| Thursday, November 4, 7:30pm | Frightened Rabbit @ House of Blues |
Friday, October 29, 2010
New Shows, This Weekend In Shows (TWIS)
Finally, the concert calendar is populated with excellent shows! Newly added this week includes Interpol, Tapes 'n Tapes, Besnard Lakes, Dan Deacon, and more. Check it all out over at the SHOWcal and here's what's on tap this coming week:
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Sleigh Bells @ Mad Planet (10.26.10)
I'm too lazy to write an actual concert review these days, but here's an adapted e-mail that sums it up pretty well:
I really enjoyed the Sleigh Bells album, but what an odd show. Mad Planet is an interesting venue. I had tickets to the Harlem show there a few months back, but ended up not making it. So this was my first show at the place. Now I know why everyone jokes about the Riverwest area being the hipster center of Milwaukee. I've never seen so many pretentious hipsters congregated in one venue in this city before (I must be hanging out at the wrong (right?) places). On top of that, there was a strong police presence at the place when I arrived (because nothing says "out of control crowd!" like a former-buzz-band-turning-mainstream act). Regardless, the bouncers took it as a chance to kick out a girl who looked like she drew whiskers on her face. Edgy!
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Anyway, I couldn't really see the band because the stage wasn't really elevated at all. While that made for a decent dance atmosphere, I couldn't see anything from my spot in the back. Turns out I didn't miss much. It was all backing tracks and vocals, with occasional live singing from the girl. I have no idea what the guy was doing up there - probably just making sure the correct track on their album was playing. They sped through (note: if this was a positive review, I'd say "blistered through") their set in about 30 minutes. I was going to leave after 20 minutes, but then I remembered the album was short and there were probably only three songs left. In at least half the songs, the girl kept shouting "Scream with me, Milwaukee! Let me hear you guys scream!!!!" Thing is, the crowd was (inexplicably) pretty into them. (In fact, the guy next to me kept giving me weird looks for, I assume, looking unimpressed.) But that was the entirety of her stage banter. At the end of the show/set/encore?, she says something like "and let's keep it going for the house DJ!" But there was no house DJ, so it was just silence. So that made everyone think they were about to play another song. So after a minute she goes, "Uh, is there a DJ?" Then they started playing the house music, and everyone dispersed.
Sleigh Bells!
Album: Buzz-worthy
Live: Buzz-kill
I really enjoyed the Sleigh Bells album, but what an odd show. Mad Planet is an interesting venue. I had tickets to the Harlem show there a few months back, but ended up not making it. So this was my first show at the place. Now I know why everyone jokes about the Riverwest area being the hipster center of Milwaukee. I've never seen so many pretentious hipsters congregated in one venue in this city before (I must be hanging out at the wrong (right?) places). On top of that, there was a strong police presence at the place when I arrived (because nothing says "out of control crowd!" like a former-buzz-band-turning-mainstream act). Regardless, the bouncers took it as a chance to kick out a girl who looked like she drew whiskers on her face. Edgy!.JPG)
Anyway, I couldn't really see the band because the stage wasn't really elevated at all. While that made for a decent dance atmosphere, I couldn't see anything from my spot in the back. Turns out I didn't miss much. It was all backing tracks and vocals, with occasional live singing from the girl. I have no idea what the guy was doing up there - probably just making sure the correct track on their album was playing. They sped through (note: if this was a positive review, I'd say "blistered through") their set in about 30 minutes. I was going to leave after 20 minutes, but then I remembered the album was short and there were probably only three songs left. In at least half the songs, the girl kept shouting "Scream with me, Milwaukee! Let me hear you guys scream!!!!" Thing is, the crowd was (inexplicably) pretty into them. (In fact, the guy next to me kept giving me weird looks for, I assume, looking unimpressed.) But that was the entirety of her stage banter. At the end of the show/set/encore?, she says something like "and let's keep it going for the house DJ!" But there was no house DJ, so it was just silence. So that made everyone think they were about to play another song. So after a minute she goes, "Uh, is there a DJ?" Then they started playing the house music, and everyone dispersed. Sleigh Bells!
