Music - Aug. 24, 2009
Gig roundup: Those Darn Accordions turn 20
Earlier this summer Shank Hall hosted Polkafinger, a Brooklyn-based polka band with a Milwaukee connection (that's Richard LaValliere to you). Now, the East Side venue hosts a veteran polka act from the other coast. As part of a 20-city tour celebrating 20 years behind the bellows, San Francisco's Those Darn Accordions play Shank on Tuesday, Aug. 25.
Tags: Those Darn Accordions, Shank Hall, Cactus Club, The Rave, Pabst Theater, Robert Cray, Father Phoenix, Brothers GERD, Up & Under, Motorhead, Reverend Horton Heat, The Wailers, Zombiepalooza, Red Knife Lottery

Music - July 10, 2009
Father Phoenix is high voltage rock and roll
Amid a brightly lit stage, with burning lights adorning its small tent-like ceiling, four men take residency in its small corridors for 45 minutes -- that's all the time they need to break the walls down with their sound. This sound, coming from Milwaukee band Father Phoenix, filled the air last Friday at the Cascio Interstate Music Stage at Summerfest. Tonight, the band is back at the Cactus Club.
Tags: father phoenix, summerfest, cactus club, large bodies

Music - May 4, 2008
The week in local music: May 4, 2008
Sorry friends, there's no podcast accompanying the local music blog this week. Brent's been swamped with WMSE's spring membership drive lately, but we'll most likely be back in the studio next week.
Tags: local music podcast, jam 4 sam, wami, father phoenix, john the savage, the celebrated working man

Music - Jan. 8, 2008
The week in local music: Jan. 8, 2008
Although 2008 is off to a great start, Brent and I decided to continue to highlight some shining moments in local music in 2007.
Tags: wmse, local music podcast, perry, nick sanborn, the saltshakers, terrior bute, big fun, revolving doors, father phoenix

Music - Nov. 13, 2007
The week in local music: Nov. 13, 2007
It's a weekend of album release shows in Milwaukee, so wear your party pants and make your way to the merch tables.
Tags: local music podcast, wmse, father phoenix, plasticland, juniper tar, more barn, neil young, seventeenseconds