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A SWEEPING INTRODUCTION TO AN ARTIST DEEP INTO THEIR PRACTICE, KENDRA AMALIE’S INTUITION IS A STAR MAP TO A NEW AND DEVELOPING SOUND SPACE. AN EXPLORATORY AND (SOMETIMES) SHREDDING FINGER-STYLE 12-STRING GUITARIST (BOTH ACOUSTIC AND ELECTRIC), BAND LEADER, SYNTHESIST, NEW MEDIA CREATOR, AND EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCER, THE WISCONSIN-BASED MUSICIAN IS ALSO A SONGWRITER OCCUPYING AN ETHEREAL ZONE BETWEEN GALAXY-BRAIN COSMIC TRANSMISSIONS AND DEEP, PERSONAL EXPRESSION. RECORDED WITH FRIENDS IN HER SHED IN SAINT FRANCIS, INTUITION’S BAND INCLUDED A CORE RHYTHM SECTION OF DRUMMER VICTORIA ROBISON AND BASSIST SAM COOK, WITH REMOTE SUPPORT FROM TARALIE PETERSON (CELLO), AL MOSS (PEDAL STEEL), PETER MCLAUGHLIN (DRUMS) AND JAYVE MONTGOMERY (OBOE), ALONGSIDE THE MIXING EFFORT OF LONG-TIME COLLABORATOR BRIAN J. SULPIZIO IN CHICAGO. THE LIVE ITERATION OF THE ALBUM IS MORE SHAPE-SHIFTING, ENCOMPASSING SOLO PERFORMANCES ACCOMPANIED BY MOTION-CONTROLLED SYNTHS AS WELL AS MORE FULLY SUPPORTED BY A CORPOREAL ROCK BAND. INTUITION I

FRUGAL STU & THE COUPONS IS A PROTO-POST-IRONIC DISCO-FUNK-FUSION BAND FROM THE FUTURE, HAILING FROM MILWAUKEE. THEIR MUSIC HAS BEEN DESCRIBED BY BREAKING AND ENTERING AS “[MUSIC] THAT IS ALL OVER THE PLACE MUSICALLY, IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE”. WITHIN ONE YEAR OF PLAYING TOGETHER THEY PUT OUT TWO RELEASES, THEIR DISCOUNT EP AND THEIR LIQUIDATION EP. LIQUIDATION WAS A FINALIST FOR 88NINE’S “BEST DISC WE MISSED” IN 2018. THE CREATIVE JUICES CONTINUE TO FLOW AS THE BAND JUST FINISHED AN ALBUM SET TO RELEASE ON AUGUST 16TH. KEEP YOUR EYES OUT FOR FRUGAL STU & THE COUPONS AS THEY CONTINUE TO SPREAD THEIR UNIQUE SOUND AROUND THE MIDWEST! TUNE INTO WMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 13TH TO HEAR THE NEWEST FROM FRUGAL STU & THE COUPONS. 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.

ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 6TH, AT 6PM, JOIN LOCAL/LIVE HOSTS ERIN AND CAL FOR WMSE’S THIRD YEAR OF BROADCASTING LOCAL/LIVE FROM CHILL ON THE HILL IN HUMBOLDT PARK. THIS INSTALLMENT OF CHILL ON THE HILL IS “KIDS & FAMILY NIGHT”! YOUNG, LOCAL GROUPS GOLDEN GRENADES, THE LOVEBUGS AND REPEAT THE PROCESS WILL ALL PLAY AND YOU CAN BET YOU’LL ALSO HEAR SPECIAL, LIVE INTERVIEWS BEING BROADCAST IN ADDITION TO THOSE SETS! TO JOIN US, HEAD ON OVER TO THE HUMBOLDT PARK BANDSHELL IN BAY VIEW (3000 S. HOWELL AVENUE). AND IF YOU CAN’T JOIN US IN PERSON, TUNE IN AT 91.7FM OR STREAM THE BROADCAST LIVE OR IN THE ARCHIVES AT WMSE.ORG. LOCAL/LIVE ON WMSE IS SPONSORED BY CLUB GARIBALDI.

