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Preview: The Conformists and (((Microwaves))) at the Borg Ward Saturday
The Conformists at Union Rock Yards in Chicago last June
Words by Brian Whitney
Previously on this site, I reviewed a Freight/Possible
Fathers/Conformists show at Cactus Club, wherein I confessed to not
having watched The Conformists after being blown away by Freight and
P-Fath. The result was pretty much everyone in attendance calmly, but
firmly letting me know that I was [...]
Collected 2 days ago from fan-belt.com via blog import
tagged national, local, borg ward, dear astronaut, ifihadahifi
Stumblurfest 2
Words by Erin Wolf
Musical mayhem is one part waiting for the show to happen, two parts being in the moment. This weekend, the excitement generated around Stumblurfest 2 (this Friday at Frank’s Power Plant and Saturday at Club Garibaldi’s) is apparent amongst the Milwaukee sector who like their music loud, danceable and a bit scuzzed [...]
Collected 2 days ago from fan-belt.com via blog import
tagged local, cococoma, drugs dragons, get drunk djs, gut reactions
Recap: Lover! w/John Barrett’s Bass Drum of Death, Midwest Beat & Death Dream, Cactus Club, 11.5.09
Video of Death Dream courtesy Dusty Medical
Words by Anthony Schwader
I had my night all planned out: Truthdealer practice, a low carb meal, a mouthful of frosty Snus, and Netflix DVDs. But then my friend Sanam called and wanted to go to Bayview to see this show. After a quick check on the Milwaukee Shows page [...]
Collected Nov 7, 2009 from fan-belt.com via blog import
tagged national, local, bass drum of death, cactus club, death dream
Reviewed: Mastodon, Converge, Dethklok & High On Fire @ The Rave/Eagle’s Ballroom, 10/18/09
 
Words by Amelinda Burich
This past Sunday, the Eagle’s Ballroom hosted a packed house of metal fans in support of dual headliners Dethklok and Mastodon.  The sizeable crowd was not surprising considering the increasing amount of metal-edged programming proffered by basic cable: a weekend of VH1 Classic airing metal-based documentaries, and animated band Dethklok’s residency on [...]
Collected Oct 23, 2009 from fan-belt.com via blog import
tagged dethklok, mastodon, the rave/eagles ballroom, converge, high on fire
Recap: Captured! By Robots/Juiceboxxx at Cactus Club 10/18/09
(Ed. Note: Yeah, yeah, this video is from San Francisco in 2007, but it features a song performed at Sunday night’s Cactus show, and seeing as it was performed by mechanical robots, how much different could it have been? Yeah, yeah, we were too busy rocking out to get any photos or video. We blew [...]
Collected Oct 20, 2009 from fan-belt.com via blog import
tagged heavy metal, cactus club, captured by robots, juiceboxxx
New Video: “The Initiative” by House of M
Words by DJ Hostettler
Ya know, I’m not entirely sure why I haven’t checked out House of M until now, especially what with their nerdtastic X-Men-influenced name, but our former editor guy Adam alerted me to this video’s existence today, and I’m damn glad he did. Behold “The Initiative” (no doubt another Mighty Marvel Reference), directed [...]
Collected Oct 19, 2009 from fan-belt.com via blog import
tagged hip-hop, grown man collective, house of m
Seis-Seis-Seis
Who: Davila 666
What: a show: Davila 666 from Puerto Rico (see/listen to above videos for details), The Flips, The Yolks
Where: Club Garibaldi’s (2501 S. Superior)
When: Tonight, 10 p.m.
Why: you won’t have to put up with some asshat in the crowd singing along to every word — es la magica de la lengua de Espanol.
Posted in [...]
Collected Sep 18, 2009 from fan-belt.com via blog import
tagged davila 666, club garibaldi's, the flips, the get drunk djs, the yolks
Do yourself a favor and go see Wizard of Cause @ Cactus Club tonight
J. Todd’s take on grungy noise-rock kills it. Here’s an interview I did with J. Todd; it was for a different publication, but they edited out a bunch of the best stuff. Before his show with Lookbook, Daylight Robbery and Johnny Prophylactic, I encourage you to read it in full. So, here it is … [...]
Collected Sep 11, 2009 from fan-belt.com via blog import
tagged uncategorized, wizard of cause
Tonight at Mad Planet: Free Energy + Juiceboxxx, Big Fun 4Ever
video of Free Energy courtesy of YouTube
The same folks who brought you the carefree pop stylings of Hockey Night are back at again as Free Energy. Bringing a little Bowie and T. Rex swagger to their MGMT leanings, the band from Philly offers up a more classic sound than is usually heard on their home [...]
Collected Sep 8, 2009 from fan-belt.com via blog import
tagged free energy, big fun 4ever, juiceboxxx, mad planet
Sneak preview: The Alternate Reality of … House of M
The good folks at Uni-Fi Records sent us a sneak leak from the new House of M LP, The Alternate Reality of …. HoM is throwing a CD release party 10 p.m. Saturday at Mad Planet with Fresh Cut Collective and Kid Millions. I heard the full version, and can safely say it’s a definite [...]
