Music - May 8, 2009
New Wilco release features Milwaukee photo
Today, Wilco unveiled the cover art for its upcoming release, "Wilco (The Album)." Guess what? The photo was shot in Milwaukee.
Tags: Wilco, Mader's, Milwaukee, cover art, album

Music - April 15, 2009
Wilco will love you, baby
Critics have called Wilco the "American Radiohead." Whether or not that musical association stands to reason (one could see how the theory could be successfully argued), the nationality certainly does, right down to a love for the quintessential American pastime.
Tags: wilco, milwaukee brewers, jeff tweedy, nels cline, sky blue sky, a ghost is born, yankee hotel foxtrot, the pabst theater

Music - April 14, 2009
Wilco ready to deliver 'first pitch' at Pabst Theater
With a new concert DVD/documentary "Ashes of American Flags" in stores Saturday and a CD following in its wake, Wilco opens a world tour with a two-night stint at The Pabst Theater. The band prepared by attending the Brewers game Monday at Miller Park, where frontman Jeff Tweedy threw out the first pitch and chatted with home TV crew.
Tags: wilco, pabst theater, jeff tweedy, brewers, first pitch, brian anderson, ashes of american flags

Music - April 12, 2009
Gig roundup: Wakeling going strong after 30 years
Thirty years from "Stand Down Margaret," Birmingham, England's Dave Wakeling is still fronting a band called The English Beat, albeit one populated entirely with different members. And, he says, he's still having fun.
Tags: Dave Wakeling, The English Beat, Dub Trio, John Scofield, Shank, Turner Hall, Miramar, Mad Planet, Cactus Club, Sleepyime Gorilla Museum, Ezra Furman & The Harpoons, Tim Barry, EOTO, Parlor Mob, Pezzettino, Extra Golden, Wilco, Pabst Theater, Cannibal Cor

Music - Feb. 16, 2009
Kweller keeps us guessing
Ben Kweller's been the can-do kid for so long that maybe we've started to take his precocious pop talents for granted. So, it's good that he's reminding us. Kweller, who plays at Turner Hall on Wednesday, Feb. 18 with the fab-o Watson Twins, has a new record that is nothing like you expect and he's keeping the inspiration flowing with his Web series of short works.
Tags: Ben Kweller, Watson Twins, Turner Hall, Wilco, Neko Case