Obsoletes return for two-show reunion

Tyler Maas
Even the snobbiest Milwaukee music historian wouldn’t fault you for not knowing who the Obsoletes were. After all, two-thirds of the band’s members lived upwards of 100 miles outside Milwaukee for the vast majo...

Jaill breaks free with Brain Cream

Tyler Maas
After six years and two records, Jaill is right back where it started. Since 2009 Burger Records debut There’s No Sky (Oh My My), the band—then called “Jail”—added a consonant, lost all but one member, signed t...

Maritime announces new album, release date

Tyler Maas
It seems like its been an eternity since Maritime’s last record came out. Though the longtime Milwaukee indie rock dream team—which we think we’re legally obligated to mention is composed of members from Promis...

Exclusive: Stream VBIV’s debut EP, Control

Tyler Maas
Outside of serving as Calliope’s guitarist, Victor Buell IV is a skilled videographer, a graphic designer, an artist, and a more-than-capable producer (who recorded, mixed, and mastered Calliope’s last record)....

Dummerfest 2015’s most memorable moments

Tyler Maas
On Saturday, as many Milwaukeeans were enjoying the Summer Soulstice music festival, seeing bands at Lakefront Festival Of The Arts, or experiencing any of the other events happening within city lines on the pa...

Old Earth treads new ground in California

Tyler Maas
Since New Berlin native Todd Umhoefer moved back to the region in 2012 after two years in San Francisco, the mastermind of experimental folk project Old Earth locked himself away in his downtown Milwaukee studi...

Here’s the Bandsketball 2015 bracket

Tyler Maas
Last year's inaugural Bandsketball tournament was nothing short of a rousing success. Musicians hailing from all corners of Milwaukee and a number of different genres came together in Riverwest on the courts at...