Music - Nov. 25, 2008
As Mueller crushes Crouton, he looks to the future
After 10 years local musician Jon Mueller is shutting down his avant garde, new music label Crouton Records, which has issued more than three dozen engaging musical projects, always packaged in great sleeves. The end of the label does not signal an end to Mueller's musical activity, he says.
Tags: Jon Mueller, Crouton, Physical Changes, Radium/Table of the Elements, Pele, James Plotkin, Marcus Schmickler, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Dan Burke, Jim Schoenecker, David Dinnell

Music - Oct. 15, 2007
Gig roundup: The Redwalls happy to keep its CD
When Chicago's The Redwalls were dropped by a major label, they were lucky to be able to take their new record with them.
Tags: A Fine Frenzy, Cactus Club, Rave, Pabst, Swervedriver, Smither, Adam Franklin, Brandi Carlisle, VH1, Konk Pack, Crouton, Gaudynski, Nelson-Raney, New Pornographers, Neko Case, Pinback, Emma Pollack, Delgados, Rammel, Shank, Redwalls, Rooney, Polyphonic Sp

Music - March 27, 2007
Crouton issues Bosetti's compelling "Her Name"
Alessandro Bosetti, born in Milan in 1973, is a composer, a saxophonist and a sound artist. As his latest disc -- or one of them -- “Her Name,” issued in a limited edition by Milwaukee’s Crouton Music, shows, he’s also fascinated by the spoken word.
Tags: Bosetti, Jon Mueller, Crouton, Hotcakes Gallery, Mike Brenner, Her Name, avant-garde

Music - Aug. 11, 2005
Amitai's solo debut CD reflects years of work
Paul Amitai is a fixture on the Milwaukee scene and has been for a decade now. So, it might come as a surprise that Amitai is just now releasing his first solo CD, "River of Shadows." What's not unexpected is that the disc is as wide-ranging as Amitai's musical career to date.
Tags: Paul Amitai, The Pacers, ska, Jookbeat, electronica, Collections of Colonies of Bees, Crouton, Pele, Onopa

Music - May 27, 2003
Soutrane's empire of musical freedom
Chicago-born and Milwaukee-based musician Jason Wietlespach been in a multitude of free music ensembles, most notably as saxophonist, bassist and production engineer for the groups Castle Broadway and Field of Sound. Starting his own record label, Soutrane, has given him an outlet to work creatively in both sound and visual mediums.
Tags: Wietlespach, Soutrane, Crouton, Loam, Pele, Soutine, Coltrane