Music - Feb. 27, 2008
Hotcakes and MARN host German composer Schmickler
On Friday, the Riverwest gallery brings German composer Marcus Schmickler to the Miramar Theater thanks to a grant from the Argosy Contemporary Music Fund.
Tags: Schmickler, Julee Cruise, Miramar, Brenner, Hotcakes, MARN, Argosy New Music, Todd Hammes, Mike Truesdell, Jon Mueller, Paul Westfall, Ephemerides, MEME, Milwaukee Experimental Music Exchange

Music - March 27, 2007
Crouton issues Bosetti's compelling "Her Name"
Alessandro Bosetti, born in Milan in 1973, is a composer, a saxophonist and a sound artist. As his latest disc -- or one of them -- “Her Name,” issued in a limited edition by Milwaukee’s Crouton Music, shows, he’s also fascinated by the spoken word.
Tags: Bosetti, Jon Mueller, Crouton, Hotcakes Gallery, Mike Brenner, Her Name, avant-garde

Music - Nov. 26, 2006
Audiotrope helps keep Hotcakes coming
Audiotrope, a trio of experimental sound artists, plays at Hotcakes Gallery on Friday, Dec. 1, at 8 p.m. in a performance that is designed to help raise money for the Riverwest gallery's ongoing music series.
Tags: Hotcakes, Audiotrope, Rammel, Nelson-Raney, Gaudynski, Jon Mueller, Pele, Federico Ughi

Music - Aug. 7, 2006
San Fran's Formed Records releases Milwaukee music
San Francisco's Formed Records recently released "Supershells" -- a recording of a live performance by Milwaukee's Jon Mueller and Jason Kahn that took place at Hotcakes Gallery on Aug. 25, 2005.
Tags: Formed Records, Crouton Records, Jon Mueller, Supershells, Hotcakes, Brenner

Music - March 16, 2006
Beyond the music: Milwaukee's Crouton Records caters to concepts
Musician Jon Mueller stands at the helm as both captain of and contributor to Milwaukee's Crouton Records, which, for the last seven years, has been transcending the usual perimeters of what a local label can achieve and been dedicated to sonic experimentation.
Tags: Crouton Records, Jon Mueller, Pele, Collections of Colonies of Bees, Chris Rosenau, Livingroom concert series