CONCERT REVIEW: GGOOLLDD (Turner Hall Ballroom, Milwaukee)

Riding high off the release of their new EP, Teeth, GGOOLLDD greets the new year with a relentless cheeriness, an emotion which feels oddly out of place at the end of 2017.

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CONCERT REVIEW: Cam'ron (Turner Hall Ballroom, Milwaukee)

Fresh off the release of his unexpected comeback, The Program, devoted Cam'ron fans come to Turner Hall to see the man himself, only to be left hanging at the last minute.

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CONCERT REVIEW: St. Vincent (The Riverside Theater, Milwaukee)

On the road in support of her much buzzed-about new album Masseduction, St. Vincent wows a nearly sold-out crowd at Milwaukee's massive Riverside Theater.

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CONCERT REVIEW: Nick Lowe, Los Straitjackets & Cut Worms (Turner Hall Ballroom, Milwaukee)

Prolific singer-songwriter Nick Lowe and pseudo-Mexican wrestlers Los Straitjackets might seem like strange bedfellows, but the results more than speak for themselves.

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CONCERT REVIEW: Too Short, Scarface, DJ Quik & Twista (The Miller High Life Theatre, Milwaukee)

Pioneering Bay Area MC Too Short headlines a bill packed with hip hop legends at the newly renamed Miller High Life Theatre, much to the delight of the sold-out crowd.

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CONCERT REVIEW: Stiff Little Fingers & Death By Unga Bunga (Shank Hall, Milwaukee)

Stiff Little Fingers' 40th anniversary tour stops in at Shank Hall for a rare Milwaukee appearance, ably demonstrating why the venerable Irish punks have lasted this long.

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CONCERT REVIEW: Rakim & Klassik (Turner Hall Ballroom, Milwaukee)

Legendary rapper Rakim largely fails to live up to the hype surrounding his highly anticipated Milwaukee debut, albeit with a few brief but memorable exceptions.

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CONCERT REVIEW: Triple Eye Industries Fest 2, Day 2 (The Cactus Club/Club Garibaldi, Milwaukee)

Milwaukee noise rock imprint Triple Eye Industries assembles a sizable portion of its roster for a Saturday night showcase, but the results prove to be a tad monotonous.

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FEATURE: Juiceboxxx Deserves to Be Taken Seriously

Milwaukee's underappreciated hometown hero Juiceboxxx enters an exciting new phase of an already eclectic career, but isn't exactly leaving his past behind either.

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CONCERT REVIEW: 88Nine Block Party (Radio Milwaukee, Milwaukee)

Radio Milwaukee celebrates ten years of middle-of-the-road music with a block party spotlighting plenty more of the same, albeit with one unexpected detour.

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CONCERT REVIEW: Wilco & Kacy and Clayton (The Riverside Theater, Milwaukee)

Alt-country institution Wilco returns to the Riverside Theater once again, along with a set that, by this point, should feel at least a little familiar to any longtime fans.

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CONCERT REVIEW: Future Islands & Milo (The Pabst Theater, Milwaukee)

Fresh of the release of their new album, The Far Field, Baltimore Synthpop sensations Future Islands bring a slow-burn set of dramatic, ethereal sounds to the Pabst Theatre.

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FEATURE: Red Stuff Shoot from the Hip on 'Woodfaces'

I sit down with Red Stuff's Kelly and Tom Wanderer to find out some more about their entirely improvised new record, Woodfaces, out now as a gorgeous limited edition LP.

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CONCERT REVIEW: Steven Wright (Potawatomi Hotel & Casino's Northern Lights Theater, Milwaukee)

Legendary Boston standup Steven Wright struggles to update a painfully old set at Potawatomi's Northern Lights Theater, but at least it's a step in the right direction.

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CONCERT REVIEW: All Messed Up IV, Day 2 (Linneman's Riverwest Inn, Milwaukee)

After a long period of organizational transition, the seventh installment of All Messed Up finds "Milwaukee's randomized musical experiment" as strong (and as silly) as ever.

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CONCERT REVIEW: The Pukes, Avenues & Devil's Teeth (Company Brewing, Milwaukee)

Up-and-coming local surf-punk outfit the Pukes pack Company Brewing for the long-in-the-works vinyl release of their much-praised debut album, The Revenge of the Pukes.

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