At moments, the debut by Milwaukee’s The BigWheel Band superficially evokes such terrors as Blue Cheer, Primus and Cream. And if they filter their influences through the lesser, post-grunge lens of Pop Evil or Creed...

For more than 20 years now, New Jersey punk stalwarts Electric Frankenstein have been tenaciously plying their trade, persevering through shifting trends, personnel shake-ups and label changes. They have remained resolutely underground...

When the five finalists for Milwaukee Police Chief endured a marathon fivehour public grilling from citizens, the performance of Police Commissioner Edward Flynn from Springfield, Mass., was clearly head-and-shoulders above that of the other candidates.