions -- better known to some as John Kuester, co-owner of Lotus Land Records in Riverwest -- has just unleashed the record of the Milwaukee summer. "Victim to the Beat," co-written with Codebreaker's Sage Schwarm, is a fun and breezy retro hip-hop dancefest with a sound that will send you running for your old Sugar Hill Records 12"s -- or at least the first Tom Tom Club CD.
Tags: Kid Millions, Codebreaker, Victim to the Beat, JTodd, Sage Schwarm, Lotus Land, John Kuester

Music - June 1, 2009
Codebreaker celebrates summer with "Follow Me"
Codebreaker celebrates the arrival of summer with a new 12" called "Follow Me," on its own Disco Demolition Records. The disc is the first in what front man Steven Hawley promises will be a "whole host of collaborations, remixes from and for some of dance music's most exciting, tasteful artists."
Tags: Codebreaker, Steven Hawley, Sae Schwarm

Music - April 4, 2009
Kings Go Forth build sound on years of experience
Kings Go Forth is a band that seems to have come out of nowhere, getting noticed before even playing its first gig in Milwaukee and nabbing a pile of 88Nine Milwaukee music awards. But don't be fooled, most of these guys have been involved in the Milwaukee music scene for years.
Tags: Kings Go Forth, Milwaukee Music Awards, Jeremy Kuznar, Dan Fernandez, Dave Wake, Matt Norberg, Andy Noble, Highball Holiday, Mood Groove, International Jet Set, Codebreaker, De La Buena

Bars & Clubs - Nov. 19, 2008
Moct's Fitness parties are no ordinary dance routine
Laying out tracks like Jimmy Ross's "First True Love Affair" and Komiko's "Feel Alright," Steven Hawley and his guest DJs -- the likes of Straka Khan from Love Sounds and BT Magnum of the San Francisco-based blog "Beat Electric" -- spin a full night of rare (and not so rare) disco, boogie and "cosmic funk" sounds that give you more than enough reason to skip the gym.
Tags: fitness, moct, codebreaker, steven hawley, disco demolition records, kathy diamond

Music - Sept. 16, 2008
Codebreaker dances with disco diva Diamond
Milwaukee's electro-funk duo Codebreaker teams with London dance diva Kathy Diamond for "Fire," a new 12" single on Disco Demolition Records. The record is the label's first release and is available from Oct. 7. But you can hear it now online.
Tags: Codebreaker, Kathy Diamond, Sage Schwarm, Steven Hawley, Disco Demolition Records