Fan-belt Feature 1

• Stripwax

  Nellie Mckay

  Oct 22nd, 2010 by Jeff Moody

  Jeff takes a break from the blog this week and leaves a comic in its stead. This time around: Nellie Mckay's genre-hopper "Home Sweet Mobile Home"

• For the love of Buzzo, go see Helms Alee tonight if you know what’s good for you

  Sep 9th, 2010 by DJ Hostettler

  If Fan-Belt goes down in history for one thing, let it be that it got you out to this show.

• 2010 Pitchfork in Review

  Jul 21st, 2010 by Kevin Mueller

  Humid, cool, anticipatory, inspiring and (at times) boring and cliche, this year's Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago had it all. Kevin Mueller lets us shadow.

• Preview

  Slick Idiot with Mona Mur @ Club Anything July 4

  Jul 2nd, 2010 by Kathy Nichols

  July 4th explodes at Club Anything with former KMFDM members Slick Idiot.

• Reviewed

  Quintron/Cave/Catacombz @ Cactus Club

  Jun 25th, 2010 by FanBeltMilwaukee

  Quintron and Ms. Pussycat turned the Cactus Club into a sweaty, sexed-up throbbing phalanx of humanity. DJ and Anthony lay it down.

• Stripwax

  Gitar cuts up the culture

  Jun 10th, 2010 by Jeff Moody

  At some point the guys in Gitar snapped. They decided to suck up the mass media pumped their way, rearrange it, and fling it back at the machine.

• Reviewed

  Pezzettino @ Verge

  Jun 8th, 2010 by Jeff Moody

  So when Pezzettino concluded her new song “Free Fall” with the violent murder of her instrument, I wondered...what WAS that?

• Reviewed

  The Championship and She & Him @ Verge

  Jun 8th, 2010 by Sanam Tala Sadeghi

  Sanam heads to Verge Fest Day 1 to take in some Milwaukee alt-country and to drool over that Zooey girl everyone thinks is so dreamy (because, well, she is).

• Reviewed

  Burning Sons, Powers, The New Loud @ Bayview Brew Haus

  Jun 7th, 2010 by Kathy Nichols

  Kathy spends her Saturday night with the crew at the Bayview Brew Haus.

• Reviewed

  Nato Coles and the Blue Diamond Band @ Circle A

  Jun 1st, 2010 by DJ Hostettler

  Milwaukee's Prodigal Modern Machine visits from yonder north in Minnesota to treat the Beer City to his latest musical project.

• Only The Good Die Young

  May 21st, 2010 by Dan Agacki

  Dan Agacki says goodbye to Bear Proof Suit--one of Milwaukee's finest punk exports.

• Derby Little Secrets

  Bruisers head for the big time!

  Apr 25th, 2010 by Jon Anne Willow

  The Shevils head for the championships and the Crazy 8's go winless. April's bout was hard-hitting, fast-moving and full of surprises. Here's the dirt.