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EVERY FIRST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH WMSE RETURNS TO CLUB GARIBALDI FOR OUR ESTEEMED LOCAL/LIVE SEGMENT AND ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH, WE WELCOME MILWAUKEE’S NASTOS TO GARIBALDI’S STAGE FOR A LIVE RADIO SHOW THAT YOU CAN JOIN EITHER IN-PERSON OR ON THE AIRWAVES!

NASTOS’ NEWEST ALBUM, ILLEGAL SPIRITS (OUT IN NOVEMBER), IS THE CULMINATION OF FOUR YEARS OF CREATIVE EXPLORATION, COLLABORATION, AND HARD WORK. NASTOS BEGAN AS A SIDE PROJECT OF NOLAN TRUTTSCHEL OF PILES, AFTER THAT BAND WENT ON HIATUS.

NASTOS IS NOW A FULLY-FORMED ROCK QUARTET, SPILLING OUT NOISY-YET-MELODIC MOMENTS FILLED WITH EQUAL PARTS HOOKS AND HEAVY, DREAMLIKE BREAKDOWNS.

WMSE MUSIC DIRECTOR ERIN AND LOCAL/LIVE CO-HOST CAL ROACH WILL LEAD NASTOS THROUGH QUESTIONS IN BETWEEN THEIR LIVE SET WITH THE HELP OF OUR AUDIENCE (AND AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION IS ENCOURAGED!).

YOU CAN JOIN WMSE AND NASTOS AT CLUB GARIBALDI’S AS WE TEAM UP FOR THIS LIVE RADIO SHOW. IF YOU CAN’T MAKE IT, LISTEN LIVE OVER THE AIRWAVES (OR IN THE WMSE ARCHIVES) AT THE 6 O’CLOCK HOUR.

THIS 21+ EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

DOORS ARE AT 5:30PM AND THE SEGMENT STARTS AT 6PM AND RUNS UNTIL 7PM. CLUB GARIBALDI’S IS LOCATED AT 2501 S. SUPERIOR STREET IN BAY VIEW.

LOCAL/LIVE ON WMSE IS SPONSORED BY CLUB GARIBALDI.

DRAWING ON THE MORE MELODIC SIDE OF 90S INDIE ROCK AND EMO, FLAT TEETH’S MUSIC ECHOES EVERYTHING FROM THE GET UP KIDS AND MOCK ORANGE TO DARKER AND MOODIER ACTS LIKE NO KNIFE AND CURSIVE.

INTERLOCKING GUITARS, LAYERED VOCAL HARMONIES AND DRIVING RHYTHMS ARE ALL PRESENT IN THE BAND’S OUTPUT AND THOSE SEEKING STRAIGHTFORWARD AND ENERGETIC SONGWRITING WILL FIND MUCH TO ENJOY (AS NOT MUCH AS CHANGED SINCE THEIR DEBUT EP, RELEASED LAST YEAR). FLAT TEETH’S NEXT RELEASE, SILENT SECONDS, SEES THEM STRONGER THAN EVER.

WE INVITE YOU TO INTO WMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29TH TO GET A SNEAK PREVIEW OF THE NEW FLAT TEETH RECORD, SILENT SECONDS BEFORE IT OFFICIALLY ARRIVES ON NOVEMBER 8TH. WMSE.ORG TO STREAM THE SHOW 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.

NEBIYAH “SHADDYE” JORDAN IS A 17 YEAR-OLD SENIOR AT WISCONSIN LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL WHO WRITES AND PRODUCES HER OWN MUSIC. SHE STARTED MUSIC AND WRITING SONGS WHEN SHE WAS EIGHT. AT 16, SHADDYE RELEASED HER FIRST EP (IN THE FALL OF 2017) TITLED MY LIFE IN A BOOMBOX. SHADDYE’S POSITIVE MESSAGES, STRONG SPIRIT AND DELIVERY ON THAT FIRST EP HAVE INSPIRED AND MOTIVATED NOT ONLY HERSELF, BUT ALSO HER COMMUNITY AND HER PEERS.

