REVIEW: DOUBLE EWES – DOUBLE EWES (2014)
Double Ewes seem to be the stalwarts of the yearly Rock County Folk Symposium. The event has occurred for the past four years at the band’s front man Whilden Hughes’ family estate in Janesville. This year it has been moved to been to Camp Rotamer (still in Rock County), which features bathrooms
PHOTOS: SANTANA AND ROD STEWART AT THE XCEL (ST PAUL, MN)
Santana (Autlán de Navarro, Jalisco, Mexico) and Rod Stewart (London, England)August 10th, 2014Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, MN Full Gallery: Santana and Rod Stewart I grew up in a house full of music, some on vinyl, others on tape, then there was the FM dial with classic r
REVIEW: THE DELPHINES – HUSH (2014)
Most people, or at least most drummers, are struck by the Delphines’ refashioning of the Victor DeLorenzo type minimalist drum kit. While some other bands (namely Animal Collective) have used a similar set-up, the style does seem to have a genuine Milwaukee suggestion. The band’s new release,&nb
REVIEW: SHARON VAN ETTEN – ARE WE THERE (2014)
The sad-eyed, acoustic guitar-playing singer-songwriter with painstaking songs about love, hurt, the expectations and the disappointments: it’s nothing new to music, it’s been done time and time again, and it’s not going away anytime soon. Sharon Van Etten has quickly become a stando
INTERVIEW: THE FALLING BIRDS (NEW YORK CITY, NY)
I recently sat down for a drink with Stephen Artemis of The Falling Birds. A band that has fired off the first in what seems to be a series of incoming warning shots alarming the press world to the return of raw rock n roll to New York City. While we uncoded his band name over […]
LIMELIGHT: SAVANNAH SMITH (EAU CLAIRE, WI)
Originally from Eau Claire and now based in the lovely city of lakes that is Minneapolis, a mere ninety minutes away, Savannah Smith is the closest thing you’ll get to a southern belle in the northern Midwest. Often with her ukelele, she’s the kind of lady you would be proud to introduce to your
INTERVIEW: HEYMOONSHAKER (UNITED KINGDOM)
Today, Riley comes to us with her wonderful interview of beatbox blues sensation, Heymoonshaker. Riley Beggin (her lovely website) is a Minneapolis-based writer with a penchant for great music and Dairy Queen Crunch Cones. She likes to learn about social justice, travel, and pepper conversations wi
REVIEW: CON SOLO – THE CRIMSON FUTURE: PART ONE (2014)
Con Solo is an artist featured with the Catch Wreck music collective. The unit is comprised of DJ *hitmayng and CRASHprez, both artists are well connected to the Milwaukee and Madison hip-hop community. Last year at UW-Madison’s Revelry Festival, CRASHprez opened for Chance the Rapper. This y
PHOTOS: IMAGINE DRAGONS, THE NAKED AND FAMOUS, AND NICO VEGA (ST PAUL, MN)
Imagine Dragons (Las Vegas, NV), The Naked and Famous (Auckland) and Nico Vega (Los Angeles, CA)March 12th, 2014Xcel Energy Center in St Paul, MN Full Gallery: Imagine Dragons After taking in Imagine Dragons‘ last show at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium (can be s