AltWeeklies Wire
Low: The Notoriously Quiet Band Sharpens Its Teethnew
For more than a decade, snickering naysayers dismissed the Wrath of Low as a novelty: a slowcore group fronted by a harmonizing husband and wife that often perform for cult-like, seated audiences.
Shepherd Express |
Evan Rytlewski |
03-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Low, Drums and Guns
How eMC Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Leaknew
Thanks to the Internet, you can watch the band work out their response to the leak of its debut in real time.
Shepherd Express |
Evan Rytlewski |
03-21-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Many Muses of Mike Doughtynew
While Haughty Melodic presented an organic, sprawling sound, the former Soul Coughing has intentionally reined it in on Golden Delicious, aiming for a more intimate feel.
Shepherd Express |
Paul Smaxwill |
03-21-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Golden Delicious, Mike Doughty
Bob Mould Makes Peace with the Pastnew
For anyone who still associates Mould with Midwestern punk, the cover of his latest solo album, District Line, may come as quite an eye-opener. The art focuses entirely on the sights of Washington, D.C.
Shepherd Express |
Michael Carriere |
03-07-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bob Mould, District Line
Hot Buttered Impresarionew
Isaac Hayes is back in the studio recording his first album of new material in 13 years, due for a September release.
Shepherd Express |
Michael Muckian |
02-22-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Isaac Hayes
Richard Thompson's History Lessonnew
"It's an ambitious, pretentious rediscovery of music," Thompson said. "We try to tackle everything written between 1000 A.D. and 2000 A.D. We're not skilled in all areas, but no one else is, either."
Shepherd Express |
Michael Muckian |
02-08-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Richard Thompson
Dillinger Four, Pretentiousness Zeronew
Formed in 1994 (“The Year Punk Broke, Part Two”), the band has weathered the rise of a mass-marketed underground culture, the birth of the Internet generation and the growth of a political climate that has little respect for dissenting viewpoints.
Shepherd Express |
Michael Carriere |
02-01-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dillinger Four
Editors Hit the Road With Big Dreams, Good Mannersnew
"Everything has changed," drummer Ed Lay says of the band's recent vault to indie-rock stardom. "We tour the world for a living now, which is such a blessing."
Shepherd Express |
Jessica Steinhoff |
01-25-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Editors, An End Has a Start
The Nice Outfit: Power-pop Legendsnew
Paul James Wall sums up The Nice Outfit with a catchy litany of bands: "Buzzcocks, Bangles, Beatles and Byrds."
Shepherd Express |
David Luhrssen |
01-18-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kissing Jocelyn, The Nice Outfit
Kevn Kinney's Milwaukee Homecomingnew
Thirty years ago Kinney and I were among the five kids in our high school of more than 2,000 students who embraced punk rock. Finding each other in study hall was not difficult.
Shepherd Express |
David Luhrssen |
01-18-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kevn Kinney, Preapproved
Cougar Den's All-Ages Screamonew
The band's spry, nuanced take on screamo is a revelation made more surprising by how young the band is.
Shepherd Express |
Evan Rytlewski |
12-28-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cougar Den
The New Face of Milwaukee Emo?new
The Response fits the bill (in a good way).
Shepherd Express |
Evan Rytlewski |
12-21-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Jimmy Eat World: The Past is Historynew
While Chase This Light may not be the band's most inspiring work, there is something comforting in the simplicity and earnestness with which the band members, some 15 years after their start, still approach their craft.
Shepherd Express |
Michael Carriere |
12-14-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Chase This Light, Jimmy Eat World
1956's Composed New Soundnew
At the risk of bludgeoning the band with a comparison that it is bound to resent over the next couple of months, 1956's latest album, Saboteur, sounds an awful lot like The National.
Shepherd Express |
Evan Rytlewski |
12-07-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Cloud Cult's Green Operationnew
The band's label, Earthology Records, which Minowa founded in 1997, is a nonprofit that donates to environmental charities. On the road, each band member keeps careful tabs on how much energy is expended or wasted; even amps are monitored for ecological output.
Shepherd Express |
Paul Smaxwill |
12-07-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cloud Cult, The Meaning of 8