THIS PAST SUMMER, SHADDYE OPENED UP FOR VIC MENSA AT SUMMERFEST AND WAS ALSO RECENTLY NOMINATED BY 88NINE FOR “BEST INDEPENDENT ARTIST OF THE YEAR”. TUNE INTO WMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE ON OCTOBER 22ND TO HEAR WHAT SHADDYE HAS PLANNED, NEXT, AND HEAR HER LATEST SONGS IN ADDITION TO SONGS FROM THAT CLASSIC DEBUT, MY LIFE IN A BOOMBOX. WMSE.ORG TO STREAM THE SHOW 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.

GENESIS RENJI IS AN EMMY-NOMINATED HIP HOP ARTIST BASED OUT OF MILWAUKEE. BORN IN BETHESDA, MD, RENJI STARTED RAPPING AT 12 YEARS-OLD AFTER HIS COUSIN PIERRE INTRODUCED HIM TO RAP MUSIC. FREESTYLES WITH HIS BROTHERS AND COUSIN WAS SOMETHING HE DID TO FIT IN. THIS SEARCH FOR ACCEPTANCE TURNED INTO A PASSION FOR PERFORMANCES IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND LATER, SPOKEN WORD SLAMS IN HIGH SCHOOL.

AFTER SEEING LUPE FIASCO’S “KICK, PUSH” VIDEO, RENJI STARTED ACTIVELY WRITING AND RECORDING HIMSELF. SOME OF HIS OTHER EARLY INFLUENCES WERE CHAMILLIONAIRE, LIL’ WAYNE, AND EMINEM. AS HIS INTERESTS GREW AND MUSICAL TASTE EXPANDED, SO DID HIS SONIC PALETTE. HAVING A CREATIVE SIGNATURE OF PENNING VIVID STORIES LIKE KENDRICK LAMAR AND PAIRING THEM WITH CATCHY, VIBRANT HOOKS LIKE CHILDISH GAMBINO HELPED TRANSLATE INTO MEMORABLE MUSIC AND PERFORMANCES FROM THE MILWAUKEE EMCEE.

FROM OPENING FOR HIP-HOP LEGENDS JEAN GRAE, PHAROAHE MONCH, AND SKYZOO TO CREATING INTIMATE SHOW RELEASES WITH CEREAL BARS, RENJI’S PERFORMANCES ARE MONUMENTALLY UNFORGETTABLE. SHOWS LIKE THESE HAVE LED TO HIS HIGHLIGHT PERFORMANCE FOR AMINÉ IN FRONT OF 7,000 FESTIVAL GOERS AT SUMMERFEST IN 2018, AND A SOLD OUT MILWAUKEE BUCKS HALFTIME PERFORMANCE FOR A CROWD OF 17,341.

RENJI RECENTLY RELEASED HIS NEW ALBUM ‘KEEFE‘ AND WILL OFFICIALLY RELEASE IT ON NOVEMBER 16TH WITH AN ALBUM RELEASE SHOW.

TUNE INTO LOCAL/LIVE ON WMSE ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15TH TO HEAR THE NEWEST FROM GENESIS RENJI. WMSE.ORG TO STREAM THE SHOW 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.

CREDENTIALS IS A MATHY/NOISY ROCK BAND FROM MILWAUKEE WHO ARE HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY FIRST WAVE POST-ROCK. THEY WORSHIP CHICAGO AND LOUISVILLE BANDS FROM THE MID-90S AND FEATURE MEMBERS OF MURDER IN THE RED BARN, GUNS BLAZING, NO/NO, GALACTIC CANNIBAL, AND OTHERS.

THE QUARTET IS COMPRISED OF JOSHUA BACKES ON GUITAR, JAMES DAVID ON DRUMS, CAT RIES ON VOCALS AND PETER J. WOODS ON BASS AND VOCALS, CREDENTIALS’ DEBUT COLLECTION OF DEMOS WAS RELEASED IN MAY OF THIS YEAR.

TUNE INTO WMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8TH FOR MUSIC FROM CREDENTIALS BEFORE THE BAND’S SHOW LATER THAT WEEK WITH ICONIC WISCONSIN-BASED PERCUSSIONIST, JON MUELLER. 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.

