The Onion A.V. Club
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Lest We Forget CD Release Party, Sacred Order, 3onFire, Rock-a Dials, Liv Mueller
Fri. 05/24 | 7:30PM @ Miramar Theatre (map)
Sacred Order 3onFire Rock-a Dials Liv Mueller
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May 16, 2013Lest We Forget began as a simple Facebook page dedicated to past Milwaukee musicians, bands, concerts, and scene-makers. more at avclub.com
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May 16, 2013Milwaukee has been making googly eyes at hushed, pastoral folk rock for several years now, with bands like Field Report, Altos, and Old Earth dominating both club dates and local album releases. more at avclub.com
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May 16, 2013With an Academy Award in one hand, a bottle of Grey Goose in the other, and a mouth full of bling, Three 6 Mafia member Juicy J really knows how to bring it. more at avclub.com
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CRAPPY DRACULA(Album Release!), FATTY ACIDS, RAMMA LAMMA
Sat. 05/25 | 10:00PM @ Cactus Club (map)
CRAPPY DRACULA“There are two kinds of stupidity—intentional and unintentional—and it actually takes quite a bit of smarts to pull off the former without being completely unbearable. Milw…more»
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Featured Review from The Onion A.V. Club
May 16, 2013There are two kinds of stupidity—intentional and unintentional—and it actually takes quite a bit of smarts to pull off the former without being completely unbearable. more at avclub.com
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David Sedaris
Sun. 05/26 | 2:00PM @ Boswell Book Company (map)
David Sedaris, author of Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls Sunday May 26, at 2:00 pm This is a free reading/signing, but space is limited. We expect to fill up early, but will arrange for an …more»
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Featured Review from The Onion A.V. Club
May 16, 2013Stories of dysfunctional families are entertainment’s bread and butter, from film to TV sitcoms, but essayist and author David Sedaris has managed to etch out a whole new facet of the genre. more at avclub.com
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Die Kreuzen
Sun. 05/26 | 7:00PM @ Turner Hall Ballroom (map)
This Memorial Day weekend groundbreaking hardcore legends Die Kreuzen are reunited and back at Turner Hall Ballroom for their second Milwaukee show in twenty years.
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Featured Review from The Onion A.V. Club
May 16, 2013From its blazing hardcore roots through multiple phases of fruitful experimentation, Milwaukee’s Die Kreuzen had all the brains, work ethic, and tunes needed to make it big—but when the underground scene it helped foster broke through to the mainstream in the early ’90s, the group seemed to miss out on the glory. more at avclub.com
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Japandroids
Mon. 05/27 | 7:00PM @ Turner Hall Ballroom (map)
Fist pumping anthems, red-blooded guitar blasts & raucous, celebratory indie rock from Vancouver duo Japandroids.
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Arrington De Dionyso's Malaikat Dan Singa
Tue. 05/28 | 9:00PM @ Quarters Rock n' Roll Palace (map)
21+, $5
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May 16, 2013Arrington De Dionyso is a Renaissance man in the truest sense. more at avclub.com
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Bloc Party
Wed. 05/29 | 7:00PM @ Pabst Theater (map)
With world-wide hits “Helicopter” and “Banquet” Bloc Party’s spiky anthemic danceable Brit-Rock have defined them as one of the UK’s most loved musical exports.
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May 16, 2013Brit band Bloc Party came on strong in 2005 with a debut, Silent Alarm, that was all wiry energy and big post-punk hooks. more at avclub.com
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Bay View Art Walk, Drugs Dragons, Gravedirt, CANNABINOL SYNAPSE
Fri. 05/31 | 4:00PM @ Frank's Power Plant (map)
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Featured Review from The Onion A.V. Club
May 20, 2013The festering brainchild of music scene stalwart Luke Chappelle, Drugs Dragons is a riff-heavy psychedelic-sleaze outfit that released a terrific self-titled album in 2010. more at avclub.com
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They Might Be Giants
Fri. 05/31 | 7:00PM @ Turner Hall Ballroom (map)
Sharp, singular, art-rock weirdness, melodic pop music that’s weird, moving, unsettling, and funny. Jump around. Shout along. Find that little birdhouse in your soul.
