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Local Live | WMSEWMSE - CTSI Discovery Radio MAY2021 Episode 85 Breast Cancer Race & Place SnippetWMSE - CTSI Discovery Radio MAY2021 Episode 85 Breast Cancer Race & Place Snippet by WMSE2022-01-1200 minLocal Live | WMSEWMSE - CTSI Discovery Radio SEP2021 Episode 89 Pediatric Lead Poisoning SnippetWMSE - CTSI Discovery Radio SEP2021 Episode 89 Pediatric Lead Poisoning Snippet by WMSE2022-01-1200 minLocal Live | WMSEWMSE - CTSI Discovery Radio MAR2021 Episode 83 Facts About The Vax SnippetWMSE - CTSI Discovery Radio MAR2021 Episode 83 Facts About The Vax Snippet by WMSE2022-01-1200 minLocal Live | WMSEWMSE - CTSI Discovery Radio MAR2021 Episode 83 PT 2 Facts About The Vax SnippetWMSE - CTSI Discovery Radio MAR2021 Episode 83 PT 2 Facts About The Vax Snippet by WMSE2022-01-1200 minLocal Live | WMSEWMSE - CTSI Discovery Radio JUN2021 Episode 86 Trea's Story - Auricular Neurostimulation SnippetWMSE - CTSI Discovery Radio JUN2021 Episode 86 Trea's Story - Auricular Neurostimulation Snippet by WMSE2022-01-1200 minLocal Live | WMSEWMSE - CTSI Discovery Radio Feb2021 Episode 82 CONTAIN COVID Clinical Trial SnippetlWMSE - CTSI Discovery Radio Feb2021 Episode 82 CONTAIN COVID Clinical Trial Snippetl by WMSE2022-01-1200 minLocal Live | WMSEWMSE - CTSI Discovery Radio MAR2021 Episode 83 PT 2 Facts About The VaxWMSE - CTSI Discovery Radio MAR2021 Episode 83 PT 2 Facts About The Vax by WMSE2022-01-1215 minLocal Live | WMSEWMSE - CTSI Discovery Radio Feb2021 Episode 82 CONTAIN COVID Clinical TrialWMSE - CTSI Discovery Radio Feb2021 Episode 82 CONTAIN COVID Clinical Trial by WMSE2022-01-1215 minLocal Live | WMSEWMSE - CTSI Discovery Radio SEP2021 Episode 89 Pediatric Lead PoisoningWMSE - CTSI Discovery Radio SEP2021 Episode 89 Pediatric Lead Poisoning by WMSE2022-01-1214 minLocal Live | WMSEWMSE - CTSI Discovery Radio MAY2021 Episode 85 Breast Cancer Race & PlaceWMSE - CTSI Discovery Radio MAY2021 Episode 85 Breast Cancer Race & Place by WMSE2022-01-1214 minLocal Live | WMSEWMSE - CTSI Discovery Radio MAR2021 Episode 83 Facts About The VaxWMSE - CTSI Discovery Radio MAR2021 Episode 83 Facts About The Vax by WMSE2022-01-1210 minLocal Live | WMSEWMSE - CTSI Discovery Radio JUN2021 Episode 86 Trea's Story - Auricular NeurostimulationWMSE - CTSI Discovery Radio JUN2021 Episode 86 Trea's Story - Auricular Neurostimulation by WMSE2022-01-1210 min
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - OperationsOPERATIONS WAS FORMED BY CHARLES MARKOWIAK AND ALISA RODRIGUEZ [APOLLO VERMOUTH] IN THE SPRING OF 2018 WHILE THE DUO WERE PLAYING IN THE GROUP SUNDIAL MOTTOS.
IN OPERATIONS, THE PAIR SPLIT GUITAR, SONGWRITING, AND VOCAL DUTIES. JOHN SCHONEMAN OF SLOWCORE-WORSHIP GROUP HAUNTER WAS BROUGHT ON TO PLAY DRUMS AND SAM GARGULAK CAME IN TO PLAY BASS. OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN PLAYING SHOWS IN AND AROUND MILWAUKEE SINCE DECEMBER 2018.
THE BAND’S FIRST ALBUM FOG MUSEUM WAS RECORDED ON LABOR DAY WEEKEND OF 2019 AT JAMDEK IN CHICAGO AND WAS ENGINEERED/MIXED BY DAVE VETTRAINO [THE HECKS]. THE ALBUM WAS MASTERED BY MIKEY YOUNG [ED...2020-04-0654 minLocal Live | WMSELocal Live - Magnetic MindsWMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE RETURNS TO CLUB GARIBALDI ONCE AGAIN ON TUESDAY, MARCH 3RD WITH A VERY SPECIAL SHOW WITH MILWAUKEE’ MAGNETIC MINDS.
MAGNETIC MINDS ORIGINALLY FORMED TEN YEARS AGO AS A TWO-PIECE. TWO YEARS LATER, SINGER AND BASSIST CHRIS ORTIZ AND DRUMMER TIM WICK WROTE AND RELEASED THEIR FIRST FULL-LENGTH ALBUM, AUDIO RORSCHACH, A HEAVY, RHYTHMIC ROCK AND ROLL RECORD BENT ON FUSING BEATLES-ESQUE MELODIES WITH STONER-ROCK RIFFING. THE DUO PLAYED EXTENSIVELY IN CELEBRATION OF THAT RELEASE BUT THEN LAID MAGNETIC MINDS TO REST TO WORK ON OTHER PROJECTS.
IN 2016, MAGNETIC MINDS WAS RESURRECTED AND IGNITED WITH A NEW ENER...2020-04-0659 minLocal Live | WMSELocal Live - Randal BraveryA FOUNDING MEMBER OF MILWAUKEE X PORTLAND, MAINE RUBY YACHT LABEL, BAND MEMBER OF MILO AND PRODUCER FOR FORMER MILWAUKEE ARTIST, QUEEN TUT, RANDAL BRAVERY [BRANDON WASHINGTON] HAS, ON HIS OWN, EXPERTLY TURNED OUT AN ADMIRABLE CACHE OF CREATIVE BEATS, MELLOW ELECTRONICA AND DENSE TRIP-HOP. ALWAYS LEANING ON THE ATMOSPHERIC, RANDAL BRAVERY HAS BURIED HIMSELF IN THAT CLOUD, KEEPING A LOW PROFILE DESPITE CRAFTING NOTHING BUT QUALITY. HIS LATEST RELEASE – HUETT – IS AN EVER-MOVING, BUT LOOSE SPIRAL, OF SOUND DUSTED WITH PIANOS, SYNTHS AND BEATS AT EVERY TURN.
“AMBIENCE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A MAIN COMPONENT OF THE MUSIC I WRITE”, HE’S EXP...2020-02-1457 minLocal Live | WMSELocal Live -KlassikWMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE RETURNS TO CLUB GARIBALDI’S ONCE AGAIN ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4TH WITH A VERY SPECIAL SHOW WITH MILWAUKEE’S KLASSIK.
WITH A FRESH, NEW ALBUM CALLED QUIET. (RELEASED ON MILWAUKEE’S OWN CONFLUENCE RECORDS), KLASSIK SHOWCASES HIS TALENTS AS A MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST, PRODUCER AND PERFORMER. HE IS AS DEXTEROUS A RAPPER AS HE IS AN IMPASSIONED AND SOULFUL SINGER, OFTEN HIGHLIGHTED BY HIS INTENSE AND INCISIVE FALSETTO. ALL OF THIS IS INTERTWINED WITH HIS OWN UNIQUE, PERSONAL AND UNBRIDLED STORYTELLING. WITH A PENCHANT FOR CURATION AND COLLABORATION, WHICH HE LIKENS TO THAT OF ONE OF HIS BIGGEST INSPIRAT...2020-02-141h 02Local Live | WMSELocal Live -Brat SoundsBRAT SOUNDS WAS BORN FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN THEIR FORMER GROUP, DINNY BULCA, ADDED A MEMBER (AND CHANGED THEIR NAME). SINCE, BRAT SOUNDS HAS BEEN BUSY CRAFTING ELEMENTS OF POWER POP AND PUNK FROM A BASEMENT IN RIVERWEST. THEIR LATEST RELEASE, BAD LUCK, IS THE RESULT OF THEIR BASEMENT DWELLINGS.
MATT WILD OF MILWAUKEE RECORD WRITES – “[A] SNARKY-BUT-SENTIMENTAL STREAK IS PAR FOR THE COURSE ON BAD LUCK…OPENER “SYSTEMATICALLY BROKEN” IS A FRANTIC AND FUZZED-OUT ROCKER THAT LIVES UP TO ITS TITLE; “MOTORTREND” CHANGES GEARS AND DELIVERS A GORGEOUS MEDITATION ON “THE PRECIOUS LITTLE TIME THAT WE HAVE”; AND “SOIL” EQUATES SETTLING DOWN...2020-02-1458 minLocal Live | WMSELocal Live - Smoke N' MirrorsSMOKE N’ MIRRORS IS A JAZZ-ROCK TRIO FROM MILWAUKEE, CENTERED ON A CLASSIC KIT, KEYS AND SAXOPHONE SETUP. ROLLING MELODY LINES AND UPBEAT TEMPOS ANCHOR THE TRIO’S OUTPUT AND HAS THEM CONSISTENTLY JAMMING AT POPULAR VENUES ALL AROUND TOWN. THE TRIO RELEASED THEIR DEBUT STUDIO RECORD, WOLF PARTY LATE LAST YEAR. FANS OF ARTISTS LIKE JOEY DEFRANCESCO, REUBEN WILSON, THE DELVON LAMARR ORGAN TRIO AND JIMMY SMITH, WILL FIND LOTS TO LOVE WITH SMOKE N’ MIRRORS.