EVERY FIRST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH WMSE RETURNS TO CLUB GARIBALDI FOR OUR ESTEEMED LOCAL/LIVE SEGMENT AND ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1ST, WE WELCOME MILWAUKEE’S LIAR’S TRIAL TO GARIBALDI’S STAGE FOR A LIVE RADIO SHOW THAT YOU CAN JOIN EITHER IN-PERSON OR ON THE AIRWAVES!

LIAR’S TRIAL’S LATEST ALBUM, ‘FRIENDS IN NO PLACES’ FINDS THE BAND NO LONGER LOST ON THE FRINGES BY FINDING A WAY TO BRIDGE THE GAPS BETWEEN ITS VARIED INFLUENCES. LIAR’S TRIAL FORMED IN 2011 OUT OF THE PUNK SCENE IN MILWAUKEE AND HAS SINCE BLAZED A TRAIL ACROSS THE MIDWEST, PLAYING ITS OWN TAKE OF GENUINE, HARD-DRIVING COUNTRY MUSIC. A LITTLE TOO COUNTRY FOR THE PUNKS AND TOO PUNK FOR THE COUNTRY CROWD, LIAR’S TRIAL HAS NEVER BEEN AFRAID TO STAY TRUE TO ITS HEART AND ITS ROOTS.

LIAR’S TRIAL HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THE STAGE WITH SOME OF THE MOST PROMINENT NAMES IN COUNTRY MUSIC: DAVID ALLAN COE, BILLY JOE SHAVER, BEN AND NOEL HAGGARD, BILLY DON BURNS, DOUG STONE, ELIZABETH COOK, THE STEEL WOODS, SPLIT LIP RAYFIELD AND THE WACO BROTHERS (TO NAME A FEW).

WMSE MUSIC DIRECTOR ERIN AND LOCAL/LIVE CO-HOST CAL ROACH WILL LEAD THE LIAR’S TRIAL THROUGH QUESTIONS IN BETWEEN THEIR LIVE SET WITH THE HELP OF OUR AUDIENCE (AND AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION IS ENCOURAGED!).

YOU CAN JOIN WMSE AND LIAR’S TRIAL AT CLUB GARIBALDI AS WE TEAM UP FOR THIS LIVE RADIO SHOW. IF YOU CAN’T MAKE IT, LISTEN LIVE OVER THE AIRWAVES (OR IN THE WMSE ARCHIVES) AT THE 6 O’CLOCK HOUR.

THIS 21+ EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

DOORS ARE AT 5:30PM AND THE SEGMENT STARTS AT 6PM AND RUNS UNTIL 7PM. CLUB GARIBALDI’S IS LOCATED AT 2501 S. SUPERIOR STREET IN BAY VIEW.

LOCAL/LIVE ON WMSE IS SPONSORED BY CLUB GARIBALDI.

MELODIC, WELL-CRAFTED, DRIVING ALT GUITAR POP THAT ROCKS. BAND MEMBERS MIKE BENIGN, JOE VENT, PAUL BIEMANN AND MIKE KOCH ARE VETERANS OF ACCLAIMED MILWAUKEE-BASED ACTS LIKE BLUE IN THE FACE, THE YELL LEADERS, ARMS & LEGS & FEET AND THE JOKER’S HENCHMEN. LIVE SHOWS INCLUDE OPENER SLOTS FOR SQUEEZE, NEIL FINN (CROWDED HOUSE), THE LEMONHEADS, THE ALARM, BOB MOULD, BLACK FRANCIS, RHETT MILLER, MARSHALL CRENSHAW, THE ALARM, THE FIXX, AND OTHERS. THE BAND’S FIFTH ALBUM, BYGONES, OFFICIALLY ARRIVES IN THIS MONTH.

TUNE INTO WMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH TO LISTEN TO A SET OF NEW SONGS FROM THE MIKE BENIGN COMPULSION (AND TO CELEBRATE LOVE 91.7 DAY!) . 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.

HAUNTER IS KIND OF A SPACE ROCK GROUP WHO STARTED MAKING MUSIC IN STEVENS POINT BACK IN 2011, RELEASING THREE FULL ALBUMS AND THREE EPS. NOW IN MILWAUKEE, THE BAND IS STILL GOING STRONG, RECENTLY RELEASING THEIR LATEST ALBUM, PLEASE UNDERSTAND.

