Joshua M. Miller

Joshua is co-founder of Scummy Water Tower. He’s freelanced for a variety of newspapers, magazines, and websites, including: Rolling Stone, The Boston Globe, Chicago Sun-Times, Guitar World, MTV News, Grammy.com, Chicago Magazine, Milwaukee Magazine, MKE Lifestyle, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, A.V. Club, SPIN, Alternative Press, Under the Radar, Paste, PopMatters, American Songwriter, and Relix. You can email him at josh@scummywatertower.com.

Song Premieres

Song Premiere: Bay Simpson – “Too Good To Be True”

Joshua M. Miller - April 9, 2026

After competing earlier this year on season 26 of The Voice and gaining support of new fans, including Adam Levine, Muscle Shoals, Alabama-born, Nashville-based...

Singles Spotlight

Singles Spotlight: Listening Party – “KK River Blues”

Joshua M. Miller - April 9, 2026

Hello reader, How are you today? I’m excited to discuss another band that continues to create great music that I know will appeal to music fans,...

Sessions

Water Tower Sessions: Seamus Kreitzer of Disaster Kid

Joshua M. Miller - March 21, 2026

Hello reader, Welcome to the weekend! Ready to get your eyes and ears on another terrific session performance? Today, Water Tower Sessions makes its 2026 debut...

News

Scummy Water Tower is a Finalist For Three 2025 Milwaukee Press Club Awards

Joshua M. Miller - March 18, 2026

We're thrilled to announce that we're the finalist for three 2025 Milwaukee Press Club Excellence in Journalism Awards. We'll find out May 8 at...

Premieres

Song Premiere: Sky Smeed – “Hanging On”

Joshua M. Miller - March 10, 2026

When Lawrence, Kansas folk and country singer-songwriter Sky Smeed wrote “Hanging On”, he was hoping for a little inspiration from the stars. “I wrote this...

SWT Interviews

SWT Interviews: Liam Duncan of Boy Golden

Joshua M. Miller - February 16, 2026

For Canadian singer-songwriter Liam Duncan, who performs as Boy Golden, enlightenment comes when one puts others ahead of themselves. Different cultures have come up...

SWT Interviews

SWT Interviews: Adam Goldberg of The Goldberg Sisters

Joshua M. Miller - February 11, 2026

For the latest entry in the SWT Interviews series, I interviewed New York-based artist Adam Goldberg. You might already be familiar with Goldberg through...

Interviews