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19

Adebisi Partners with Mz Stylez for 80's Babies Mixtape

Hip-hop blogger makes nice with Milwaukee rapper

Evan Rytlewski On Music

Hip-hop blogger and Sirius radio host Mz Stylez is a tough critic, as Milwaukee rapper Adebisi learned last year when he submitted one of his tracks to her for review. In a vicious, four-minute YouTube video rant, Stylez trashed the song and Adebisi, at

Posted at 07:10 AM

Mar

18

Modest Mouse, The Roots and The Bravery to Play Summerfest

Also Floating On: Danny Gokey

Evan Rytlewski On Music

Summerfest rolled out some more side-stage headliners today via its Facebook page. Among them are perennials The Roots, O.A.R. and The Wailers, as well as The Bravery, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts and, for I believe the first time, Modest Mouse, who will

Posted at 06:25 PM

Mar

18

Miley Cyrus, Disgruntled Pop Star

Singer assails country, rap, pop, herself

Evan Rytlewski On Music

Miley Cyrus is the Joe Biden of teen-pop singers, prone to remarkably candid, off-the-script interviews that must drive her publicists absolutely nuts. Last November she cut down her own hit single "Party in The U.S.A.," saying that despite its

Posted at 12:19 PM

Mar

17

Alex Chilton Dies at Age 59

The Big Star songwriter's remarkable legacy

Evan Rytlewski On Music

Without resorting to pure hyperbole, I'm trying to find a big statement to honor Alex Chilton, the Big Star singer/songwriter who died of an apparent heart attack at age 59 today, according to the Memphis Commercial Appeal, but I'll play it safe and simpl

Posted at 10:12 PM

Mar

17

One For The Team Walks with "Ghosts"

Evan Rytlewski On Music

Ghosts, the third album from the young Minneapolis band One For The Team, is part break-up record, loaded with all the recriminations that term connotes, and part escapist fantasy about befriending a ghost. It’s a bittersweet pairing: Having a spiri

Posted at 10:14 AM

Mar

16

Heidi Spencer and the Rare Birds Sign to Bella Union Records

Evan Rytlewski On Music

Heidi Spencer, a rootsy Milwaukee folk singer whose sweet voice belies her brutally sad songwriting, has signed to the United Kingdom record label Bella Union, Bobby Tanzilo of OnMilwaukee.com confirmed today. The label is the British home to acts like F

Posted at 01:36 PM

Mar

15

On The Media Takes a Look at Music

Evan Rytlewski On Music

This week National Public Radio's fantastic "On The Media" program broke from its usual format and dedicated its entire hour to the music industry. The whole program is worth a listen if you're the type of person who podcasts NPR shows, and it o

Posted at 04:12 PM

Mar

12

Titus Andronicus' Audacious Civil War Epic, "The Monitor"

Evan Rytlewski On Music

Saying Titus Andronicus singer Patrick Stickles bears a resemblance to Conor Oberst is akin to saying Owl City sounds faintly like the Postal Service. Stickles’ throaty quiver is the mirror image of Oberst’s, indistinguishable in both timbre a

Posted at 10:50 AM

Mar

11

The National Premiere "Terrible Love"

Evan Rytlewski On Music

The National teased their upcoming May 11 album High Violet with an appearance on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" last night, performing the "Terrible Love," another lovely, wound-licking track that announces early its intentions of bui

Posted at 10:05 AM

Mar

10

The Problem With Independent Hip-Hop

It's become a genre of isolationists

Evan Rytlewski On Music

I’m reluctant to admit it, but I don’t listen to much independent or alternative hip-hop these days, or at least not nearly as much as I did in college, when Rhymesayers, Def Jux and Stones Throw records were as much a part of my diet as ramen

Posted at 02:12 PM

Mar

10

Weezer, AFI, Cold War Kids, Raveonettes and She & Him to Play Milwaukee's Verge Festival

Also: Rogue Wave, Eagles of Death Metal, Three Days Grace and Crash Kings

Evan Rytlewski On Music

Summerfest's upstart alternative music festival was finally christened this week following a competition to name the event: It will be called the Verge Music Festival. The festival, which will debut at the Summerfest grounds on June 4 and 5, also announc

Posted at 06:40 AM

Mar

09

Public Enemy, Sheryl Crow and The Hold Steady Among Summerfest Headliners

Evan Rytlewski On Music

Summerfest announced this morning its first round of side stage headliners for 2010, a typically eclectic mix of returning staples and a few acts new to the festival. The acts are listed below by date: June 24: Sheryl Crow Colbie Caillat June 25: Public

