Bars & Clubs - Sept. 30, 2004
DJ Flavor Dav digs deep for the Foundation Soul Hole
"Everybody falls backwards into soul," says DJ Flavor Dav (Dave Monroe), host -- along with his rotating lineup of guests DJs -- of the Soul Hole on Monday nights at Riverwest mainstay, the Foundation. And few have fallen deeper into the groove than Flavor Dav.
Tags: Monroe, DJ, Foundation, soul hole, riverwest, noble, turntable, r&b, dintenfass

Marketplace - Dec. 3, 2002
A world of vinyl lives on at Lotus Land record shop
Finding the music you want isn't always easy in Milwaukee, but for fans of any kind of music that's off the beaten path, things are even more difficult. That's where shops like Riverwest's Lotus Land -- run by the Noble brothers -- come in.
Tags: Noble, Lotus, Riverwest, CD, vinyl, reggae, jazz, DJ

Music - Nov. 21, 2002
Classifying Codebreaker's music no easy mission
Commandant Steven Hawley says it's more a feeling we get, the eight tracks on the band's new record, "Spacecamp Luxury," share a lot of sonic similarities with '80s synth pop of all stripes, too. But, Codebreaker are no revivalists and they're certainly not copying any trends, past or present. In reality, Codebreaker's style is much more difficult to codify.
Tags: Codebreaker, Thousandaires, Noble, Schwarm