BEACH BURIAL IS A PROJECT THAT ONLY FATE AND CIRCUMSTANCE COULD CULTIVATE. TOM OLWIG (GUITAR/VOCALS) AND ELIOT HESS (DRUMS) MET AROUND 2012 THROUGH THE CANDLELIGHT COLLECTIVE IN WEST BEND AND WHILE THE SPACE IS NOW NO LONGER AROUND, IT HAD BEEN A HAVEN FOR PUNKS AND FREAKS TO HANG OUT, CREATE, SOCIALIZE AND HAVE SHOWS AMONGST A ZINE LIBRARY AND BIKE SHOP. OLWIG WAS THEN IN A BAND CALLED TREEMINDER AND HESS WAS AROUND THE SCENE AS A DRUMMER IN THE WOMEN (NOW- WEEPER.) LIFE WAS GOOD AND SOLID FRIENDSHIPS WERE FORMED. EVENTUALLY, A COLLECTIVE MOVE TO MILWAUKEE BROUGHT BEACH BURIAL INTO FORMATION IN 2016, OLWIG AND HESS PUSHING THEIR MUSICAL LIMITS AND CONTINUOUSLY BUILT EACH OTHER UP WITH COMPLIMENTING STYLES AND TECHNIQUES. NOW, BEACH BURIAL’S DEBUT FULL-LENGTH DOG YEARS WILL FINALLY SURFACE WITH AN EAST COAST TOUR TO FOLLOW. THE ALBUM HAS BEEN IN THE MAKING SINCE THOSE EARLY DAYS AND HAS GROWN INTO SOMETHING WITH BOTH SENTIMENTAL WEIGHT AND POSITIVITY COMPLIMENTED WITH DARKER DAYS AND LETTING GO. TUNE INTO

FORMED WAY BACK DURING THE TAIL-END OF THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION, IFIHADAHIFI ARE A CYCLONIC MORASS OF FEEDBACK, EFFECTS, DANCE BEATS, SQUALL, AND SHOUT-ALONG HOOKS. DRAWKWARD HOLDS DOWN THE DRUMS AND VOCALS, MRALARM PUNISHES ON BASS, SYNTH AND VOCALS, YALEDELAY SQUALLS ON GUITAR AND VOCALS AND REVEVER WREAKS HAVOC ON GUITAR AND SYNTH. THE BAND HAS THEIR NEWEST RELEASE SINCE 2012 – WE’RE NEVER GOING HOME – READY TO MEET THE WORLD. THE ALBUM CONTINUES IN THE HIFI TRADITION OF BURYING POP SONGS UNDERNEATH LAYERS OF DISSONANCE AND VOLUME. TOUCHING ON TOPICS LIKE SPACE EXPLORATION, CRYPTOZOOLOGY-AS-RELIGION, SCIENCE DENIAL, AND YOUR MORE, IFIHADAHIFI HAVE TAKEN A LOOK AT 2019 AND ARE FAIRLY SURE WE’VE GONE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, AND NOT A SINGLE ONE OF US ARE EVER GOING HOME. TUNE INTO WMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE ON TUESDAY, JULY 16TH FOR A LIVE SET FROM IFIHADAHIFI BEFORE THEY NEVER GO HOME. 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 I

THE HATCHETS ARE A ROCK BAND FROM MILWAUKEE LEAD BY JUSTIN OTTO ON GUITAR AND VOCALS. JAMES SAUER, ALLEN COTÉ AND NICK LANG ROUND OUT THEIR SOUND AND THE GROUP IS GETTING READY TO RELEASE THEIR DEBUT LP THE UNCOUNTED BLUE JILLIONS; A CONCEPT ALBUM OF SORTS ABOUT THE POROUS BORDERS BETWEEN PAST AND PRESENT, BOTH PERSONAL AND POLITICAL. THE SONGS DEAL WITH DESPAIR, AIMLESSNESS AND LOSS OF IDENTITY — ALL OBSERVED THROUGH THE LENS OF THE LIFE AND WORK OF WOODY GUTHRIE. TUNE INTO WMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE ON TUESDAY, JULY 9TH FOR A LIVE SET FROM THE HATCHETS BEFORE THE UNCOUNTED BLUE JILLIONS IS RELEASED TEN DAYS LATER. 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’S.

