Behold the latest video clip from local hip-hopsters KingHellBastard, “Danger.” It’s a breezy, fun account of carefree youth and outdoor childhood fun…or not. Nope, “Summertime” this ain’t–it’s a sobering account of a playful morning gone wrong, effectively shot by local video whiz Darren Cole (who’s also behind Pezzettino’s “You Never Know”) and pals Stan Perry [...]

Words by Erin Wolf
What could be better than seeing local garage and punk bands on a Friday night? If you’re a fan of either of these genres, one ‘better thing’ could be seeing these bands perform in Milwaukee-made music videos with local settings, local music, local pals as extras (and eventually locally aired on MPTV, [...]

Words by Erin Wolf
Margaret Stutt gives the term ‘busy bee’ a facelift. The Milwaukee accordionist/pianist known as Pezzettino has been in non-stop motion since last year, writing, recording and performing. Although Stutt’s most recent release, Lion, had her on a relentless tour schedule, she still managed to churn out countless creative and energetic videos to [...]

 
Friday, December 4th
Farms in Trouble + Crappy Dracular, Fahri @ the Cactus Club (2496 S. Wentworth), 10 p.m.
Although Farms in Trouble’s catalogue is filled with bunches of sub-two minute songs, they’re by no means a hardcore band. This Milwaukee group writes both wonderfully dissonant and melodic pop in the same realm as early Guided by [...]

If Dick Valentine, vocalist of Electric Six, and David Yow of the Jesus Lizard were to be involved in a performance battle, Yow would probably win for voracity and venom, every bit won paid with sweat, while Valentine might suavely eek by with sheer cockiness. Whichever you prefer — insanely spastic rock fronted by an [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

 
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 [...]

(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 [...]

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 [...]

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.
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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 … [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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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, [...]