Linneman's Riverwest Inn
Johnny G.: Riding the Wave (Anomaly Records)
Johnny G. is chasing his demons in his haunted voice and leaving a raw collection of songs in his wake. Read more
Saving Our Democracy: March 28-April 3, 2019
Get personally involved in local politics and social justice causes; find out how by reading Saving Our Democracy. Read more
Musicians Embraced the Chaos at All Messed Up 9
Results varied as always at Linneman’s latest showcase of randomized bands, but as one act put it, “Fuck it all, we did our best.” Read more
Saving Our Democracy: March April 5-11, 2018
Saving Our Democracy for the week of April 5-11, 2018—the Shepherd Express’ list of activities in the greater Milwaukee area that peacefully push back against discriminatory, reactionary and authoritarian actions and policies of President Donald ... Read more
Photo credit: Veronica Rusnak
Peder Hedman’s Peers Turned Out to Honor the Late Milwaukee Great
Bandmates and admirers of Peder Hedman paid tribute to his music at a joyous show that underscored what a rare talent he was. Read more
All Messed Up’s Made-Up Bands Delivered a Night of Puns, Covers and Dinosaurs
Eight bands, all created by luck of the draw, made the most of their silly circumstances during All Messed Up’s eccentric annual showcase at Linneman’s Riverwest Inn. Read more
Photo credit: Chris Monaghan
This Week in Milwaukee: Dec. 21-27, 2017
Old World Third Street welcomes a new vintage arcade bar, while Anodyne Coffee welcomes two sensational Milwaukee Americana acts. Read more
LGBTQ Poetry in Milwaukee
Milwaukee has a long history of LGBTQ poets, including two, Antler and Jeff Poniewaz, who served as the city’s poet laureate. Read more
A Look Back at the Locust Street Festivals of Yesteryear
A scroll through the Locust Street Festival’s 1991 program illustrates just how much, and how little, the festival has changed over the years. Read more
Rocket Paloma: Rocket Paloma
The first Rocket Paloma EP, Great, found singer Joanna Kerner bemoaning lost love and kvetching about frenemies. On Rocket Paloma’s four songs she’s a cagier, more cryptic observer of the relational goings-on around her, and sounds as if sh... Read more
Strings Meet Ska, Jamaica Goes Balkan at Jason Seed-Tritonics Show
Talk about a curious double bill: a chamber string ensemble sharing the stage with a reggae-ska act? Read more
Chris Haise Fine-Tunes His Folky Debut, ‘Your Ugly Friends’
A Milwaukee open-mic staple, Chris Haise credits trial and error for his efficiently folky debut EP. Read more
All Messed Up @ Linneman's Riverwest Inn
The latest installment of “Milwaukee’s randomized musical experiment" yielded flute solos, mathy post punk, and covers of Afroman and Katy Perry. Read more
Gram Parsons 70th Birthday Bash @ Linneman’s Riverwest Inn
Some of Milwaukee’s finest roots, rock and country acts set out to honor the spirit of Gram Parsons at a marathon six-hour tribute show. Read more
Alt-Rock Musical Drama at Poet’s Monday
Poet’s Monday has been a steady home to a dizzying variety of different styles of thought and performance over the years. The venerable open mic/featured performer venue has been around for over thirty years, surviving the shut-down of a c.. Read more
The Dayna Clay Band to Headline Linneman’s Poet’s Monday
The Dayna Clay Band will headline Linneman’s (1001 E. LocustSt.) April 25 Poet’s Monday . Theevent will benefit RAINN, the nationslargest anti-sexual assault organization, and The Kennedy Forum/One Mind, a mentalhealth nonprofit. Door.. Read more
Kirk McFarlin: Kirk McFarlin
“Rip Van Winkle Eyes” is an appropriate opening song for Kirk McFarlin’s self-titled CD. The drummer-multi-instrumentalist disappeared from music somewhere near the end of the last century and reemerged this month with his first solo pro... Read more
The Tritonics Do the Rocksteady
The Tritonics channel the mellower sounds of reggae’s past on their John Sieger-produced debut LP. Read more
Allen Coté Captures a Moment in Time
Milwaukee songwriter Allen Coté describes his trilogy of “Sublimative Sessions” EPs as a series of stories. Read more
The Young Revelators: All I See
Milwaukee’s Young Revelators have beaten the sophomore album jinx. On All I See, the band’s roots remain firmly in ’70s-era blues rock, complete with tour de force slide guitar on some numbers along with Hendrix-style incendiary funk rock Read more
