Frightened Rabbit (Glasgow, Scotland), The Twilight Sad (Kilsyth, Scotland) March 22nd, 2013 The Pabst Theater in Milwaukee, WI In a year full of promising releases from acclaimed bands, Frightened Rabbit’s Pedestrian Verse set the bar impressively high at just about five weeks into 2013. It’s the fourth album from the Scottish band and it’s arguably(…)
The Lower 48 (Portland, Oregon), Young Holidays (Milwaukee, Wisconsin), The Delphines (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) March 14th, 2013 Mad Planet in Milwaukee, WI The Lower 48 played second on a bill of three bands but you couldn’t tell that from the headlining punch they brought to their set Thursday night at Milwaukee’s Mad Planet. The young Portland-via-Minneapolis(…)
Tame Impala (Perth, Australia), The Growl (Fremantle, Western Australia) March 3rd, 2013 Turner Hall in Milwaukee, WI Of all the 2012 albums that frequented year-end lists, few were praised as highly and as often as Tame Impala’s Lonerism. The Australian band’s follow-up to their also critically acclaimed debut album, Innerspeaker, showcased a more accessible pop(…)
Patrick Watson (Montreal, Quebec) November 30th, 2012 Turner Hall in Milwaukee, WI Cabaret tables, candles, and one short-billed cap. Patrick Watson stopped by Milwaukee’s Turner Hall Friday night, just a few blocks from the Riverside Theater where the Alabama Shakes were playing a sold-out show the same evening. Milwaukee indie music aficionados were again divided.(…)
Matt & Kim (Brooklyn, NY), Oberhofer (Brooklyn, NY) November 8th, 2012 The Rave in Milwaukee, WI Concerts always tend to be more entertaining when you arrive through the backstage entrance. Prior to Thursday night’s Matt & Kim show in Milwaukee, I had the pleasure of interviewing Brad Oberhofer, frontman of the show’s opening band, Oberhofer(…)
Eager fans are already filtering into Milwaukee’s The Rave when I arrive at the venue, about 75 minutes before the 8 p.m. start time. Upon entering, I hear a band doing soundcheck, so I figure our interview will still be a few minutes as Brad Oberhofer is likely on stage with his namesake band Oberhofer. (…)
Taking Back Sunday (Long Island, NY) October 10th, 2012 Turner Hall in Milwaukee, WI “Ten years ago we put out an album, Tell All Your Friends. It goes like this.” And with that humble introduction, Adam Lazzara launched Milwaukee’s Turner Hall into an album-length trip down memory lane. A performance that many of the Taking Back(…)
Norah Jones (Brooklyn, NY), Cory Chisel and The Wandering Sons (Appleton, WI) October 8th, 2012 Riverside Theater in Milwaukee, Wisconsin Typically when an acclaimed artist is touring behind a fifth album, most fans attend the show, humor the new songs, and wait patiently for the prominent hits of years past. But what happens when that(…)