November 6, 2009 by fanbelt
Moody photo of King's Horses via MySpace
Man, lemme tellya, I can’t imagine that many people are happier than I am about Milwaukee’s burgeoning noise-rock scene. In a city a little too in love with the current wave of NPR-approved kitchen sink chamber-music bands who are, I dunno, trying to capture Neutral Milk Hotel’s lightning in a new bottle, it’s refreshing to know that people are starting to remember that driving percussion, jagged guitars, and feedback, feedback, feedback are kinda frickin’ awesome. And if you’re one of those types, you’re gonna wanna hit the Y-Not III on Saturday, because some serious three-piece abrasion is on tap. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Ampline, King's Horses, perry, United Sons of Toil, Y-Not III
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November 3, 2009 by fanbelt
Words by Anthony Schwader
Definition of aggravation: My alarm goes off and I oversleep, waking at 9:07. I can’t get beer AND I’ve only got 53 minutes to get into Club Garibaldi knowing I have other tasks. Both fuck and shit. I clothe and whirlwind around town in a timed huff and puff. (Nearly blew my house down.)
I walk into the joint and hear Last Sons of Krypton already playing. Turns out I only missed 3 songs. Audience member Ryan Poortenga, dressed up as some sort of prehistoric maid of honor with tattoos, was already in full effect screaming at a timid Brett Allen (playing the part of singer RJ). Allen rebutted with “aren’t you out past your bedtime?” and a couple of screams later, the band blasted into another Ripoffs-esque blunt force punk shellacking. Young Jake (Playing the part of BradX) was the obvious pillar of strength in the foursome, the songs coursing through him as he hopped around and yelped backups stronger than Allen’s. Allen looked bored as he stood in one place rocking his right leg incessantly and it took a slam from Young Jake to finally bring him to life for a minute, sending him into the crowd for more delivery. The very real (and very critical) BradX would remind him of this and other facts the next day on the Terminal Boredom message board. He was there videotaping the event. They cranked out a few more and before I knew it, they were walking off the stage. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Devo, Green Day, Jetty Boys, Last Sons of Krypton, Replacements, Silent Drape Runners, Tim Schweiger
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October 30, 2009 by fanbelt
- photo of Green Day from MySpace
Words by Erin Wolf
“So make the best of this task and don’t ask why / It’s not a question but a lesson learned in time” Green Day told us a decade ago. Milwaukee’s Jetty Boys are taking on their own challenge of covering the California pop-punk band formed over twenty years ago, their ‘task’ to make themselves into a mirror image of the band for Garibaldi’s Halloween Spoof/Covers show tonight (also featuring covers of DEVO and The Replacements). But out of all the bands to cover, why pick Green Day? Jetty Boys front man Drew Fredrichsen explains.
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Tags: Green Day, Jetty Boys
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October 29, 2009 by fanbelt
It’s that time of year, where everyone dresses up and pretends to be something they’re not (be it undead, famous or “sexy”), so if you’re gonna catch some live music this weekend, why bother with bands that aren’t doing the same? This is the one weekend where you won’t be shunned and shamed for going to see a band playing covers, so do it up right with these shows:
Friday, Oct. 30
Halloween Spoof Night Part 1 @ Club Garibaldi, 8 PM: DEVO, Replacements, Green Day, & Last Sons of Krypton
Chances that the Green Day cover set will contain material from their most recent 21st Century Breakdown album? Probably close to 0, although that would be a weird sort of genius move, doing nothing but recent Green Day covers and foregoing their Kerplunk! and Dookie classics. Expect to be confounded by the Last Sons of Krypton set, unless you grew up in the Green Bay and Manitowoc areas in the mid-1990s. Then again, if this version can anger the crowd as much as the originals did back in the day, that could be worth the price of admission alone.
Saturday, Oct. 31
Halloween Spoof Night Part 2 @ Club Garibaldi, 8 PM: Alice Cooper, Dictators, Weezer & Link Wray
The Dictators will apparently be represented on stage by Texas retro-punks Bad Sports, and according to their MySpace, it looks like they’re making a trip up to Milwaukee just to play this show, which is pretty crazy. Show up since they apparently are gonna need the gas money. They’ll be joined by Link Wray (awesome) and the Alice Cooper Band, who will hopefully storm the stage during the Weezer cover set and stage some sort of theatrical guillotining of Rivers Cuomo, which would make my Halloween truly complete and would even prompt me to leave my Halloween party on the East Side to see that fantasy of mine acted out live.
Cactus Club, 9 PM: Summertime Dudes w/Father Phoenix (as The Who), E-Coli Cherry and Big Balls (AC/DC Tribute)
Just a shot in the dark, but a band featuring a member of Call Me Lightning covering songs by The Who will probably be pretty damn solid. E-Coli Cherry = The Red Knife Lottery doing whatever the hell they feel like covering, and the Summertime Dudes will likely be doing the same. If you like your cover bands not rooted in one specific oeuvre, these two bands will satisfy that fix and save you a trip out to the Main Stage in Waukesha.
Tags: AC/DC, Alice Cooper, Cactus Club, Club Garibaldi, Devo, Dictators, Father Phoenix, Green Day, Last Sons of Krypton, Link Wray, Red Knife Lottery, Replacements, Summertime Dudes, The Who, Weezer
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