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Jan
15
Wed
Interview: The Benjamins
Jan 15 @ 7:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Feb
26
Wed
In-Studio + Interview: Benjamin David Hall
Feb 26 @ 7:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Apr
28
Tue
interview: The New Seven @ WMSE
Apr 28 @ 1:00 pm – 1:30 pm

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“Since the group’s beginning in early 2012, The New Seven has gone through a range of personnel before arriving at it’s final form. This influenced their style heavily, moving from bluegrass, to folk, to jazz infused rock. This transformation may be why The New Seven has been described as having an incredible range of energy and dynamics, and such a captivating eclectic sound.”

“Highs and lows.. extreme to fragile. It’s hard to put a genre on this kind of music. Is this why we should be excited about The New Seven? Absolutely.” ~ Local Playlist

Oct
23
Fri
Latest Flame Records – Farewell @ Club Garibaldi's
Oct 23 @ 8:00 pm – Oct 24 @ 11:45 pm

Latest FlameWMSE is honored to present Latest Flame Records farewell shows. After 12 + years of releasing LPs and cds by our favorite bands, Latest Flame had to make the tough decision to stop releasing physical media. However, they’d love to see you one last time when they along with WMSE bid LFR Farewell with a weekend of music by our favorite bands!

Last Flame Records will also host fire sale on LPs, CD’s, shirts and more the entire weekend, so here’s your chance to 1-stop shop!

You can check out 2 songs from each band performing Oct 23-24 here: latestflamerecords.bandcamp.com

Friday, October 23 @ Club Garibaldi’s – 8pm
We Are Hex (Indianapolis, IN)
Nervous Curtains (Dallas, TX)
Go Go Slow w/Karl J. Paloucek plays the songs of F!face (Milwaukee, WI)
Last Giant plays the songs of System and Station (Portland, OR)
The Response (Milwaukee, WI)
Body Futures (Milwaukee, WI)

Saturday, October 24 @ Club Garibaldi’s – 5pm
Troubled Hubble (Elburn, IL)
The Gunshy (Chicago, IL)
Police Teeth (Seattle, WA)
IfIHadAHiFi (Milwaukee, WI)
WAXEATER (Kentuckiana)
Heavy Hand (Milwaukee, WI)
Trophy Wives (Louisville, KY)
Testa Rosa (Milwaukee, WI)
Karl J. Paloucek (Chicago, IL)

Jan
22
Tue
interview: OQ
Jan 22 @ 1:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Tune into WMSE for an interview with new Milwaukee duo, OQ.

Though OQ hasn’t played a show yet, many Wisconsin music aficionados are likely aware of the group’s musical affiliations. The self-described “creative duo” consists of Liam O’Brien (of Holy Sheboygan! and namesake of Liam O’Brien’s Faithless Followers) and Cole Quamme (of The Fatty Acids). The project became connected to PEOPLE through Mike Noyce while he and Josh Evert (The Fatty Acids, Silver City Studios) were finishing OQ’s first EP at Vernon’s April Base recording studio.

OQ is officially a duo, but its members called on a wealth of Milwaukee musicians to contribute on the project’s forthcoming EP, Paradice 1. Players and vocalists involved in the recording process include Evert, Noyce, Ivan Eisenberg, Alex Heaton, Treccy Marquardt-Thomas, D’Amato, Caley Conway, Ms. Lotus Fankh, Derek De Vinney, Steven Strupp, Carmen Quinliven, Sarah Shay, Caley, John Larkin, Ian Olvera, Alex Scott, and Hesper Juhnke.

The band will make its live debut and release the five-song EP at Company Brewing on Saturday, January 26. Quamme will also screen and release a “visual album” at the show.

~Milwaukee Record

Apr
3
Wed
interview: Rose Of The West
Apr 3 @ 1:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Tune into Squid Inc. on WMSE’s Local Lunchbox segment to hear all about Rose Of The West’s debut album, which is being released later that week on April 5th on Communicating Vessels Records. The Milwaukee band has a show that weekend to celebrate – catch all the details on the Mighty 91!

Rose of the West loosely threads dark and brooding strands throughout its newest songs to bind its temperate-but-temperamental style of pop. The result is a beautifully structured, soft-blooming, Technicolor Lynchian dreamscape with just the right amount of sparkle amidst the dark shadows to catch the eye. Are you awake or still sleeping? Are these thoughts your own or are they driven by the characters who populate your dreams?

Driving these hazy dream-currents of music are frosty synths, radiant warmth from guitar and piano, nimble bass lines and a tempestuous, gutsy kick from clear-cut percussion. Rose of the West leader, Gina Barrington, brings it all together with her crystalline-but-sultry vocals, twisting and turning lyrics over like talismans. And no matter how dark, Barrington’s most desolate words always seem to hold the possibility of turning those single sparks into bright flames.

 

May
14
Tue
Johnny Marr
May 14 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm

Guitar legend Johnny Marr established The Smiths among the most acclaimed and enduring bands of the 1980s. But, his accolades don’t stop there. He’s played alongside The Pretenders, Talking Heads and Modest Mouse and established a successful solo career. Last year, Marr released the critically acclaimed “Call The Comet” which he says is his “own magic realism.” Marr makes a stop at the Pabst Theater on his tour, bringing songs that span the length of his storied career.