TUNE INTO WMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE TO LISTEN TO SMOKE N’ MIRRORS DISH OUT SONGS FROM WOLF PARTY AND BEYOND – WMSE.ORG TO STREAM THE S...2020-02-1457 minLocal Live | WMSELocal Live - Future PlansTHE MUSIC OF MILWAUKEE’S FUTURE PLANS REVELS IN PAIRING MELODY AND INTERWEAVING GUITAR LINES; INFLUENCED BY POP PUNK SUCH AS THE UNDERTONES, BUZZCOCKS AND THE PRIMITIVES AS WELL THE BYRDS AND THE KINKS, FUTURE PLANS ATTEMPT TO CAPTURE THE IMMEDIACY OF PUNK ROCK AS WELL AS THE STRONG SENSE OF MELODY OF 60S ROCK AND ROLL.
FEATURING PAST AND PRESENT MEMBERS OF MILWAUKEE’S ROCK AND PUNK SCENE SUCH AS NO BUENO, LOUIS TULLY, DIRTY DANCING AND TOADSKIN, FUTURE PLANS IS GETTING READY FOR AN ACTION-PACKED YEAR OF SHOWS, FOLLOWING THE RECENT RELEASE OF THEIR SELF-TITLED DEBUT, KICKING OFF 2020 WITH...2020-02-1459 minLocal Live | WMSELocal Live - RexxxWMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE RETURNS TO CLUB GARIBALDI THE FIRST TUESDAY OF THE YEAR ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 7TH WITH SPECIAL GUESTS, NEW MKE SUPERGROUP, REXXX, FEATURING MEMBERS OF NO/NO, SURGEONS IN HEAT, SEX SCENES AND KING EYE & THE SQUIRTS!
ZACH OTTO, HARRISON COLBY, RYAN REEVE, SAM REITMAN, AND JESSE BUSKOV ARE REXXX. DRIVEN BY SIMPLE RIFFS AND CATCHY HOOKS, THE BAND IS ALWAYS LOOKING TO GET THE PARTY STARTED AND STAY UP LATE, PROMISING TO STAY IN YOUR HEAD UNTIL YOU’RE DEAD. MAYBE YOU’VE HEARD THEIR SINGLE “LOST CAUSE” ON THE WMSE AIRWAVES RECENTLY? WELL, GET READY TO HEAR MO...2020-02-1455 minLocal Live | WMSELocal Live - The Old ProspectorsTHE MYSTERIOUS POWERS OF PIZZA, BICYCLES, AND FATE ORCHESTRATED A SERIES OF SEEMINGLY CHANCE ENCOUNTERS THAT FOSTERED THE MUSICAL UNITY OF THE OLD PROSPECTORS. ALL ORBITING THE MILWAUKEE MUSIC UNIVERSE, DRUMMER DAN DAHL, BASSIST BOB DALY, AND GUITARIST / KEYBOARDSMITH FRANK BUFE COLLIDED IN 2015 AND EMBARKED ON A MUSICAL JOURNEY TO BRING JOY AND TRANSCENDENT EXPERIENCE INTO THEIR COMMUNITY.
DRAWING FROM AN ARRAY OF PROGRESSIVE ROCK INFLUENCES, THE OLD PROSPECTORS ULTIMATELY DEVELOPED THE MATERIAL FOR EUREKA!, THE BAND’S DEBUT ALBUM, RELEASED IN NOVEMBER. A 10-TRACK JOURNEY THROUGH PSYCHEDELIC DESERT LANDSCAPES AND FUNK-LADEN CRYSTAL TEMPLES, EUREKA! TAKES LISTENERS ON AN ETHEREAL PI...2020-02-101h 00Local Live | WMSELocal Live - L'ResortsON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3RD, WMSE RETURNS TO CLUB GARIBALDI FOR OUR MONTHLY LOCAL/LIVE SEGMENT AND FOR OUR ANNUAL HOLIDAY LOCAL/LIVE EXTRAVAGANZA! HERALDING IN THE HOLIDAY SEASON WILL BE MILWAUKEE THROWBACK POP GROUP, L’RESORTS.
STARTED BY VINCENT KIRCHER (JAILL) AND MARTHA CANNON (LADY CANNON), L’RESORTS IS A 7-PIECE BAND COMBINING THREADS FROM THEIR INDIVIDUAL MUSICAL CAREERS. A BREEZY BLEND OF TRADITIONAL FOLK, ROCK & ROLL AND INDIE-POP, THEIR SOUND IS PERFECT FOR THOSE THAT LIKE VELVET UNDERGROUND, MAGNETIC FIELDS, AND CAMERA OBSCURA.
L’RESORTS WILL SHOWCASE SONGS FROM THEIR BRAND NEW, FULL-LENGTH HOLIDAY ALBUM, ‘TRYING TO CHRISTMAS’; THEY’VE GOT 10 OR...2020-02-1053 minLocal Live | WMSELocal Live - Testa RosaMILWAUKEE’S TESTA ROSA LIVES TO RECORD HEART-CRUSHING POP MUSIC. THEY’VE BEEN HAILED AS “THROWBACKS TO A TIME WHEN SONGWRITING MATTERED” BY GOLDMINE MAGAZINE, AND “BLINDINGLY BEAUTIFUL” BY ALL MUSIC GUIDE. THEIR FOURTH ALBUM, TESTA ROSA IV, A MUSICAL VIEW-MASTER OF LIFE IN THE STORIED MIDWEST, WILL BE RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 29TH AT LINNEMAN’S AND THEY’LL BE TAKING PART OF THE ANNUAL HOLIDAY SPECIAL AT THE COOPERAGE, DECEMBER 21ST WHERE THEY’LL PERFORM WITH MARK WALDOCH.
TUNE INTO WMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE ON NOVEMBER 26TH TO HEAR SONGS FROM TESTA ROSA – WMSE.ORG TO STREAM THE SHOW LIVE OR IN THE ARCHIVE...2020-02-1057 minLocal Live | WMSELocal Live - Kaylee Crossfire's Best OF Both WorldsKAYLEE CROSSFIRE (KANISHA LEE) IS A MILWAUKEE RAPPER AND SINGER WHOSE POWERFUL VOICE AND STAGE PRESENCE HAS QUICKLY GAINED HER RECOGNITION IN HER HOME CITY.
HER WORK ETHIC HAS RECENTLY LANDED HER OUTSIDE RECOGNITION IN THE FORM OF A SPOT ON NETFLIX’S “RHYTHM + FLOW” AND ACCOLADES FOR HER RECENTLY-RELEASED RNB-DRIVEN SINGLE, “TRUTH”. FOR KAYLEE, WHO GREW UP TESTING ARTISTIC BOUNDARIES AND HONING HER SKILLS, HARD WORK IS NOT UNFAMILIAR AND IN ADDITION TO WORKING ON HER OWN PROJECTS, HAS ALSO CHOSEN TO USE HER OWN SUCCESS TO LIFT OTHER LOCAL ARTISTS UP WITH HER LOCALLY-BASED SHOWCASE SERIES, FEMALE TAKEOVER.
CROSSFIRE’...2020-02-1058 minLocal Live | WMSELocal Live - SnagMILWAUKEE’S SNAG CONFRONTS THEMES OF ANTIPATHY FOR LATE-CAPITALISM, POLICE VIOLENCE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE WITH FURY AND DESPAIR. THEIRS IS A GENERATION WITH A DEEP SENSE OF INJUSTICE AND IMPENDING LOSS. THEY DRAW INFLUENCE FROM TOUCHSTONES PORTRAITS OF PAST, CITY OF CATERPILLAR, AND MAJORITY RULE: BANDS THAT INFORMED AN ADOLESCENT SNEER THAT HAS MATURED INTO AN ADULTHOOD OF AMBIVALENCE AND PRECARITY. THEY OFFER A DISTINCTLY MIDWEST INTERPRETATION OF THE IMPENDING CRUMBLE OF SOCIETY.
LISTEN TO A SET OF NEW SONGS FROM SNAG’S LATEST FULL-LENGTH ON WMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12TH. WMSE.ORG TO STREAM THE SHOW LIVE O...2020-02-101h 02Local Live | WMSELocal Live - SnagMILWAUKEE’S SNAG CONFRONTS THEMES OF ANTIPATHY FOR LATE-CAPITALISM, POLICE VIOLENCE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE WITH FURY AND DESPAIR. THEIRS IS A GENERATION WITH A DEEP SENSE OF INJUSTICE AND IMPENDING LOSS. THEY DRAW INFLUENCE FROM TOUCHSTONES PORTRAITS OF PAST, CITY OF CATERPILLAR, AND MAJORITY RULE: BANDS THAT INFORMED AN ADOLESCENT SNEER THAT HAS MATURED INTO AN ADULTHOOD OF AMBIVALENCE AND PRECARITY. THEY OFFER A DISTINCTLY MIDWEST INTERPRETATION OF THE IMPENDING CRUMBLE OF SOCIETY.
LISTEN TO A SET OF NEW SONGS FROM SNAG’S LATEST FULL-LENGTH ON WMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12TH. WMSE.ORG TO STREAM THE SHOW LIVE O...2020-02-101h 02Local Live | WMSELocal Live - NastosEVERY FIRST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH WMSE RETURNS TO CLUB GARIBALDI FOR OUR ESTEEMED LOCAL/LIVE SEGMENT AND ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH, WE WELCOME MILWAUKEE’S NASTOS TO GARIBALDI’S STAGE FOR A LIVE RADIO SHOW THAT YOU CAN JOIN EITHER IN-PERSON OR ON THE AIRWAVES!
