AltWeeklies Wire
The Sadies in Touch with Their Inner Cowboysnew
Their latest album, New Seasons, continues the country-rock winning streak they've been racking up, both on their own and with friends like Neko Case and Jon Langford.
Shepherd Express |
Jon Gilbertson |
11-05-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: New Seasons, The Sadies
Element Gets What She Wantsnew
The Black Elephant singer/rapper goes solo.
Shepherd Express |
Evan Rytlewski |
11-05-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Element, Life is a Heist
Robyn Hitchcock Revisits the Pastnew
Hitchcock came across exactly as his songs portray him: intelligent, witty, self-effacing and just a touch odd.
Shepherd Express |
Michael Carriere |
11-05-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Climate Change in Milwaukee?new
Milwaukee Public Museum exhibit educates and entertains.
Shepherd Express |
Aisha Motlani |
10-29-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
'Interplay' Captures Coltrane in a Collaborative Rolenew
While this new box set doesn't contain any previously unreleased tracks or outtakes, it does present a wide selection of lesser-known material in one lavish package.
Shepherd Express |
Saby Reyes-Kulkarni |
10-29-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: John Coltrane, Interplay
Radiohead Embraces the Invisible Electro-Music Agenew
With an introspective web of humming sound that ranges from heaving convulsive rock to softly layered dreamscapes, Thom Yorke leads a more personal campaign on this outing, apparently nearing exhaustion with the pointed social cynicism of recent releases.
Shepherd Express |
John Figlesthaler |
10-29-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: In Rainbows, Radiohead
'They Wanted to Pressure Me to Stop Asking Questions'new
Hardball's Chris Matthews talks about the war and the press.
Shepherd Express |
Evan Rytlewski |
10-29-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Mortgage 'Rescuers' Are Often Scammersnew
A new bill in Wisconsin would crack down on fraudulent helpers.
Shepherd Express |
Dennis A. Shook |
10-23-2007 |
Economy
Most of 'Chasing the Rising Sun' is Ted Anthony's Existential Dilemmanew
Most books on the history of a single song would be quite slender, but not when the song is The House of the Rising Sun. Anthony writes more about what he discovers about himself than the music.
Shepherd Express |
Martin Jack Rosenblum |
10-22-2007 |
Nonfiction
It Came From Lake Michigan Film Fest Features Blood, Blood and Bloodnew
The sky is overcast, foreboding, as dark clouds quickly roll in and a thunderclap is heard in the near distance. It is a bleak day for we, the aggrieved.
Shepherd Express |
Tea Krulos |
10-22-2007 |
Movies
Chicago's Bloodshot Records Diversifiesnew
The label's next step comes in the form of two recent releases: a barroom rumble from Deadstring Brothers, the other a fey tumble from The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir.
Shepherd Express |
Jon Gilbertson |
10-22-2007 |
Reviews
Medical Marijuana Users Are Caught in the Crossfirenew
Among the casualties of the war on drugs are those who use marijuana to relieve their pain and suffering.
Shepherd Express |
Lisa Kaiser |
10-22-2007 |
Drugs
Tags: Drugs
Want Saner Marijuana Laws?new
If the $42 billion war on pot isn't working, what will?
Shepherd Express |
Lisa Kaiser |
10-22-2007 |
Drugs
Is Wisconsin's 'Welfare to Work' Program Working?new
Ten years later, Wisconsin Works still has many flaws.
Shepherd Express |
Dennis A. Shook |
10-12-2007 |
Policy Issues
Maritime's New Outlooknew
Davey von Bohlen talks about the Promise Ring, emo, and his "new" band's soon-to-be-released third record.
Shepherd Express |
Evan Rytlewski |
10-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