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Featured Review from The Onion A.V. Club
May 20, 2013Never underestimate the power of Johns Flansburgh and Linnell. more at avclub.com
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HEAVY HAND, LAMB'S LEGS, SOUP MOAT
Fri. 05/31 | 10:00PM @ Cactus Club (map)
HEAVY HAND(Milwaukee)Heavy Hand, Confusion Is Body Parts"Comprised of parts leftover from the vastly different likes of New Blind Nationals and The Scarring Party, the three-piece cock-pun…more»
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Featured Review from The Onion A.V. Club
May 20, 2013Comprised of parts left over from the vastly different likes of New Blind Nationals and The Scarring Party, Milwaukee’s Heavy Hand gut-punched the Midwest in 2012 with its blistering 19-minute debut EP Confusion Is Body Parts. more at avclub.com
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ALKALINE TRIO, Bayside, Off, Their Heads
Sat. 06/01 | 7:30PM @ The Rave/Eagles Club (map)
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May 20, 2013Love or hate them, the Chicago-bred punk-rockers of Alkaline Trio keep on trucking. more at avclub.com
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![TAP THE MASSES AND 88NINE RADIO MILWAUKEE PRESENTS: SEA WOLF [Dangerbird Records] With Special Guest TBA](http://s3.amazonaws.com/dostuff-production/photos/10277818/a10fef566b4c6daeb49ee561ce8022ae_sq_90.jpeg)
TAP THE MASSES AND 88NINE RADIO MILWAUKEE PRESENTS: SEA WOLF [Dangerbird Records] ...
Sat. 06/01 | 9:00PM @ Mad Planet (map)
Sea Wolf will be touring in support of their 2012 release Old World Romance and making a stop in Milwaukee in between shows at Sasquatch Music Festival and Bonnaroo. Alex Brown Church covers …more»
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May 20, 2013While Alex Church isn’t the only songwriter out there trafficking in weathered sweetness, his band Sea Wolf pulls it off a bit more convincingly than most. more at avclub.com
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Twin Shadow
Mon. 06/03 | 7:00PM @ Turner Hall Ballroom (map)
Infectious beats, danceable hooks, & sharp synths. Twin Shadow brings a fresh take on new wave aesthetic with haunting emotional lyrics and downright great songs at its core.
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Featured Review from The Onion A.V. Club
May 20, 2013In spite of being lumped in with bedroom-bound ’80s obsessives like Toro Y Moi and Washed Out, Dominican-born George Lewis Jr., a.k.a. Twin Shadow, distinguishes himself on his 2010 debut, Forget, with pungent synthesizer and crooning vocals that ride atop his songs instead of settling, shoegaze-like, below the instrumentation.more at avclub.com
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Marshall Crenshaw , Bottle Rockets
Mon. 06/03 | 8:00PM @ Shank Hall (map)
Born near Detroit, Michigan, Marshall Crenshaw began playing guitar at age ten and he received his first break playing John Lennon in the off-Broadway company of Beatlemania. In 1987, he playe…more»
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Featured Review from The Onion A.V. Club
May 20, 2013A remarkably talented pop craftsman with a bottomless knowledge of rock history, Marshall Crenshaw may be best known for his classic self-titled 1982 debut, particularly the Buddy Holly-esque “Someday, Someway.” more at avclub.com
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Son Volt
Wed. 06/05 | 7:00PM @ Turner Hall Ballroom (map)
Son Volt translates country-folk roots into songs of sadness and eloquence, including unreleased work of Woody Guthrie. The St. Louis band formed after a break up in the early 1990s of Uncle T…more»
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May 20, 2013Son Volt frontman Jay Farrar has had a difficult time matching the success and enthusiasm for his records since debuting under that moniker in 1995 with Trace.more at avclub.com
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