Collected Aug 27, 2009 from fan-belt.com via blog import
tagged uncategorized, hip-hop, house of m, milwaukee, the alternate reality of ...
The Demix still scares the shit out of me
Sonic experimentalist Paul Demix sent us his latest work, “It Begins,” and true to form, it’s as an excursion into the darkest corners of electronic-noir: Grinding distorted ambiance, dissonant and grimy – a touch more minimalistic compared with his previous release Escape from Jones Island. The b/w throwback sci-fi motif of the video adds to [...]
Collected Aug 25, 2009 from fan-belt.com via blog import
tagged uncategorized, avant garde, demix, noise
The Gospel According to Distortion
video of Gospel Gossip courtesy of YouTube
Gospel Gossip (MN) will be making yet another appearance in Milwaukee (last winter, they played a roiling set at the Cactus Club and blew the roof off the Borg Ward last summer). The word about this trio has caught on for fans of minimalist set-ups and big sounds. Guitarist/vocalist [...]
Collected Aug 21, 2009 from fan-belt.com via blog import
tagged brief candles, gospel gossip, club garibaldi, the brief candles
Kid Millions: Victim to the Beat
Kid Millions, “Victim to the Beat”
Darren Cole is back. Fan-belt recently shared with Milwaukee’s hip hop fans the genius of the man behind the Alpha Sessions videos and Miltown Beat Down documentation with new videos of Milwaukee’s Fresh Cut Collective, Royal Fam and Dana Coppafeel. Kid Million’s latest single “Victim to the Beat” is [...]
Collected Aug 20, 2009 from fan-belt.com via blog import
tagged darren cole, kid millions
In Honor of the Wizard of Waukesha, Les Paul: 1915-2009
Posted in Les Paul Tagged: Les Paul
Collected Aug 18, 2009 from fan-belt.com via blog import
tagged les paul
New, From the Jetty Boys
Rally Records tipped us off that there are four new tunes from Sheboygan/Milwaukee’s Jetty Boys, from their upcoming release Sheboygan. Fans can take a listen to the songs at the Rally Records web site. Check ‘em out and also check out the above video for some live footage from 2009’s Insubordination Fest back in June in Baltimore, [...]
Collected Aug 17, 2009 from fan-belt.com via blog import
tagged jetty boys, insubordination fest, rally records
TGIT: Our Weekend Picks!
Thursday, August 13th
Haz Solo + Philthy @ Stonefly (735 E. Center), 10 p.m.
Haz Solo has been throwing down his skills at Stonefly for quite some time, making it the place to see the Milwaukee MC/producer in his element. Lyrical prowess and fluid jazz-y hip hop showed that Haz Solo is a hip hop artist to [...]
Collected Aug 13, 2009 from fan-belt.com via blog import
tagged tgit, daniel johnston, daydreams, haz solo, philthy
Dance-offs and Dislocation
This past Friday night saw the crowd of squirrely youngsters and oldsters alike pumped as the Deerhunter/No Age/ Dan Deacon ‘Round Robin’ show came to a squalor-ed close with No Age pummeling its way into Dan Deacon’s last song. No Age guitarist Randy Randall jumped from the stage to the dance floor to participate in [...]
Collected Aug 10, 2009 from fan-belt.com via blog import
tagged dan deacon, deerhunter, no age, dance-off, lollapalooza
Tonight At the Sugar Maple
video of Lewis & Clarke courtesy of YouTube
Our friends at Muzzle of Bees are teaming up with 91.7 FM, WMSE to bring in the stark and understated music of Lewis & Clarke tonight at the Sugar Maple. For those who are drawn to the simplistic beauty of folk, Lewis & Clarke’s live performance should prove [...]
Collected Aug 3, 2009 from fan-belt.com via blog import
tagged uncategorized, caroline weeks, corridor, lewis & clarke, muzzle of bees
TGIT! WTF?
Alright … this is a sparse list of to-dos. Why do I not know anything about what’s going on this weekend?! Hey venues — I know it’s summer, but it wouldn’t hurt to update the ol’ website once in awhile (Lulu I’m looking at you) or get the right information out to the press about [...]
Collected Jul 30, 2009 from fan-belt.com via blog import
tagged uncategorized, anasazis, crappy dracula, empty heads, made of oak
Darren Cole’s Alpha Sessions
Our guy Darren Cole [Alphabang] documents the Milwaukee hip-hop scene in the Alpha Sessions, a series of short videos featuring some of the city’s best and brightest MCs. We’re particularly feeling the session he did with Prophetic of the Royal Fam crew, who incidentally just posted some new material on the MySpace page.








Here’s one with [...]
Collected Jul 28, 2009 from fan-belt.com via blog import
tagged uncategorized, alphabang, dana coppafeel, darren cole, fresh cut collective
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