Hope everyone made it out to Locust Street Festival on Sunday night. There were a ton of great (and free) acts playing throughout the day, including Wooden Robot, Red Knife Lottery and a sunset performance by Decibully, who tempted us with several new amazing songs. The new record should be out shortly, so stay tuned for details.
In the meantime, there's plenty of music to keep your ears occupied. The Heavyheads play out this Saturday, June 16 at Live on North (formerly Lava, formerly The Globe). Take a listen to "The Kitchen's on Fire," off the band's 2006 debut, self-titled album.
Next up is guitar man Greg Koch. You can catch him live at Shank Hall on Saturday, accompanied by his Roscoe Beck, Malford Milligan and Brannen Temple, and in the meantime, you can listen to a track he and Roscoe Beck played live on WMSE.
Here's one hell of a show: Decibully playing with Hearts of Stone and The Obsoletes (also playing Summerfest this year on Sunday, July 8 at 3 pm.) at the BBC Upper Level. The Saturday show starts at 9 p.m. You probably don't want to miss this one. Here's "Heavy to Hold" from Hearts of Stone to tide you over.
The Silence Project has been making beautiful music for the past five-plus years in Milwaukee and we're sad to announce that Saturday's show at The Mad Planet will be the band's swan song. Yep, the dudes are calling it quits, so if you've been a fan, this is your chance to say thanks and goodbye.
OnMilwaukee.com staff writer Julie Lawrence grew up in Wauwatosa and has lived her whole life in the Milwaukee area.
As any “word nerd” can attest, you never know when inspiration will strike, so from a very early age Julie has rarely been seen sans pen and little notebook. At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee it seemed only natural that she major in journalism. When OnMilwaukee.com offered her an avenue to combine her writing and the city she knows and loves in late 2004, she knew it was meant to be. Around the office, she answers to a plethora of nicknames, including “Lar,” (short for “Larry,” which is short for “Lawrence”) as well as the mysteriously-sourced “Bill Murray.”
