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“The Pukes came together during the spring of 2015 in a fit of spontaneity. Guitar player, Jules Frank, crawled from the swamps of Florida where he was raised by alligators and relied heavily on the native gar fish and snails for sustenance. First meeting the often elusive Sam Sharkey at the West Allis Karaoke State Championship, the two struck up an immediate musical kinship. Then, one night, Sam and Jules went to see the highly anticipated California Raisins reunion tour. As the show was going on, neither of the two couldn’t keep their eyes off the drummer (and it wasn’t because he was the only member of the band that wasn’t a raisin). After the show, they made it backstage, approached him, and asked him if this gig was as sweet as it tastes. He said he was ready for a new gig before things got way out of control. And that, boys and girls, is how The Pukes came together.”

“Milwaukee quartet Fox Face plays weird punk rock with brooding rhythm and creepy guitar tones. Their witchy lyrics and fierce sound will make you want to groove. Or hold a seance.”

“Static Eyes play snotty, fuzz stomp rock and roll – straight up, no fillers, no sweeteners. Their songs hit you like a million daggers and no one at their shows can escape from their raw, confrontational songs. Check them out but be warned you will never be the same.”

The Sublimative Sessions are an interdimensional, interdisciplinary set of experiments, loosely curated by Allen and featuring a rotating ensemble cast of musicians from The Vega Star, The New Red Moons, The Great Lake Drifters, The Form, Lisa Ridgely and the Fainting Room, Twin Brother and The Scarring Party, among others.

Volumes 1-3 span nearly four years of chaos and creation, with a full and final release on the first full moon of 2016, featuring the fourth incarnation of Krystal Kuehl, Nathan Kilen, John Patek, Heidi Spencer and Jeff Brueggeman, for four special performances, never to be repeated and NOT to be missed.

Local Live - Best Of 2015 by WMSE

“Formed in 2007. Often compared to Dead Kennedys, Lard, and various Am Rep bands. Now playing thrashy doomy crossover as a three piece consisting of members from Call Me Lightning and Those Poor Bastards. Recent shows include Jello Biafra, Black Flag, Negative Approach, Melt Banana, High On Fire, Goatwhore, Die Kreuzen, etc.”

ToneMadison.com writes, “‘Guitarist/vocalist Vincent Presley, who sang in a piercing yip in ZEBRAS‘ first incarnation, has lowered his voice to crusty, baying screams, and his riffs now balance twisty noise-rock figures with a deep rhythmic chug. Synth player Lacey Smith’s Moog has evolved from a spacey noise machine to a sludgier and more nimble bass instrument. But perhaps the most significant change is how much more Hochstetler… has integrated his drumming style into the band’s songs… Throughout The City Of Sun, you can hear Hochstetler’s toms rumbling to evoke a more conversational, swinging interpretation of precision death-metal pummeling,” furthering, “On ‘The Turning Of The Bones,’ ZEBRAS hit a lot more fiercely than I could have imagined them doing just a couple of years ago. Smith and Presley create a wall of low-end pestilence and Hochsteler’s snare scrambles up it, but the heaviness is also kinetic and dynamic. Smith’s synth bass part and Hochstetler’s drums work together to stir up crafty drag-and-sprint rhythms, and Presley’s vocals lurch against them with snarling spite.'”

It’s beginning to look a lot like…Waldochness. What is “Waldochness”, you might ask? Waldochness is what one gets when Milwaukee musician Mark Waldoch (of Milwaukee band The Celebrated Workingman) puts on one of his famously-infamous holiday music shindigs. For those of you who remember his glorious “Merry Cactmus” show a few years back, buckle in and get ready for another round of holiday cheer.

Join WMSE and Mark Waldoch and Friends this Tuesday, December 15th at Club Garibaldi once again (at 2501 S. Superior) as we put on a special live radio segment and holiday show for our always-fun Local/Live at Club Garibaldi series. Waldoch will be joined by various Milwaukee musicians to strum, jingle and ho ho ho their way through their version of holiday stories and songs.

Local/Live at Club Garibaldi is free and open to the public to listen to and participate in (21+ only, please!).

WMSE Music Director Erin Wolf and co-host Cal Roach, will lead Mark Waldoch and Friends through questions in between their live sets, with the help of the audience; as part of the audience, you can get in on the interview, too by writing out your own questions. There will be a special 30-minute, off-air show set for those in attendance, to boot!

Doors are at 5:30pm, segment starts at 6pm. If you can’t join us for the live segment and show at Club Garibaldi, please tune in, per usual, to 91.7 FM (or stream online at WMSE.org) at the 6 o’clock hour.

“The Carpetbaggers are a four-piece honky tonk band from Milwaukee made up of members Matt “MF” Tyner on acoustic and National guitar and lead vocals, Kent “The Colonel” Knapp on stand-up bass and backing vocals, Rolf “Rock Hard” Wessel on lead guitar, and Ja Bo “Boom Boom” Ciz on drums and backing vocals. The Carpetbaggers are always tight, enthusiastic and an overall good time.”

“milo is 23 years old and lives in Milwaukee, WI. on air, he is accompanied by s.al and randal bravery, also residents of Milwaukee, WI.

together they run the tape label ruby yacht.”

“Jonathan Burks teams up with Dave Cusma, Didier Leplae and Nathan Kilen for the latest iteration of Jon Burks’ Band, bringing on tuba, electric guitar and Rhythm and Blues. His eighth release and first full-length album in three years, Getting Low playfully self-examines, giving quiet desperation a voice of reflective reckoning. A little less country, a lot more Rock and Roll, Burks continues to move forward exploring demons and ideas with psychedelic warmth and self-deprecating wit.”