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Thursday, January 10,2008
Jim Schwall
Getting Old: Live (Uvulittle Records)
Madison-based blues singer/guitarist Jim Schwall proves that getting old doesn’t mean getting soft around the edges. In fact, one-half of the revered Siegel- Schwall Band—and more recently, a member of Marques Bovre’s latest group, SoDangYang—bursts . . .
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Thursday, January 10,2008
Fripp & Eno
Beyond Even (1992-2006) (Opal)
Brian Eno and Robert Fripp’s most dynamic and exciting records usually occurred within a rock format, or at least close to the borders of rock. They can be credited, however, for an unflagging willingness to explore beyond the frontier . . .
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Thursday, January 10,2008
Various Artists
Bachata Roja (ASO)
It’s hard to imagine why the genre represented on this CD would once have rankled the dictator of the Dominican Republic, but art, entertainment and politics can make uncomfortable partners in the best of circumstances. Bachata . . .
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Friday, January 4,2008
Bob Marley & the Wailers
Another Dance: Rarities From Studio One (Heartbeat)
Bob Marley became a global star in the 1970s, the biggest reggae act from Jamaica. Before then, Marley made a stream of singles popular on his island home. Another Dance collects singles and alternate takes recorded from 1964 through 1966.
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Wednesday, December 26,2007
The Hives
The Black and White Album (A&M/Octone)
The "black" and the "white" in the title of The Hives' fourth album don't just refer to the band's dichromatic sartorial style. They also acknowledge the harmonious duality of the Swedish quintet's noise
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Thursday, December 13,2007
Miles Davis
The Complete On the Corner Sessions (Columbia Legacy)
Miles Davis was the Picasso of jazz, always pushing forward from one period to another, unwilling to be trapped inside the expectations of his previous accomplishments. With Bitches Brew (1969) he codified the elements of what became jazz-rock fusion.
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Thursday, December 13,2007
Peder Hedman Quartet
Don't Fall Down (Lazy Ike)
People from outside Milwaukee who look down their noses at our local talent should dig into this album by the Peder Hedman Quartet
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Thursday, December 13,2007
Robert Wyatt
Comicopera (Domino)
With a bit of help from some old friends (including Brian Eno and Phil Manzanera) and a few new ones (Paul Weller), Robert Wyatt has produced what's possibly his most heartbreaking album to date: no easy feat
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Thursday, December 13,2007
R. Mutt
Heptane
Local group R. Mutt specializes in the kind of country rock heard on '70s top-40 and album-oriented radio.
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Thursday, December 13,2007
The Pietasters
All Day (Indication)
Some albums are just meant for a summer day spent riding in the car with the windows rolled down.
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Blogging Blue: Hardin removed from MPS ballot
As first reported by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Charlene Hardin, a 12 year veteran of the Milwaukee School Board, has been removed from the February 17th primary ballot due to an insufficient number of signatures on her nominating paperwork (emphasis mine):
Hardin needed 400 valid signatures to reach the ballot, Election [...]
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