Posted at 01:01 PM

Mar

09

Gorillaz's Disappointing Plastic Beach and the Powers of Branding

Evan Rytlewski On Music

Plastic Beach, the third album from Gorillaz, features contribution from, among many others, Snoop Dogg, Mos Def, Bobby Womack, De La Soul, Lou Reed, Mark E. Smith and The Clash’s Mick Jones and Paul Simonon. That dazzling guest list, however, eclip

Posted at 09:30 AM

Mar

04

Free MKE's Best Compilation Gives a Detailed Overview of Milwaukee Hip-Hop

Evan Rytlewski On Music

It was less than two months ago that Milwaukee's rap scene got its first compilation; today it receives a second. The Connecticut-based rap blog The Mad Bloggers spent February profiling Milwaukee's hip-hop scene from afar for the first in a planned serie

Posted at 10:30 AM

Mar

03

Jaguar Love Kick Out the Jams, Loudly

Evan Rytlewski On Music

Sometime between the recording of their 2008 debut, Take Me To the Sea, and their new Hologram Jams, former Pretty Girls Make Graves member Jay Clark left Jaguar Love, reducing the band to just a duo of former Blood Brothers Johnny Whitney and Cody Votola

Posted at 03:49 PM

Mar

02

Raheem DeVaughn Brings Cornel West Into the Bedroom

When Marvin Gaye homages go awry

Evan Rytlewski On Music

In the early ’70s Marvin Gaye released a pair of the R&B’s most revolutionary albums ever: 1971’s socially charged What’s Going On and 1973’s sexually liberated Let’s Get It On. There’s a reason they weren’t

Posted at 02:21 PM

Mar

01

Voting Commences to Name Summerfest's New Music Fest

Evan Rytlewski On Music

Voting begins today on the name and logo for Summerfest's upcoming alternative music festival at yourmusicfest.com. The options are... interesting. I don't pretend to know much about marketing and design, but it seems to me that two of the three finalists

Posted at 01:16 PM

Feb

26

Yo-Dot, UMG's Hardest Rapper, Does a Mixtape

Evan Rytlewski On Music

Milwaukee rapper Yo-Dot’s new mixtape, Dot Balistrerri, opens with a Godfather-esque orchestral interpolation of the infamous “you can’t stop me now” riff from The Whatnauts’ “Message From A Black Man,” before eru

Posted at 11:39 AM

Feb

25

Radio Milwaukee Announces Award Winners

Kid Millions and The Championship take top honors

Evan Rytlewski On Music

Radio Milwaukee 88.9 announced this afternoon the winners of its annual Milwaukee Music Awards. Unlike last year, when the burgeoning soul revival band Kings Go Forth dominated the awards, winning five categories, this year's awards were much more evenly

Posted at 06:31 PM

Feb

25

Madison Takes Wilco Hero Worship to New Extremes

Evan Rytlewski On Music

Apparently Milwaukee isn't the only Midwestern city with a schoolgirl crush on Wilco. From a blog post from The Cap Times in Madison, where the band performed this weekend: After receiving some admonishment from the rock band Wilco at their sold-out

Posted at 09:34 AM

Feb

24

An Open Letter to Summerfest

A few concerns about the upcoming alternative festival

Evan Rytlewski On Music

To the good people at Summerfest- I was thrilled last month when you announced plans for a new alternative music festival this June. The lakefront Summerfest grounds are one of the city’s defining resources, and it’s encouraging to se

Posted at 11:09 AM

Feb

23

Japandroids Take a Turn for the Proggy

Evan Rytlewski On Music

Japandroids' debut album Post-Nothing was one of last year's best debuts, unmistakable in its vision: just two guys kicking up fuzzy garage-pop songs on guitar and drums. It's easy to see why so many critics touted it in their top 10 lists; Post-Nothing w

Posted at 01:45 PM

Feb

22

Shearwater's Golden Archipelago Sounds Mighty Familiar

Evan Rytlewski On Music

It’s fitting that Shearwater conceived their latest album, The Golden Archipelago, as an escape fantasy about life on an isolated island, considering how insular the group has become. Since their split from their sister band Okkervil River a half de

Posted at 11:13 AM

Feb

19

Milwaukee Will Be Well Represented at SXSW This Year

Evan Rytlewski On Music

Milwaukee has been an increasingly large presence at the annual South by Southwest music festival, with over a dozen local artists making the trek to Austin, Texas, to perform last year. At this March's festival, Milwaukee looks to be even more visible. F

Posted at 12:21 PM

Feb

19

WAMI Awards Announce 2010 Nominees

Evan Rytlewski On Music

The Wisconsin Area Music Industry announced today the nominees for its 30th awards show. The WAMI Awards have made great strides toward becoming less insular over the last several years, and by and large this year's list of nominees is pretty astute, incl

Posted at 08:20 AM

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