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WITH THE RELEASE OF HER NEW VIDEO “BETTER THAN THIS” AND EP OF THE SAME NAME AND HER VIDEO INCLUSION FOR “KNOWLEDGE” IN THE 2018 MILWAUKEE FILM FESTIVAL, MILWAUKEE’S MS. LOTUS FANKH IS MAKING HER MARK ON HER HOMETOWN. BUT THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING…SHE’S BEEN COLLABORATING LOCAL MUSICIANS ON HER FORTHCOMING EP AND IT’S GUARANTEED TO BE A TOUR DE FORCE OF ORIGINAL POETRY, CHOREOGRAPHY AND DESIGN WORK.

“I WANT TO HAVE A GLOBAL REACH FROM MY HEART, AND GIVE EVERYONE A LITTLE HEART HUG” SHE SAYS. HER DEDICATION TO ADDRESSING SOCIAL AND RACIAL INJUSTICES THROUGH MUSIC LED TO ONE OF HER PROUDEST MOMENTS: SHE RETURNED TO HER ALMA MATER TO PERFORM “WOKE,” A 2-HOUR PROGRAM THAT FEATURED POETRY AND TALKBACKS WITH WITH STUDENTS. THE EXPERIENCE – PROMOTING EDUCATION, AWARENESS AND HEALING – UNDERSCORED HER COMMITMENT TO HER LIFE’S WORK. “ON A LOCAL LEVEL, MY DREAM IS TO HAVE A COMMUNITY FOUNDATION THAT FUNDS THE ARTS, BRINGING A MORE DIRECT CONNECTION BETWEEN THE MONEY AND THE OUTCOMES.”

TUNE INTO WMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE TUESDAY, MARCH 26TH TO LISTEN TO SONGS FROM MS. LOTUS FANKH’S FORTHCOMING EP. 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’S.

ROCKET CAT LAUNCHED IN MILWAUKEE IN EARLY 2016, WHEN FOUR VETERAN MUSICIANS EMBARKED ON A MISSION TO CREATE MUSIC ROOTED IN THE HIGH-ENERGY INTERPLAY OF VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL LAYERS, DRAWING HEAVILY UPON THE MUSICAL INFLUENCES OF THEIR YOUTH.

LAST YEAR SAW ROCKET CAT HOLDING THE #1 SPOT ON REVERBNATION’S LOCAL AND REGIONAL ALTERNATIVE ROCK CHARTS AND ALSO EARNING NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2018 WAMI AWARDS IN TWO CATEGORIES – “NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR” AND “POP/ROCK ARTIST OF THE YEAR”. FUELED BY THEIR SUCCESS, ROCKET CAT HAS A FRESH ROUND OF NEW MATERIAL AND ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO AN APRIL 5TH LP RELEASE AT ANODYNE (WITH SPECIAL GUESTS FLAT TEETH AND MORTGAGE FREEMAN) AS WELL AS A MUSIC VIDEO PREMIERE AND SCREENING ON JUNE 1ST AT NO STUDIOS WITH LIVE PERFORMANCES BY ROCKET CAT AND THE KEYSTONES.

TUNE INTO WMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE TUESDAY, MARCH 19TH TO LISTEN TO THE NEWEST SONGS AND HEAR THE LATEST NEWS FROM MILWAUKEE’S ROCKET CAT. 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’S.

LOST TRIBES OF THE MOON USES “METAL” AS ITS MAIN VEHICLE OF SOUND BUT ALSO CITES INFLUENCES RANGING FROM 70’S HARD ROCK, PROG ROCK, FOLK AND AMBIENT/EXPERIMENTAL, FOCUSING ON DYNAMICS TO DELIVER A SOUND THAT DOESN’T SIT NEATLY INTO ANY SINGLE DESCRIPTION OR GENRE. LOST TRIBES OF THE MOON TAKES THEIR NAME FROM A REFERENCE TO CLIVE BARKER’S NIGHTBREED FILM AND GRAPHIC NOVEL AND USES THIS DEBATE-ABLY FICTIONAL UNIVERSE TO INFLUENCE THEIR OVERALL VIBE, AS WELL AS LYRICISM STEEPED IN STORIES OF MYTHICAL FIGURES AND OLD TALES.

