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WMSE is happy to present Local/Live with Ugly Brothers (fresh from the release of their debut album!), broadcasting live from Club Garibaldi – 2501 S. Superior Street — on Tuesday, September 6th. Join WMSE and Milwaukee’s Ugly Brothers by listening over the airwaves or by participating as an audience member in another installment of WMSE’s dynamic ‘Local/Live at Club Garibaldi’s’ series; it is FREE and open to the 21+ public!

Ugly Brothers is well-deserving of its popularity on the Milwaukee folk scene; they have a penchant for thoughtful singer/songwriter lyrics crossed with the vocal intensity, harmonies, and catchy instrumentation to deliver them. Even though the sextet’s name is now only a partially correct descriptor, it still hearkens to the core of the group’s sound, priding itself on the “ugly” or unpolished sounds of raw Delta Blues melded with jazz swing, folk and more, the group originated around real life brothers Palmer and Alex Shah’s original collaboration. Since then, Ugly Brothers has expanded to include drummer Jay Joslyn, cellist Jenna Pepitone, violinist Anna Zaleski, and bassist Alex Heaton and celebrated their debut album’s release (16 Tiny Mountains), this past month.

This special night of local music and a live radio segment at Club Garibaldi’s (2501 S. Superior) is free and open to the 21+ public to listen to and participate in. WMSE Music Director Erin Wolf and co-host Cal Roach, will lead Ugly Brothers through questions in between their live sets. As an audience member, you can get in on the interview, too. Our audience is allowed to pick our guests’ brains by writing out their questions for Cal and Erin to ask, live on the radio.

Milwaukee’s ska-tastic Something To Do’s stage buddies really speak for the kind of live performance experience they offer, themselves: the Offspring, Reel Big Fish, The Beach Boys, Less Than Jake, The Spin Doctors, Goldfinger, G Love and Special Sauce, Old 97’s, The BoDeans, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Suburban Legends, The Gufs, Cowboy Mouth, Patti Smyth & Scandal, Voodoo Glow Skulls, The Toasters, The Skatalites, Mustard Plug, Big D & the Kids Table, Catch 22.

The band gets ready to release a brand new album with a show on Saturday, September 9th.

Before that show, tune into WMSE on Tuesday, August 30th to hear a live performance full of new songs from and interview with Something To Do – WMSE.org to stream live or in the archives, or simply tune your radio to 91.7 FM at the 6 o’clock hour.

“On Rangers & Valentines, Schoepp continues to write narrative-driven songs, something he’s improved on from his first two albums, 2009’s Lived and Moved and 2011’s Run, Engine, Run. He drops his characters into adrenaline-filled situations – diseases, natural disasters, even war – to see how they endure in the face of danger. It may sound dramatic, but many of the dire situations come straight from Schoepp’s life.

“‘His whole personality revolves around telling people stories,” says the band’s former guitarist, Graham Hunt. “He’s the kind of guy that weird, funny situations follow him around, so he’s always got fuel for his stories.'”

~Milwaukee Magazine

WMSE is happy to present Local/Live with Whiskey of the Damned, broadcasting live from Club Garibaldi – 2501 S. Superior Street — on Tuesday, August 16th. Join WMSE and Milwaukee’s Whiskey of the Damned by listening over the airwaves or by participating as an audience member in another installment of WMSE’s dynamic ‘Local/Live at Club Garibaldi’s’ series; it is FREE and open to the 21+ public!

Whiskey Of the Damned will be sure to get you in the spirit before the group plays Milwaukee’s Irish Fest later that week…”described as a mix of the Pogues, Dropkick Murphys and Bad Religion, you do not want to miss this act perform live.”

“Whiskey of the Damned is a five-piece Celtic-influenced rock group put together by Ireland native, Eoin McCarthy [and they] are a group of talented musicians dedicated to playing high-energy, raucous concerts filled with an unmistakable mixture of American and Irish rock. A batch of maniac, Celtic gypsy carnies, the group extensively tours, almost never leaving the road.”

This special night of local music and a live radio segment at Club Garibaldi’s (2501 S. Superior) is free and open to the 21+ public to listen to and participate in. WMSE Music Director Erin Wolf and co-host Cal Roach, will lead Whiskey of the Damned through questions in between their live sets. As an audience member, you can get in on the interview, too. Our audience is allowed to pick our guests’ brains by writing out their questions for Cal and Erin to ask, live on the radio.

