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SMOKE N’ MIRRORS IS A JAZZ-ROCK TRIO FROM MILWAUKEE, CENTERED ON A CLASSIC KIT, KEYS AND SAXOPHONE SETUP. ROLLING MELODY LINES AND UPBEAT TEMPOS ANCHOR THE TRIO’S OUTPUT AND HAS THEM CONSISTENTLY JAMMING AT POPULAR VENUES ALL AROUND TOWN. THE TRIO RELEASED THEIR DEBUT STUDIO RECORD, WOLF PARTY LATE LAST YEAR. FANS OF ARTISTS LIKE JOEY DEFRANCESCO, REUBEN WILSON, THE DELVON LAMARR ORGAN TRIO AND JIMMY SMITH, WILL FIND LOTS TO LOVE WITH SMOKE N’ MIRRORS. TUNE INTO WMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE TO LISTEN TO SMOKE N’ MIRRORS DISH OUT SONGS FROM WOLF PARTY AND BEYOND – WMSE.ORG TO STREAM THE SHOW LIVE OR IN THE ARCHIVES OR SIMPLY TUNE YOUR RADIO TO 91.7 FM AT THE 6 O’ CLOCK HOUR. LOCAL/LIVE ON WMSE IS SPONSORED BY CLUB GARIBALDI.

THE MUSIC OF MILWAUKEE’S FUTURE PLANS REVELS IN PAIRING MELODY AND INTERWEAVING GUITAR LINES; INFLUENCED BY POP PUNK SUCH AS THE UNDERTONES, BUZZCOCKS AND THE PRIMITIVES AS WELL THE BYRDS AND THE KINKS, FUTURE PLANS ATTEMPT TO CAPTURE THE IMMEDIACY OF PUNK ROCK AS WELL AS THE STRONG SENSE OF MELODY OF 60S ROCK AND ROLL. FEATURING PAST AND PRESENT MEMBERS OF MILWAUKEE’S ROCK AND PUNK SCENE SUCH AS NO BUENO, LOUIS TULLY, DIRTY DANCING AND TOADSKIN, FUTURE PLANS IS GETTING READY FOR AN ACTION-PACKED YEAR OF SHOWS, FOLLOWING THE RECENT RELEASE OF THEIR SELF-TITLED DEBUT, KICKING OFF 2020 WITH A SHOW AT GREEN BAY’S LYRIC ROOM. TUNE INTO WMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE ON JANUARY 14TH TO HEAR LIVE SONGS FROM THE NEW FUTURE PLANS ALBUM – WMSE.ORG TO STREAM THE SHOW LIVE OR IN THE ARCHIVES OR SIMPLY TUNE YOUR RADIO TO 91.7 FM AT THE 6 O’ CLOCK HOUR. LOCAL/LIVE ON WMSE IS SPONSORED BY CLUB GARIBALDI.

WMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE RETURNS TO CLUB GARIBALDI THE FIRST TUESDAY OF THE YEAR ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 7TH WITH SPECIAL GUESTS, NEW MKE SUPERGROUP, REXXX, FEATURING MEMBERS OF NO/NO, SURGEONS IN HEAT, SEX SCENES AND KING EYE & THE SQUIRTS! ZACH OTTO, HARRISON COLBY, RYAN REEVE, SAM REITMAN, AND JESSE BUSKOV ARE REXXX. DRIVEN BY SIMPLE RIFFS AND CATCHY HOOKS, THE BAND IS ALWAYS LOOKING TO GET THE PARTY STARTED AND STAY UP LATE, PROMISING TO STAY IN YOUR HEAD UNTIL YOU’RE DEAD. MAYBE YOU’VE HEARD THEIR SINGLE “LOST CAUSE” ON THE WMSE AIRWAVES RECENTLY? WELL, GET READY TO HEAR MORE MUSIC FROM THE BAND AS THEY GET SET FOR THE RELEASE OF “PURE PLEASURE II” – A HIGH OCTANE THRILL-RIDE SURE TO KEEP YOU ON THE EDGE OF YOUR SEAT. WMSE MUSIC DIRECTOR ERIN AND LOCAL/LIVE CO-HOST CAL ROACH WILL INTERVIEW REXXX IN BETWEEN SONGS WITH THE HELP OF OUR AUDIENCE (AND AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION IS ENCOURAGED!). JOIN REXXX AND WMSE AT CLUB GARIBALDI (AT 2501 S. SUPERIOR STREET IN BAY VIEW) FOR ANOTHER AWESOME LIVE RADIO SHOW. DOORS ARE AT

