Happy Birthday Latest Flame!
Published Oct. 2, 2012
Milwaukee's own Latest Flame Records celebrates 10 years - and nearly 40 releases - of independent music with a pair of gigs this weekend at the Cactus Club.
Published Oct. 2, 2012
Milwaukee's own Latest Flame Records celebrates 10 years - and nearly 40 releases - of independent music with a pair of gigs this weekend at the Cactus Club.
Published Feb. 11, 2012
"It's a tale as old as time: Boy meets particle accelerator. Boy gets particle accelerator. Particle accelerator trash talks boy when boy's favorite football team wins last year's Super Bowl." Alverno Presents is offering up "Sexy Results, "a rather unusual Cedar Block event at Turner Hall Ballroom on Saturday, Feb. 18. It's a sweet story of science and art.
Published Oct. 18, 2011
As Milwaukee-based Latest Flame Records prepares to turn 10 years old in 2012, it has issued its (presumably tentative) release schedule for next year.
Published Sept. 13, 2011
Last month I talked to drummer DJ Hostettler about his band IfIHadAHiFi's new CD, "Nada Surf," due out by now on Milwaukee's own Latest Flame Records. But, recently, label boss Dan Hanke told me there was a delay on the release date because a sample needed clearance before production could commence. Now, the release date has been pushed out by months.
Published Aug. 10, 2011
After a lot of talk about the project, Latest Flame is getting ready to release IfIHadAHiFi's "Nada Surf EP +3" next month. The title of the record is a reference to Nada Surf's 2010 covers record called "If I Had A Hi-Fi."
With summer coming to an end the Milwaukee music scene moves out of it's "Summer camp" mode (a lot of run of the mill cover bands playing in tents) and back to it's regular session. Just like the beginning of the school year there should always be something new (or at least new t...