1st Listen: Lucero :: The Devil and Maggie Chascarillo

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Published July 17, 2009 at 12:54 p.m.

“There are too many rules in punk rock. Too many rules in country music. We’re hard headed and…god damn if we don’t do things the way we want to do them.” - Ben NicholsLucero’s new album, 1372 Overton Park, is out October 6th ... Today, you can stream “The Devil and Maggie Chascarillo” (Love and [ ... ] ...

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How I started at WMSE/ WSOE

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Published March 12, 2009 at 7:30 p.m.
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This appears in the current WMSE email newsletter. The station asked some of its "old timer" DJs to tell the story of how they became involved in the station. Here's mine ... Rich Mars: Wednesdays, 6 p.m. - 9 p.m ... City Rock Showgram ... The station known as WSOE at the time (supposedly a campus-only station) you could sorta pick up as far north as UWM and as far west as my Sherman Park flat ... I read in the Xpress or some predecessor of the Shepherd Express, about this station at MSOE

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Wavves: Wavvves

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Published March 4, 2009 at 4:00 a.m.
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One-man noise-pop project Nathan Williams has quickly moved from homemade cassettes to online buzz, and he delivers on his first widely released LP, which recalls No Age's basement punk but feels more insular, self-contained, and unsettling. [Best New Music] ... read more ...

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Black Lips: 200 Million Thousand

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Published Feb. 23, 2009 at 4:00 a.m.
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On the verge of a potential breakthrough, Black Lips trade the cleaner sound and summery pop of their previous album, Good Bad Not Evil , for a record that seeks beauty in imperfection ... read more ...

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in honor of a punk legend:

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Published Feb. 5, 2009 at 9:38 p.m.

Little did I know when I played the Cramps last night that Mr. Interior was passing, or soon to pass. This is from WMSE's email newsletter ... Rich ... And in honor of a punk legend: To honor the passing of The Cramps' frontman, Lux Interior this morning in Glendale, California (he passed away from a pre-existing heart condition), Buzz will be spinning an hour-long set of The Cramps from 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. tomorrow (Friday, 2/6) ... Expect demos and live tracks in addition to the

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