WITH MIDWESTERN WARMTH, MILWAUKEE’S VALERIE LIGHTHART DELIVERS HER TAKE ON FOLK POP, ADDING DEPTH WITH CLASSICAL AND ELECTRONIC ELEMENTS. ALTHOUGH UPBEAT, THERE IS SOMETHING UNDENIABLY DARK ON THE PERIMETER OF LIGHTHART’S LIVELY MELODIES, UNVEILING PRIVATE MOMENTS TINGED WITH THE MELANCHOLY OF INTIMATE VULNERABILITY. HER SINGLE, “I’LL BE DAMNED” IS FILLED WITH EQUAL PARTS FRUSTRATION AND TREPIDATION, ITS ANGSTY LYRICS SWATHED IN HEAVY BEATS, PEPPY ACOUSTIC GUITARS AND WHISTLING – IT’S A TRICK OF THE LIGHT IN THE BEST WAY. TUNE INTO WMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE ON TUESDAY, JULY 2ND FOR A LIVE SET FROM VALERIE LIGHTHART THE DAY BEFORE SHE PLAYS SUMMERFEST. 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’S.

MATTHEW DAVIES’ MUSIC RUSTLES WITH AN AURA OF MYSTERIOUS-YET-FAMILIAR STORIES, BROADCAST FROM A NEVER-TO-BE-FINISHED MAP OF AMERICA. BORN AND RAISED IN WISCONSIN, SON OF A SMALL-TOWN LAWYER, MATTHEW DAVIES IS A ROAD-TESTED SINGER-SONGWRITER. HE’S DRIVEN THE BLUE HIGHWAYS OF AMERICA AND PLAYED HIS MUSIC IN RUSTY NORTHERN FACTORY TOWNS—PLACES LIKE DAVENPORT AND DULUTH AS WELL AS BIG CITIES LIKE NYC AND CHICAGO. DAVIES’ FIFTH RECORD, FLOWERS AND TICKET STUBS, TELLS TALES OF COMMON AND UNCOMMON FOLK—FACES SEEN IN WINDOWS, SENTIMENTAL DUDES WITH METROPOLITAN STYLE, ALL VISIBLE ACROSS AN UNSEEN BORDERLINE MINING THE EMOTIONS AND ALCHEMY OF UNWRITTEN TRADITION. TUNE INTO WMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE ON TUESDAY, JUNE 25TH TO CATCH A LIVE SET OF SONGS FROM FLOWERS AND TICKET STUBS, THE LATEST FROM MATTHEW DAVIES. 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’S.

BLUE UNIT BY MILWAUKEE’S BLUE UNIT [FEATURING MEMBERS OF BRIEF CANDLES, THE TRUSTY KNIFE, CRAPPY DRACULA AND SCRIMSHAW], WAS RECORDED AT HUMDRUM STUDIOS IN MILWAUKEE AND WAS RELEASED ON MAY 17TH ON BANDCAMP AND SOMEWHERECOLD RECORDS. KEVIN DIXON, JEN BONIGER-DIXON, DREW CALVETTI AND BROCK GOURLIE PIECE TOGETHER THEIR COLLECTIVE EXPERIENCES IN THE MILWAUKEE MUSIC SCENE TO CREATE MUSIC THAT IS SHIMMERING AND SUBSTANTIAL, ALL AT ONCE. THE BIG TAKOVER WRITES, “ON AN INTERESTING NOTE, THE BRIEF CANDLES MEMBERS HAVE ALL SWITCHED AROUND WHO PLAYS WHAT INSTRUMENT FOR THIS BAND, WHILE BROCK END UP DRUMMING FOR HIS 5TH BAND! THIS INSTRUMENTAL SWITCH-UP INVIGORATES THE ENSUING SHOEGAZE, NOISE-POP, AND POST-PUNK MUSIC. “RESTLESSLY CYCLING, RADIANT GUITAR WAVES DELICATELY RISE TO THE SKY WITH BRIGHT EXPECTATION OF EP-OPENER “EVERGREEN”. GLOWING SYNTH NOTES AND KEVIN’S SUBDUED VOCALS EMANATE A CALM VIBE, WHILE LIVELY DRUM STRIKES CREATE A STORMY AMBIANCE. NEW WAVE SYNTHS BUZZ AND LIQUIDY GUITAR LINES ZIP AND FLOW RESPECT

