AltWeeklies Wire
Dead Confederate Rebuffs Southern-rock Conventionsnew
Though his band's name seems pretty self-explanatory to him, Dead Confederate bassist Brantley Senn is amazed at how often it's misinterpreted.
Shepherd Express |
Evan Rytlewski |
10-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dead Confederate
Jeanna Salzer: Contemporary Pop Newcomernew
Salzer, a third-year student at Alverno College, is blessed with a voice that belies her young age: She sings with an authority and authenticity that seems to have little place in the world of contemporary pop music.
Shepherd Express |
Michael Carriere |
09-19-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jeanna Salzer, Raindrops
The Goodnight Loving Gets Nostalgic for Milwaukeenew
Though he cautions that two of his band mates who once lived there might disagree with him, Andy Kavanaugh doesn't have many kind words about Green Bay.
Shepherd Express |
Evan Rytlewski |
09-19-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Goodnight Loving
Pigs on Ice’s Punk Spectaclenew
Like many of their peers in Milwaukee, Pigs on Ice are clearly influenced by the Jesus Lizard and other seminal acts from Touch and Go's back catalog.
Shepherd Express |
Michael Carriere |
09-05-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: punk, Pigs on Ice
The Black Keys Meet ZZ Topnew
You aren't anybody if you aren't recording with the Black Keys.
Shepherd Express |
Joe Uchill |
09-05-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Bone Shaker's Milwaukee Metalnew
The band's latest release, Bang, ... You're Dead, has no ambitions of transcending genre expectations, but it's a finely tuned, heavily produced album with all the over-the-top guitar solos and ear-piercing vocal lines a heavy-metal fan could ask for.
Shepherd Express |
Brian Barney |
08-29-2008 |
Reviews
Prog’s Prolific Flower Kingsnew
The Sum of No Evil, the band's latest and most focused album in years (even with a running time of 75 minutes), tries to eliminate the pop, jazz, experimental and ambient elements of past efforts and focus on pure prog-complete with The Flower Kings' signature dreamy vocals, backed by grand, layered musical arrangements.
Shepherd Express |
Michael Popke |
08-29-2008 |
Reviews
Returning Home with the Celebrated Workingmannew
Mark Waldoch had saved up the necessary money, prepared himself emotionally to leave behind Milwaukee, his home of 15 years, and was ready to start a new life in New York. What he hadn't planned on, though, was developing a kidney stone the size of a golf ball shortly after his arrival.
Shepherd Express |
Evan Rytlewski |
08-22-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Johnny Winter Promises an Evening of 'Just Blues'new
Few white guitarists have made the same mark that Winter has in the largely African-American genre.
Shepherd Express |
Michael Muckian |
08-18-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: blues, Johnny Winter
Twenty Years of Supersuckersnew
Some time around Thanksgiving, Rontrose and crew will celebrate their 20th anniversary as punk's answer to hedonistic, cowboy-hat wearing, meat-and-potatoes American rock 'n' roll.
Shepherd Express |
Joe Uchill |
08-08-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Humanizing Katy Perrynew
Unlike other artists, who get to gloat about how much of themselves they put into their record, Perry has to field questions about the controversy trailing her hit single—controversy, of course, her promotional team was very much relying on.
Shepherd Express |
Evan Rytlewski |
08-01-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Katy Perry, One of the Boys
We'rewolves' Marathon Summernew
The band name We'rewolves resulted from a misunderstanding between the group's members, Eliah Koerner (vocals, keyboard), Dan Perlstein (drums) and Ryan "Smitty" Smith (bass).
Shepherd Express |
Tea Krulos |
07-18-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: We'rewolves
Prophetic Bridges Milwaukee's Disparate Hip-Hop Scenesnew
Like just about everything in the city, Milwaukee’s hip-hop scenes are divided by racial and geographical boundaries. Without pandering to either demographic, his upcoming album, Mo Profit, Mo Progress, holds appeal to East Side backpackers and North Side trappers alike.
Shepherd Express |
Evan Rytlewski |
06-27-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Heartbreak Brings Out the Best of Fishnew
At age 50 and sounding as wise and weathered as Peter Gabriel, Fish has been on a creative roll of late, releasing five albums of new studio and live material since 2004.
Shepherd Express |
Michael Popke |
06-13-2008 |
Reviews
Santa Gets Experimentalnew
The second EP from the Champaign, Ill. group solidifies and tweaks the band's brand of infectious, psychedelic indie-pop.
Shepherd Express |
Casey Bye |
05-30-2008 |
Reviews
