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• Show Report: Mark Kozelek @ Turner Hall

  How apt. Watching Mark Kozelek in tornado weather -- humid, rainy and dark -- mirrored my mood inside Turner Hall. Mark Kozelek's songs in Red House Painters and beyond colored my adolescence -- and not the particularly good bits. Whenever I dealt... Posted Jun 09 2008, 03:57 PM by Lilledeshan Bose With | With no comments Filed under: show report, Turner Hall Ballroom, mark kozelek

• Tim Cigelske's show report: Flight of the Conchords

  Early on in the Flight of the Conchords show last night, someone in the crowd shouted a question about Mel's whereabouts. "I hate to break this to you," Jemaine deadpanned. "But Mel and Murray are fictional characters." Those characters... Posted May 12 2008, 01:08 AM by Lilledeshan Bose With | With 3 comment(s) Filed under: show report, tim cigelske, flight of the conchords

• Show Report: Kraftwerk @ the Rave

  I'm still picking up pieces of my brain off the ground from the Kraftwerk show. Luckily I have photos of the first two minutes: people waiting around got their first vision of Kraftwerk through the curtain. These giant shadows of human beings against... Posted Apr 21 2008, 12:08 PM by Lilledeshan Bose With | With 4 comment(s) Filed under: show report, the rave, kraftwerk, electronica

• Show Report: Explosions in the Sky @ The Pabst, Sunday, March 31

  The fact that Sunday's Explosions in the Sky show was sold out surprised me, but it shouldn't have. The Austin-based band, after all, plays the kind of music that everyone describes as 'epic' and 'mind-blowing.' Obviously, most... Posted Apr 01 2008, 05:26 PM by Lilledeshan Bose With | With no comments Filed under: show report, pabst theater, explosions in the sky

• Show Report: Jose Gonzalez @ The Pabst Theater

  Three days after seeing Swedish troubadour Jose Gonzales at the Pabst, I'm still marveling at how economically powerful it was. I left the theater in a daze -- bewildered by how one man with a guitar, a percussionist with conga drums, and a woman... Posted Mar 21 2008, 02:50 PM by Lilledeshan Bose With | With no comments Filed under: show report, Pabst Theatre, jose gonzalez

• Show report: Drive-by Truckers @ Pabst Theater, 2/28/08

  MKE writer Tim Cigelske from Train with Tim guest blogs about the duality of DBT. Mike Cooley said exactly two words to the audience at last night's show: " Shut up ." When he wasn't singing that "whiskey is hard to beat,"... Posted Feb 29 2008, 01:07 PM by jvince With | With no comments Filed under: show report, rock, drive-by truckers, guest blogger

• 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, Cactus Club, nicole atkins

• Show Report: The English Beat @ Turner Hall, Sunday, Feb. 16

  Before the English Beat came onstage, a roadie set big, full-sized towels down onstage, one for each band member. I thought that was a little odd -- why towels? Why not little tissue holders? I love Dave Wakeling’s bands -- English Beat and General Public... Posted Feb 21 2008, 01:59 AM by Lilledeshan Bose With | With no comments Filed under: show report, Turner Hall Ballroom, english beat

• Show Report: Editors, Hot Hot Heat, Louis XVI at the Pabst

  As Lille will tell you, I don't like doing show reviews. Why? Because I think I suck at them. I'm almost as bad at show reviews as I am at writing record reviews, which is why I don't enjoy doing them. I don't like telling people what... Posted Jan 31 2008, 01:34 PM by Erika J. Bock With | With 2 comment(s) Filed under: show report, photos, Editors, Hot Hot Heat, Louis XIV, Pabst Theatre, Blur, The Smiths

• Show Report: Polysics and Do Make Say Think

  Last Monday I saw Polysics and Do Make Say Think perform on the same night. Polysics was opening the MySpace Music Tour at the Rave, and while there were reports of heads exploding at their live shows, I saw nothing of the sort. I did see and hear a lot... Posted Oct 28 2007, 07:59 PM by Lilledeshan Bose With | With no comments Filed under: riverwest, do make say think, stonefly, polysics, show report, the rave