NASTOS’ NEWEST ALBUM, ILLEGAL SPIRITS (OUT IN NOVEMBER), IS THE CULMINATION OF FOUR YEARS OF CREATIVE EXPLORATION, COLLABORATION, AND HARD WORK. NASTOS BEGAN AS A SIDE PROJECT OF NOLAN TRUTTSCHEL OF PILES, AFTER THAT BAND WENT ON HIATUS.
NASTOS IS NOW A FULLY-FORMED ROCK QUARTET, SPILLING OUT NOISY-YET-MELODIC MOMENTS FILLED WITH EQUAL PARTS HOOKS AND HE...2020-02-1047 minLocal Live | WMSELocal Live - Flat TeethDRAWING ON THE MORE MELODIC SIDE OF 90S INDIE ROCK AND EMO, FLAT TEETH’S MUSIC ECHOES EVERYTHING FROM THE GET UP KIDS AND MOCK ORANGE TO DARKER AND MOODIER ACTS LIKE NO KNIFE AND CURSIVE.
INTERLOCKING GUITARS, LAYERED VOCAL HARMONIES AND DRIVING RHYTHMS ARE ALL PRESENT IN THE BAND’S OUTPUT AND THOSE SEEKING STRAIGHTFORWARD AND ENERGETIC SONGWRITING WILL FIND MUCH TO ENJOY (AS NOT MUCH AS CHANGED SINCE THEIR DEBUT EP, RELEASED LAST YEAR). FLAT TEETH’S NEXT RELEASE, SILENT SECONDS, SEES THEM STRONGER THAN EVER.
WE INVITE YOU TO INTO WMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29TH TO GE...2020-02-0357 minLocal Live | WMSELocal Live - ShaddyeNEBIYAH “SHADDYE” JORDAN IS A 17 YEAR-OLD SENIOR AT WISCONSIN LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL WHO WRITES AND PRODUCES HER OWN MUSIC. SHE STARTED MUSIC AND WRITING SONGS WHEN SHE WAS EIGHT. AT 16, SHADDYE RELEASED HER FIRST EP (IN THE FALL OF 2017) TITLED MY LIFE IN A BOOMBOX. SHADDYE’S POSITIVE MESSAGES, STRONG SPIRIT AND DELIVERY ON THAT FIRST EP HAVE INSPIRED AND MOTIVATED NOT ONLY HERSELF, BUT ALSO HER COMMUNITY AND HER PEERS.
THIS PAST SUMMER, SHADDYE OPENED UP FOR VIC MENSA AT SUMMERFEST AND WAS ALSO RECENTLY NOMINATED BY 88NINE FOR “BEST INDEPENDENT ARTIST OF THE YEAR”. TUNE INTO WMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE O...2020-02-0358 min
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - Genesis RenjiGENESIS RENJI IS AN EMMY-NOMINATED HIP HOP ARTIST BASED OUT OF MILWAUKEE. BORN IN BETHESDA, MD, RENJI STARTED RAPPING AT 12 YEARS-OLD AFTER HIS COUSIN PIERRE INTRODUCED HIM TO RAP MUSIC. FREESTYLES WITH HIS BROTHERS AND COUSIN WAS SOMETHING HE DID TO FIT IN. THIS SEARCH FOR ACCEPTANCE TURNED INTO A PASSION FOR PERFORMANCES IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND LATER, SPOKEN WORD SLAMS IN HIGH SCHOOL.
AFTER SEEING LUPE FIASCO’S “KICK, PUSH” VIDEO, RENJI STARTED ACTIVELY WRITING AND RECORDING HIMSELF. SOME OF HIS OTHER EARLY INFLUENCES WERE CHAMILLIONAIRE, LIL’ WAYNE, AND EMINEM. AS HIS INTERESTS GREW AND MUSICAL TASTE EXPANDED, SO DID HIS...2019-10-2254 min
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - CredentialsCREDENTIALS IS A MATHY/NOISY ROCK BAND FROM MILWAUKEE WHO ARE HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY FIRST WAVE POST-ROCK. THEY WORSHIP CHICAGO AND LOUISVILLE BANDS FROM THE MID-90S AND FEATURE MEMBERS OF MURDER IN THE RED BARN, GUNS BLAZING, NO/NO, GALACTIC CANNIBAL, AND OTHERS.
THE QUARTET IS COMPRISED OF JOSHUA BACKES ON GUITAR, JAMES DAVID ON DRUMS, CAT RIES ON VOCALS AND PETER J. WOODS ON BASS AND VOCALS, CREDENTIALS’ DEBUT COLLECTION OF DEMOS WAS RELEASED IN MAY OF THIS YEAR.
TUNE INTO WMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8TH FOR MUSIC FROM CREDENTIALS BEFORE THE BAND’S SHOW LATER...2019-10-2257 min
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - Liar's TrialEVERY FIRST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH WMSE RETURNS TO CLUB GARIBALDI FOR OUR ESTEEMED LOCAL/LIVE SEGMENT AND ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1ST, WE WELCOME MILWAUKEE’S LIAR’S TRIAL TO GARIBALDI’S STAGE FOR A LIVE RADIO SHOW THAT YOU CAN JOIN EITHER IN-PERSON OR ON THE AIRWAVES!
LIAR’S TRIAL’S LATEST ALBUM, ‘FRIENDS IN NO PLACES’ FINDS THE BAND NO LONGER LOST ON THE FRINGES BY FINDING A WAY TO BRIDGE THE GAPS BETWEEN ITS VARIED INFLUENCES. LIAR’S TRIAL FORMED IN 2011 OUT OF THE PUNK SCENE IN MILWAUKEE AND HAS SINCE BLAZED A TRAIL ACROSS THE MIDWEST, PLAYING ITS OWN...2019-10-2258 min
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - The Mike Benign CompulsionMELODIC, WELL-CRAFTED, DRIVING ALT GUITAR POP THAT ROCKS. BAND MEMBERS MIKE BENIGN, JOE VENT, PAUL BIEMANN AND MIKE KOCH ARE VETERANS OF ACCLAIMED MILWAUKEE-BASED ACTS LIKE BLUE IN THE FACE, THE YELL LEADERS, ARMS & LEGS & FEET AND THE JOKER’S HENCHMEN. LIVE SHOWS INCLUDE OPENER SLOTS FOR SQUEEZE, NEIL FINN (CROWDED HOUSE), THE LEMONHEADS, THE ALARM, BOB MOULD, BLACK FRANCIS, RHETT MILLER, MARSHALL CRENSHAW, THE ALARM, THE FIXX, AND OTHERS. THE BAND’S FIFTH ALBUM, BYGONES, OFFICIALLY ARRIVES IN THIS MONTH.
TUNE INTO WMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH TO LISTEN TO A SET OF NEW SONGS FROM THE MI...2019-10-2259 min
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - HaunterHAUNTER IS KIND OF A SPACE ROCK GROUP WHO STARTED MAKING MUSIC IN STEVENS POINT BACK IN 2011, RELEASING THREE FULL ALBUMS AND THREE EPS. NOW IN MILWAUKEE, THE BAND IS STILL GOING STRONG, RECENTLY RELEASING THEIR LATEST ALBUM, PLEASE UNDERSTAND.
PLEASE UNDERSTAND SOUNDS LIKE FLYING LOW OVER THE MOJAVE DESERT WITH A RADIO TUNED TO NO STATION, PICKING UP ROGUE TRANSMISSIONS AS YOU GLIDE TOWARD THE GREY-BLUE HORIZON. SOMETIMES A NICE MELODY OR CATCHY GUITAR HOOK FINDS ITS WAY THROUGH THE STATIC AND YOU KNOW YOU’RE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
TUNE INTO WMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE ON TUESDAY, SEPT...2019-10-2257 min
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - Mortgage FreemanAFTER SUMMER BREAK, WMSE IS HAPPY TO BE BACK ONCE AGAIN AT CLUB GARIBALDI FOR LOCAL/LIVE! ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, WE WELCOME MORTGAGE FREEMAN FOR A LIVE SHOW AND INTERVIEW ON-SITE AND OVER THE AIRWAVES THAT YOU CAN JOIN!
MORTGAGE FREEMAN IS A FOUR CHEESE BLEND OF HEAVY-HITTING MATH ROCK, WORLDLY AND INTERSTELLAR INFLUENCE, ASIAGO, AND THAT OF AN ART PUNK-FAUX FUNK ILK.
A STAPLE OF THE MILWAUKEE MUSIC SCENE FOR NEARLY SEVEN YEARS, MORTGAGE FREEMAN ENERGIZES A STAGE LIKE FEW ACTS CAN. PREPARING TO RELEASE THEIR THIRD FULL-LENGTH ALBUM, THEY ARE CONSTANTLY CHALLENGING THEMSELVES TO NEW HEIGHTS. THEIR NEW...2019-10-2255 min
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - Old EarthTODD UMHOEFER HAS BEEN PERFORMING AND RECORDING UNDER THE NAME OLD EARTH FOR OVER A DECADE.
AFTER HUNDREDS OF PERFORMANCES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND INCLUDING A TOUR OF THE UK, OLD EARTH HAS WORKED WITH DOZENS OF COLLABORATORS AND HAS PUBLISHED OVER EIGHT HOURS OF MUSIC SINCE THE PROJECT’S INITIATION. OLD EARTH’S FINAL ALBUM OF THE WILL BE RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 4TH, TEN YEARS TO THE DAY AFTER THE FIRST…
OLD EARTH HAS MADE A NAME FOR HIMSELF WITH HIS POETIC STYLE OF LYRICISM PAIRED WITH A NETWORK OF RHYTHMICALLY- INTERLACING GUITAR LOOPS AND FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH WILL SEE HI...2019-10-211h 02
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - Kendra AmalieA SWEEPING INTRODUCTION TO AN ARTIST DEEP INTO THEIR PRACTICE, KENDRA AMALIE’S INTUITION IS A STAR MAP TO A NEW AND DEVELOPING SOUND SPACE. AN EXPLORATORY AND (SOMETIMES) SHREDDING FINGER-STYLE 12-STRING GUITARIST (BOTH ACOUSTIC AND ELECTRIC), BAND LEADER, SYNTHESIST, NEW MEDIA CREATOR, AND EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCER, THE WISCONSIN-BASED MUSICIAN IS ALSO A SONGWRITER OCCUPYING AN ETHEREAL ZONE BETWEEN GALAXY-BRAIN COSMIC TRANSMISSIONS AND DEEP, PERSONAL EXPRESSION.