SINCE 2017, LOST TRIBES OF THE MOON HAS SHARED THE STAGE WITH TROUBLE, TODAY IS THE DAY, BLACK TUSK, IMMORTAL BIRD, DOOMSTRESS, DREADNOUGHT, AILS, OWL AND SAVAGE MASTER. THE RELEASE OF THEIR DEBUT, SELF-TITLED ALBUM SEES THEM VENTURING OUT BEYOND THEIR HOMETOWN AND THE MIDWEST TO SHARE THEIR MUSIC, WHILE CONTINUOUSLY WRITING NEW MATERIAL THAT WILL HELP THEM EVOLVE TO THE NEXT PHASE OF THEIR EXISTENCE.

TUNE INTO WMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE TUESDAY, MARCH 12TH TO LISTEN TO A SET FROM MILWAUKEE’S LOST TRIBES OF THE MOON. 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’S.

OQ IS LIAM O’BRIEN AND COLE QUAMME IN COLLABORATION WITH AN ARRAY OF MILWAUKEE-BASED CONTRIBUTORS. QUAMME STARTED MAKING BEATS INFLUENCED BY THE DEFINITIVE SOUND OF THE LATE JANKA NABAY AND DECIDED TO REACH OUT TO LOCAL FOLK AND BLUEGRASS MUSICIANS TO SEE WHAT THEY COULD DO WITH THEM. QUAMME EVENTUALLY RECRUITED O’BRIEN, WHO DEVELOPED THE INTERLOCKING RHYTHMS INTO FULL-FLEDGED SONGS BASED ON CELTIC MELODIES.

BY THE TIME THEY’D GOTTEN AROUND TO PRODUCING THEIR FIRST EP, PARADICE 1, THE PROJECT HAD TAKEN ON SURPRISING NEW FORMS. PARADICE 1 EXEMPLIFIES THIS EVOLUTION – MELODIC RUMINATIONS ON HUMANITY DANCE OVER SUSTAINED GROOVES AND COMPLEX POLYRHYTHMS. IT’S A SOUND THAT HEARKENS A DISTANT PAST AND IN THE SAME STROKE, HERALDS IN THE COMING OF A NOT-SO-DISTANT, BUT HOPEFULLY BRIGHTER, FUTURE.

TUNE INTO WMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26TH AS WE WELCOME OQ FOR THEIR DEBUT RADIO PERFORMANCE ON THE MIGHTY 91. 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’S.

Milwaukee’s Warhola Cats’ indie pop is propelled by the writing of leader Elisabeth Gasparka, who composes lyrical pop songs created with voice, cello, piano, flute, percussion, guitar and beyond for a pastoral-leaning pop sound. The quartet’s 2017 release, In This Light, is dotted with references to Milwaukee, drawing the listener into a vivid, moving environment.

Warhola Cats’ songs vary between the poignant and the absurd;  themes of longing, anticipation, existential dread, and heartfelt anthems toasting the Milwaukee mundane, invites reverence for this time and place…musical renderings to capture the moment as it passes.

Tune into WMSE’s Local/Live on Tuesday, February 19th to listen to the newest from Milwaukee’s Warhola Cats as they have their debut performance on the Mighty 91. 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’s.

WAVY V (pronounced “way-vee vee”) is a six-piece chamber pop band based in Milwaukee. Their intricate, psychedelia-tinged arrangements take unexpected turns around multi-instrumental and vocal harmonies. The band is releasing their second 7-inch, “A”, the follow-up to the previously released “W”, on February 15th with a show at Anodyne on Bruce Street.

Tune into WMSE’s Local/Live on Tuesday, February 12th to hear WAVY V’s latest songs before their big release 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’s.

WMSE is excited to be back once again at Club Garibaldi for our monthly Local/Live segments! This time around, we welcome to the stage the Dick Satan Trio, the Milwaukee legends who will provide your chili-eating soundtrack the following month at the Kern Center for WMSE’s annual Rockabilly Chili fundraiser event.