“LIKE A HAND YANKED FROM A SLAMMED DOOR, THE DARK OUTSIDER POP OF BLACK THUMB EMERGES BRUISED AND FRAGILE. COLIN WILDE, WHO HAS BEEN KNOWN TO PLAY ORGAN FOR WISCONSIN PUNKS TENEMENT [AS WELL AS APPLETON’S DUSK], BEGAN BLACK THUMB AS A SOLO PROJECT BACK IN 2012 AND IS NOW SEEING THE RELEASE OF HIS DEBUT CASSETTE IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL THROUGH FORWARD RECORDS (RADIATOR HOSPITAL, PITY SEX). “ON FIRST LISTEN THERE’S A HEAVY NOD TO THE EARLY UK INDIE PSYCH SOUNDS OF SPACEMAN 3 BUT ALSO A LOT OF MIDWEST POP AND PUNK. PLAYING THOUGH HIS 1967 VOX SUPER CONTINENTAL, WILD PRODUCES MUSIC THAT IS GLOOMY BUT ALSO HOOKY. FEATURING APPEARANCES FROM MEMBERS OF DUSK, TENEMENT, AND TECHNICOLOR TEETH, THE ALBUM WAS RECORDED AND PRODUCED BY WILDE AND MATT STRANGER IN THE CRUTCH OF MEMORY STUDIO IN THEIR HOME IN APPLETON, WISCONSIN.” ~VICE TUNE INTO WMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE ON TUESDAY, JUNE 11TH FOR THE MUSIC OF APPLETON’S BLACK THUMB AS HE GETS READY FOR SOME SUMMER SHOWS AND BEYOND, SURROUNDING HIS SEMI-SHELVED 2016 RELEASE, IT IS

CREAM VELLUM FORMED IN SPRING OF 2018 AND QUICKLY FOUND CHEMISTRY IN THEIR SHARED LOVE OF STORYTELLING, DREAM INTERPRETATION, AND VINTAGE GEAR. THE BAND IS COMPRISED OF ELISE MCARDLE, HANS JAEGER, TYLER SALZBRUN, AND RYAN SABLAY, AND IS FOUNDED ON A YIN/YANG RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WARM SYNTH LINES AND WASHES OF GUITAR. CREAM VELLUM PLAYFULLY CALLS THEIR SOUND POST-DREAM, SINCE IT’S ROOTED IN DREAM POP AND SHOEGAZE, BUT SOMETIMES GARNERS NOISE POP AND PUNK COMPARISONS THANKS TO AN OCCASIONAL ABRASIVE EDGE. THEY ALSO ENJOY ENCOUNTERING PSYCHEDELIC MOMENTS AND DO NOT FEAR PSYCHIC VISIONS. THE BAND’S DEBUT EP, VENUS RX RX, IS AN INTIMATE FIRST JOURNEY THROUGH MEMORY AND AFFECT GUIDED BY LYRICS ALTERNATIVELY ABSTRACT AND CANDID. TUNE INTO WMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE ON TUESDAY, JUNE 4TH FOR A GLIMPSE INTO LIVE VERSIONS OF THOSE SONGS FROM VENUS RX RX. 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’S.

GENAU IS A MILWAUKEE TWO-PIECE CONSISTING OF ERIK GOSNELL ON BASS AND DRUM PROGRAMMING AND CHRIS BELKOFER ON VOCALS AND GUITAR. INFLUENCED BY POST-PUNK AND GOTH OF THE 1980’S, THE BAND EMPLOYS VINTAGE DRUM MACHINES AMBIENT PASSAGE, NOISE SECTIONS, AND ELECTRONIC LOOPS ALONG WITH GUITARS AND MELODIC AND DRIVING BASS. GENAU HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS “WASHED OUT AND WARY” AND “DARK-HUED AND DANCEABLE” BY MILWAUKEE RECORD WITH A “LILTING DREAM POP FEEL”. TOO MUCH, GENAU’S THIRD RECORDING, WAS RELEASED THIS FEBRUARY. TUNE INTO WMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE ON TUESDAY, MAY 28TH TO HEAR GENAU’S LATEST BATCH OF DREAM POP. 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’S.

