Music - April 4, 2009
Morrissey knows the formula for fan adulation
It seemed like a bad sign that in the weeks before Morrissey's fourth solo appearance in Milwaukee, Friday night at the Eagles Ballroom, the city was awash in free tickets. Even if the room was only a half to two-thirds full, adulation was bursting out the windows and escaping like smoke from beneath the doors.
Tags: Morrissey, Years of Refusal, Courteeners, Eagles Club, Smiths

Music - April 3, 2009
Mozzer's fans only more rabid 23 years later
While I know and appreciate that Morrissey has made some great solo records, I remain much more a fan of The Smiths than of the Mozzer himself. That said, I'm still going to see old Stevie tonight when he returns to The Rave. In the 23 years since his "Beatlemania"-style Milwaukee debut, it's likely his fans have become more and more devoted.
Tags: Morrissey, The Smiths, PAC, Marcus Center, The Rave, The Underground, Tony Selig, Die Kreuzen

Music - Feb. 24, 2009
Shows I'm excited about
Milwaukee seems to get more great concerts than ever these days and despite what people think and say, there is no shortage of good venues here, from Shank to the Pabst to Cactus and The Rave and beyond.
Tags: Neko Case, Decemberists, Colin Meloy, Pabst, Riverside, Turner Hall, Mogwai, Morrissey, The Rave, The Killers, Franz Ferdinand

Music - Jan. 7, 2009
Morrissey returns to The Rave with a new record
Morrissey may have ditched the States as his home years ago, but these days it seems he can't get enough of us. In the summer of 2007 he spent the season touring from coast to coast (with a Milwaukee show in May at The Riverside) and it looks as though he's on his way back already.
Tags: morrissey, the rave, years of refusal

Music - April 23, 2008
Meloy is just so darned comfortable on stage
As The Decemberists prepare to return to the studio in summer, frontman Colin Meloy hits the road for his third solo tour, which made its first-ever stop in Milwaukee Tuesday night at The Pabst Theater.
Tags: Colin Meloy, Decemberists, Sam Cooke, Morrissey, Shirley Collins, Laura Gibson, Valerie Plame, Pabst Theater