Almost famous
People who aren’t Jerry Lee Lewis fans might not know the answer to the question inherent in the phrase, “What made Milwaukee famous.” In the instance of Jerry Lee’s song, [...]
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Posted July 16, 2014in The Sound
Posted July 09, 2014in The Sound
Bringing the heat
Music can use a little more Kenny Powers. Powers, the main character from the television show “Eastbound and Down,” doesn’t mince words or spend a lot of time on nuance. [...]
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Posted July 02, 2014in The Sound
Family life
Family is important to Delta Rae. It’s a concept that permeates the band, in just about every conceivable way. It starts with the fact that the band is built around [...]
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Posted June 25, 2014in The Sound
Bringing Glenn Miller Home
It’s practically impossible to understate how big Glenn Miller was in his day. The Clarinda native wasn’t just the preeminent musician of the 1940s, he was the preeminent entertainer, full [...]
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Posted June 18, 2014in The Sound
Goddamn It
Listening to The Goddamn Gallows is not a passive experience. You don’t sit quietly in your seat and watch the band play. You do not attend a Goddamn Gallows show [...]
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Posted June 11, 2014in The Sound
No Brand
Abigail Williams is about as close to prog rock as a metal band is apt to get. Many bands are willing to tinker with their sound and evolve as time [...]
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Posted June 04, 2014in The Sound
Manifest this
Bitch. Even though it’s only five letters, it’s a big word. It’s not the worst word in the English language (most people wouldn’t even put it in their top 10), [...]
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Posted May 28, 2014in The Sound
Guided By Voices: Reunion is like riding a bicycle
It’s hard to describe any particular portion of Guided By Voices’ quixotic, meandering career as a creative low-point, but fans were nevertheless thrilled when frontman Robert Pollard announced in 2010 [...]
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Posted May 21, 2014in The Sound
Hairball captures emotions of arena acts
You’d be wrong to think of Hairball as just some parody or joke “The group started as kind of a parody,” said Hairball guitarist Happy. “It wasn’t some great marketing [...]
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Posted May 14, 2014in The Sound
Still feeling Suicidal
Suicidal Tendencies has never really tried to be a touchstone for anything. Formed as a punk act in 1981, the band has seen its sound evolve over 30 years through [...]
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