CONCERT REVIEW: TAKING BACK SUNDAY AT TURNER HALL (MILWAUKEE, WI)
Taking Back Sunday (Long Island, NY)October 10th, 2012Turner 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
REVIEW: BAD BOOKS – II (2012)
Since Bad Books released their debut album two years ago, the folks that make up the supergroup have been incredibly busy. Kevin Devine released his sixth album, Between the Concrete and Clouds and Manchester Orchestra released their third album, Simple Math. With Kevin De
CONCERT REVIEW: NORAH JONES AT THE RIVERSIDE THEATER (MILWAUKEE, WI)
Norah Jones (Brooklyn, NY), Cory Chisel and The Wandering Sons (Appleton, WI)October 8th, 2012Riverside 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 p
Review: Mumford & Sons – Babel (2012)
Earlier this year, a documentary was released allowing viewers to ride the rails along a journey of Old Crow Medicine Show, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros and Mumford & Sons on their tour in an old American train. A ingenious idea hearkening back to the heyday of
CONCERT REVIEW: THE SMASHING PUMPKINS AT THE RIVERSIDE THEATER (MILWAUKEE, WI)
The Smashing Pumpkins (Chicago, IL), Madina Lake (Chicago, IL)September 30th, 2012Riverside Theater in Milwaukee, Wisconsin On Sunday night, The Smashing Pumpkins returned to Milwaukee’s Riverside Theater for the second time in just under a year. However, prior
REVIEW: ALT-J – AN AWESOME WAVE (2012)
I’m all for shortcuts, be it that they make life much easier. Once you get them down, you can tear through complicated things in no time at all. Isn’t it ironic that one shortcut is making the music world grind to a halt to bask in its spacious, calculated scores? Alt-J, or ∆ as it is [&helli
REVIEW: NO DOUBT – PUSH AND SHOVE (2012)
It’s been 11 years, but you can’t tell from looking at the band. No Doubtfrontwoman Gwen Stefani appears to have not aged 11 days in that span; and, after giving birth to two children, she is still able to pull off the midriff tank top like it is 1996. To add, always-color
REVIEW: WRITE THIS DOWN – LOST WEEKEND (2012)
Lost Weekend kicks off with a bang, sounding the refrain of “We’ve come to shake things up, we’re here make things interesting!” In a way this is the slogan of the hard rock collective from Minnesota that is Write This Down. The band is veterans to the underground rock scene, but i
CONCERT REVIEW: PAPER ROUTE AT RUMBA CAFE (COLUMBUS, OH)
Paper Route (Nashville, TN), LVX (Columbus, OH), Permeation (Columbus, OH)September 18th, 2012Rumba Cafe in Columbus, OH A week after the release of the long awaited The Peace of Wild Things, the indie/electronic-trio Paper Route (plus two touring mu