When a band opens a concert with two of their biggest hits and fan favorites, they’re usually looking to prime the crowd for newer songs that might not go over as well. And sure enough, Tegan and

On-call Outkast rapper Big Boi will take a break from refreshing Pitchfork on his browser this spring for a tour with longtime collaborator Killer Mike. The "Shoes for Running 2013 World Tour" will stop at the Rave on Friday, May 3 at 8 p.m., the venue announced this afternoon. Tickets are $26 and go on sale Friday, March 8 at 10 a.m.Big Boi is coming off of his second solo album, Vicious Lies and...

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

It's been a while since Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers have played the Marcus Amphitheater—24 years, if you're keeping count. The veteran Heartland rock band will change that this summer when they return to the amphitheater for a Friday, June 28 date as part of their first tour since 2010. Summerfest announced the show this morning; tickets go on sale Friday, March 8 at 11 a.m., with a pre-sale...

Summerfest has announced its second 2013 Marcus Amphitheater headliner and, like the first, it's another big country artist: Tim McGraw. One of the all-time best-selling artists of the Soundscan era, McGraw brought a cool, sensual sound to country music when he hit the charts in the mid-’90s, literally topped off by his large sized cowboy hats that hid his eyes while crooning hits like “Don’...

How's this for timing? Just one day after the Chicago Tribune ran an article with the headline "Wentz on Fall Out Boy reunion: Don't hold your breath," Fall Out Boy announced that it is indeed reuniting, and proved it by releasing a new song and announcing a tour, which will stop at the Rave on Tuesday, May 14, according to the venue's website.Ticket prices have not yet been announced; they're set...

Next week, My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James will release his first solo album, Regions of Light and Sound of God, an expansive piece that builds on the genre-hopping sensibilities of My Morning Jacket's most wide-ranging albums—it's a hodgepodge of spacey funk, rock, soul, colored with folk and hip-hop detours. To support that album, James and his band will launch a spring tour in April, whi...

Among the most sophisticated and disciplined of Brooklyn's late-2000s crop of acclaimed indie-rock bands, Grizzly Bear will return to the Pabst Theater on Tuesday, April 2, the venue announced this morning. It'll be the band's first appearance in Milwaukee since an unforgettable show at the Pabst in 2009 in support of their breakthrough album Vackatimest. This time the band will be supporting thei...

Today the expressive Welsh alt-rock band The Joy Formidable released its second LP, an early album of the year contender called Wolf's Law. In conjunction with that release, the group announced a spring tour this morning, which will include a concert at the Turner Hall Ballroom on Tuesday, April 9 with openers Kitten + Ribs. It'll be the band's third performance in Milwaukee in less than a year, f...

The spring concert calendar continues to fill out. On the heels of last week's announcements of shows by B.B. King (at the Riverside Theater with Paul Cebar, May 31) and Crystal Castles (at the Turner Hall Ballroom, May 6), the Pabst Theater Foundation announced a trio of new shows this morning:* Folk goddess Emmylou Harris will share a show with fellow singer-songwriter Rodney Crowell at the Pabs...