RECORDED WITH FRIENDS IN HER SHED IN SAINT FRANCIS, INTUITION’S BAND INCLUDED A CORE RHYTHM SECTION OF DRUMMER VICTORIA ROBISON AND BASSIST SAM COOK, WITH REMOTE SUPPORT FROM TARALIE PETERSON (CELLO), AL MOSS (PEDAL STEE...2019-10-211h 03
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - Frugal Stu & The CouponsFRUGAL STU & THE COUPONS IS A PROTO-POST-IRONIC DISCO-FUNK-FUSION BAND FROM THE FUTURE, HAILING FROM MILWAUKEE. THEIR MUSIC HAS BEEN DESCRIBED BY BREAKING AND ENTERING AS “[MUSIC] THAT IS ALL OVER THE PLACE MUSICALLY, IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE”.
WITHIN ONE YEAR OF PLAYING TOGETHER THEY PUT OUT TWO RELEASES, THEIR DISCOUNT EP AND THEIR LIQUIDATION EP. LIQUIDATION WAS A FINALIST FOR 88NINE’S “BEST DISC WE MISSED” IN 2018. THE CREATIVE JUICES CONTINUE TO FLOW AS THE BAND JUST FINISHED AN ALBUM SET TO RELEASE ON AUGUST 16TH. KEEP YOUR EYES OUT FOR FRUGAL STU & THE COUPONS AS THEY CONTINUE TO SPREAD THE...2019-10-211h 02
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - Live from Chill On The Hill - Kids and Family NightON TUESDAY, AUGUST 6TH, AT 6PM, JOIN LOCAL/LIVE HOSTS ERIN AND CAL FOR WMSE’S THIRD YEAR OF BROADCASTING LOCAL/LIVE FROM CHILL ON THE HILL IN HUMBOLDT PARK.
THIS INSTALLMENT OF CHILL ON THE HILL IS “KIDS & FAMILY NIGHT”! YOUNG, LOCAL GROUPS GOLDEN GRENADES, THE LOVEBUGS AND REPEAT THE PROCESS WILL ALL PLAY AND YOU CAN BET YOU’LL ALSO HEAR SPECIAL, LIVE INTERVIEWS BEING BROADCAST IN ADDITION TO THOSE SETS!
TO JOIN US, HEAD ON OVER TO THE HUMBOLDT PARK BANDSHELL IN BAY VIEW (3000 S. HOWELL AVENUE). AND IF YOU CAN’T JOIN US IN PERSON, TUNE IN AT 91.7...2019-08-082h 38
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - Beach BurialBEACH BURIAL IS A PROJECT THAT ONLY FATE AND CIRCUMSTANCE COULD CULTIVATE. TOM OLWIG (GUITAR/VOCALS) AND ELIOT HESS (DRUMS) MET AROUND 2012 THROUGH THE CANDLELIGHT COLLECTIVE IN WEST BEND AND WHILE THE SPACE IS NOW NO LONGER AROUND, IT HAD BEEN A HAVEN FOR PUNKS AND FREAKS TO HANG OUT, CREATE, SOCIALIZE AND HAVE SHOWS AMONGST A ZINE LIBRARY AND BIKE SHOP.
OLWIG WAS THEN IN A BAND CALLED TREEMINDER AND HESS WAS AROUND THE SCENE AS A DRUMMER IN THE WOMEN (NOW- WEEPER.) LIFE WAS GOOD AND SOLID FRIENDSHIPS WERE FORMED. EVENTUALLY, A COLLECTIVE MOVE TO MILWAUKEE BROUGHT BEACH...2019-08-0859 min
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - IFIHADAHIFIFORMED WAY BACK DURING THE TAIL-END OF THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION, IFIHADAHIFI ARE A CYCLONIC MORASS OF FEEDBACK, EFFECTS, DANCE BEATS, SQUALL, AND SHOUT-ALONG HOOKS. DRAWKWARD HOLDS DOWN THE DRUMS AND VOCALS, MRALARM PUNISHES ON BASS, SYNTH AND VOCALS, YALEDELAY SQUALLS ON GUITAR AND VOCALS AND REVEVER WREAKS HAVOC ON GUITAR AND SYNTH.
THE BAND HAS THEIR NEWEST RELEASE SINCE 2012 – WE’RE NEVER GOING HOME – READY TO MEET THE WORLD. THE ALBUM CONTINUES IN THE HIFI TRADITION OF BURYING POP SONGS UNDERNEATH LAYERS OF DISSONANCE AND VOLUME. TOUCHING ON TOPICS LIKE SPACE EXPLORATION, CRYPTOZOOLOGY-AS-RELIGION, SCIENCE DENIAL, AND YOUR MORE, IFIHADAHIFI HAVE TAKEN...2019-08-071h 02
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - The HatchetsTHE HATCHETS ARE A ROCK BAND FROM MILWAUKEE LEAD BY JUSTIN OTTO ON GUITAR AND VOCALS. JAMES SAUER, ALLEN COTÉ AND NICK LANG ROUND OUT THEIR SOUND AND THE GROUP IS GETTING READY TO RELEASE THEIR DEBUT LP THE UNCOUNTED BLUE JILLIONS; A CONCEPT ALBUM OF SORTS ABOUT THE POROUS BORDERS BETWEEN PAST AND PRESENT, BOTH PERSONAL AND POLITICAL. THE SONGS DEAL WITH DESPAIR, AIMLESSNESS AND LOSS OF IDENTITY — ALL OBSERVED THROUGH THE LENS OF THE LIFE AND WORK OF WOODY GUTHRIE.
TUNE INTO WMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE ON TUESDAY, JULY 9TH FOR A LIVE SET FROM THE HATCHETS BEFORE THE U...2019-08-0757 min
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - Valerie LighthartWITH MIDWESTERN WARMTH, MILWAUKEE’S VALERIE LIGHTHART DELIVERS HER TAKE ON FOLK POP, ADDING DEPTH WITH CLASSICAL AND ELECTRONIC ELEMENTS. ALTHOUGH UPBEAT, THERE IS SOMETHING UNDENIABLY DARK ON THE PERIMETER OF LIGHTHART’S LIVELY MELODIES, UNVEILING PRIVATE MOMENTS TINGED WITH THE MELANCHOLY OF INTIMATE VULNERABILITY. HER SINGLE, “I’LL BE DAMNED” IS FILLED WITH EQUAL PARTS FRUSTRATION AND TREPIDATION, ITS ANGSTY LYRICS SWATHED IN HEAVY BEATS, PEPPY ACOUSTIC GUITARS AND WHISTLING – IT’S A TRICK OF THE LIGHT IN THE BEST WAY.
TUNE INTO WMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE ON TUESDAY, JULY 2ND FOR A LIVE SET FROM VALERIE LIGHTHART THE DAY BEFORE SHE P...2019-08-071h 00
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - Matthew DaviesMATTHEW DAVIES’ MUSIC RUSTLES WITH AN AURA OF MYSTERIOUS-YET-FAMILIAR STORIES, BROADCAST FROM A NEVER-TO-BE-FINISHED MAP OF AMERICA.
BORN AND RAISED IN WISCONSIN, SON OF A SMALL-TOWN LAWYER, MATTHEW DAVIES IS A ROAD-TESTED SINGER-SONGWRITER. HE’S DRIVEN THE BLUE HIGHWAYS OF AMERICA AND PLAYED HIS MUSIC IN RUSTY NORTHERN FACTORY TOWNS—PLACES LIKE
DAVENPORT AND DULUTH AS WELL AS BIG CITIES LIKE NYC AND CHICAGO.
DAVIES’ FIFTH RECORD, FLOWERS AND TICKET STUBS, TELLS TALES OF COMMON AND UNCOMMON FOLK—FACES SEEN IN WINDOWS, SENTIMENTAL DUDES WITH METROPOLITAN STYLE, ALL VISIBLE ACROSS AN UNSEEN BORDERLINE MINING THE EMOTIONS AND ALCHEMY OF UNWRITTEN TRADITION...2019-06-261h 00
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - Blue UnitBLUE UNIT BY MILWAUKEE’S BLUE UNIT [FEATURING MEMBERS OF BRIEF CANDLES, THE TRUSTY KNIFE, CRAPPY DRACULA AND SCRIMSHAW], WAS RECORDED AT HUMDRUM STUDIOS IN MILWAUKEE AND WAS RELEASED ON MAY 17TH ON BANDCAMP AND SOMEWHERECOLD RECORDS. KEVIN DIXON, JEN BONIGER-DIXON, DREW CALVETTI AND BROCK GOURLIE PIECE TOGETHER THEIR COLLECTIVE EXPERIENCES IN THE MILWAUKEE MUSIC SCENE TO CREATE MUSIC THAT IS SHIMMERING AND SUBSTANTIAL, ALL AT ONCE.
