It probably goes without saying that psychedelic
rock is a fairly loose genre. Beyond a certain set of conventions, like repetition,
unconventional song structures and time signatures and general tr
If there’s a bellwether to determining a buzz band’s
future, it lies in the sophomore record. Poor responses to follow-up albums have
sunk many promising careers (look at Clap Your Hands Say Yeah or Tapes ’n Tapes)
On this week's wide-ranging episode of The Disclaimer, WMSE's near-weekly crosstalk between station promotions director Ryan Schleicher, A.V. Club Milwaukee editor Matt Wild and I, we consider a recent Journal Sentinel editorial that contended "too many of us like Milwaukee just the way it is," and concluded that, yeah, that's about right. Then we turn the discussion to a contentious OnMilwaukee p...