Thursday, June 26, 2008
Savage and Soulful...
Tonight @ the Cascio Groove Garage, 9 p.m.
As Summerfest has grown, top-tier local acts have
increasingly been shut out of the schedule by midlevel touring acts.
Thankfully, this year the Cascio Groove Garage has picked up much of the slack,
giving a home to some of Milwaukee ’s
finest bands. Tonight Bay View noisemakers John
the Savage headline the stage at 9 p.m., supported by a 7:45 p.m. set by the
soulful indie act Fable and the World Flat.



The band was messy and drunken in all the right ways, crafting a sound that was unpredictable and gloriously noisy. Yet when things threatened to spiral too far out of control, the blaring trumpet of Michael Henderson provided the band with a much-needed sonic focal point.