Weighing in at 450 pounds with a combined income of $27 an hour, these three Midwestern lads embark on a fruitless rock ‘n roll journey. Influences ranging from pre power chord rock ‘n roll, early 2000’s emo and post rock; their songs have a natural ebb and flow created through the bond of three best friends. If it weren’t for Live Tetherball Tonight, the three would be hundreds of dollars richer.

WMSE is happy to present Local/Live with Shonn Hinton & Shotgun, broadcasting live from Club Garibaldi – 2501 S. Superior Street — on Tuesday, July 19th. Join WMSE and Milwaukee’s Shonn Hinton & Shotgun by listening over the airwaves or by participating as an audience member in another installment of WMSE’s dynamic ‘Local/Live at Club Garibaldi’s’ series! It is FREE and open to the 21+ public.

“Why search the world for great musicians when they’re right in your own backyard? Those were Shonn Hinton’s thoughts when forming the super powerhouse group, Shotgun, in 2014. Although the group had played together for over a decade in Milwaukee, they decided to emerge into their own band that would headline tours, showcasing their pocketed, classic sound. Shotgun’s opportunity to shine came when they performed songs live from Shonn Hinton’s 2014 instrumental gospel, rock and blues album The Happy Hour LP.

“For Shonn, Shotgun’s personnel guarantees not only great musicianship, but diversity as well. “I wanted the hard-hitting drumming that’s rooted in rock, bass playing that provokes the feeling of Detroit soul, sweet twang, with dirty guitar playing, and singing that put’s you in the mind frame of a Baptist preacher”.

This special night of local music and a live radio segment at Club Garibaldi’s (2501 S. Superior) is free and open to the 21+ public to listen to and participate in. WMSE Music Director Erin Wolf and co-host Cal Roach, will lead Shonn Hinton & Shotgun through questions in between their live sets. As an audience member, you can get in on the interview, too. Our audience is allowed to pick our guests’ brains by writing out their questions for Cal and Erin to ask, live on the radio.

Bo Triplex is a funky, groovy, get down good time from Milwaukee. Lead by established local bassist Bo Triplex, his Beautiful Band adds to – and compliments – the booming bass lines. Audiences bounce with their high energy performances, awe at the sexy Bonita’s and remiss groups like Vanity 6, Parliament and the like.

Todd Umhoefer – aka Old Earth — got his start in Milwaukee as a solo performer and artist, looking for an outlet outside of his predominant collaborative efforts. “I met most of my collaborators in ’06 doing open mics around Milwaukee,” he mentioned in a 2013 interview. Those collaborators turned into a band as Umhoefer played in the initial iterations of Field Report (which was then known as Conrad Plymouth).

When Umhoefer ventured to solidly offer his solo efforts both in recording and in performance, he quickly gained attention for his mesmerizing songwriting — folk at its darkest and prettiest, inspired by golden oldies, punk and hip hop. Frantic-yet-grounded pacing, constant layers and washes of guitar on loop bolster his sincere lyrical poetry.

Although last year saw Umhoefer venture to California, he is back for a string of Midwest dates (among those, a stop at Acme Records and Inspiration Studios with Jon Mueller this weekend) and a stop by Local/Live to share with us his newest writings (Lay For June) and his plans for a California-by-Milwaukee musician existence.

Direct Hit is a band with members you might remember from now-defunct Milwaukee groups The Box Social, Paige Marshall, and The Accidents. They’ve taken a big step this year, signing a contract with Fat Wreck Chords, the San Francisco-based record label that’s released work from NOFX, The Lawrence Arms, Against Me!, Dillinger Four, Anti-Flag, Descendents, Madison’s own Masked Intruder, and countless other beloved punk acts over the course of its 25-year existence. The band’s new album, Wasted Mind, comes out on Friday, June 24.

Dr. Shrinker’ style of music can be described of a blend of thrash metal, death metal, progressive metal and hardcore. The term the band coined back in the 1980s for their brand of music is ‘Gore Core’.

“Dr. Shrinker’s first go-around was back in late 1987 – early 1991. In 2013, three of the original members decided to reform the band. The remaining original members are Rich [Noonan on vocals] and Jim [Potter on guitar].