MP3: Roadside Graves – “Far And Wide”
MP3: Roadside Graves – “Ruby”

Here are the Wisconsin and Chicago shows we recommend you take in this week. Check them out below and let us know which ones you’ll be attending or ones you think should really make our list. This week’s recommended new release is Mew – No More Stories.

Upcoming Wisconsin Shows:

8/24 – Roadside Graves + Chris DeMay – Club Garibaldi, Milwaukee
8/24 – Justin Townes Earle – Oneida Casino
8/25 – Justin Townes Earle – Oneida Casino
8/25 – Two Cow Garage – High Noon Saloon, Madison
8/28 – Pale Young Gentlemen + Flatbear – Terrace, Madison
8/28 – Throw Me The Statue + The Brunettes – The Annex, Madison
8/28 – Gringo Star + The Celebrated Workingman – Club Garibaldi, Milwaukee

Upcoming Chicago Shows:

8/24 – Pearl Jam – United Center, Chicago
8/24 – The Rural Alberta Advantage – Jay Pritzker Pavilion
8/24 – Red Red Meat – Millenium Park
8/25 – Modest Mouse – Aragon Ballroom
8/28 – Nine Inch Nails/Mew – Aragon Ballroom
8/29 – Nine Inch Nails/Mew – Aragon Ballroom
8/30 – Roman Candle/Phonograph/The Riktors – Schubas

Just Announced:

11/3 – Ghostface Killah – Barrymore, Madison
11/5 – White Denim – High Noon Saloon, Madison
11/20 – Medeski, Martin & Wood – The Rave, Milwaukee
11/21 – Elvis Perkins + A.A. Bondy – TBD, Chicago
11/28 – Camera Obscura + Papercuts – Turner Hall Ballroom, Milwaukee

+Bookmark our Wisconsin and Chicago shows pages for all your concert announcements+

There was a ton of great music going on in Madison last night. The Cool Kids returned to Madison to a huge crowd at the Majestic Theatre. Muzzle of Bees photographer Ed Oliver was there and brought back the stunning images you see here.

Discuss: Who did you see last night? What were the highlights of what you saw?

I’m thrilled to be co-presenting tonight’s fantastic triple bill of The Rural Alberta Advantage + Roadside Graves + The Daredevil Christopher Wright with my friends at the WUD Music Committee. Anyone who caught The Rural Alberta Advantage last night at the Cactus Club in Milwaukee will tell you they put on an amazing show. It was one of the best I’ve seen all year. Easy.

This free event lifts off around 8:30 and I would highly encourage anyone not familiar with the opening bands to get there early. I promise you’ll be impressed. There is a ton of great music going on in the city of Madison tonight, so choose wisely and enjoy whatever you check out.

Buy: The Rural Alberta Advantage – Hometowns
Buy: Roadside Graves – My Son’s Home
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MP3: The Rural Alberta Advantage – “Don’t Haunt this Place”
MP3: The Rural Alberta Advantage – “Frank, AB”
MP3: Roadside Graves – “Far And Wide”
MP3: Roadside Graves – “Ruby”
MP3: The Daredevil Christopher Wright – “The East Coast”

Muzzle of Bees is proud to present the Cool Kids tonight at the Majestic Theatre in Madison. Since their packed set at the UW Rathskeller, the group has only grew in popularity and draw. Tickets are still available ($15) and please note the venue change from the Orpheum Stage Door to the Majestic Theatre.

Before you go, watch the Black Cab Session combining freestyle with improved beats on Black Cab interior. One of the best videos from the Black Cab Sessions and the only one to include lyrics of “nine gold infants.”

Thanks to everyone who came out to the Cactus Club last night for our first night of bands at Radio Summer Camp. It was one of the best nights of the summer, if not the year.

Tonight, we get local, showcasing two of my favorite Milwaukee bands, Decibully + The Celebrated Workingman plus The Smith Westerns in town from Chicago.

Of course, that’s not all that’s going on. You should also make the Radio Summer Camp Backyard BBQ your mid-day destination for free BBQ and jams courtesy of Paul Cebar, Cedarwell, The Championship, Joe Pug & Justin Townes Earle. That’s a free event folks taking place at Cathedral Square Park in downtown Milwaukee.

Volcano Choir is the collaboration of Justin Vernon and Milwaukee’s own Collections of Colonies of Bees. Their first album, Unmap, arrives on September 22nd via Jagjaguwar. Wisconsin fans can purchase it in advance at the Collections of Colonies of Bees set (the Capitol Theater) at the Forward Music Festival on Friday, September 19th. If you haven’t heard the first single “Island, IS,” you can download it here:

MP3: Volcano Choir – “Island, IS”

In related news, Bon Iver will play a special sunrise concert at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles on the morning (~6am) of Sunday, September 27th. Seems like a event worth traveling for….