THE BIG TAKOVER WRITES, “ON AN INTERESTING NOTE, THE BRIEF CANDLES MEMBERS HAVE ALL SWITCHED AROUND WHO PLAYS WHAT INSTRUMENT FOR THIS BAND, WHILE BROCK END UP DRUMMING FOR HIS 5TH BAND! THIS INST...2019-06-2557 min
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - Black Thumb“LIKE A HAND YANKED FROM A SLAMMED DOOR, THE DARK OUTSIDER POP OF BLACK THUMB EMERGES BRUISED AND FRAGILE. COLIN WILDE, WHO HAS BEEN KNOWN TO PLAY ORGAN FOR WISCONSIN PUNKS TENEMENT [AS WELL AS APPLETON’S DUSK], BEGAN BLACK THUMB AS A SOLO PROJECT BACK IN 2012 AND IS NOW SEEING THE RELEASE OF HIS DEBUT CASSETTE IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL THROUGH FORWARD RECORDS (RADIATOR HOSPITAL, PITY SEX).
“ON FIRST LISTEN THERE’S A HEAVY NOD TO THE EARLY UK INDIE PSYCH SOUNDS OF SPACEMAN 3 BUT ALSO A LOT OF MIDWEST POP AND PUNK. PLAYING THOUGH HIS 1967 VOX SUPER CO...2019-06-181h 01
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - Cream VellumCREAM VELLUM FORMED IN SPRING OF 2018 AND QUICKLY FOUND CHEMISTRY IN THEIR SHARED LOVE OF STORYTELLING, DREAM INTERPRETATION, AND VINTAGE GEAR. THE BAND IS COMPRISED OF ELISE MCARDLE, HANS JAEGER, TYLER SALZBRUN, AND RYAN SABLAY, AND IS FOUNDED ON A YIN/YANG RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WARM SYNTH LINES AND WASHES OF GUITAR.
CREAM VELLUM PLAYFULLY CALLS THEIR SOUND POST-DREAM, SINCE IT’S ROOTED IN DREAM POP AND SHOEGAZE, BUT SOMETIMES GARNERS NOISE POP AND PUNK COMPARISONS THANKS TO AN OCCASIONAL ABRASIVE EDGE. THEY ALSO ENJOY ENCOUNTERING PSYCHEDELIC MOMENTS AND DO NOT FEAR PSYCHIC VISIONS.
THE BAND’S DEBUT EP, VENUS RX RX...2019-06-1059 min
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - GenauGENAU IS A MILWAUKEE TWO-PIECE CONSISTING OF ERIK GOSNELL ON BASS AND DRUM PROGRAMMING AND CHRIS BELKOFER ON VOCALS AND GUITAR. INFLUENCED BY POST-PUNK AND GOTH OF THE 1980’S, THE BAND EMPLOYS VINTAGE DRUM MACHINES AMBIENT PASSAGE, NOISE SECTIONS, AND ELECTRONIC LOOPS ALONG WITH GUITARS AND MELODIC AND DRIVING BASS. GENAU HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS “WASHED OUT AND WARY” AND “DARK-HUED AND DANCEABLE” BY MILWAUKEE RECORD WITH A “LILTING DREAM POP FEEL”. TOO MUCH, GENAU’S THIRD RECORDING, WAS RELEASED THIS FEBRUARY.
TUNE INTO WMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE ON TUESDAY, MAY 28TH TO HEAR GENAU’S LATEST BATCH OF DREAM POP. WMSE.ORG TO STR...2019-06-0459 min
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - Cashfire SunsetMILWAUKEE’S CASHFIRE SUNSET WAS OFFICIALLY FORMED IN 2018. FEATURING SAM LOZOFF ON GUITAR, RAY CHI ON DRUMS, RAJ’R TAIM ON BASS AND JASON “TODD” ZBICHORSKI ON VOCALS/GUITAR, IT MAKES NOISY POP MUSIC. BAND DISCLAIMER – “REALLY PRETTY MUCH, IT’S JUST LOUD ALL THE TIME WITH NO DYNAMICS OR ANYTHING WHICH IS WHY IT GETS CHEAPLY PROCESSED IN THE END WITH DIGITAL FREEWARE. CASHFIRE SUNSET LIKES IT THIS WAY (A LOT) AND SPENDS A FAIR AMOUNT OF TIME THINKING OF WAYS TO MAKE WHAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE DECENT (PASSABLE…DON’T FLATTER YOURSELF!) SONGS SOUND “WORSE”.”
CFSS HAS PUNCHED OUT A COUPLE OFFICIAL RE...2019-06-0459 min
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - CRLSSTHE MUSIC OF CRLSS IS THOUGHTFULLY CRAFTED; AT TIMES AMBIENT, AT TIMES A TORTURED POP FORMAT. RYAN KING, (CRLSS) EXPRESSES THE LAMENTS OF A LIFE LIVED IN TURMOIL AND THE ENSUING MELODIC CATHARSIS. CRLSS’S HEROINE SWOON EP COMES OUT ON MAY 17TH AND PROMISES TO DELIVER ANOTHER ROUND OF WELL-CRAFTED ELECTRONIC POP.
TUNE INTO WMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE ON TUESDAY, MAY 14TH TO HEAR MUSIC FROM THE NEW CRLSS EP. WMSE.ORG TO STREAM LIVE OR IN THE ARCHIVES OR SIMPLY TUNE YOUR RADIO TO 91.7 FM AT THE 6 O’CLOCK HOUR.
LOCAL/LIVE ON WMSE IS SPONSORED BY CLUB GARIBA2019-06-041h 03
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - Lauryl Sulfate & Her Ladies Of LeisureWMSE IS EXCITED TO BE BACK ONCE AGAIN AT CLUB GARIBALDI’S FOR OUR MONTHLY LOCAL/LIVE SEGMENTS! LAURYL SULFATE & HER LADIES OF LEISURE WILL HAVE THEIR WMSE DEBUT FOR OUR FINAL CLUB G’S SEGMENT BEFORE SUMMER BREAK! LET’S CELEBRATE!
LAURYL SULFATE AND HER LADIES OF LEISURE ARE A DANCE POP TRIO FROM MILWAUKEE, VARIOUSLY DESCRIBED AS “WOKE KESHA”, “LETIGRE MEETS FANNY PACK” AND “A TOTAL LOVEFEST”, THE LOL’S SHOWS DELIVER FEEL-GOOD PARTY MUSIC WITH A MISSION, INFUSED WITH HIP HOP, DISCO, AND NEW WAVE REALNESS. THEIR DEBUT ALBUM, DANCE MUSIC SAVES LIVES IS A LOVE LETTER TO THE DANCE MUSIC W...2019-06-0458 min
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - Dirty Dancing“WITH SINGER ERIC SCHOEN’S IAN CURTIS-ON-UPPERS VOCAL DELIVERY AND VELVET UNDERGROUND-INSPIRED GUITAR FREAK-OUTS, THE BAND CAN SWITCH FROM SULKY TO SEXY IN A MATTER OF SECONDS, OFTEN BUILDING ON A SKELETAL GUITAR RIFF OR A REPEATED PHRASE TO CREATE A FEELING OF ANXIETY AND, EVENTUALLY, EUPHORIC RELEASE. THOUGH THE BAND CAN BE DARK AND GLOOMY—PERFECT ACID-RAINY-DAY MUSIC—IT IS NOT AFRAID TO PEPPER ITS SONGS WITH JITTERY HANDCLAPS OR SHOUT-ALONG CHORUSES.” ~ CMJ
ON MAY 11, LOCAL POST-PUNK OUTFIT DIRTY DANCING WILL RELEASE THEIR SECOND LP THAT FOR THIS THROUGH GLOSS RECORDS. LED BY PRIMARY SONGWRITER ERIC SCHOEN, THE BAND HAS SEEN I...2019-06-041h 01
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - Cullah & The ComradesMILWAUKEE ARTIST CULLAH IS A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY MUSICIAN AND ENGINEER WHO HAS WRITTEN, RECORDED, AND RELEASED AN ALBUM EVERY YEAR ON APRIL 27TH (HIS BIRTHDAY) SINCE 2006. EACH ALBUM REFLECTS THE ECLECTIC MUSICAL STYLES THAT CULLAH DRAWS FROM — AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL JOURNEY OF MUSICAL EXPRESSION.
CULLAH & THE COMRADES PLAY A SPECTACLE OF MILWAUKEE STRUT-N-STROLL ROCK -N- ROLL. BACKED BY TALENT OF THE COMRADES, CULLAH’S ABILITY TO BEND AND TRANSCEND GENRES LEADS FOR AN EXCITING AND CAPTIVATING PERFORMANCE THROUGH STYLE AND SOUND. CULLAH’S UNASSUMING PRESENCE EXISTS IN STARK CONTRAST TO HIS VOLUMINOUS VOCALS.
TUNE INTO WMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE ON TUESDAY, APRIL 23 FOR A LI...2019-06-0458 min
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - Caley ConwayCALEY CONWAY SLINGS A TELECASTER AND A NEW SET OF RULES FOR THE SINGER/SONGWRITER PARADIGM; ROOTED IN FOLK BUT HARDLY BOUND TO IT, HER INVENTIVE STYLE RANGES FROM JAZZ TO POST-ROCK, HINTS AT THE FAMILIAR AND EMBRACES A DISSONANT BEAUTY. THE MILWAUKEE NATIVE’S BREEZY VOICE AND DISARMING WIT BELIE A DEEP COMPLEXITY THAT HAS EARNED HER PRAISE AS “THE NEXT BIG THING IN FOLK MUSIC” BY NO DEPRESSION MAGAZINE. EQUALLY ENTHRALLING AS A SOLO PERFORMER OR A FULL BAND WITH BACKUP SINGERS, CONWAY LEAVES ROOMS HUSHED, HER AUDIENCES SOMEWHERE BETWEEN CHILLED AND CHUCKLING. HER NEW EP, SURROUNDED MIDDLE, IS OUT...2019-06-041h 03
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - Moss FolkMOSS FOLK’S ANDREW SHELP GREW UP LISTENING TO PINK FLOYD, NEIL YOUNG, BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD, CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG, THE ANIMALS AND THE VELVET UNDERGROUND. A LOVE OF PSYCH MUSIC AND ANYTHING WITH A HEALTHY DOSE OF DISTORTION AND REVERB FUELED THE BIRTH OF SHELP’S NOW-ANNUAL MILWAUKEE-BASED FESTIVAL, PSYCH FEST, WHICH DRAWS LIKEMINDED ARTISTS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE TO PERFORM FOR A FULL WEEKEND OF SHOWS. MOSS FOLK WAS THE FOUNDATIONAL BAND ON WHICH PSYCH FEST BEGAN.
