If you're like us, you're kicking yourself for not checking out Montreal's We Are Wolves last night at the Cactus Club.
The band's debut disc, "Non-Stop Je Te Plie En Deux," on Fat Possum Records, sounds like a danceable rock band's tape run through an old synthesizer set on "stun."
Electronic beats mix with a live drummer, there are hints of '80s new wave and '90s Prodigy hues. Then there are numbers like the eerie instrumental "Namaï-Taïla-Cambodge (Go-Tabla-Go)," which defy comparison.
The pictures in the booklet showing the band on stage suggest that the band needs to be seen live to really be appreciated. And how they bring this mix of live and electronic together onstage would be something to see.Of course, if you saw We Are Wolves with IfIHadaHiFi last night in Bay View, then you already know. Tell us what you saw using the talkback feature below.
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lived until he was 17, Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point, Bay View, Enderis Park, South Milwaukee and on the East Side.
He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. in autumn 2010. Four more books, all about Milwaukee, have been published by The History Press.
With his most recent band, The Yell Leaders, Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan, South America and the U.S. The Yell Leaders were named the best unsigned band in their region by VH-1 as part of its Rock Across America 1998 Tour. Most recently, the band contributed tracks to a UK vinyl/CD tribute to the Redskins and collaborated on a track with Italian novelist Enrico Remmert.
He's produced three installments of the "OMCD" series of local music compilations for OnMilwaukee.com and in 2007 produced a CD of Italian music and poetry.
In 2005, he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area. He has also won awards from the Milwaukee Press Club.
He has be heard on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories, in that station's most popular podcast.
