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The week in local music: May 4, 2008
Father Phoenix plays tonight at The Mad Planet.  
By Julie Lawrence RSS Feed
OnMilwaukee.com Staff Writer

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What is a blog?  For us it is a short blurb that we write when the mood strikes us.  It can be first person, funny or informative. In short, a blog is whatever we want it to be. Published May 4, 2008 at 7:05 a.m.
Tags: local music podcast, jam 4 sam, wami, father phoenix, john the savage, the celebrated working man

Sorry friends, there's no podcast accompanying the local music blog this week. Brent's been swamped with WMSE's spring membership drive lately, but we'll most likely be back in the studio next week.

Hope everyone got out to the Murder By Death show at Marquette's Union Sports Annex on Friday and the Maritime show at Turner Hall on Saturday.

As for this week, here's what we're looking at. Today, Sunday, May 4, you've got the benefit concert Double WAMI JAM 4 S.A.M.I starting at 2 p.m. at The Rave. There'll be nine WAMI-nominated acts performing and raising money for ailing musicians in Wisconsin. Good stuff.

Later on tonight, head over to The Mad Planet for Father Phoenix, who is opening for Dead Meadow at 9 p.m.

Skipping ahead to next Friday, May 9, the overtly Huxley-inspired John the Savage is playing at the Cactus Club. As for openers Pistols at Dawn and Squidbotz, I got nothin'.

The following day, Milwaukee's own The Celebrated Working Man opens a big show for Margot & The Nuclear So & So's! What are you going to do until then? Go outside, it's May.

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