Music - Nov. 17, 2007
Milwaukee's SOL creates a good time "Family Tradition"
With song titles like "Drunk Ta' Hell" and "Drank Up The Rent," it's not hard to tell that Milwaukee's thunderous Sh*t Outta Luck is a band that likes to have a good time.
Tags: Sh*t Outta Luck, Shawn Page, Wings of Scarlet, Die Alone, Organized Crime Records, hardcore, metalcore, metal, Tim Bleske

Movies & TV - May 23, 2007
"Towncraft" will feel familiar to Milwaukee punks
Although Milwaukee is more than three times bigger than Little Rock, scenesters here will recognize a bit of Brew City in "Towncraft," a no frills, DIY film about a tight-knit, insular scene that has dished up musicians currently in Ted Leo’s Pharmacists, Green Day, Lucero and Dan Zanes’ band, to name a few.
Tags: Towncraft, punk, hardcore, Lucero, Little Rock, Arkansas, Matson

Music - March 26, 2007
Flessas celebrates Yano's book with Foundation bash
Pete Flessas has completed "Kids, Soda & Punk Rock: The Story Behind Milwaukee's All-Ages Music Club Yano's," a book with photos and memories of the punk rock club he opened in the early 1980s on Milwaukee Street Downtown.
Tags: Yano's, Foundation, Sacred Order, Flessas, NRK, hardcore

Music - Nov. 3, 2006
"American Hardcore" acknowledges Milwaukee
"American Hardcore" arrives in Milwaukee soon and there was an advance screening at the Downer Theatre. Although the Midwest hardcore scene gets about five minutes of coverage, Milwaukee's Dan Kubinski -- of Die Kreuzen and Decapitado -- is featured in a pair of interview snippets and a quick burst of live D.K. coverage.
Tags: Die Kreuzen, Kubinski, Brammer, Clitboys, Yano's, hardcore, punk, Black Flag, Circle Jerks, Bad Brains, Beastie Boys

Music - Oct. 24, 2006
Flessas reconstructs history of fabled Yano's punk club
Attorney Peter Flessas -- then a young musician in a punk bank called NRK -- opened the Downtown club with help from his dad, Peter Sr. Now, more than 20 years after its demise, Flessas is working to document the club’s history.
Tags: Yano's, NRK, Crusties, punk, hardcore, all-ages, Die Kreuzen, Naked Raygun, Tar Babies, Couch Flambeau, Odd Rock, Cafe Voltaire, Irene Js