Bars & Clubs - Jan. 19, 2009
Are bars recession-proof?
With Atomic shutting down and now the news that after 82 years, Schwartz Bookshops will close in the Milwaukee area, I wondered if the old adage that says bars (and perhaps bar / restaurants) are recession-proof is true. So, I asked someone who oughta know.
Tags: Scott Johnson, Atomic, Schwartz, Palomino, Balzac, Hi-Hat, Comet, Fuel, Palomino, Annona, Hi-Hat Garage

Music - April 18, 2008
Record Store Day reminds us to support local businesses
Saturday is Record Store Day in the U.S. and in Milwaukee, local shops like Atomic Records, RushMor, Bull's Eye and Exclusive Company celebrate the joys of recorded music stamped into vinyl or encoded onto CDs.
Tags: Record Store Day, Atomic, Bulls Eye, Exclusive Company, Luke Lavin, Rich Menning, Andy Noble, Dan Duchaine, Bill Rouleau, Lotus Land

Music - Aug. 13, 2007
Wildbirds migrate back to home turf
Two days after The Wildbirds officially launch their "Golden Daze" disc with a gig at the Troubadour in Hollywood, the Appleton rockers return to America's Dairyland to play at Atomic Records.
Tags: wildbirds, appleton, fox valley, obsoletes, number one fan, justin perkins, atomic, troubador

Music - Jan. 16, 2007
OnMilwaukee.com music update: Jan. 16-21, 2007
There's a new local music podcast with Julie Lawrence and WMSE's Brent Gohde, hits from Atomic and news from WMSE ... all here in the OnMilwaukee.com music update.
Tags: gohde, atomic, wmse, coltrane

Music - Nov. 14, 2006
OnMilwaukee.com music update: Nov. 14, 2006
From "Stomp" to Broken Social Scene's Jason Collett to Atomic's weekly chart and a link to the latest WMSE/OnMilwaukee.com local music podcast, it's all here in the OMC music update.
Tags: Collett, Shank, WMSE, Atomic, Gohde, Tanzilo, Stomp