An e-zine for happenings of local culture in Milwaukee and elsewhere
Darkness permeates the atmosphere, the bar's rich and chocolate brown stain has the visual quality of an oak barrel that soaked up raw molasses for decades. Oversized canvases beset the Bad Genie's walls, bestowing florescent pop art images of the great heroes of rock n roll's childhood, bears dancing, a Vicious snarl. The stage on... Continue Reading →
"Motley" described a famous Crue of lost angles rocking the 80's. In Milwaukee these days, Thriftones get motley, genuinely. Their distinct brand of folk, rhythm and blues Americana bridges the front porches of Dixie to bonfires of the Heartland, open fields of Upstate New York to city blocks running into Golden Gate Park. The Thriftones... Continue Reading →
Football dominates Sunday afternoons, especially in Packer country and especially when the hometown favorite makes mince meat morsels out of ancient rivals Chicago Bears. MOCT on Pittsburg has taken a different approach to Sunday funday, mixing an afternoon of sports and indy commerce. They've huddled with Wren Solares' creative start-up Lost In Milwaukee to give... Continue Reading →
Cloaked and vaporous social commentary of unprecedented proportion masqueraded as wackiness in one of the best art installations of the year. Tremendous effort went into putting together The Skrauss' latest exhibition Ascension into the Fiction at UWM Innova 3 Gallery. An illustrator and painters by training The Skrauss has more recently taken a dive of... Continue Reading →
Have you given up on beats? Unplug those earbuds and get a download of this collab of Ed Pengame and Madden Miles that's only suitable for quality headphones, car systems with sub port bass systems or home stereos. Ed Pengame aka e.d.g.e gets clean on this one, indie and nothing to lose except respect in... Continue Reading →
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