THE MYSTERIOUS POWERS OF PIZZA, BICYCLES, AND FATE ORCHESTRATED A SERIES OF SEEMINGLY CHANCE ENCOUNTERS THAT FOSTERED THE MUSICAL UNITY OF THE OLD PROSPECTORS. ALL ORBITING THE MILWAUKEE MUSIC UNIVERSE, DRUMMER DAN DAHL, BASSIST BOB DALY, AND GUITARIST / KEYBOARDSMITH FRANK BUFE COLLIDED IN 2015 AND EMBARKED ON A MUSICAL JOURNEY TO BRING JOY AND TRANSCENDENT EXPERIENCE INTO THEIR COMMUNITY. DRAWING FROM AN ARRAY OF PROGRESSIVE ROCK INFLUENCES, THE OLD PROSPECTORS ULTIMATELY DEVELOPED THE MATERIAL FOR EUREKA!, THE BAND’S DEBUT ALBUM, RELEASED IN NOVEMBER. A 10-TRACK JOURNEY THROUGH PSYCHEDELIC DESERT LANDSCAPES AND FUNK-LADEN CRYSTAL TEMPLES, EUREKA! TAKES LISTENERS ON AN ETHEREAL PILGRIMAGE OF THE SENSES. ALONG THE WAY, TRAVELERS BATHE IN THE DEPTHS OF SYNTH RIVERS, OSCILLATE TO DRUM-INDUCED CURRENTS FROM THE TRIBUTARIES, CLIMB TO THE TOPS OF BASS MESAS, AND FLOAT ON THE WAVES OF STRINGS CAST INTO VIBRATION. TUNE INTO WMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE ON DECEMBER 17TH WITH THE OLD PROSPECTORS – WMSE.ORG TO STREAM THE SHOW

SAEBRA & CARLYLE IS A HIGH ENERGY, ROCK N’ ROLL BAND FOUNDED IN 2017 BY SAEBRA LAKEN AND CARLYLE NOWAK. WITH THEIR HAUNTING, DRIVING, AND CATCHY SONGS, SAEBRA & CARLYLE HAVE QUICKLY EVOLVED TO BECOME ONE OF MILWAUKEE’S MOST PROMISING BANDS. THE BAND HAS JUST RELEASED THEIR FIRST FULL-LENGTH ALBUM, WILD AT HEART AND HAS RECENTLY CELEBRATED WINNING MILWAUKEE FILM FESTIVAL’S AWARD FOR “BEST MUSIC VIDEO” FOR THE VIDEO FOR “RABBIT HOLE”. THE BAND HAS JUST RELEASED THEIR FIRST FULL-LENGTH ALBUM,WILD AT HEART AND HAS RECENTLY CELEBRATED WINNING MILWAUKEE FILM FESTIVAL’S AWARD FOR “BEST MUSIC VIDEO” FOR THE VIDEO FOR “RABBIT HOLE”. LOCAL/LIVE ON WMSE IS SPONSORED BY CLUB GARIBALDI.

ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3RD, WMSE RETURNS TO CLUB GARIBALDI FOR OUR MONTHLY LOCAL/LIVE SEGMENT AND FOR OUR ANNUAL HOLIDAY LOCAL/LIVE EXTRAVAGANZA! HERALDING IN THE HOLIDAY SEASON WILL BE MILWAUKEE THROWBACK POP GROUP, L’RESORTS. STARTED BY VINCENT KIRCHER (JAILL) AND MARTHA CANNON (LADY CANNON), L’RESORTS IS A 7-PIECE BAND COMBINING THREADS FROM THEIR INDIVIDUAL MUSICAL CAREERS. A BREEZY BLEND OF TRADITIONAL FOLK, ROCK & ROLL AND INDIE-POP, THEIR SOUND IS PERFECT FOR THOSE THAT LIKE VELVET UNDERGROUND, MAGNETIC FIELDS, AND CAMERA OBSCURA. L’RESORTS WILL SHOWCASE SONGS FROM THEIR BRAND NEW, FULL-LENGTH HOLIDAY ALBUM, ‘TRYING TO CHRISTMAS’; THEY’VE GOT 10 ORIGINAL HOLIDAY SONGS TO SHARE (AND MOST OF THEM NEW), SO JOIN US AT CLUB GARIBALDI TO HEAR THOSE NEW SONGS AND TAKE IN A WHOLE BUNCH OF LOCAL HOLIDAY CHEER FROM YOUR WMSE FAMILY! AS ALWAYS, WMSE MUSIC DIRECTOR ERIN AND CO-HOST CAL WILL LEAD THE OUR MUSICAL GUESTS THROUGH QUESTIONS IN BETWEEN THE LIVE PERFORMANCE WITH THE HELP OF OUR AUDIENCE (AND AUDIENCE PA

