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Tracking: Erik from Northless pairs songs from his new album with films in his VHS collection

September 15, 2022

Over the course of Milwaukee Record's existence, we've spoken to Erik Stenglein for two drastically different reasons. Most often, we've focused on his body of work as the singer, guitarist, and founding member...

My First Band: Erik Stenglein (Northless)

Milwaukee Record Staff

February 18, 2022

broadstreet.zone(81112); For close to 15 years, Erik Stenglein has been the vocalist, guitarist, and only constant member of Northless. During that span, the Milwaukee metal band has managed a number of sludgy...

“It’s always going to be heavy.” Erik Stenglein talks Northless, volume, ‘Last Bastion Of Cowardice’

Dan Agacki

December 12, 2017

For the past decade, Erik Stenglein has been at the forefront of Milwaukee heavy music. As vocalist/guitarist for Northless, he has orchestrated some of the most pummeling music to ever emerge from the area. Hi...

3 Milwaukee musicians tell us why they love the Cleveland Browns

Tyler Maas

December 6, 2017

The Cleveland Browns are bad. That's the no secret, though. Since returning to the NFL as an expansion team in 1999 (following a heartbreaking move to Baltimore after the 1995 season), the franchise has managed...

Stream all three songs from Northless’ pummeling ‘Cold Migration’

Matt Wild

March 7, 2016

//There's a reason terms like "pummeling" and "heavy as fuck" get tossed around when talking about Northless—the band's music tends to be, well, pummeling and heavy as fuck. For nearly a decade, the Milwau...

Northless’ Nick Elert sets the score for Wisconsin horror

Tyler Maas

May 20, 2015

Film composition is a largely unsung art form. For every Marvin Hamlish crossing out the O on his or her ongoing EGOT campaign, thousands upon thousands of musicians work in relative silence, despite—quite iron...

Postmodern dance, heavy metal, and venturing outside one’s comfort zones

Matt Wild

July 29, 2014

This past Sunday, I went to the Lynden Sculpture Garden to see a retrospective performance from the Trisha Brown Dance Company, which kicked off Alverno Presents’ 2014-15 season. To say I knew nothing—and still...

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