PLEASE UNDERSTAND SOUNDS LIKE FLYING LOW OVER THE MOJAVE DESERT WITH A RADIO TUNED TO NO STATION, PICKING UP ROGUE TRANSMISSIONS AS YOU GLIDE TOWARD THE GREY-BLUE HORIZON. SOMETIMES A NICE MELODY OR CATCHY GUITAR HOOK FINDS ITS WAY THROUGH THE STATIC AND YOU KNOW YOU’RE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

TUNE INTO WMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH TO LISTEN TO SONGS FROM PLEASE UNDERSTAND BY HAUNTER. 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.

AFTER SUMMER BREAK, WMSE IS HAPPY TO BE BACK ONCE AGAIN AT CLUB GARIBALDI FOR LOCAL/LIVE! ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, WE WELCOME MORTGAGE FREEMAN FOR A LIVE SHOW AND INTERVIEW ON-SITE AND OVER THE AIRWAVES THAT YOU CAN JOIN!

MORTGAGE FREEMAN IS A FOUR CHEESE BLEND OF HEAVY-HITTING MATH ROCK, WORLDLY AND INTERSTELLAR INFLUENCE, ASIAGO, AND THAT OF AN ART PUNK-FAUX FUNK ILK.

A STAPLE OF THE MILWAUKEE MUSIC SCENE FOR NEARLY SEVEN YEARS, MORTGAGE FREEMAN ENERGIZES A STAGE LIKE FEW ACTS CAN. PREPARING TO RELEASE THEIR THIRD FULL-LENGTH ALBUM, THEY ARE CONSTANTLY CHALLENGING THEMSELVES TO NEW HEIGHTS. THEIR NEW ALBUM, “IT’S ALL A WASH”, WILL CONTINUE TO INVIGORATE AND EMBRACE THEIR SHOWMANSHIP.

WMSE MUSIC DIRECTOR ERIN AND SPECIAL GUEST CO-HOST, MATT WILD (OF MILWAUKEE RECORD), WILL LEAD THE BAND THROUGH QUESTIONS IN BETWEEN THE LIVE PERFORMANCE WITH THE HELP OF OUR AUDIENCE (AND AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION IS ENCOURAGED!).

YOU CAN JOIN WMSE AND MORTGAGE FREEMAN AT CLUB GARIBALDI AS WE TEAM UP FOR THIS LIVE RADIO SHOW. IF YOU CAN’T MAKE IT, LISTEN LIVE OVER THE AIRWAVES (OR IN THE WMSE ARCHIVES) AT THE 6 O’CLOCK HOUR.

THIS 21+ EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

DOORS ARE AT 5:30PM AND THE SEGMENT STARTS AT 6PM AND RUNS UNTIL 7PM. CLUB GARIBALDI IS LOCATED AT 2501 S. SUPERIOR STREET IN BAY VIEW.

LOCAL/LIVE ON WMSE IS SPONSORED BY CLUB GARIBALDI.

TODD UMHOEFER HAS BEEN PERFORMING AND RECORDING UNDER THE NAME OLD EARTH FOR OVER A DECADE.

AFTER HUNDREDS OF PERFORMANCES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND INCLUDING A TOUR OF THE UK, OLD EARTH HAS WORKED WITH DOZENS OF COLLABORATORS AND HAS PUBLISHED OVER EIGHT HOURS OF MUSIC SINCE THE PROJECT’S INITIATION. OLD EARTH’S FINAL ALBUM OF THE WILL BE RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 4TH, TEN YEARS TO THE DAY AFTER THE FIRST…

OLD EARTH HAS MADE A NAME FOR HIMSELF WITH HIS POETIC STYLE OF LYRICISM PAIRED WITH A NETWORK OF RHYTHMICALLY- INTERLACING GUITAR LOOPS AND FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH WILL SEE HIM PERFORMING HIS FINAL SHOW AT LINNEMAN’S.

TUNE INTO WMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 27TH TO HELP BID FAREWELL TO MILWAUKEE PROJECT OLD EARTH BEFORE THAT FINAL SHOW. 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.