Compiling an annual list of the most noteworthy Milwaukee albums is always one of the most difficult assignments of the year, but this year it was easy in some respects. On one hand, there’s no way to do justice to the breadth

Milwaukee producer Lorn released one of the most exhilarating electronic records of the year this summer with his debut for Ninja Tune, Ask The Dusk, a chilly goth/hip-hop/grime hybrid that, for all its creepiness, stands as his most accessible work yet. Today one of the album's most sublimely sinister standouts gets the singles treatment, as Ninja Tune puts out the "Weigh Me Down" EP, featuring f...

In the climactic scene of John Fante's 1939 novel Ask the Dust, Fante's grieving alter ego Arturo Bandini takes a copy of his novel and tosses it into the desert. The scene resonated with Milwaukee electronic artist Lorn, who titled his latest...