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Name:Evan Rytlewski

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Feb

Danny Gokey to Play Record Release Concert at Turner Hall

Also: He used to drive a semi-truck

Evan Rytlewski On Music

Milwaukee's highest achieving "American Idol" contender Danny Gokey will play a record release concert Saturday, March 6 at the Turner Hall Ballroom, the venue announced this morning. Gokey will be inaugurating his major-label debut, My Best Day

Posted at 07:59 AM

Feb

The Superbowl XLIV Music and Halftime Thread

The Who show some flesh, while indie bands "sell out"

Evan Rytlewski On Music

The Super Bowl packs a month's worth of pop culture into a loaded four-hour broadcast, so it's a little bit difficult to keep track of all its big music moments, but here's what jumped out at me the most: * The Who's halftime show was a disaster, perh

Posted at 09:55 PM

Feb

Yeasayer's Odd Blood is Incredible

Incredible.

Evan Rytlewski On Music

In December, Stereogum ran an odd mea culpa. Having played up Yeasayer’s sophomore effort Odd Blood as one of 2010’s most anticipated albums, they walked back that endorsement in an early, first-listen review of the record that could barely co

Posted at 01:16 PM

Feb

Pavement Will Play Chicago's Pitchfork Music Festival

UPDATED: Modest Mouse, LCD Soundsystem, too

Evan Rytlewski On Music

As was widely rumored, Pavement will play this year's Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago, Tribune writer Greg Kot confirmed today. The festival is expected to make an announcement tomorrow, the day tickets go on sale for the July 16-18 event. Single-day

Posted at 10:55 AM

Feb

Meat Puppets to Play Club Garibaldi

Kid Sister and Own Pallett are coming to town, too

Evan Rytlewski On Music

Though it was somewhat overshadowed by new albums by fellow '80s underground rock luminaries Dinosaur Jr. and Sonic Youth, the Meat Puppets released an excellent late-period album last year, Sewn Together, which in its fusion of psychedelia and relaxed c

Posted at 01:35 PM

Feb

Pabst/Turner Announce a Slew of Indie Shows (No Hip-Hop, Though)

Girls, Apples in Stereo, Frightened Rabbit and Sigur Rós' Jónsi playing this spring

Evan Rytlewski On Music

The Pabst Theater Foundation announced today four shows coming to the Pabst Theater or Turner Hall Ballroom this spring, including: * Girls at the Pabst Theater on Sunday, April 11 * Jónsi Birgisson (of Sigur Rós, a band no

Posted at 12:49 PM

Feb

The Great Milwaukee Hip-Hop Debate Continues

Evan Rytlewski On Music

RadioMilwaukee's Tarik Moody ignited a torrent of discussion with his blog post last week asking "is Milwaukee afraid of hip-hop?" and wondering in particular why the city has hosted so few touring national hip-hop acts lately. I responded with

Posted at 01:31 PM

Feb

How Rebirth Derailed Lil Wayne

Evan Rytlewski On Music

Lil Wayne's rap-rock album Rebirth arrives in stores tomorrow, and it won't surprise anyone that the early reviews have been brutal. Critics disinclined toward Lil Wayne have been provided a rare opportunity to knock the guy with impunity, and they're tak

Posted at 09:34 AM

Feb

The 2010 Grammys Get It (Relatively) Right

Evan Rytlewski On Music

While it won't do much to combat the perception that the Grammys are hopelessly out of touch, this year's list of winners is actually a pretty good representation of the public's tastes. Of course, any year the Grammy's top honor doesn't go to a Steely D

Posted at 09:07 AM

Jan

Why Doesn't Milwaukee Book More Hip-Hop?

Evan Rytlewski On Music

RadioMilwaukee DJ Tarik Moody asks a question today on the station's Soundboard blog that most Milwaukee hip-hop fans have asked before: Why doesn't the city book more hip-hop? Last night on air, I talked about the Mos Def and MF Doom show in Chicag

Posted at 02:52 PM

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