Review

Stripwax: Dear Sire Records…
Stripwax

Dear Sire Records…

Dear Sire Records: Please don't screw up Foxy Shazam.

Reviewed: RGTBRUOS/BPS/The Butts @ The Eagle’s Nest
Reviewed

RGTBRUOS/BPS/The Butts @ The Eagle’s Nest

Okay. Gettin' drunk. Rock and roll. This is what it's all about. (RGTBRUOS stands for "Roman Gabriel Todd's Beast Rising up Out of the Sea." Wow.)

This Way For the Gas: The Man of the Moment
This Way For the Gas

The Man of the Moment

Brian Whitney looks for meaning in the tracks of Juiceboxxx's "Thunder Zone Volume One" mixtape.

Stripwax: Sociopaths are People Too
Stripwax

Sociopaths are People Too

David Byrne and Fatboy Slim create an album full of songs about...Imelda Marcos?

Reviewed: Beach House at the Pabst Theater
Reviewed

Beach House at the Pabst Theater

Abbie's take on Beach House's new, ornate stage show.

Reviewed: Meat Puppets at Club Garibaldi
Reviewed

Meat Puppets at Club Garibaldi

The thrill of seeing the country-punks live and up close is upstaged by a mind-blowing celebrity cameo.

Reviewed: Jaill/the Strange Boys/Sugar Stems @ Cactus Club, 4/1/10
Reviewed

Jaill/the Strange Boys/Sugar Stems @ Cactus Club, 4/1/10

Thursday night’s show with Jaill / the Strange Boys / Sugar Stems was celebratory in more ways than one.

Stripwax: There Is Always Room For More Etcetera
Stripwax

There Is Always Room For More Etcetera

Fan-Belt is thrilled to have Jeff Moody's nationally-syndicated Stripwax, along with a more direct review of the album he dissects every week. Hooray!

Recap: Psychedelic Horseshit/Aluminum Knot Eye @ Circle A
Recap

Psychedelic Horseshit/Aluminum Knot Eye @ Circle A

Two aggressive, noisy bands assault the Circle A on Monday, March 29, and Jeb Ebben is there!

Cultural Zero: Culture Jamming Karl Rove
Cultural Zero

Culture Jamming Karl Rove

A new Oakland-based compilation album featuring two Milwaukee bands seeks to spoil the coming-out party for Karl Rove's new autobiography.

Trapper Schoepp & The Shades: Be moved, a little
Trapper Schoepp & The Shades

Be moved, a little

Maybe he's young and doesn't quite feel it yet. Or maybe he's just reinventing Midwestern folk-rock altogether.

Review: Theatre Gigante, words then action
Review

Theatre Gigante, words then action

Malcolm Tulip's clever word puzzles, and David Gaines' wild, one-man "Seven Samurai"