MOSS FOLK’S LIVE SHOWS HAVE BEEN DESCRIBED AS “BLISTERING AND EXCITING” AND THE BAND HAS SPENT THEIR YEARS IN MILWAUKEE ROTATING THROUGH A...2019-06-0459 min
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - Ninteen ThirteenJAZZ NOW
NEWS :: STAY UPDATED WITH THE LATEST HAPPENINGS
LOCAL/LIVE: APRIL 2– NINETEEN THIRTEEN @ CLUB GARIBALDI’S
POSTED:: MARCH 27, 2019
FILED UNDER:: INTERVIEWS, LOCAL/LIVE, SPECIAL PROGRAMMING
WMSE IS EXCITED TO BE BACK ONCE AGAIN AT CLUB GARIBALDI’S FOR OUR MONTHLY LOCAL/LIVE SEGMENTS! THIS TIME AROUND, WE WELCOME THE NEW AND DYNAMIC SOUNDS OF NINETEEN THIRTEEN, FEATURING CELLIST JANET SCHIFF AND PERCUSSIONIST VICTOR DELORENZO (FOUNDING DRUMMER OF THE VIOLENT FEMMES).
SCHIFF PLAYS A CELLO THAT WAS MADE IN ROMANIA IN THE YEAR OF 1913 WHILE DELORENZO PLAYS A SET OF DRUMS MADE IN MODERN-DAY AMERICA. TOGETHER, THEIR MUSIC SUGGESTS MYSTERY, ROMANC...2019-06-041h 01
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - Ms. Lotus FankhWITH THE RELEASE OF HER NEW VIDEO “BETTER THAN THIS” AND EP OF THE SAME NAME AND HER VIDEO INCLUSION FOR “KNOWLEDGE” IN THE 2018 MILWAUKEE FILM FESTIVAL, MILWAUKEE’S MS. LOTUS FANKH IS MAKING HER MARK ON HER HOMETOWN. BUT THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING…SHE’S BEEN COLLABORATING LOCAL MUSICIANS ON HER FORTHCOMING EP AND IT’S GUARANTEED TO BE A TOUR DE FORCE OF ORIGINAL POETRY, CHOREOGRAPHY AND DESIGN WORK.
“I WANT TO HAVE A GLOBAL REACH FROM MY HEART, AND GIVE EVERYONE A LITTLE HEART HUG” SHE SAYS. HER DEDICATION TO ADDRESSING SOCIAL AND RACIAL INJUSTICES THROUGH MUSIC LED TO ONE OF...2019-06-041h 01
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - Rocket CatROCKET CAT LAUNCHED IN MILWAUKEE IN EARLY 2016, WHEN FOUR VETERAN MUSICIANS EMBARKED ON A MISSION TO CREATE MUSIC ROOTED IN THE HIGH-ENERGY INTERPLAY OF VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL LAYERS, DRAWING HEAVILY UPON THE MUSICAL INFLUENCES OF THEIR YOUTH.
LAST YEAR SAW ROCKET CAT HOLDING THE #1 SPOT ON REVERBNATION’S LOCAL AND REGIONAL ALTERNATIVE ROCK CHARTS AND ALSO EARNING NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2018 WAMI AWARDS IN TWO CATEGORIES – “NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR” AND “POP/ROCK ARTIST OF THE YEAR”. FUELED BY THEIR SUCCESS, ROCKET CAT HAS A FRESH ROUND OF NEW MATERIAL AND ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO AN APRIL 5TH LP RELEASE AT ANODYNE...2019-06-041h 03
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - Lost Tribes Of The MoonLOST TRIBES OF THE MOON USES “METAL” AS ITS MAIN VEHICLE OF SOUND BUT ALSO CITES INFLUENCES RANGING FROM 70’S HARD ROCK, PROG ROCK, FOLK AND AMBIENT/EXPERIMENTAL, FOCUSING ON DYNAMICS TO DELIVER A SOUND THAT DOESN’T SIT NEATLY INTO ANY SINGLE DESCRIPTION OR GENRE. LOST TRIBES OF THE MOON TAKES THEIR NAME FROM A REFERENCE TO CLIVE BARKER’S NIGHTBREED FILM AND GRAPHIC NOVEL AND USES THIS DEBATE-ABLY FICTIONAL UNIVERSE TO INFLUENCE THEIR OVERALL VIBE, AS WELL AS LYRICISM STEEPED IN STORIES OF MYTHICAL FIGURES AND OLD TALES.
SINCE 2017, LOST TRIBES OF THE MOON HAS SHARED THE STAGE WITH TROUB...2019-06-041h 01
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - OQOQ IS LIAM O’BRIEN AND COLE QUAMME IN COLLABORATION WITH AN ARRAY OF MILWAUKEE-BASED CONTRIBUTORS. QUAMME STARTED MAKING BEATS INFLUENCED BY THE DEFINITIVE SOUND OF THE LATE JANKA NABAY AND DECIDED TO REACH OUT TO LOCAL FOLK AND BLUEGRASS MUSICIANS TO SEE WHAT THEY COULD DO WITH THEM. QUAMME EVENTUALLY RECRUITED O’BRIEN, WHO DEVELOPED THE INTERLOCKING RHYTHMS INTO FULL-FLEDGED SONGS BASED ON CELTIC MELODIES.
BY THE TIME THEY’D GOTTEN AROUND TO PRODUCING THEIR FIRST EP, PARADICE 1, THE PROJECT HAD TAKEN ON SURPRISING NEW FORMS. PARADICE 1 EXEMPLIFIES THIS EVOLUTION – MELODIC RUMINATIONS ON HUMANITY DANCE OVER SUSTAINED GROOVES AND COMPLEX...2019-06-041h 04
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - Warhola CatsMilwaukee’s Warhola Cats’ indie pop is propelled by the writing of leader Elisabeth Gasparka, who composes lyrical pop songs created with voice, cello, piano, flute, percussion, guitar and beyond for a pastoral-leaning pop sound. The quartet’s 2017 release, In This Light, is dotted with references to Milwaukee, drawing the listener into a vivid, moving environment.
Warhola Cats’ songs vary between the poignant and the absurd; themes of longing, anticipation, existential dread, and heartfelt anthems toasting the Milwaukee mundane, invites reverence for this time and place…musical renderings to capture the moment as it passes.
Tune into WMSE’s Local/Live on Tuesday...2019-02-2158 min
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - WAVY VWAVY V (pronounced “way-vee vee”) is a six-piece chamber pop band based in Milwaukee. Their intricate, psychedelia-tinged arrangements take unexpected turns around multi-instrumental and vocal harmonies. The band is releasing their second 7-inch, “A”, the follow-up to the previously released “W”, on February 15th with a show at Anodyne on Bruce Street.
Tune into WMSE’s Local/Live on Tuesday, February 12th to hear WAVY V’s latest songs before their big release show! WMSE.org to stream live or in the archives or simply tune your radio to 91.7 FM at the 6 o’clock hour.
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Local Live | WMSELocal Live - Dick Satan TrioWMSE is excited to be back once again at Club Garibaldi for our monthly Local/Live segments! This time around, we welcome to the stage the Dick Satan Trio, the Milwaukee legends who will provide your chili-eating soundtrack the following month at the Kern Center for WMSE’s annual Rockabilly Chili fundraiser event.
To get you even more set, WMSE will also have Rockabilly Chili Fundraiser tickets on hand at this Local/Live show and a very special Buy One Get One Free Chili Ticket Deal. That’s right…a BOGO deal!
The Dick Satan Trio (who are actually a quarte...2019-02-2158 min
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - Large PrintMilwaukee’s Large Print was born out of the disbandment of the band, Blonder in the summer of 2017. Blonder members James Brickner and Eric Risser continued to creating while honing their sound in the subsequent months following Blonder’s breakup.
After rehearsing with a rotating cast of local musicians, James and Eric enlisted Andy Grygiel on drums, Jay Joslyn on bass, and Grace Mitchell on vocals. Large Print recorded their debut effort over a stretch of months in 2017 and 2018. That six-song EP explores thoughtful melodies, driving rhythm and experimental analog recording, all tied together with Grace’s ambling lyrical delivery.
Tune i...2019-02-211h 01
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - NeocavemanNeocaveman got their start in 2015 and their music has evolved into the indie progressive rock sound that they have become known for around the Midwest, constructed with complicated arrangements and rich harmonies that blend a capella gospel sounds with fingerstyle psychedelia.
The project is a collaboration of Peter Hair and Paul Tyree of Faux Fiction, Samuel Balistreri of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee fingerstyle guitar program, Simon Beno of American Monroe, and Jeremy Moroder of Epimotive. Ertrok Radio Hour says “[Neocaveman] blend math, pop and indie rock seamlessly into pleasing often dream-like tracks. Neocaveman is nothing short of astounding.”
