Music - Aug. 21, 2006
Salt Creek's music proves rules are made to be broken
While you might get away with labeling Milwaukee's Salt Creek a bluegrass-influenced band, purists might not agree. But that's just fine with the band. As the new "Live" CD (ITMFA Records) proves, this is a band that lives for the moment and values the tightrope artistry of improvisation.
Tags: Salt Creek, Fiorentini, Eanelli, Colin O'Brien, Bluegrass, Washday, Radloff, Recycled Future

Music - May 19, 2006
Milwaukee's pop Shivvers get a new lease on life
Imagine writing a song so memorable that 20 years later a record label appropriates the title for its name. That's what happened to long-defunct Milwaukee band The Shivvers. With a retrospective CD out, the band is finding overdue success in America and abroad.
Tags: Shivvers, Eanelli, Hyped2Death, Teen Line, power pop, Starship, Zak's, punk, Jill Kossoris, Mike Pyle