LIMELIGHT: JOHNNY FOREIGNER (BIRMINGHAM, UK)
Time and time again, I’ve professed that Johnny Foreigner know more about Midwestern music than most Chicagoans, Badgers or Twin Cities people. It’s stunning, since t
INTERVIEW: PHOX (MADISON, WI)
I admit. I miss Madison whenever I’m not there. There’s beauty all around, and a spirit to the city that you rarely find elsewhere; or actually a spirit that finds you. Music-w
INTERVIEW: OBERHOFER (BROOKLYN)
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 soundchec
INTERVIEW: DAN MANGAN (VANCOUVER)
This week we welcome our latest contributor Danni! Based out of Calgary, Danni will be assisting with our coverage of the flourishing Canadian music scene. She’s
INTERVIEW: WIPING OUT THOUSANDS (ST. PAUL, MN)
St. Paul and Minneapolis have historic rivalries dating since the explorers first chose sides on the banks of the Mississippi. It’s the founding myth drove the two cities to cons
Interview: TxE (Portland, OR)
Portland’s TxE is: Cal Valentine aka G_Force -producer, while EPP spits out raps /writes hooks, and Tope plays short stop…and raps. This Portland trio has n
Interview: Yan Wagner (Paris)
The photo above is a bit calculated, reminiscent of still life art. Yet Forty Eight Hours is far from inanimate. Following “Recession Song” featured on Kitsuné Parisien an
INTERVIEW: MUTTS (CHICAGO, IL)
Call them Tom Waits does blues-rock/grunge, or any other way you can think of describing them. It doesn’t matter what you call them, Chicago band, Muttsis exactly that. They are
INTERVIEW: SARA JACKSON-HOLMAN (BEND, OR)
After being whisked up by the success of When You Dream, Sara Jackson-Holman has just released her sophomore album Cardiology to fantastic reviews. I