Saturday: Milwaukee’s own Jaill is celebrating the release of their Sub Pop debut, That’s How We Burn at Turner Hall Ballroom. Come out and support these guys and be proud of our music community! MP3: Jaill – “The Stroller” Baseball: A Master of Timing, Uecker Returns to the Booth (New York Times) Check out the [ ... ] ...
The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger – a collaboration of Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl – release their debut album, Acoustic Sessions in October of this year. I haven’t heard anything from the forthcoming release, but did pick up a Jardin du Luxembourg, a two-song collection that showcases their affinity for pop music [ ... ] ...
By Jon Stone Elsinore, one of our favorite bands from Champaign-Urbana, is celebrating the release of Yes Yes Yes with Parasol Records today and we couldn’t be more excited for them. Lead man Ryan Groff was nice enough to sit down and answer some questions for us about the band, his history and influences as [ ... ] ...
By Jon Stone @jwstone If 2007 hadn’t been so gigantic musically, Band of Horses’ Cease to Begin could have easily been the best album of the year. Nearly every song on the band’s sophomore release is memorable and remains one of my most revisited records. Cease to Begin succeeds because it kept the band’s now-trademark sunny [ ... ] ...
Conrad Plymouth has been recording at Howl Street Studios in Milwaukee for an upcoming release ... We’ve shared the song “Fergus Falls” before in a variety of video formats ... Yesterday, the band released an unmastered version of the song that has been shined up and ready for for an initial listen ... The song [ ... ] ...
The National performed “Terrible Love” on Jimmy Fallon last night ... The song will be on their forthcoming release, High Violet, due May 11th ... That date can’t come soon enough ...
Pretty excited about this one ... In 2004, I played Matt Pond PA’s Emblems non-stop ... Next month they release The Dark Leaves (April 13), which, judging by the information I’m reading, sounds like a pretty emotionally heavy album ... “These are the far flung stories of heartache and pain and redemption. These are stories [ ... ] ...
We’ve teamed up with 91.7 WMSE to bring Dosh & White Hinterland to the Cactus Club in Milwaukee on Wednesday, April 14th.This tour will showcase new material for both artists ... White Hinterland (Casey Dienel) follows up Phylactery Factory with Kairos, out March 9th (Dead Oceans) and Dosh readies the release of his new [ ... ] ...
We’re anxious to hear new material from Dr. Dog’s forthcoming Anti- release, Shame, Shame, out April 6th ... Last night in Milwaukee the band showcased new material (by my count) four new songs, including “Mirror, Mirror” which was captured by our photo/video contributor Daniel Brielmaier ... If you’re holding tickets to tonight’s sold out show [ ... ] ...