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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
Donna Jean Picks Up where the Dead Left Offnew
Donna Jean and the Tricksters shows what the seminal California jam band might have sounded like had they been more interested in their female singer.
Shepherd Express |
Michael Muckian |
01-18-2008 |
Reviews
The Tough and Tender of Frankie Vallinew
The early '60s weren't as bereft of rock 'n' roll as critics often say.
Shepherd Express |
Jamie Lee Rake |
01-18-2008 |
Reviews
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
Dictator-rattling Musicnew
Bachata was the guitar-powered music of the Dominican underclass, akin to blues and tango, but with a gorgeously melodic sound tempered by the simplicity of the performances and straightforward, expressive vocals.
Shepherd Express |
David Luhrssen |
01-11-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Various Artists, Bachata Roja
Those Old Wisconsin Bluesnew
Most residents of southeast Wisconsin, even music fans, are still surprised to learn that Port Washington and Grafton were home to a significant blues label in the 1920s, Paramount Records.
Shepherd Express |
David Luhrssen |
01-11-2008 |
Music
Present Music at Milwaukee Art Museumnew
In "Art, Architecture and Music" audiences are invited on a musical tour of the Milwaukee Art Museum (MAM) -- "a Gallery Night for the eyes and the ears," according to Eric Lind, Present Music's managing director.
Shepherd Express |
Aisha Motlani |
01-11-2008 |
Concerts
Tags: Present Music, concerts
The Early Bob Marleynew
Another Dance reveals Marley's roots not only in the rock-steady Jamaican rhythms that preceded reggae, but also in American R&B.
Shepherd Express |
David Luhrssen |
01-04-2008 |
Reviews
2007 in Milwaukee Musicnew
Although it can sometimes feel like Milwaukee's music scene is a tad predictable, 2007 will be remembered as a more eventful year than most.
Shepherd Express |
Evan Rytlewski |
01-04-2008 |
Music
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
Miles Davis as a Band Membernew
Collected in an elaborate six-disc set with extensive jacket notes, The Complete On the Corner Sessions brings together everything from that era, released and previously unissued.
Shepherd Express |
David Luhrssen |
12-14-2007 |
Reviews
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
Sister Hazel Tries to Get on the Nice Listnew
Recorded while touring in support of 2006's Absolutely, Santa's Playlist finds the jangle-rockers taking plenty of liberties with traditional classics.
Shepherd Express |
Michael Popke |
12-07-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Santa's Playlist, Sister Hazel