MILWAUKEE’S TESTA ROSA LIVES TO RECORD HEART-CRUSHING POP MUSIC. THEY’VE BEEN HAILED AS “THROWBACKS TO A TIME WHEN SONGWRITING MATTERED” BY GOLDMINE MAGAZINE, AND “BLINDINGLY BEAUTIFUL” BY ALL MUSIC GUIDE. THEIR FOURTH ALBUM, TESTA ROSA IV, A MUSICAL VIEW-MASTER OF LIFE IN THE STORIED MIDWEST, WILL BE RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 29TH AT LINNEMAN’S AND THEY’LL BE TAKING PART OF THE ANNUAL HOLIDAY SPECIAL AT THE COOPERAGE, DECEMBER 21ST WHERE THEY’LL PERFORM WITH MARK WALDOCH. TUNE INTO WMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE ON NOVEMBER 26TH TO HEAR SONGS FROM TESTA ROSA – WMSE.ORG TO STREAM THE SHOW LIVE OR IN THE ARCHIVES OR SIMPLY TUNE YOUR RADIO TO 91.7 FM AT THE 6 O’ CLOCK HOUR. LOCAL/LIVE ON WMSE IS SPONSORED BY CLUB GARIBALDI.

KAYLEE CROSSFIRE (KANISHA LEE) IS A MILWAUKEE RAPPER AND SINGER WHOSE POWERFUL VOICE AND STAGE PRESENCE HAS QUICKLY GAINED HER RECOGNITION IN HER HOME CITY. HER WORK ETHIC HAS RECENTLY LANDED HER OUTSIDE RECOGNITION IN THE FORM OF A SPOT ON NETFLIX’S “RHYTHM + FLOW” AND ACCOLADES FOR HER RECENTLY-RELEASED RNB-DRIVEN SINGLE, “TRUTH”. FOR KAYLEE, WHO GREW UP TESTING ARTISTIC BOUNDARIES AND HONING HER SKILLS, HARD WORK IS NOT UNFAMILIAR AND IN ADDITION TO WORKING ON HER OWN PROJECTS, HAS ALSO CHOSEN TO USE HER OWN SUCCESS TO LIFT OTHER LOCAL ARTISTS UP WITH HER LOCALLY-BASED SHOWCASE SERIES, FEMALE TAKEOVER. CROSSFIRE’S LATEST PROJECT, “BEST OF BOTH WORLDS” IS A HIP-HOP/R&B DUO FEATURING KIA RAP PRINCESS THAT HAS TRAVELED ACROSS THE COUNTRY INDEPENDENTLY, CAPTURING THE ATTENTION OF HIP-HOP LOVERS EVERYWHERE. THEY’VE PERFORMED FOR SOLD-OUT CROWDS, OPENING UP FOR MAINSTREAM ARTISTS SUCH AS SNOW THA PRODUCT, TINK, POLO G, FUTURE AND MORE AND HAVE BEEN FEATURED IN HIP-HOP WEEKLY AND THE JOURNAL SENTINEL AND WON MU

MILWAUKEE’S SNAG CONFRONTS THEMES OF ANTIPATHY FOR LATE-CAPITALISM, POLICE VIOLENCE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE WITH FURY AND DESPAIR. THEIRS IS A GENERATION WITH A DEEP SENSE OF INJUSTICE AND IMPENDING LOSS. THEY DRAW INFLUENCE FROM TOUCHSTONES PORTRAITS OF PAST, CITY OF CATERPILLAR, AND MAJORITY RULE: BANDS THAT INFORMED AN ADOLESCENT SNEER THAT HAS MATURED INTO AN ADULTHOOD OF AMBIVALENCE AND PRECARITY. THEY OFFER A DISTINCTLY MIDWEST INTERPRETATION OF THE IMPENDING CRUMBLE OF SOCIETY. LISTEN TO A SET OF NEW SONGS FROM SNAG’S LATEST FULL-LENGTH ON WMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12TH. WMSE.ORG TO STREAM THE SHOW LIVE OR IN THE ARCHIVES OR SIMPLY TUNE YOUR RADIO TO 91.7 FM AT THE 6 O’ CLOCK HOUR. LOCAL/LIVE ON WMSE IS SPONSORED BY CLUB GARIBALDI.