Tune into WMSE’s...2019-02-211h 01
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - Trapper SchoeppWMSE is excited to be back once again at Club Garibaldi for our monthly Local/Live segments! We’re ready for another great year of local music and on Tuesday, January 8th, we kick the year off with a bang and open the doors to welcome to the stage Milwaukee’s Trapper Schoepp, who has a brand new album to share.
Trapper Schoepp’s newest, ‘Primetime Illusion’ – produced by Pat Sansone (Wilco, Robyn Hitchcock) – will see its worldwide release on Xtra Mile Recordings on January 25th. This time around, it sees Schoepp reaching for his own place in the canon with a truly re...2019-02-2159 min
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - Beach StaticMilwaukee’s Beach Static are getting set to ride a wave of notoriety into the new year with their most recent release, Games. The surf-y garage x garbage pop trio takes a nod from other aficionados of the genre like the edgier Wavves and FIDLAR and another from the sunkissed sweetness of Best Coast. Games is a six-track sun-baked batch of confessionals, hopped up on flat soda pop and good old fashioned angst.
Tune into WMSE’s Local/Live on Tuesday, December 18th for the final segment of the year with Beach Static! The band will be sharing songs from Games and...2019-02-211h 00
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - Floor Model“We’re Floor Model and we’re slightly damaged.” In a way that tells you everything you need to know. Floor Model has powered through nineteen years of original Milwaukee Grey Collar punk rock spanning two centuries. Garage rock harmonies powered by hardcore riffs under socially pointed lyrics and sly punk jabs. They have released six recordings – Absent Minded Salvation, 3, More Throttle, Apply Resistance, Humiliation Payday and the smash single, “Swillwaukee”.
Jeff is the creative engine. He and Dave (drums), have been bringing the rock since the Rock ‘N Roll Palace days of early 1999. Tim came aboard in 2000 and trimmed the fat. For some reas...2019-02-211h 02
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - WMSE’S Annual Holiday Local/Live – A Chicken Shack Christmas @ Club Garabaldi'sWMSE is excited to be back once again at Club Garibaldi for our monthly Local/Live segments. On Tuesday, December 4, we open the doors to our listener family to share A Chicken Shack Christmas show MC’d by none other than WMSE’s Jonny Z. Our annual holiday Local/Live show is always a good time and this year, we’re pulling out all the stops for an unforgettable night of local, holiday tunes.
Jonny will be backed up by local friends and legends, JP Cyr and the Midnight Men. Also sharing the stage will be Matt Tyner and The Hungry W...2019-02-2155 min
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - CairnsCairns is the main project of Milwaukee musician, John Larkin, who debuted his initial recordings in 2015. The newest release, Entanglement, is Cairns’ debut full-length with a full band. While performed and recorded by mostly Larkin, himself, he added contributions from other Milwaukee musicians to fill out the soundscape – Caley Conway, Eli Smith, Eddie Chapman, Sam Pekarske and Joe Kirschling are now also part of the live ensemble.
Layered and expansive, Entanglement masks its complex time signatures and rhythms with layers of meticulous sound and dynamic swells through every track and nearly every song features drastic stylistic changes throughout. No two mome...2019-02-2157 min
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - SleepersoundMKE x CHI’s SleeperSound latest release, In Media Res, finds the band crawling into crates of experimental rock, noir indie folk, ambient obscurities, and eclectic imports to create a unique statement on American guitar-rock.
Sleepersound started as a solo project by David D’Antonio (guitars, vocals, synths), and was chosen by him to “invoke the desire to awaken ourselves gradually and ajar from existential slumbers that make us aloof to each other and our world.”
Sleepersound developed from a previous project when David was rooted in St. Louis and Chicago — the latter where David was born and raised, coming to Milwauke...2019-02-211h 02
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - Stephen Cooper's Nobody FamousWMSE is excited to be back once again at Club Garibaldi for our monthly Local/Live segments. On Tuesday, November 13, we welcome Stephen Cooper’s Nobody Famous for a live show and interview on-site and over the airwaves that YOU can join!
Stephen Cooper has been a bandleader, sideman, and touring musician for over 25 years. In that time, he has played in 21 states and 7 countries with numerous groups, most namely WiFEE and the HUZz BAND and The Groove Hogs. Deeply rooted in jazz, r&b, and blues, Coop draws in vocal influences such as Amy Winehouse, Otis Redding, Stevie Wonder, and...2019-02-2158 min
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - Red StuffRed Stuff started out as an instrumental 2 piece in the winter of 2007 comprised of Kelly Wanderer on electrified autoharp and Tom Wanderer on electric guitar. This duo released a 4 song 7” in the summer of 2008, but were eager to expand the group and the sound.
An early stint with drummer Peterson Kyuk-White got things off the ground, and his contributions to the Best Of Hot Rod Love LP and a handful of shows turned an esoteric musical project into a rock band. Joe Scheltema took over on drums for a memorable summer that culminated in the Pagan Rock 10”. After working with two...2018-11-0856 min
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - Black LinesOver the years, Tyler St Clair has been known to exploit archaic electronics to great effect. His penchant for the unconventional is best on display in the form of his Milwaukee-based record label ‘Radiograffiti’ where he’s curated a roster of like-minded boundary-pushers and sonic destroyers. He’s affiliated with the world’s first D.I.Y synthesizer hackspace/storefront ‘Modular Addict’ and skirts the fringe of ubiquity by making music under a multitude of aliases.
Despite his usual aggressive approach to music, his latest project, Black Lines, Din Sky, showcases his most accessible work to date. The radio-friendly “misery.dev – select” 7...2018-11-081h 05
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - Black Eagle ChildBlack Eagle Child is guitarist/multi-instrumentalist Michael Jantz. Founded in 2008, Black Eagle Child’s music ranges in style from simple folks instrumentals, to loop-based guitar songs, to experimentally-produced long-form pieces. His work has been published on Preservation Records, Under the Spire Recordings, and Geology Records, among others. Black Eagle Child’s most recent release, Six Lugubrious Airs, is a collection of brief folk airs, and is co-released by himself and Milwaukee’s Geology Records.
Tune into WMSE’s Local/Live on Tuesday, October 23rd to hear the newest music Black Eagle Child has to share with you. WMSE.org to stream l...2018-10-251h 01
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - Mrs. FunMRS.FUN plays nu jazz. Complex, sophisticated and adventurous, their music is a unique blend of off-center jazz, ultra-funk, spoken word rap, and their own brand of neo-cabaret. Intelligent lyrics, stellar musicianship, and a dynamic stage presence are hallmarks of their music. The MRS.FUN sound is derived from Connie Grauer’s funky bass-driven keyboard playing, combined with Kim Zick’s skillful in-the-pocket drumming.
“Grauer is a piano player with few equals whose drive and energy spills across the stage and into the audience like nitrous oxide. She’s got a left hand that doesn’t quit, the mark of any great...2018-10-251h 03
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - Jeff MitchellJeff Mitchell is a native of rural Minnesota transplanted to Milwaukee. His time spent living in small towns is essential to his songs and is obvious to listeners from out of the way places. He is a lifelong devotee of early music and singing old country songs passed down in his family. He also came of age in some gloriously ragged garage bands. Over the past 20 years or so, his interests in writing and experimentation have grown to combine his portraits of Midwestern life with a strange undercurrent of dark, electronic psychedelia.
Jeff is perhaps best known as collaborator with...2018-10-251h 02
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - Flat TeethFlat Teeth are a Milwaukee-based five-piece, comprised of current and former members of John the Savage, Paper Holland, Twelve Ounce Prophet, Hester Mofet and the Invaders.
Drawing on the more melodic side of 90s indie rock and emo, the band’s music recalls the sounds of everyone from The Get Up Kids and Mock Orange to darker and moodier acts like No Knife and Cursive. Interlocking guitars, layered vocal harmonies and driving rhythms are all present in the band’s output, and those seeking straightforward and energetic songwriting will find much to enjoy in Flat Teeth.
Tune into WMSE’s Local...2018-09-2158 min
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - Stink LinesStink Lines are a Milwaukee based power trio that spits out two-minute blasts of fast and gnarly punk reminiscent of cuts found on Thrasher and Killed by Death compilation discs. The band features Milwaukee punk and garage scene mainstays, Ryan King on bass, Sam Sharkey on guitar and vocals and Wendy Norton on drums and vocals. The band is getting geared up for their slot at the Bay View Bash at the WMSE / Rush-Mor Records stage on Saturday, September 15th. Tune in to hear all about it!
Listen to WMSE’s Local/Live on Tuesday, August 28th for a live se...2018-09-0459 min
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - TigerniteTigernite is a hard-hitting rock-and-roll creature hailing from Milwaukee, with a love of powerful melodies, guitar solos, spandex and good times.
Aptly dubbed as “Wiccan Lisa Frank”, the band has blazed a trail of glitter across the Midwest, sharing stages with the likes of the Offspring, Goldfinger, And Electric 6. After the released of their first record, Tigernite, the band has brought their dramatic performances to Summerfest, Pridefest and the BMO Harris Bradley Center. Tigernite draws inspiration from glam, 70’s guitar rock and power pop to create their own sweaty glittery brand of post-glam rock.
Tune into WMSE for Local/Live on Tue...2018-05-091h 00
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - Buffalo GospelWMSE’s Local/Live once again returns to Club Garibaldi’s for another awesome Local/Live segment that YOU can join!
On Tuesday, May 1, we welcome Milwaukee’s Buffalo Gospel for a live show and interview on-site and over the airwaves.
Buffalo Gospel will be celebrating the release of their long-awaited sophomore album, ‘On the First Bell’, officially on Friday, May 4th with an official album release show at Anodyne on Bruce on Saturday, May 5th. Catch the band before they get set for a busy and exciting week!
