Venues | Music

This Week: Concerts We Recommend + Announcements

Here are the Wisconsin and Chicago shows we recommend you take in this week ... Check them out below and let us know which ones you’ll be attending or ones you think should really make our list.Upcoming Wisconsin Shows:2/3 - The Virgins - The Annex, Madison2/5 - Cracker Unplugged (David Lowery/Johnny Hickman) - High Noon [ ... ] ...

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Alejandro Escovedo :: Live at Club Tavern (March 4, 1998)

I’m on a huge Alejandro Escovedo kick ... I’ve not only been enjoying the recent, but also dusting off my copies of A Man Under the Influence, Bourbonitis Blues, and More Miles Than Money: Live 1994-96 ... Those are all worthy additions to any record collection ... Today I wanted to share one of my [ ... ] ...

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5 Questions with The Explorers Club

The Explorers Club are set to play a free show at UW’s Der Rathskeller on Saturday, February 28th ... In case you missed our mention of them last year, go ahead and get to know Jason Brewer below with our continuing 5 Questions with Muzzle of Bees feature.Could you lend some information on the recording [ ... ] ...

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Atomic Valentine salutes closing musical landmark

Atomic Records is a major force in the history in Milwaukee's rock and roll scene of the past three decades. Now that Atomic will be history, local musicians think that owner Rich Menning deserves a 100 megaton send-off.

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Show review: Freight * Possible Fathers * The Conformists @ Cactus Club (1/24)

Words by Brian WhitneyFreight and Possible Fathers are two of Milwaukee’s best bands right now, each with their own take on aggressive indie rock that has been missing from both Milwaukee’s landscape and the scene-at-large for too long. Possible Fathers opened the show, with a set mixed with songs from their Doing The Dad Thing [ ... ] ...

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Wisconsin Concert Announcements

Here are some freshly announced shows going down in Madison and Milwaukee.2/12 - Pezzettino - The Frequency, Madison3/27 - Cloud Cult - High Noon Saloon, Madison4/22 - Peter Bjorn & John + Chairlift - Pabst Theater, Milwaukee4/23 - Great Lake Swimmers/Kate Maki - High Noon Saloon, Madison4/25 - Neko Case + Crooked Fingers - Pabst [ ... ] ...

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New tracks Jan. 21 '09

This is a new feature in which I'm listing artists (if I get real ambitious in the future I'll add song titles ... ) I play on each showgram that are new, or fairly new, releases. The better to keep you hipped to the new material ... I'm listing these by the hour I played them and listing the really new (4 months or less) stuff first and less new "recurrents" (4 to 11 months) after that ... 1-21-09 ... 6 to 7 p..m ... Crooked Fingers ... Land of Talk ... Clinic (Hallam Foe soundtrack) ... Hot

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Pavement :: Shank Hall, Milwaukee (June 13, 1992)

The steady stream of Pavement re-issues via Matador Records has been much appreciated ... I’m currently enthralled with the Brighten the Corners: Nicene Creedence Edition that arrived late last year ... I also was recently gifted the recording below, captured in 1992 from Milwaukee’s Shank Hall.Pavement :: Shank Hall, Milwaukee :: June 13, 19921. soundcheck [ ... ] ...

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TGIT: Our Weekend Picks!

 Friday, January 23rdDecibully + Heller Mason @ The Cactus Club (2496 S. Wentworth), 10 p.m.Milwaukee’s Decibully is sitting on the hard copy of their collection of songs entitled World Travels Fast for the time being, but that certainly doesn’t disclude them from playing these incubating songs out in public. This sincere drama-folk/pop outfit is more [ ... ] ...

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Charges have been filed in connection with a fatal crash inWinnebago County. Megan Wolf has been charged with homicide bynegligent operation of a vehicle ...

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