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Ticket Giveaway: Gayngs (Milwaukee & Chicago)

We couldn’t be more excited for the Gayngs tour to start up this week. For those unaware, the band features members of Bon Iver, Solid Gold, Megafaun and The Rosebuds. The collaboration has played exactly once before and Prince was there. We’ve been given four (4) pairs of tickets to their Milwaukee (Turner Hall Ballroom, [...]

Giveaway: David Bowie – “Station To Station”

As summer yields to fall we always begin our annual reconnection with the David Bowie catalog. It happens every year. Thus, it’s fitting we get a jump start on that by offering up a 3-CD Special Edition copy Station To Station (out next week), featuring the original album, the previously unreleased ‘Live Nassau Coliseum ’76′ [...]

5 Questions with Backyard Tire Fire

Muzzle of Bees is presenting both of Backyard Tire Fire’s Wisconsin shows this week. It kicks off tonight at the Majestic Theatre in Madison where they’re joined by Rev. Payton’s Big Damn Band and Juniper Tar. Tomorrow night they’re at Club Garibaldi in Milwaukee with Mark Olson of The Jayhawks fame. We caught up with [...]

School of Seven Bells Giveaway

One of the best concerts I saw last year was School of Seven Bells at the High Noon Saloon. I walked in with no expectation and walked out blow away by the School of Seven Bells live show. The group is on tour in September and October in support of their fantastic new record, Disconnect [...]

Giveaway: Mission Of Burma :: Vinyl + Tickets

I got my admittedly late introduction to Mission of Burma three years ago from a customer at the record store I worked for. Immersing myself in their back catalog I was ready and excited for new material when Matador released The Sound The Speed The Light late last year. Over the years I’ve been fortunate [...]

Ticket Giveaway: Ben Sollee & Daniel Martin Moore

So far this year my favorite and most listened to album is the Yim Yames produced collaboration of Ben Sollee & Daniel Martin Moore called Dear Companion. The trio of Kentuckians put together a stunning collection of songs to raise awareness of the destructive Mountaintop Removal coal mining process affecting central Appalachia. Ben Sollee and [...]