Music - Sept. 25, 2007
Mekons start 30th birthday party in Milwaukee
The Mekons kick off their tour with a "a quiet night" at The Pabst on Thursday, Sept. 27. Hotcakes Gallery opens "The Art of the Mekons" the same night.
Tags: langford, mekons, bloodshot, waco brothers, hotcakes, pabst, leeds, greenhalgh, timms, goulding, quarterstick, three johns, delta 5

Kids & Family - Nov. 1, 2006
Wee Hairy Beasties give edge to kids' music genre
Jon Langford -- from the '70s punk band The Mekons -- fronts The Wee Hairy Beasties. The family-friendly group releases their new CD "Animal Crackers" on Sunday, Nov. 5 at Alverno's Pitman Theatre.
Tags: Wee Hairy Beasties, Jon Langford, Mekons, Wilco, Red Red Meat, Old Town School of Folk, David Ravel, Tom Crawford, Califone

Music - April 17, 2006
The punk rockin' paid Langford well
Surveying Jon Langford's long and complexly varied career, OnMilwaukee.com's editorial staff found their eyes crossing. With conflict and confusion reigning, said staffers instead asked Sir Jon to recount for us his own life story..
Tags: Langford, Mekons, Redskins, Blowtorch, Timms, Leeds

Music - Feb. 16, 2006
Mix tape: Bobby Tanzilo
OnMilwaukee.com's music madman Bobby Tanzilo selects six new records he can't stop listening to.
Tags: blue note, jazz, burrell, turrentine, horace-scope, andrew hill, horace silver, cesare basile, mescal, seven dub, delta 5, kill rock stars, mekons, leeds

Music - Feb. 5, 2004
Milwaukee ex-pat musician continues to explore new projects
Dean Schlabowske, the man behind Modern Values, Blind Robins and the band that grew out of it, Wreck, launches his new band, Dollar Store, with a self-titled disc this week. Jason Keil asked him about it.
Tags: Waco Brothers, Bloodshot, alt.country, alt-country, Chicago, Wreck, Wax Trax, Neko, Langford, Mekons, Dollar Store