With a dual penchant for hopped-up trucker country and breathtakingly honest ballads, B...2018-05-091h 00
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - Slow WalkerWMSE’s Local/Live once again returns to Club Garibaldi’s for another awesome Local/Live segment that YOU can join!
On Tuesday, April 3rd, we welcome Milwaukee rockers Slow Walker hot on the heels of their newest album for a live show and interview on-site and over the airwaves.
Still kicking after eight years, Slow Walker’s sound is always evolving. Originally floating somewhere in the garage/psych realm, they now operate as a power trio that is heavier and louder than ever before.
They aim for the sweet spot between the ears where you can still hear it well a...2018-04-051h 01
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - Field ReportWMSE welcomes Chris Porterfield and Barry Paul Clark of Field Report into the studios the same week their band welcomes their newest record, Summertime Songs (out March 23rd).
“The difference between Summertime Songs — recorded at Wire & Vice, in the same Milwaukee neighborhood where 3/4ths of the band resides — and 2014’s brilliantly autumnal feeling Marigolden and 2012’s more chilly and intense self-titled record is that we hear Porterfield at his most honed and pure. He’s more direct and effective with his writing, and in doing so, the scene is even more expertly set. It’s sharper and more captivating. The character sket...2018-03-2259 min
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - Dead HorsesWMSE’s Local/Live once again returns to Club Garibaldi’s for another awesome Local/Live segment that YOU can join!
On Tuesday, March 6th, we welcome Milwaukee folk group, Dead Horses for a live show and interview on-site and over the airwaves.
At fifteen, Dead Horses frontwoman Sarah Vos’ world turned upside down. Raised in a strict, fundamentalist home, Vos lost everything when she and her family were expelled from the rural Wisconsin church where her father had long served as pastor. What happened next is the story of Dead Horses’ stunning new album, ‘My Mother the Moon,’ a record full...2018-03-161h 01
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - Xposed 4headsWMSE’s Local/Live once again returns to Club Garibaldi’s for another awesome Local/Live segment that you can join!
On Tuesday, February 6th, we welcome the zany and crazy-talented Xposed 4Heads for a live show and interview on-site and over the airwaves.
In 2012, Xposed 4Heads had the opportunity to “regroup” for the “Lest We Forget” festival and has been going strong ever since. X4 has had numerous acclaimed releases in the synth pop art rock genre. Guest artists have included No Wave legend James Chance, Tuxedomoon co-founder Blaine Reininger, Grammy winner Frank London from the Klezmatics and Deborah Evan from Th...2018-02-1258 min
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - WMSE’s Annual Holiday Local/Live with Space Raft and Friends @ Club Garibaldi’sOn Tuesday, December 12th (yes, the SECOND Tuesday of the month for this time, only), WMSE welcomes Space Raft to the stage of Club Garibaldi’s to share in our annual holiday radio tradition with the help of some very special local guest musicians!
Join Space Raft for a very Special Local/Live at Club Garibaldi’s as they celebrate the release of their new single “Another Holiday Is Here” and ask some talented folks from the Milwaukee music scene to perform holiday favorites and their own originals, bound to be future holiday classics; Testa Rosa, Marielle Allschwang and Joe Crockett...2017-12-2959 min
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - the Rhythm ChickenWMSE’s Local/Live once again returns to Club Garibaldi’s for another awesome season of monthly Local/Live segments!
On Tuesday, November 7th, we welcome the one, the only, Wisconsin legend…the Rhythm Chicken!
The Rhythm Chicken is a non-musical enigma wrapped in uncooked bacon. He’s played in the woman’s bathroom at the Cactus Club and to a crowd of 40,000 at Miller Park. He’s played at the finish line of a marathon in Las Vegas and on a pontoon boat in the River Elbe in downtown Dresden during the fireworks finale of Stadtfest. He’s played at sausage sho...2017-11-1456 min
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - Bow & AiroWMSE’s Local/Live once again returns to Club Garibaldi’s for another awesome season of monthly Local/Live segments…
On Tuesday, October 3rd, we welcomeMilwaukee’s Bo & Airo straight off of the release of their debut EP ‘I’.
You can join WMSE and Bo & Airo at Club Garibaldi’s as we team up for this live radio show. If you can’t make it, listen live over the airwaves (or in the WMSE archives).
As always, WMSE Music Director Erin Wolf and co-host Cal Roach will lead Bo & Airo through questions in between the live performance with the help of our audience...2017-10-1757 min
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - GGOOLLDWMSE’s Local/Live once again returns to Club Garibaldi’s for another awesome season of monthly Local/Live segments!
On Tuesday, September 5th, we kick the season off with a bang with the energetic and ever-popular synth-poppers, GGOOLLDD before they head off on a massive tour and out of Milwaukee, permanently to call Baton Rouge home.
You can join WMSE and GGOOLLDD at Club Garibaldi’s as we team up for this live radio show. If you can’t make it, listen live over the airwaves (or in the WMSE archives). As always, WMSE Music Director Erin Wolf and co-host...2017-09-061h 00
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - Sara and KennyWMSE travels to Club Garibaldi’s on Tuesday, May 2nd to host another great evening of local music for our Local/Live at Club Garibaldi’s series. It’s the final one until September, so join us! “School’s out for summer!”
Milwaukee’s husband and wife duo, Sara and Kenny, combine the best of jazz and folk for a captivating live performance; voice, ukulele, nylon and steel string guitars show how Sara and Kenny embrace a wide range of musical styles to create their intimate sound. The duo’s most recent release, ‘Familiar Rhythms’ is another example of their unique chemistry and...2017-05-1157 min
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - StomataWMSE 91.7FM is excited to welcome Stomata to our monthly Local/Live at Club Garibaldi’s series on Tuesday, January 3rd.
Featuring three of the Milwaukee jazz scene’s most exciting talents – Dave Schoepke on the drum kit, John Simmons on upright bass and Jay Anderson on woodwinds – the trio will provide a live show experience that will showcase those talents and serve as an introduction to their upcoming late-January stint with Milwaukee rapper, Klassik for TRIBE UNCOVERED.
Join WMSE and Stomata by listening over the airwaves or by participating as an audience member – this event is FREE and open to the 21+...2017-01-041h 03
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - The Mighty ReindeerlickLocal/Live: December 6 – WMSE’s Annual Holiday Broadcast with The Mighty Reindeerlick @ Club Garibaldi’s
WMSE merrily invites you to our monthly Local/Live at Club Garibaldi’s series on Tuesday, December 6th with Milwaukee’s most raucous holiday revelers, the Mighty Reindeerlick.
Join us for our annual holiday Local/Live program by listening over the airwaves or by participating as an audience member – this event is FREE and open to the 21+ public and lots of fun!
Call them “garage punk”, or “garage rock”, or just “rock”, just don’t call them early in the morning. The Mighty Deerlick has been more or less rocking...2016-12-151h 03
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - Ugly BrothersWMSE is happy to present Local/Live with Ugly Brothers (fresh from the release of their debut album!), broadcasting live from Club Garibaldi – 2501 S. Superior Street — on Tuesday, September 6th. Join WMSE and Milwaukee’s Ugly Brothers by listening over the airwaves or by participating as an audience member in another installment of WMSE’s dynamic ‘Local/Live at Club Garibaldi’s’ series; it is FREE and open to the 21+ public!
Ugly Brothers is well-deserving of its popularity on the Milwaukee folk scene; they have a penchant for thoughtful singer/songwriter lyrics crossed with the vocal intensity, harmonies, and catchy instrumentatio...2016-09-081h 00
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - Whiskey Of The DamnedWMSE is happy to present Local/Live with Whiskey of the Damned, broadcasting live from Club Garibaldi – 2501 S. Superior Street — on Tuesday, August 16th. Join WMSE and Milwaukee’s Whiskey of the Damned by listening over the airwaves or by participating as an audience member in another installment of WMSE’s dynamic ‘Local/Live at Club Garibaldi’s’ series; it is FREE and open to the 21+ public!
Whiskey Of the Damned will be sure to get you in the spirit before the group plays Milwaukee’s Irish Fest later that week…”described as a mix of the Pogues, Dropkick Murphys and Bad Religion, yo...2016-08-181h 01
Local Live | WMSELocal Live - Shonn HintonWMSE is happy to present Local/Live with Shonn Hinton & Shotgun, broadcasting live from Club Garibaldi – 2501 S. Superior Street — on Tuesday, July 19th. Join WMSE and Milwaukee’s Shonn Hinton & Shotgun by listening over the airwaves or by participating as an audience member in another installment of WMSE’s dynamic ‘Local/Live at Club Garibaldi’s’ series! It is FREE and open to the 21+ public.
“Why search the world for great musicians when they’re right in your own backyard? Those were Shonn Hinton’s thoughts when forming the super powerhouse group, Shotgun, in 2014. Although the group had played together for over a decade in...2016-07-2058 minLocal Live | WMSEWMSE Local Live - Marielle AllschwangIt's back-to-school so it's back to the Todd Wehr Auditorium and Conference Center for WMSE's next Local/Live. On Tuesday, September 1, not only will we host our special live radio segment with Marielle Allschawang, we've added a second band to the bill for the after-show-show - the Midwestern Charm. This concert is all a part of MSOE's first week of events for new and returning students.2015-09-0453 min
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Local Live | WMSEWMSE Local Live - JaillWMSE Local Live gets recorded "live" from Club Garibaldi in Milwaukee with Jaill. Join WMSE Music Director Erin Wolf and special co-host from WMSE’s The Disclaimer, Matt Wild, as they lead Jaill through questions in between a sneak preview live set from band's brand new album, Brain Cream [Burger Records] .2015-06-1458 min
Local Live | WMSEWMSE Local Live - The Scarring PartyThe Scarring Party's swan song radio performance captured live on WMSE.2015-05-191h 04