I got to chat on the phone today with Erika Wennerstrom, the lead singer and guitarist for the alt.country-garage rock band Heartless Bastards, which will play a show at Historic Turner Hall on Thursday night.
Summerfest 2011 is officially in the books, and now that everything's said and done we can finally take a breather and let it all sink in. This year offered up a whole lot of cool (and a few not-so-cool) new things to do, see and taste, and we've taken it upon ourselves to recognize the Big Gig's most notable highlights in the first-ever Smiley Awards.
In recent years, the Summerfest lineup has left a lot for me to desire. This year, however, I found it difficult to narrow it down to one headline show per night. Here are my picks for the duration of the fest.
With so many options, it's hard not to find something to check out at Summerfest. In fact, sometimes the hardest part is navigating how you're going to fit everything in. Here's my fest roadmap for 2011.
I went to Summerfest with the fiancé on Wednesday to see the Black Keys play the Amphitheater. Cage the Elephant surprised me with a harder more punk sound than what they had recorded for their CD. I was excited since I was a bit of a punk fanatic in high school and I think any song a...