An e-zine for happenings of local culture in Milwaukee and elsewhere
Proclaiming 'Old is the the new New' on the most infamous social media outlet, attracted the comment "New is Ooover!" Can anything be official? Inducing a new understanding of ubiquity, when Alverno Presents announced Ryan Schleicher would lead a night of musical rediscovery entitled Beautiful Dreamer: The Foster Project the pieces of this musical thread... Continue Reading →
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 →
Busting out the It's Tricky Irish folk band rendition? That's gutsy Brothers Quinn, that's gutsy. A musical brigade armed with fiddle, banjo, upright bass, drums and probably some other instruments I couldn't see, Brothers Quinn heated up Fire on Water last Friday with traditional Irish tunes and even a cover of the classic Gorillaz ft.... Continue Reading →
Jessie Torrisi digs for a loud octave to check the sound sound system with. It's The Please Please Me's last stop on their tour, Yield, before heading back to homebase. Above the stage, clear plastic cords house a series of small lights that grant a red haze; dim red, the color of Rock. The eyes... Continue Reading →
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