CONCERT REVIEW: Boris (Turner Hall Ballroom, Milwaukee)

Restlessly mercurial Japanese outfit Boris plays Turner Hall in support of their heady new album Noise, wowing fans with a deafeningly loud, and fearlessly eclectic, set.

Read my full review here.

FEATURE: Smash!: H.B. Halicki's Junkman

Moviegoers love a luridly shot car crash, so much so that director H.B. Halicki was able to build a successful career based solely on cinematic automotive destruction.

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PLAYLIST: Mondo Radio (08/06/14)

Here's the playlist for this week's edition of Mondo Radio, which you can download or stream here. This episode: "Waves Upon the Ether", featuring psychedelic and progressive folk. If you enjoy it, be sure to also find the show on Facebook, Tumblr and Twitter!

Artist - Song - Album
The Holy Modal Rounders - Sweet Apple Cider - Indian War Whoop
The Holy Modal Rounders - Sky Divers - Indian War Whoop
Pearls Before Swine - I Shall Not Care - One Nation Underground
Pearls Before Swine - Uncle John - One Nation Underground
Sandy Bull - No Deposit, No Return Blues - E Pluribus Unum
The Thirteenth Floor Elevators - Baby Blue - 7th Heaven: Music Of The Spheres - The Complete Singles Collection
The Thirteenth Floor Elevators - May The Circle Remain Unbroken - 7th Heaven: Music Of The Spheres - The Complete Singles Collection
Leonard Cohen - Suzanne - Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen - So Long, Marianne - Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Landlords - Sinners In The Hands Of An Angry God - Hey! It's A Teenage House Party!
Inter-Groupie Psychotherapeutic Elastic Band - Floating - Floating (Single)
Inter-Groupie Psychotherapeutic Elastic Band - Coloured Butterfly - Floating (Single)
Dr. Strangely Strange - Strangely Strange But Oddly Normal - Kip Of The Serenes
Dr. Strangely Strange - Dr. Dim And Dr. Strange - Kip Of The Serenes
Syd Barrett - Terrapin - The Madcap Laughs
Syd Barrett - Long Gone - The Madcap Laughs
Comus - Drip Drip - First Utterance
Comus - The Prisoner - First Utterance
The Incredible String Band - The Mad Hatter's Song - The 5000 Spirits Or The Layers Of The Onion
The Incredible String Band - Painting Box - The 5000 Spirits Or The Layers Of The Onion
Forest - Hawk The Hawker - Full Circle
Forest - Autumn Childhood - Full Circle
Fairport Convention - Tam Lin - Liege & Lief
Fairport Convention - Come All Ye - Liege & Lief
Dando Shaft - Waves Upon The Ether - Dando Shaft
Dando Shaft - Railway - Dando Shaft
Nick Drake - Sunday - Bryter Layter
Nick Drake - One Of These Things First - Bryter Layter

CONCERT REVIEW: WebsterX, WC Tank, Sayth, Birong & Conundrum (Mad Planet, Milwaukee)

An overstuffed festival bill at Mad Planet doesn't do any of the performers any favors, least of all the evening's long-delayed headliner, rising Milwaukee star WebsterX.

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FEATURE: How Tim the Rock 'N' Roll Animal Brought The Who to Milwaukee

Back in 1982, one Milwaukee radio DJ went to great lengths (heights?) to convince the Who that our oft-snubbed city should be included on their "farewell" tour schedule.

Read the full piece here.