MILWAUKEE’S SNAG CONFRONTS THEMES OF ANTIPATHY FOR LATE-CAPITALISM, POLICE VIOLENCE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE WITH FURY AND DESPAIR. THEIRS IS A GENERATION WITH A DEEP SENSE OF INJUSTICE AND IMPENDING LOSS. THEY DRAW INFLUENCE FROM TOUCHSTONES PORTRAITS OF PAST, CITY OF CATERPILLAR, AND MAJORITY RULE: BANDS THAT INFORMED AN ADOLESCENT SNEER THAT HAS MATURED INTO AN ADULTHOOD OF AMBIVALENCE AND PRECARITY. THEY OFFER A DISTINCTLY MIDWEST INTERPRETATION OF THE IMPENDING CRUMBLE OF SOCIETY. LISTEN TO A SET OF NEW SONGS FROM SNAG’S LATEST FULL-LENGTH ON WMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12TH. WMSE.ORG TO STREAM THE SHOW LIVE OR IN THE ARCHIVES OR SIMPLY TUNE YOUR RADIO TO 91.7 FM AT THE 6 O’ CLOCK HOUR. LOCAL/LIVE ON WMSE IS SPONSORED BY CLUB GARIBALDI.

EVERY FIRST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH WMSE RETURNS TO CLUB GARIBALDI FOR OUR ESTEEMED LOCAL/LIVE SEGMENT AND ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH, WE WELCOME MILWAUKEE’S NASTOS TO GARIBALDI’S STAGE FOR A LIVE RADIO SHOW THAT YOU CAN JOIN EITHER IN-PERSON OR ON THE AIRWAVES! NASTOS’ NEWEST ALBUM, ILLEGAL SPIRITS (OUT IN NOVEMBER), IS THE CULMINATION OF FOUR YEARS OF CREATIVE EXPLORATION, COLLABORATION, AND HARD WORK. NASTOS BEGAN AS A SIDE PROJECT OF NOLAN TRUTTSCHEL OF PILES, AFTER THAT BAND WENT ON HIATUS. NASTOS IS NOW A FULLY-FORMED ROCK QUARTET, SPILLING OUT NOISY-YET-MELODIC MOMENTS FILLED WITH EQUAL PARTS HOOKS AND HEAVY, DREAMLIKE BREAKDOWNS. WMSE MUSIC DIRECTOR ERIN AND LOCAL/LIVE CO-HOST CAL ROACH WILL LEAD NASTOS THROUGH QUESTIONS IN BETWEEN THEIR LIVE SET WITH THE HELP OF OUR AUDIENCE (AND AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION IS ENCOURAGED!). YOU CAN JOIN WMSE AND NASTOS AT CLUB GARIBALDI’S AS WE TEAM UP FOR THIS LIVE RADIO SHOW. IF YOU CAN’T MAKE IT, LISTEN LIVE OVER THE AIRWAVES (OR IN THE WMSE ARCHIVES) AT THE 6 O’CLOCK H