MILWAUKEE’S CASHFIRE SUNSET WAS OFFICIALLY FORMED IN 2018. FEATURING SAM LOZOFF ON GUITAR, RAY CHI ON DRUMS, RAJ’R TAIM ON BASS AND JASON “TODD” ZBICHORSKI ON VOCALS/GUITAR, IT MAKES NOISY POP MUSIC. BAND DISCLAIMER – “REALLY PRETTY MUCH, IT’S JUST LOUD ALL THE TIME WITH NO DYNAMICS OR ANYTHING WHICH IS WHY IT GETS CHEAPLY PROCESSED IN THE END WITH DIGITAL FREEWARE. CASHFIRE SUNSET LIKES IT THIS WAY (A LOT) AND SPENDS A FAIR AMOUNT OF TIME THINKING OF WAYS TO MAKE WHAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE DECENT (PASSABLE…DON’T FLATTER YOURSELF!) SONGS SOUND “WORSE”.” CFSS HAS PUNCHED OUT A COUPLE OFFICIAL RELEASES ON BANDCAMP AND ITS LO-FI, BRASH QUALITY HAS ALREADY BECOME ITS HALLMARK, CAPTURING A LITTLE ROCK N’ ROLL LIMELIGHT IN OUR FAIR CITY. TUNE INTO WMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE ON TUESDAY, MAY 21ST TO HEAR CASHFIRE SUNSET PERFORM, HOT ON THE HEELS OF THEIR OFFICIAL FULL-LENGTH, GET THE STARTS. 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 B

THE MUSIC OF CRLSS IS THOUGHTFULLY CRAFTED; AT TIMES AMBIENT, AT TIMES A TORTURED POP FORMAT. RYAN KING, (CRLSS) EXPRESSES THE LAMENTS OF A LIFE LIVED IN TURMOIL AND THE ENSUING MELODIC CATHARSIS. CRLSS’S HEROINE SWOON EP COMES OUT ON MAY 17TH AND PROMISES TO DELIVER ANOTHER ROUND OF WELL-CRAFTED ELECTRONIC POP. TUNE INTO WMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE ON TUESDAY, MAY 14TH TO HEAR MUSIC FROM THE NEW CRLSS EP. 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’S.

WMSE IS EXCITED TO BE BACK ONCE AGAIN AT CLUB GARIBALDI’S FOR OUR MONTHLY LOCAL/LIVE SEGMENTS! LAURYL SULFATE & HER LADIES OF LEISURE WILL HAVE THEIR WMSE DEBUT FOR OUR FINAL CLUB G’S SEGMENT BEFORE SUMMER BREAK! LET’S CELEBRATE! LAURYL SULFATE AND HER LADIES OF LEISURE ARE A DANCE POP TRIO FROM MILWAUKEE, VARIOUSLY DESCRIBED AS “WOKE KESHA”, “LETIGRE MEETS FANNY PACK” AND “A TOTAL LOVEFEST”, THE LOL’S SHOWS DELIVER FEEL-GOOD PARTY MUSIC WITH A MISSION, INFUSED WITH HIP HOP, DISCO, AND NEW WAVE REALNESS. THEIR DEBUT ALBUM, DANCE MUSIC SAVES LIVES IS A LOVE LETTER TO THE DANCE MUSIC WE GREW UP WITH, AND ITS POWER TO TRANSFORM AND HEAL US. “THE ALBUM’S A BLAST, BUT THE MESSAGE IS AS SINCERE AND ASSURING AS ITS TITLE.” -MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL AS ALWAYS, WMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE HOSTS, CAL AND ERIN WILL LEAD OUR MUSICAL GUESTS THROUGH QUESTIONS IN BETWEEN THE LIVE PERFORMANCE WITH THE HELP OF OUR AUDIENCE (AND AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION IS ENCOURAGED!). YOU CAN JOIN WMSE AND LAURYL SULFATE & HER LADIES OF LEISURE FOR