• The Barrettes -- Uncensored

  I asked the ladies in Milwaukee's The Barrettes about their thoughts on feminism, considering they're an all-girl band. Guitarist and singer Joey Zocher had a lot to say. What follows is her uncensored essay, and some commentary from drummer Julie... Posted Aug 29 2007, 10:59 AM by Erika J. Bock With | With no comments Filed under: show report, Milwaukee, bands, photos, The Barrettes, Mad Planet, chicks rock

• Show report: Erasure at the Pabst

  Arriving at the Pabst, my boyfriend and I stopped at the box office to grab our tickets and my photo pass. As I dug for my photo ID, I looked up to see that the young man working the booth already had an envelope with my name on it poking through the... Posted Jul 31 2007, 04:38 PM by Erika J. Bock With | With no comments Filed under: show report, Milwaukee, bands, photos, Erasure, Pabst

• Photos: Son Volt at Summerfest

  The following slideshow contains some of my favorite photos from the Old 97's/Son Volt show at Summerfest. The crowd was amazing and, unlike Dave Lee , I enjoyed the show immensely! Unfortunately, one of my CF cards is corrupted so, for now, I can... Posted Jul 09 2007, 03:57 PM by Erika J. Bock With | With no comments Filed under: show report, Milwaukee, photos, Son Volt, Summerfest

• Joan Jett perpetuates her Bad Reputation

  Joan Jett maintains her bad reputation; pokes fun at president, flaunts her lesbianism. Set List Pride Fest Milwaukee, WI June 10, 2007 Bad Reputation Cherry Bomb Light Of Day Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah) Change the World Androgynous (Replacements... Posted Jun 12 2007, 04:05 PM by Erika J. Bock With | With no comments Filed under: show report, Milwaukee, bands, shows, Joan Jett, Pridefest

• Show Report: Califone at The Pabst (5/19)

  Let me start by saying that this has to have been the least congruent, most strange show I've been to in recent memory. In saying this, I do not mean to imply that the show was bad. The two local openers meshed well, though it was as if the show was... Posted May 25 2007, 01:11 PM by Erika J. Bock With | With no comments Filed under: show report, Milwaukee, photos, Erika rant, Pabst, William Seidel, Celebrated Working Man, Decibully, Camden, Califone

• Show Report: Minus the Bear at the Pabst (5/16)

  Minus the Bear , otherwise known as "the band that could've been metal if they didn't eat too many magic mushrooms," performed at the Pabst Theater last night. It was a great show -- the Seattle quintet is so tight that their songs'... Posted May 18 2007, 01:02 PM by Lilledeshan Bose With | With no comments Filed under: show report, minus the bear, maritime

• Coachella 2007: Wherein I Thank God Because Tomorrow Is Another Day at Coachella, My Feet Don't Hurt and the Arcade Fire Exists (Day 2)

  Driving to this year's festival (check out the windmills enroute to Indio) I decided that I was only going to watch bands that I: a.) hadn't seen before b.) were foreign, because they don't usually come to Milwaukee or c.) bands I really really... Posted May 02 2007, 11:38 AM by Lilledeshan Bose With | With no comments Filed under: show report, coachella, the cribs, festival, peter bjorn and john, california, the good the bad and the queen, regina spektor, red hot chili peppers, the new pornographers, arcade fire

• Coachella 2007: An Epic Entry in Which a Midwesterner Visits the West Coast and Finds God in the Desert. Among Other Things. (Day 1)

  Why go to Coachella at all? It's far, expensive, it sells out so fast, it's hot and tiring -- but there's nothing in the country like it. You spend three days of non-stop music in a California polo field, where you can strip to just a bikini... Posted May 01 2007, 02:35 PM by Lilledeshan Bose With | With no comments Filed under: show report, interpol, jarvis cocker, coachella 2007, rufus wainwright, arctic monkeys, bjork, jesus and mary chain