DRAWING ON THE MORE MELODIC SIDE OF 90S INDIE ROCK AND EMO, FLAT TEETH’S MUSIC ECHOES EVERYTHING FROM THE GET UP KIDS AND MOCK ORANGE TO DARKER AND MOODIER ACTS LIKE NO KNIFE AND CURSIVE. INTERLOCKING GUITARS, LAYERED VOCAL HARMONIES AND DRIVING RHYTHMS ARE ALL PRESENT IN THE BAND’S OUTPUT AND THOSE SEEKING STRAIGHTFORWARD AND ENERGETIC SONGWRITING WILL FIND MUCH TO ENJOY (AS NOT MUCH AS CHANGED SINCE THEIR DEBUT EP, RELEASED LAST YEAR). FLAT TEETH’S NEXT RELEASE, SILENT SECONDS, SEES THEM STRONGER THAN EVER. WE INVITE YOU TO INTO WMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29TH TO GET A SNEAK PREVIEW OF THE NEW FLAT TEETH RECORD, SILENT SECONDS BEFORE IT OFFICIALLY ARRIVES ON NOVEMBER 8TH. WMSE.ORG TO STREAM THE SHOW LIVE OR IN THE ARCHIVES OR SIMPLY TUNE YOUR RADIO TO 91.7 FM AT THE 6 O’ CLOCK HOUR. LOCAL/LIVE ON WMSE IS SPONSORED BY CLUB GARIBALDI.

NEBIYAH “SHADDYE” JORDAN IS A 17 YEAR-OLD SENIOR AT WISCONSIN LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL WHO WRITES AND PRODUCES HER OWN MUSIC. SHE STARTED MUSIC AND WRITING SONGS WHEN SHE WAS EIGHT. AT 16, SHADDYE RELEASED HER FIRST EP (IN THE FALL OF 2017) TITLED MY LIFE IN A BOOMBOX. SHADDYE’S POSITIVE MESSAGES, STRONG SPIRIT AND DELIVERY ON THAT FIRST EP HAVE INSPIRED AND MOTIVATED NOT ONLY HERSELF, BUT ALSO HER COMMUNITY AND HER PEERS. THIS PAST SUMMER, SHADDYE OPENED UP FOR VIC MENSA AT SUMMERFEST AND WAS ALSO RECENTLY NOMINATED BY 88NINE FOR “BEST INDEPENDENT ARTIST OF THE YEAR”. TUNE INTO WMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE ON OCTOBER 22ND TO HEAR WHAT SHADDYE HAS PLANNED, NEXT, AND HEAR HER LATEST SONGS IN ADDITION TO SONGS FROM THAT CLASSIC DEBUT, MY LIFE IN A BOOMBOX. WMSE.ORG TO STREAM THE SHOW LIVE OR IN THE ARCHIVES OR SIMPLY TUNE YOUR RADIO TO 91.7 FM AT THE 6 O’ CLOCK HOUR. LOCAL/LIVE ON WMSE IS SPONSORED BY CLUB GARIBALDI.

GENESIS RENJI IS AN EMMY-NOMINATED HIP HOP ARTIST BASED OUT OF MILWAUKEE. BORN IN BETHESDA, MD, RENJI STARTED RAPPING AT 12 YEARS-OLD AFTER HIS COUSIN PIERRE INTRODUCED HIM TO RAP MUSIC. FREESTYLES WITH HIS BROTHERS AND COUSIN WAS SOMETHING HE DID TO FIT IN. THIS SEARCH FOR ACCEPTANCE TURNED INTO A PASSION FOR PERFORMANCES IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND LATER, SPOKEN WORD SLAMS IN HIGH SCHOOL. AFTER SEEING LUPE FIASCO’S “KICK, PUSH” VIDEO, RENJI STARTED ACTIVELY WRITING AND RECORDING HIMSELF. SOME OF HIS OTHER EARLY INFLUENCES WERE CHAMILLIONAIRE, LIL’ WAYNE, AND EMINEM. AS HIS INTERESTS GREW AND MUSICAL TASTE EXPANDED, SO DID HIS SONIC PALETTE. HAVING A CREATIVE SIGNATURE OF PENNING VIVID STORIES LIKE KENDRICK LAMAR AND PAIRING THEM WITH CATCHY, VIBRANT HOOKS LIKE CHILDISH GAMBINO HELPED TRANSLATE INTO MEMORABLE MUSIC AND PERFORMANCES FROM THE MILWAUKEE EMCEE. FROM OPENING FOR HIP-HOP LEGENDS JEAN GRAE, PHAROAHE MONCH, AND SKYZOO TO CREATING INTIMATE SHOW RELEASES WITH CEREAL BARS, RENJI’S PERFORMANCES ARE MONUMEN

