Kenosha filmmakers are recruiting extras for a music video based on their horror film, Haunted. They�re hoping to find between 50 and 100 concertgoers of legal drinking age to fill club Hattrix in Kenosha on Saturday, Jan. 26, at 9 p.m. The featured band

Michael Stipe is making some tantalizing promises about the upcoming R.E.M. record: It�s going to be fast and guitar-driven. Expectations, of course, are low. Over the last 10 years, R.E.M. records have been scattered at best, abysmal at worst.

If the Tiny Mix Tapes report is to be believed�and Lord, I hope it is�Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks will be returning to Milwaukee for the first time since that semi-infamous 2003 concert when they played an entire chronological set of Pavement songs*.

The documentary You�re Gonna Miss Me (available on DVD) doesn�t begin on stage but in a courthouse where Roky Erickson�s relatives are battling for control of his life. The latest episode of a troubled, decades long family history finds one of the songw

December and January are a rough time for concertgoers, as most national bands reel in their touring schedules for the holiday season. Thankfully, the annual winter lull is finally behind us, and Milwaukee�s music venues have begun to flesh out their sche

A lot�s changed in the eight years since Chan Marshall released The Covers Record. Most obviously, Marshall�s stock has risen considerably. Her face no longer graces just the pages of small, indie zines but also the covers of major entertainment publica

Sundance Film Festival Park City, Utah - Day 5 Anvil Rocks Sundance! The most moving experience I have had at Sundance so far was from a completely unexpected film. Some readers might know of Anvil, a heavy metal band that has been rocking out since

Xiu Xiu - "Women as Lovers" Xiu Xiu's demented post-punk/synth-pop overtures should feel like a tired shtick by this point, but the group keeps finding new ways to keep their tortured sound fresh. This time out, Jamie Stewart has