Welcome back to another edition of the weekly OnMilwaukee.com/WMSE local music podcast, where WMSE's promotions director Brent Gohde and I introduce you to a sampling of the week's local band lineup. This Saturday night promises a plethora of show options, so listen up and choose wisely.
We kick off this week's podcast with the title track from Bleed's most recent album, "Motor Psycho." If you're reading this on Tuesday, you can catch the band tonight on WMSE's Local Live show at 8 p.m. Bleed is playing this Saturday, Feb. 24 with The Reverse and Plexi 3 at the Cactus Club.
Milwaukee's De La Buena -- a band busy carving out its own brand of Afro-Cuban and Latin jazz -- is playing a show as well this Saturday night at Bar Lulu in Bay View. We play a track off its "En Vivo y Directo," which was recorded live at the Jazz Estate in 2003.
Next we play Wanda Chrome and the Leather Pharaohs' "Detroit Gods" off its most recent album, "More." The band was supposed to be playing with Die Hunns (featuring members of U.S. Bombs, Circle Jerks, Ex-Nashville Pussy) on Sunday, Feb. 25 at Vnuk's Lounge in Cudahy, but according to the venue's Web site, vnuks.com, the tour has been postponed, with no new date listed. Keep checking the site for updates, I guess.
Juniper Tar, however, is not canceling nor postponing its gig with Chicago's Make Believe (Tim Kinsella -- Cap'n Jazz, Joan of Arc, Owls) and Pinback frontman Rob Crow. Check out Juniper Tar's Townes Van Zant cover, which is almost sure to be on the playlist this Saturday night at The Mad Planet.
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.”
