Tonight's Ani DiFranco show mixed up the old with the new
Published Sept. 23, 2012
In true Ani DiFranco fashion, tonight's show at the Pabst Theater - on the eve of her 42nd birthday - was filled with unprecedented and endearing moments.
Published Sept. 23, 2012
In true Ani DiFranco fashion, tonight's show at the Pabst Theater - on the eve of her 42nd birthday - was filled with unprecedented and endearing moments.
Published Feb. 14, 2012
That headline may seem a bit tongue-in-cheek. And certainly, while typing the words "Richard LaValliere, role model," I couldn't help but smile and shake my head; this is, after all, the man who wrote and performed both "City of Cleavage" and "Naked-on-the-Internet Polka." Yet for those of us who were privileged to know both Richard and his work, and who found in him a shining example of how to follow one's own path, the "role model" designation is accurate.
Published Feb. 14, 2012
Last week, Peter Jest called to say I oughta talk to Milwaukee ex-pat Kevn Kinney, who comes home to play this weekend. He was right. Then, soon after, news emerged that Kinney's fellow traveler Richard LaValliere had died in Brooklyn - where Kinney now lives, too - and Peter called again. There was now a sadder reason to reconnect with Kevn. He was right again. So, of course, I did.
Published June 3, 2011
Uncle Larry has set a Sunday, June 12 shoot date for its next music video. The four-minute video is for "Chandelier," a song off the band's upcoming EP, "House Fly," the follow-up to 2009's LP "The Life and Times of Frederick Caesar."
Published May 8, 2011
The days of pure and gritty raw punk rock may be behind us, but the well oiled machine that is Social Distortion still churns out high intensity concerts, as was the case last night in Milwaukee at The Rave.
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...
Sunday night brings psychobilly-filled fun times to Club Anything, 807 S. 5th Street in Milwaukee. Stellar Corpses is a four-piece ban...
Gothabilly/psychobilly/punk band with an upright bass...whatever you want to call 'em, the Koffin Kats are energetic and fun. Appearing with theUgly (psychobilly act from Chicago) at...