Category Archives: Ian Schrank

Milwaukee Music Company aims to pair local artists with national acts

“We promote music because we feel it’s essential to the human experience.” Extension Cord is a new music promotion and marketing company based in Milwaukee. The company offers a variety of services to local artists, including management, advertising and design. In addition to band promotion, Extension Cord also books shows in Milwaukee that pairs national acts with local artists. The

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AUDIO: Eye & i – “Let’s Ride”

Eye & i is a 5-piece musical collective that performs around Milwaukee and Chicago. Their first EP “Mama Sia” was firmly planted in the reggae genre, but they have since then explored new musical territory. Now, with their first full-length album “Let’s Ride,” the band has developed their own unique brand of electro-funk. Keyboardist and producer Glenn Sobie says that

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REVIEW: The 1975 return to Milwaukee

Milwaukee welcomed English Alternative band The 1975 back to the Rave/Eagles Club on May 24 for the FM 102.1 Big Spring Show. Enthusiastic fans formed a line stretching all around the building hours before the show even began. The 1975 has been touring internationally for their latest album, succinctly named I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So

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