Trashcan Sinatras bring Scottish soul to Shank Hall

Published June 6, 2010 at 11:05 a.m.


Fans often describe Trashcan Sinatras to the uninitiated as "the best band you've never heard of." The group hits Shank Hall for a show Monday night ($16), and is looking forward to unleashing some new songs and perhaps partying with the Fonz.

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Gig roundup: Win a Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings prize package

Published May 17, 2010 at 5:18 a.m.


Hot on the heels of the hometown release of Kings Go Forth's debut LP, soul revivalists Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings return to Brew City for a May 22 performance at The Pabst Theater. We're giving away a Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings prize package that includes two tickets to the show at The Pabst, a Sharon Jones turntable slipmat and a copy of the out of print 7" 45 "When I Come Home."

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Verge updates and more Milwaukee music news

Published April 27, 2010 at 8:45 a.m.


This morning Summerfest officials announced that Manchester Orchestra, Madison's Locksley, Empires, The Loyal Divide and Violetness from Chicago, and L.A.'s Scarlet Grey have been added to the lineup for the Verge Music Festival, June 4-5, on the Summerfest grounds. And we have some more news, too.

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Gig roundup: Dot Dot Dot is back to give you more ...

Published April 26, 2010 at 5:29 a.m.


Sometimes you get a second chance. That's the case with Chicago's Dot Dot Dot, which played an extremely rare gig in Bobby Tanzilo's neighborhood a couple weeks ago and he couldn't get there. Luckily for him -- and for you -- Dot Dot Dot plays Saturday, May 1 at The Brat Stop.

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Win tickets to see Reckless Kelly at Shank Hall

Published April 12, 2010 at 12:45 p.m.


Austin, Texas roots rockers land at Shank Hall on Wednesday, April 14 for an 8 p.m. gig. You can win tickets to the show. Read on to find out how.

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Gig roundup: U2Zoo hits the silver screen

Published April 5, 2010 at 1:16 p.m.


After making inroads throughout the upper Midwest as a tribute to Dublin's finest, Milwaukee's U2Zoo is now the subject of a 30-minute documentary. The band returns to the familiar ground of Shank Hall this week.

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Gig roundup: Bands salute a friend at ScottFest

Published April 12, 2010 at 5:05 a.m.


When local writer Scott Weinberger died unexpectedly last August at the age of 45, it was a shock to everyone who knew him. Now, some of his many local musician friends pay tribute to him with ScottFest, a concert and scholarship fundraiser at Club Garibaldi this week.

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Gig roundup: Cowboy Junkies mine inspiration in China

Published March 22, 2010 at 9:06 a.m.


It's been a while since Cowboy Junkies went back to their roots and recorded again at Toronto's Church of the Holy Trinity, in 2006. But don't think the band -- which plays in Milwaukee this week -- has been sitting idle.

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Gig roundup: Cornmeal is cooking up fine bluegrass

Published March 15, 2010 at 9:16 a.m.


Say cornmeal and it makes us hungry for dinner. But for more and more bluegrass fans -- in the Midwest and beyond -- Cornmeal is code for Chicago's top-notch progressive bluegrass band. The group comes to Shank Hall, 1434 N. Farwell Ave., on Saturday, March 20.

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100 more folks who juiced the local music scene

Published March 4, 2010 at 9:04 a.m.


Maybe you saw the first two lists of great Milwaukee music makers and talked back with your suggestions. In this final list, for now, we assemble more landmark music makers in Milwaukee across the decades, but we also add in some of the folks who have had an important influence on the local scene regardless of whether or not they've ever played an instrument in public.

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