CREDENTIALS IS A MATHY/NOISY ROCK BAND FROM MILWAUKEE WHO ARE HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY FIRST WAVE POST-ROCK. THEY WORSHIP CHICAGO AND LOUISVILLE BANDS FROM THE MID-90S AND FEATURE MEMBERS OF MURDER IN THE RED BARN, GUNS BLAZING, NO/NO, GALACTIC CANNIBAL, AND OTHERS. THE QUARTET IS COMPRISED OF JOSHUA BACKES ON GUITAR, JAMES DAVID ON DRUMS, CAT RIES ON VOCALS AND PETER J. WOODS ON BASS AND VOCALS, CREDENTIALS’ DEBUT COLLECTION OF DEMOS WAS RELEASED IN MAY OF THIS YEAR. TUNE INTO WMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8TH FOR MUSIC FROM CREDENTIALS BEFORE THE BAND’S SHOW LATER THAT WEEK WITH ICONIC WISCONSIN-BASED PERCUSSIONIST, JON MUELLER. WMSE.ORG TO STREAM LIVE OR IN THE ARCHIVES, OR SIMPLY TUNE YOUR RADIO TO 91.7 FM AT THE 6 O’CLOCK HOUR. LOCAL/LIVE ON WMSE IS SPONSORED BY CLUB GARIBALDI.

EVERY FIRST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH WMSE RETURNS TO CLUB GARIBALDI FOR OUR ESTEEMED LOCAL/LIVE SEGMENT AND ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1ST, WE WELCOME MILWAUKEE’S LIAR’S TRIAL TO GARIBALDI’S STAGE FOR A LIVE RADIO SHOW THAT YOU CAN JOIN EITHER IN-PERSON OR ON THE AIRWAVES! LIAR’S TRIAL’S LATEST ALBUM, ‘FRIENDS IN NO PLACES’ FINDS THE BAND NO LONGER LOST ON THE FRINGES BY FINDING A WAY TO BRIDGE THE GAPS BETWEEN ITS VARIED INFLUENCES. LIAR’S TRIAL FORMED IN 2011 OUT OF THE PUNK SCENE IN MILWAUKEE AND HAS SINCE BLAZED A TRAIL ACROSS THE MIDWEST, PLAYING ITS OWN TAKE OF GENUINE, HARD-DRIVING COUNTRY MUSIC. A LITTLE TOO COUNTRY FOR THE PUNKS AND TOO PUNK FOR THE COUNTRY CROWD, LIAR’S TRIAL HAS NEVER BEEN AFRAID TO STAY TRUE TO ITS HEART AND ITS ROOTS. LIAR’S TRIAL HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THE STAGE WITH SOME OF THE MOST PROMINENT NAMES IN COUNTRY MUSIC: DAVID ALLAN COE, BILLY JOE SHAVER, BEN AND NOEL HAGGARD, BILLY DON BURNS, DOUG STONE, ELIZABETH COOK, THE STEEL WOODS, SPLIT LIP RAYFIELD AND THE WACO BROTHERS (TO

MELODIC, WELL-CRAFTED, DRIVING ALT GUITAR POP THAT ROCKS. BAND MEMBERS MIKE BENIGN, JOE VENT, PAUL BIEMANN AND MIKE KOCH ARE VETERANS OF ACCLAIMED MILWAUKEE-BASED ACTS LIKE BLUE IN THE FACE, THE YELL LEADERS, ARMS & LEGS & FEET AND THE JOKER’S HENCHMEN. LIVE SHOWS INCLUDE OPENER SLOTS FOR SQUEEZE, NEIL FINN (CROWDED HOUSE), THE LEMONHEADS, THE ALARM, BOB MOULD, BLACK FRANCIS, RHETT MILLER, MARSHALL CRENSHAW, THE ALARM, THE FIXX, AND OTHERS. THE BAND’S FIFTH ALBUM, BYGONES, OFFICIALLY ARRIVES IN THIS MONTH. TUNE INTO WMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH TO LISTEN TO A SET OF NEW SONGS FROM THE MIKE BENIGN COMPULSION (AND TO CELEBRATE LOVE 91.7 DAY!) . WMSE.ORG TO STREAM LIVE OR IN THE ARCHIVES OR SIMPLY TUNE YOUR RADIO TO 91.7 FM AT THE 6 O’CLOCK HOUR. LOCAL/LIVE ON WMSE IS SPONSORED BY CLUB GARIBALDI.