To get you even more set, WMSE will also have Rockabilly Chili Fundraiser tickets on hand at this Local/Live show and a very special Buy One Get One Free Chili Ticket Deal. That’s right…a BOGO deal!

The Dick Satan Trio (who are actually a quartet) will ride the waves of surf, sweat and sonic awesomeness for this very special Local/Live. Their devilish style will have audiences cutting a rug that will fly them to a magical land of sweet surf sounds and “Soul Grooved Instrumental Playboy Rock”.

As always, WMSE’s Local/Live hosts, Cal Roach (and very a special sub for Erin, Milwaukee Record’s Matt Wild!) will lead our musical guests through questions in between the live performance with the help of our audience (and audience participation is encouraged!).

YOU can join WMSE and the Dick Satan Trio and get all revved up for WMSE’s Rockabilly Chili with the Dick Satan Trio for Local/Live on Tuesday, February 5th – doors are at 5:30pm and the segment starts at 6pm, running until 7pm. Club Garibaldi’s is located at 2501 S. Superior Street in Bay View.

If you can’t join us in-person, 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.

Local/Live on WMSE is sponsored by Club Garibaldi.

Milwaukee’s Large Print was born out of the disbandment of the band, Blonder in the summer of 2017. Blonder members James Brickner and Eric Risser continued to creating while honing their sound in the subsequent months following Blonder’s breakup.

After rehearsing with a rotating cast of local musicians, James and Eric enlisted Andy Grygiel on drums, Jay Joslyn on bass, and Grace Mitchell on vocals. Large Print recorded their debut effort over a stretch of months in 2017 and 2018. That six-song EP explores thoughtful melodies, driving rhythm and experimental analog recording, all tied together with Grace’s ambling lyrical delivery.

Tune into WMSE’s Local/Live on Tuesday, January 22nd to hear Milwaukee’s Large Print.  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’s.

Neocaveman got their start in 2015 and their music has evolved into the indie progressive rock sound that they have become known for around the Midwest, constructed with complicated arrangements and rich harmonies that blend a capella gospel sounds with fingerstyle psychedelia.

The project is a collaboration of Peter Hair and Paul Tyree of Faux Fiction, Samuel Balistreri of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee fingerstyle guitar program, Simon Beno of American Monroe, and Jeremy Moroder of Epimotive. Ertrok Radio Hour says “[Neocaveman] blend math, pop and indie rock seamlessly into pleasing often dream-like tracks. Neocaveman is nothing short of astounding.”

Tune into WMSE’s Local/Live on Tuesday, January 15th as we welcome Milwaukee’s Neocaveman into the studios to share songs from their just-released album, Bacchanalia, with us.  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’s.

WMSE is excited to be back once again at Club Garibaldi for our monthly Local/Live segments! We’re ready for another great year of local music and on Tuesday, January 8th, we kick the year off with a bang and open the doors to welcome to the stage Milwaukee’s Trapper Schoepp, who has a brand new album to share.

 

Trapper Schoepp’s newest, ‘Primetime Illusion’ – produced by Pat Sansone (Wilco, Robyn Hitchcock) – will see its worldwide release on Xtra Mile Recordings on January 25th. This time around, it sees Schoepp reaching for his own place in the canon with a truly remarkable collection of character-driven songs and stories, a carefully etched series of sonic snapshots in which people we all know struggle to fulfill their own American dream. The album also features a co-write with Bob Dylan called, “On, Wisconsin.”

With its extraordinary melding of the personal and political, ‘Primetime Illusion’ firmly places Trapper Schoepp amongst the long American continuum of singing storytellers, a pedigree and place on the family tree that inspires and drives him each and every new day.

 

As always, WMSE Music Director Erin and co-host Cal will lead the our musical guests through questions in between the live performance with the help of our audience (and audience participation is encouraged!).

 

YOU can join WMSE and Trapper Schoepp for a sneak peek of ‘Primetime Illusion’ – doors are at 5:30pm and the segment starts at 6pm, running until 7pm. Club Garibaldi’s is located at 2501 S. Superior Street in Bay View.

 

If you can’t join us in-person, 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.

 

Local/Live on WMSE is sponsored by Club Garibaldi.