Album: Buzz-worthy
Live: Buzz-kill
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Record Releases - October 26, 2010
Finally, a record-packed week! Here's what's out this week. Stuff marked * should be swell:
| Oct-25-10 | Andrew Bird - Useless Creatures* | Fat Possum |
| Oct-25-10 | Apparat - DJ-Kicks | !K7 |
| Oct-25-10 | Avey Tare - Down There | Paw Tracks |
| Oct-25-10 | Brian McBride - The Effective Disconnect | Kranky |
| Oct-25-10 | Chord - Progression | Important |
| Oct-25-10 | Coliseum - Goddamage (Deluxe Vinyl reissue) | Temporary Residence Ltd. |
| Oct-25-10 | Crystal Stilts - Shake the Shackles 7" | Slumberland |
| Oct-25-10 | Darryl Jenifer - In Search of Black Judas | ROIR |
| Oct-25-10 | Diamond Rings - Special Affections | Secret City |
| Oct-25-10 | Excepter - Late | Woodsist |
| Oct-25-10 | Fergus & Geronimo - Never Satisfied b/w Turning Blue | Hardly Art |
| Oct-25-10 | Gregory & the Hawk - Leche | FatCat |
| Oct-25-10 | K.C. Accidental - Anthems for and Empty Bathtub (reissue) | Arts & Crafts |
| Oct-25-10 | K.C. Accidental - Anthems for the Could've Been Pills (reissue) | Arts & Crafts |
| Oct-25-10 | Lesbian - Stratospheria Cubensis | Important |
| Oct-25-10 | Metal Mountains - Golden Trees | Amish Records |
| Oct-25-10 | Mugstar - Lime | Important |
| Oct-25-10 | Octopus Project - Hexadecagon | Peek-a-boo |
| Oct-25-10 | Pale Sketcher - Jesu: Don't Driam It (Mirage Mix) | Ghostly International |
| Oct-25-10 | Phil Wilson - I Own It 7" | Slumberland |
| Oct-25-10 | Pissed Jeans - Sam Kinison Woman b/w The L Word | Sub Pop |
| Oct-25-10 | Pop. 1280 - The Grid | Sacred Bones |
| Oct-25-10 | R.E.M. - Live From Austin, TX DVD | New West |
| Oct-25-10 | Small Black - New Chain* | Jagjaguwar |
| Oct-25-10 | Sun Airway - Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier | Dead Oceans |
| Oct-25-10 | Sun City Girls - Funeral Mariachi | Abduction |
| Oct-25-10 | Systems Officer - Underslept (Deluxe Vinyl reissue) | Temporary Residence Ltd. |
| Oct-25-10 | The War on Drugs - Future Weather | Secretly Canadian |
| Oct-25-10 | Timmy's Organism - Rise of the Green Gorilla | Sacred Bones |
| Oct-25-10 | Warpaint - The Fool* | Rough Trade |
| Oct-25-10 | Wolf & Cub - Science & Sorcery | Last Gang |
| Oct-25-10 | Wooden Wand - Death Seat | Young God |
| Oct-27-10 | Braids - Native Speaker | Kanine |
| Oct-27-10 | Pepper Rabbit - Beauregard | Kanine |
| Oct-27-10 | The Depreciation Guild - My Chariot 7"* | Kanine |
Friday, October 22, 2010
This Weekend in Shows (TWIS) & New Shows
It's getting slim. Slim pickings, I say. Hardly anything new added to the SHOWcal this week. But, that doesn't mean there isn't shit to see. Here's what's up this weekend and next week:
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Record Releases - October 19, 2010
Here's what's on tap this week. It ain't much.
| 10/19/10 | Bob Dylan The Bootleg Series Vol. 9: The Witmark demos 1962-1964 | Columbia |
| 10/19/10 | Houses All Night | Lefse |
| 10/19/10 | Liars Proud Evolution EP | Mute |
| 10/19/10 | Liz Phair Girlysound + Funstyle | Rocket Ventures |
| 10/19/10 | Mount Eerie Song Islands Vol. 2 | P.W. Elverum & Sun Ltd. |
| 10/19/10 | Mt Desolation Departure | Cherrytree/Interscope |
| 10/19/10 | Syl Johnson Complete Mythology | Numero Group |
| 10/19/10 | The Extra Lens Undercard | Merge |
| 10/19/10 | Various Artists Radioclit Presents: The Sound of Club Secousse | Crammed Discs |
| 10/19/10 | Zach Hill Face Tat | Sargent House |
Friday, October 15, 2010
This Weekend in Shows (TWIS) & New Shows
New Years Eve shows are booking up, but new ones keep being added all the time. Check them, and all the other new shit, over on the SHOWcal. Here's what's on tap this coming week:
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Record Releases - October 12, 2010
Big week! Lots of new stuff! It's about time! Ahhhhh Bears!
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Record Releases - October 5, 2010
I know Weezer is going on tour to play the blue album and Pinkerton in their entirety, but a rerelease of Pinkerton on CD? Does anybody not already own this? Anyway, here's what's dropping today. Unfortunately, it's a weak week (see what I did there?):
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