“WITH SINGER ERIC SCHOEN’S IAN CURTIS-ON-UPPERS VOCAL DELIVERY AND VELVET UNDERGROUND-INSPIRED GUITAR FREAK-OUTS, THE BAND CAN SWITCH FROM SULKY TO SEXY IN A MATTER OF SECONDS, OFTEN BUILDING ON A SKELETAL GUITAR RIFF OR A REPEATED PHRASE TO CREATE A FEELING OF ANXIETY AND, EVENTUALLY, EUPHORIC RELEASE. THOUGH THE BAND CAN BE DARK AND GLOOMY—PERFECT ACID-RAINY-DAY MUSIC—IT IS NOT AFRAID TO PEPPER ITS SONGS WITH JITTERY HANDCLAPS OR SHOUT-ALONG CHORUSES.” ~ CMJ ON MAY 11, LOCAL POST-PUNK OUTFIT DIRTY DANCING WILL RELEASE THEIR SECOND LP THAT FOR THIS THROUGH GLOSS RECORDS. LED BY PRIMARY SONGWRITER ERIC SCHOEN, THE BAND HAS SEEN INNUMERABLE LINEUP CHANGES IN ITS DECADE-LONG EXISTENCE. THE CURRENT LINEUP OF SCHOEN (GUITAR/LEAD VOCALS), NEIL LARSON (GUITAR/VOCALS), MAX WILLIAMSON (BASS/VOCALS), AND TRAVIS MCDONNELL (DRUMS) COALESCED IN THE FALL OF 2017 TO BEGIN WORK ON THAT FOR THIS WITH PRODUCER HARRISON COLBY. SINCE THEN, IAN EHRNSTROM HAS STEPPED IN TO REPLACE LARSON ON GUITAR. A YEAR (PLUS) OF ON-AGAIN / O

MILWAUKEE ARTIST CULLAH IS A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY MUSICIAN AND ENGINEER WHO HAS WRITTEN, RECORDED, AND RELEASED AN ALBUM EVERY YEAR ON APRIL 27TH (HIS BIRTHDAY) SINCE 2006. EACH ALBUM REFLECTS THE ECLECTIC MUSICAL STYLES THAT CULLAH DRAWS FROM — AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL JOURNEY OF MUSICAL EXPRESSION. CULLAH & THE COMRADES PLAY A SPECTACLE OF MILWAUKEE STRUT-N-STROLL ROCK -N- ROLL. BACKED BY TALENT OF THE COMRADES, CULLAH’S ABILITY TO BEND AND TRANSCEND GENRES LEADS FOR AN EXCITING AND CAPTIVATING PERFORMANCE THROUGH STYLE AND SOUND. CULLAH’S UNASSUMING PRESENCE EXISTS IN STARK CONTRAST TO HIS VOLUMINOUS VOCALS. TUNE INTO WMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE ON TUESDAY, APRIL 23 FOR A LIVE SET FROM CULLAH & THE COMRADES. CULLAH WILL BE ONE OF THE LOCAL ARTISTS FEATURED FOR 2019’S CHILL ON THE HILL SEASON LINEUP; TUNE IN TO HEAR MORE ABOUT CULLAH’S MUSIC AND GET A SNEAK PEEK OF THIS YEAR’S FULL CHILL ON THE HILL LINEUP AS WELL. WMSE.ORG TO STREAM LIVE OR IN THE ARCHIVES OR SIMPLY TUNE YOUR RADIO TO 91.7 FM AT THE 6 O’CLOCK HOUR. LOCA

CALEY CONWAY SLINGS A TELECASTER AND A NEW SET OF RULES FOR THE SINGER/SONGWRITER PARADIGM; ROOTED IN FOLK BUT HARDLY BOUND TO IT, HER INVENTIVE STYLE RANGES FROM JAZZ TO POST-ROCK, HINTS AT THE FAMILIAR AND EMBRACES A DISSONANT BEAUTY. THE MILWAUKEE NATIVE’S BREEZY VOICE AND DISARMING WIT BELIE A DEEP COMPLEXITY THAT HAS EARNED HER PRAISE AS “THE NEXT BIG THING IN FOLK MUSIC” BY NO DEPRESSION MAGAZINE. EQUALLY ENTHRALLING AS A SOLO PERFORMER OR A FULL BAND WITH BACKUP SINGERS, CONWAY LEAVES ROOMS HUSHED, HER AUDIENCES SOMEWHERE BETWEEN CHILLED AND CHUCKLING. HER NEW EP, SURROUNDED MIDDLE, IS OUT ON APRIL 18TH. TUNE INTO WMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE TUESDAY, APRIL 16TH, TO HEAR CALEY CONWAY’S LATEST MUSIC FROM HER FORTHCOMING ALBUM BEFORE HER OFFICIAL RELEASE SHOW LATER THAT WEEK AT ANODYNE ON BRUCE. SHE WILL HAVE A FULL BAND IN TOW, INCLUDING LOCALS MIKE NOYCE, D’AMATO AND DEVIN DROBKA. 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 SPONSOR

