If a March performance in Madison is any
indication, the kind of fired-up show this trio of country hunks puts on is
tailor made for a hot Summerfest evening
Over the years, the
original Miller High Life Jazz Oasis morphed into the Miller Lite Oasis, making
it possible for a breakout rock band like Imagine Dragons to bring its
Considering the Marcus Amphitheater’s already
star-studded country lineup this year, the addition of stud Luke Bryan and two
highly regarded up-and-coming acts should be enough to keep the cowboy-hat
crowd grinning al
Now
that Rush is (finally) in the rock ’n’ roll Hall of Fame, the Canadian trio’s
voracious fans can relax. But they probably won’t. Few bands can boast the
intense following
The song may be called “Don’t Come Around Here No More,” but Tom Petty and the
Heartbreakers sure seem to like Summerfest. We’ve lost track of how many times
By now you’d think the novelty of Beatallica—a band that blurs The Beatles’
power pop with Metallica’s grizzled metal—would have worn off. But three albums
in, the Milwaukee-rooted group has made its darkest and most
Intended as an authorized companion piece to 2010’s Valleys
of Neptune, which unearthed the final studio recordings of the original
Jimi Hendrix Experience, People, Hell and Angels explores previously
unreleased and often
Rage Against the Machine, in a defiant move that lived
up to its awesome name, released its brain-rattling, politically charged
eponymous debut in 1992—not long after Nirvana draped American rock in flannel
and left the idea of a socially conscious punk-rock/heavy-metal/hip-hop hybrid
The second album from the progressive rock
and jazz group douBt begins with “There Is A War Going On,” a spoken-word rant
against the infamous One Percent. It’s a startlingly political—and distinctly
American—opening
If the world is going to end on Dec. 21, Nightmare
Painting—the third full-length album from former Racine bassist William
Kopecky and Bulgarian dark master Dimitar Dimitrov—would be the
perfect soundtrack. Dwelling in the deep