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• Get drunk on Ha Ha Tonka

  Tomorrow the indie rock band from the Ozarks, Ha Ha Tonka , is performing at the Cactus Club. They are pretty cool. And they're not named after toy trucks that are funny. Instead they are named after a state park in Missouri , since they're from... Posted May 02 2008, 05:31 PM by Lilledeshan Bose With | With no comments Filed under: ha ha tonka, Cactus Club, indie rock

• Interview: Derek Fudesco of The Cave Singers

  Derek Fudesco used to be the bassist of the now-defunct art-punk band Pretty Girls Make Graves . Now he's the guitar player for The Cave Singers . It might seem like a stretch, but the leap from gut-wrenching punk rock to gut-wrenching folk music... Posted Apr 25 2008, 04:22 PM by Lilledeshan Bose With | With no comments Filed under: nathan lilley, faythe levine, Cactus Club, call me lightning, wooden robot, derek fudesco, the cave singers, trusty knife

• A picture I took in the produce section of a grocery store...

  -- Shady Posted Apr 06 2008, 06:40 PM by Justin Shady With | With 2 comment(s) Filed under: Decibully, produce department, juniper tar, Cactus Club

• Show Report: Nicole Atkins @ Cactus Club, Friday, Feb. 22

  This was a tough decision: Juniper Tar played Turner Hall, and XYZ Affair (fronted by ILL Groove Movement) was at Stonefly. In the end it was the bombastic video of Nicole Atkins performing her hit " The Way It Is" on Letterman (watch it on... Posted Feb 25 2008, 01:21 AM by Lilledeshan Bose With | With no comments Filed under: show report, nicole atkins, Cactus Club

• A Collection of Stories about Collections of Colonies of Bees: Bon Iver, Pitchfork and sleeping instead of Cactus

  Since I first saw them play about six months ago, I've said this randomly to various people at various times: Collection of Colonies of Bees may be my most favorite Milwaukee band of all time. I saw them open for Slarrafenland (the Danes) that I was... Posted Feb 16 2008, 12:20 AM by Lilledeshan Bose With | With 1 comment(s) Filed under: collections of colonies of bees, Cactus Club, chris rosenau, jon mueller

• About Hot Chip's "Made in the Dark"

  I realized a handful of things after listening to this record for three days straight: 1. These guys cornered the market on slow jams. Hot Chip aren't just robots. They're tender robots. They have feelings. Sensitivity. And know the difference... Posted Feb 08 2008, 10:42 AM by Milan Zori With | With no comments Filed under: Hot Chip, Codebreaker, Made in the Dark, Cactus Club, R.Kelly, Ralph Tresvant

• Do Something Other Than Rot On the Couch!

  Blog Party's beloved Radiohead has finally announced North American tour dates . Unfortunately, the closest they're getting to us is Chicago. This (in addition to the wacky weather and the Seasonal Affective Disorder that makes me want to sit... Posted Jan 14 2008, 12:48 PM by Erika J. Bock With | With no comments Filed under: Dave Lee, Spransy & Kolb, Video Games Live, My Mourning Belle, National Gallery of Art, Shank Hall, Why Not II, wine, photography, Poetry Wine Slam, Mark Allen, Cactus Club, Radiohead, Lilledeshan Bose, bay view, Guggenheim, Erika J. Bock, Boulevard Theatre, testa rosa

• Speaking of "is back..."

  What could possibly interrupt me from painting a scarf on one of fifty wooden eggs I'd been painting all day? This: It's "Ready For The Floor," from Hot Chip's forthcoming Made In The Dark . If you don't know Hot Chip , and didn't... Posted Dec 05 2007, 11:35 AM by Milan Zori With | With no comments Filed under: Hot Chip, Cactus Club, Stonefly Brewery

• Slaraffenland talks about Milwaukee

  When Slaraffenland , the Danish five-piece described as "Sun Ra meets Broken Social Scene" and "Animal Collective meets This Heat" stopped at the Cactus Club in October to perform with Collections of Colonies of Bees, we were transfixed... Posted Nov 21 2007, 12:15 PM by Lilledeshan Bose With | With no comments Filed under: denmark, hometapes, collections of colonies of bees, slaraffenland, Cactus Club, canyons of static, Milwaukee, bay view

• Milwaukee Nightlife: The times, they are a'changin'

  Milwaukee's service industry is in a sweeping state of flux. It's not unusual in places like New York or L.A. to have a club or restaurant open for a few months only to be shut down to make way for something new, but Milwaukee is a city that has... Posted Jul 03 2007, 03:20 PM by Erika J. Bock With | With no comments Filed under: clubs, bars, shows, changes, Cactus Club, Milwaukee

• Why I love White, Wrench, Conservatory (and why you should, too)

  1. White, Wrench, Conservatory 's music is actually good, and they're local. I'll probably get myself into a bit of trouble here, but let's face it: sometimes local bands have a following because of superficial reasons having nothing to... Posted Jun 22 2007, 09:06 AM by Erika J. Bock With | With no comments Filed under: Brief Candles, bands, MySpace, shows, White Wrench Conservatory, photos, Points East Pub, Cactus Club, chicks rock, IfIHadAHiFi, Viva La Foxx, Milwaukee