MOSS FOLK’S ANDREW SHELP GREW UP LISTENING TO PINK FLOYD, NEIL YOUNG, BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD, CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG, THE ANIMALS AND THE VELVET UNDERGROUND. A LOVE OF PSYCH MUSIC AND ANYTHING WITH A HEALTHY DOSE OF DISTORTION AND REVERB FUELED THE BIRTH OF SHELP’S NOW-ANNUAL MILWAUKEE-BASED FESTIVAL, PSYCH FEST, WHICH DRAWS LIKEMINDED ARTISTS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE TO PERFORM FOR A FULL WEEKEND OF SHOWS. MOSS FOLK WAS THE FOUNDATIONAL BAND ON WHICH PSYCH FEST BEGAN. MOSS FOLK’S LIVE SHOWS HAVE BEEN DESCRIBED AS “BLISTERING AND EXCITING” AND THE BAND HAS SPENT THEIR YEARS IN MILWAUKEE ROTATING THROUGH A CAST OF NUMEROUS MUSICIANS BUT ALWAYS COLLECTIVELY SPINNING THE SAME WEB OF HYPNOTIC MUSIC IN ONE OF THE MANY VEINS OF SHELP’S LAUDED PSYCH GENRE. DRONED GUITARS, SUBTLE CHANGES AND HEADY ATMOSPHERICS ALL HELP TO CREATE A COCOON OF HAZE THAT IS MOSS FOLK’S HALLMARK SOUND. TUNE INTO WMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE TUESDAY, APRIL 9TH, TO LISTEN TO SONGS FROM MOSS FOLK AHEAD OF THIS YEAR’S PSYCH FEST. WMSE.ORG TO STREAM LI

JAZZ NOW NEWS :: STAY UPDATED WITH THE LATEST HAPPENINGS LOCAL/LIVE: APRIL 2– NINETEEN THIRTEEN @ CLUB GARIBALDI’S POSTED:: MARCH 27, 2019 FILED UNDER:: INTERVIEWS, LOCAL/LIVE, SPECIAL PROGRAMMING WMSE IS EXCITED TO BE BACK ONCE AGAIN AT CLUB GARIBALDI’S FOR OUR MONTHLY LOCAL/LIVE SEGMENTS! THIS TIME AROUND, WE WELCOME THE NEW AND DYNAMIC SOUNDS OF NINETEEN THIRTEEN, FEATURING CELLIST JANET SCHIFF AND PERCUSSIONIST VICTOR DELORENZO (FOUNDING DRUMMER OF THE VIOLENT FEMMES). SCHIFF PLAYS A CELLO THAT WAS MADE IN ROMANIA IN THE YEAR OF 1913 WHILE DELORENZO PLAYS A SET OF DRUMS MADE IN MODERN-DAY AMERICA. TOGETHER, THEIR MUSIC SUGGESTS MYSTERY, ROMANCE AND FUTURE THOUGHT. POWERED BY CELLO LAYERS AND BEAT BRUSH PERCUSSION, THIS AWARD-WINNING DUO DEFIES EXPECTATIONS AND REWARDS LISTENERS WITH THEIR UNIQUE EXPRESSION OF MUSIC. CURRENTLY, THE DUO IS NO LONGER AN EXCLUSIVELY INSTRUMENTAL PROJECT – 2016’S EPS ‘MUSIC FOR TIME TRAVEL’ AND ‘THE DREAM’ AND THEIR LATEST, [2018’S] ‘SCI-FI ROMANCE’ EP FEATURES VOCAL CONTRI