HAUNTER IS KIND OF A SPACE ROCK GROUP WHO STARTED MAKING MUSIC IN STEVENS POINT BACK IN 2011, RELEASING THREE FULL ALBUMS AND THREE EPS. NOW IN MILWAUKEE, THE BAND IS STILL GOING STRONG, RECENTLY RELEASING THEIR LATEST ALBUM, PLEASE UNDERSTAND. PLEASE UNDERSTAND SOUNDS LIKE FLYING LOW OVER THE MOJAVE DESERT WITH A RADIO TUNED TO NO STATION, PICKING UP ROGUE TRANSMISSIONS AS YOU GLIDE TOWARD THE GREY-BLUE HORIZON. SOMETIMES A NICE MELODY OR CATCHY GUITAR HOOK FINDS ITS WAY THROUGH THE STATIC AND YOU KNOW YOU’RE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. TUNE INTO WMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH TO LISTEN TO SONGS FROM PLEASE UNDERSTAND BY HAUNTER. WMSE.ORG TO STREAM LIVE OR IN THE ARCHIVES OR SIMPLY TUNE YOUR RADIO TO 91.7 FM AT THE 6 O’CLOCK HOUR. LOCAL/LIVE ON WMSE IS SPONSORED BY CLUB GARIBALDI.

AFTER SUMMER BREAK, WMSE IS HAPPY TO BE BACK ONCE AGAIN AT CLUB GARIBALDI FOR LOCAL/LIVE! ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, WE WELCOME MORTGAGE FREEMAN FOR A LIVE SHOW AND INTERVIEW ON-SITE AND OVER THE AIRWAVES THAT YOU CAN JOIN! MORTGAGE FREEMAN IS A FOUR CHEESE BLEND OF HEAVY-HITTING MATH ROCK, WORLDLY AND INTERSTELLAR INFLUENCE, ASIAGO, AND THAT OF AN ART PUNK-FAUX FUNK ILK. A STAPLE OF THE MILWAUKEE MUSIC SCENE FOR NEARLY SEVEN YEARS, MORTGAGE FREEMAN ENERGIZES A STAGE LIKE FEW ACTS CAN. PREPARING TO RELEASE THEIR THIRD FULL-LENGTH ALBUM, THEY ARE CONSTANTLY CHALLENGING THEMSELVES TO NEW HEIGHTS. THEIR NEW ALBUM, “IT’S ALL A WASH”, WILL CONTINUE TO INVIGORATE AND EMBRACE THEIR SHOWMANSHIP. WMSE MUSIC DIRECTOR ERIN AND SPECIAL GUEST CO-HOST, MATT WILD (OF MILWAUKEE RECORD), WILL LEAD THE BAND THROUGH QUESTIONS IN BETWEEN THE LIVE PERFORMANCE WITH THE HELP OF OUR AUDIENCE (AND AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION IS ENCOURAGED!). YOU CAN JOIN WMSE AND MORTGAGE FREEMAN AT CLUB GARIBALDI AS WE TEAM UP FOR THIS LIVE RADIO SHOW.

TODD UMHOEFER HAS BEEN PERFORMING AND RECORDING UNDER THE NAME OLD EARTH FOR OVER A DECADE. AFTER HUNDREDS OF PERFORMANCES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND INCLUDING A TOUR OF THE UK, OLD EARTH HAS WORKED WITH DOZENS OF COLLABORATORS AND HAS PUBLISHED OVER EIGHT HOURS OF MUSIC SINCE THE PROJECT’S INITIATION. OLD EARTH’S FINAL ALBUM OF THE WILL BE RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 4TH, TEN YEARS TO THE DAY AFTER THE FIRST… OLD EARTH HAS MADE A NAME FOR HIMSELF WITH HIS POETIC STYLE OF LYRICISM PAIRED WITH A NETWORK OF RHYTHMICALLY- INTERLACING GUITAR LOOPS AND FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH WILL SEE HIM PERFORMING HIS FINAL SHOW AT LINNEMAN’S. TUNE INTO WMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 27TH TO HELP BID FAREWELL TO MILWAUKEE PROJECT OLD EARTH BEFORE THAT FINAL SHOW. WMSE.ORG TO STREAM LIVE OR IN THE ARCHIVES OR SIMPLY TUNE YOUR RADIO TO 91.7 FM AT THE 6 O’CLOCK HOUR. LOCAL/LIVE ON WMSE IS SPONSORED BY CLUB GARIBALDI.