A.V. Club Milwaukee – Blessed Feathers Feature
Blessed Feathers explore new geography with Peaceful Beasts EP by Joshua Miller October 8, 2012 The small town simplicity of Wisconsin. The hustle and bustle of New York City. Hot […]
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A.V. Club Milwaukee – Eric and Magill Feature
Eric & Magill create long-distance musical community on Night Singers by Joshua Miller July 23, 2013 When it comes to daily life in rural northwestern Kenya and the bustling concrete […]
Read moreA.V. Club Milwaukee – Fever Marlene Feature
Fever Marlene finds new life with Medicated Friends by Joshua Miller April 8, 2013 Fever Marlene singer Scott Starr can’t wait for the release of his band’s latest album, Medicated […]
Read moreA.V. Club Milwaukee – Foreign Fields Feature
Foreign Fields’ unsettled reality by Joshua Miller November 15, 2012 From the cold, white winter landscape of Wisconsin to the rich culture and warm summers of Nashville, Foreign Fields has certainly […]
Read moreA.V. Club Milwaukee – Hotel Foster Fest Preview
Foster Fest celebrates two years of Hotel Foster, decades of Milwaukee music memories by Joshua Miller April 24, 2013 As Hugh Bob And The Hustle drummer Justin Krol watched his […]
Read moreA.V. Club Milwaukee – Gogol Bordello Concert Review
Gogol Bordello and Bombino electrify Pabst Theater by Joshua Miller June 10, 2013 Milwaukee is a city rich in ethnic history. It’s a melting pot of ideas and cultures that […]
Read moreA.V. Club Milwaukee – Hot Coffin Feature
Hot Coffin gets loud on LAW by Joshua Miller February 18, 2013 When guitarist Christian Hansen started to write songs following the breakup of his band Red Knife Lottery, he […]
Read moreA.V. Club Milwaukee – John the Savage Feature
John The Savage’s final hurrah by Joshua Miller December 20, 2012 Over the past five years, few Milwaukee bands have eluded simple genre classification as well as John The Savage. […]
Read moreA.V. Club Milwaukee – Old Crow Medicine Show Concert Review
Old Crow Medicine Show at Riverside Theater by Joshua Miller November 19, 2012 For the past 14 years, Old Crow Medicine Show has rollicked in the fields of Americana with […]
Read moreA.V. Club Milwaukee – Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers Concert Review
Steve Martin leaves sold-out Riverside Theater in awe, stitches by Joshua Miller July 25, 2013 When Steve Martin returned to Milwaukee to play the Riverside Theater Wednesday night with the Steep […]
Read moreA.V. Club Milwaukee – Violent Femmes and Avett Brothers at Summerfest 2013
Summerfest Day 1: Violent Femmes, Avett Brothers, and Edward Sharpe by Joshua Miller June 27, 2013 Throughout the history Summerfest, there have been many memorable opening day performances that got […]
Read moreTom Petty at Summerfest 2013
Summerfest Day 3: Tom Petty by Joshua Miller June 29, 2013 With a dozen or so visits to the Big Gig in the past decade, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers […]
Read moreA.V. Club Milwaukee – The Lumineers Concert Review
The Lumineers at Riverside Theater by Joshua Miller September 24, 2012 Amidst the roar of cheers, clapping, and sing-a-longs, folk-rock band The Lumineers swiftly made the most of their first […]
Read moreA.V. Club Milwaukee – Yellow Phone Music Conference 2012 Feature
Yellow Phone Music Conference gets back to basics by Joshua Miller September 6, 2012 For unsigned artists, music conferences like South By Southwest once presented a surefire way to get […]
Read moreA.V. Club Milwaukee – The Saltshakers Feature
The Saltshakers get more with less with EP releases by Joshua Miller May 2, 2013 For some bands, releasing a full-length album every few years has become the norm. But […]
Read moreA.V. Club Milwaukee – Milwaukee Psych Fest Feature
Milwaukee Psych Fest aims to create community by Joshua Miller April 16, 2013 For Ives Sepulveda Minho, one half of Santiago, Chile band The Holydrug Couple, psychedelic music is a […]
Read moreA.V. Club Milwaukee – The Championship Feature
The Championship soars back to life with new lineup, new focus by Joshua Miller October 10, 2012 Sometimes it takes a break from something you love to put things in […]
Read moreA.V. Club Milwaukee – Mike Mangione And The Union Feature
Mike Mangione And The Union find direction with producer Bo Ramsey by Joshua Miller September 9, 2013 When it came to recording past albums, Mike Mangione and his five-piece band […]
Read moreA.V. Club Milwaukee – Northern Room Feature
Northern Room reunites for Pablove Benefit Concert by Joshua Miller January 23, 2013 With the return of the Pablove Benefit Concert at Turner Hall Ballroom on Saturday, January 26, there’s […]
Read moreA.V. Club Milwaukee – Kane Place Record Club Feature
Kane Place Record Club (finally) captures its live energy on record by Joshua Miller August 21, 2013 “We like to think of our first EP [2011’s To Our Friends] as […]
Read moreA.V. Club Milwaukee – Josh Caterer of Smoking Popes Feature
Josh Caterer of Smoking Popes by Joshua Miller October 18, 2012 The year was 1994. Punk in its purest form was starting to fade, and a more pop and alternative-rock-based […]
Read moreA.V. Club Milwaukee – PHOX Feature
Madison-based Phox searches for new territory by Joshua Miller August 5, 2013 At first glance, the distinctly different personalities and influences found in seven-piece Madison-based band Phox seem to be […]
Read moreA.V. Club Milwaukee – Semi-Twang Feature
Semi-Twang finds new inspirations, returns to comfort zones on new album by Joshua Miller March 18, 2013 Inspiration can be found in the most unexpected places, even for a veteran […]
Read moreA.V. Club Milwaukee – Trapper Schoepp and the Shades Feature
Trapper Schoepp And The Shades look back on their big year by Joshua Miller March 7, 2013 Last Halloween, on the heels of signing to SideOneDummy Records, Trapper Schoepp And […]
Read moreA.V. Club Milwaukee – Yellow Phone Music Conference 2013
Yellow Phone Music Conference returns with new crop of local artists by Joshua Miller September 4, 2013 Each year the organizers of the Yellow Phone Music Conference strive to create […]
Read moreA.V. Club Milwaukee – Stephen Foster Event
“Beautiful Dreamer” explores the waking life and music of Stephen Foster by Joshua Miller January 30, 2013 When Stephen Foster set out to make a living solely as a musician […]
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