Bremen Cafe hosted an exciting evening of rock and roll Wednesday featuring Milwaukee acts Gorilla Knifefight, Chinese Telephones and Iron Pizza alongside San Diego-based Decent Criminal. Chinese Telephones consists of vocalist/guitarist Justin Telephone, guitarist Daniel James, bassist/backing vocalist Andy Junk and drummer Logan Stang. Formed in 2004, the band’s kinetic style encompasses pop punk and power pop. “Justin started the
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Bremen Cafe hosted a wonderful evening of rock and roll on Thursday featuring the likes of Robits, Full Nude and Spidora in addition to new wave/garage punk artist Christy Costello from Minneapolis. Robits are a punk band consisting of vocalist/guitarist James Za, guitarist Eric Apnea, bassist Tabman and drummer Corey Baumann. Their name is an Isaac Asimov reference. The project
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The fun at Bremen Cafe did not stop after the Block Party Saturday – there was an afterparty too! We got to see and talk to the likes of Cleopatra Hoze, *Aya, 22Maurii and Zolton as they collectively created a relaxing yet engaging atmosphere to conclude the busy day. Cleopatra Hoze’s eclectic style marries dream pop, R&B and indie rock.
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The Bremen Block Party occurred Saturday and it was a ton of fun, complete with live music, delicious food, vendors, raffle prizes, community organizations and more. TMT, X-Mosleys, Gaetano Balistreri, Bdwthr, Pay Dirt, Selector Max, Phat Nerdz, Iron Pizza, PILES and Ladybird all performed throughout the day as the Riverwest neighborhood showed up and showed out despite the rain and
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Bremen Cafe was powered by rock and roll Friday night as solo punk act Gorilla Knifefight, alternative rockers Secondhand Souls and grunge-stoner rockers Toadskin took the stage.
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Columbus-based noise/sludge/punk band Drunks With Guns made their first appearance in the state of Wisconsin at Bremen Cafe Thursday night, filling up the room with an excited crowd. Local bands Florida Brothers Band and Aluminum Knot Eye opened. Florida Brothers Band consists of vocalist Chris Loker, bassist Nate Metcalf and drummer Ross Miller. They are a punk band who have
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Bremen Cafe hosted a wonderful all-local bill on a rainy Sunday night this weekend – Pescatarian at Best, Bunk Bed, and Rainbow Cobra. Pescatarian At Best comprises of vocalist Benton Belzer, guitarists Mason West and Courtney Martel, bassist Liz Adkins, and drummer Nikki Nelson. Their unique indie pop sound has been described as “funk-adjacent post-punk.” Sunday’s show was missing Belzer
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It was a stacked night of punk at Bremen Cafe Wednesday night, featuring Holy Shit!, Curbsitter, Primrose and San Diego’s Human Issue. Primrose are a noise punk duo consisting of drummer-vocalist Sam S and guitarist-vocalist Bruno Vitols. Wednesday was only their second show although they’ve been working with bands such as Curbsitter, Ballstomper and Mind Harvester to break into the
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Milwaukee acts LoBi LoBianco and Crawlspace performed along with Chicago rockers Disaster Kid at Bremen Cafe on Thursday night. LoBi LoBianco normally plays with a full band but did a solo set Thursday. Stylistically his music contains elements of folk, rock, indie pop and emo. “I started writing for this project right after leaving Howard Grove,” LoBianco said. “I had
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Bremen Cafe hosted live music on Friday night featuring Chicago bands Sin and Earth Radio as well as Milwaukee’s The Girl and The Mothman Cacaphony. The Girl is a groovy indie rock band consisting of vocalist Eli Borg, guitarist Nate Ruvin, bassist Jay Randle, and drummer Colin Sure. Inspired by bands like Nirvana and The Strokes, the band’s name comes
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Bremen Cafe hosted a spectacular night of live music Thursday night featuring solo acts Economy Superstar and Gorilla Knifefight as well as the band Sun Silo. Economy Superstar is the synthpop-spoken word project of TW Hansen. He’s known for selling his bumper stickers at shows and balances his interludes with comedy and passionate realness. He plays the tracks from his
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Chicago’s bluesy-psych rockers Daiychain at Bremen Cafe Thursday night, joined by LO/ST and Wolves with Virginia. LO/ST consists of vocalist/keyboardist/guitarist Stephanie Glyzewski, guitarist/vocalist Logan Zweifel, bassist Jake Beyer, and drummer Blake Akers. They play moody, atmospheric indie rock with soaring vocals and patient melodies. The band’s name is a combination of the first two letters of Zweifel and Glyzewski’s first
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Several solid bands played a show at Bremen Cafe on Saturday night, bringing in a tight-knit crowd. Milwaukee bands The Nile Club and Cozy Danger plus Madison’s Quick and Painless all made appearances. The Nile Club are a crunchy alternative rock trio consisting of guitarist Malachi Kaehne, bassist Sam Walters, and drummer Samwise Baker. All three of them trade off
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An exciting night of rock and roll occurred at Bremen Cafe on Friday night featuring Milwaukee bands Floor Model and Indonesian Junk plus Lansing, MI-based band The Stick Arounds. Indonesian Junk consists of vocalist/guitarist Daniel James, guitarist Adam Turetzky, bassist Johnny Cyanide, and drummer Mike Mattner. Bringing the power pop and glam rock popularized in the late 70’s and early
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A loud, rambunctious night of indie rock took place at Bremen Cafe on Saturday night. Orange Costanza, The Fall Sound, and Diet Lite all played killer sets. It was a resonant reminder for us to start remembering earplugs for shows again. Orange Costanza is guitarist/vocalist Michael Casey, bassist/vocalist Evan Kotlowksi, and drummer Eddie Smith. A headbanging garage rock band, they
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A late night bill of indie rock took place at Bremen Cafe Friday evening, featuring bands Toadskin and Weird Storm. It was the first show for both bands in quite some time, not to mention both projects began shortly before COVID hit. Toadskin consists of vocalist/guitarist Jeff Van Dreel, bassist/vocalist Trevor Broskowski, and drummer Logan Byrne. Their sound could be
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A rambunctious punk fest took place at Bremen Cafe Thursday night, bringing moshes and headbanging all night long.
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The bands were part of a solid bill on Thursday night at Bremen Cafe.
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The country-core band played their second show at Bremen Cafe on Sunday night.
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A pair of newer acts took the stage on Sunday night at Bremen Cafe.
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The country-rock band played Bremen Cafe this past Sunday night.
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The long running band shared the stage at Bremen Cafe with Saebra & Carlyle and Patti on Thursday.
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The bands were part of a stacked five-act show at Bremen Cafe on Friday.
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The acts played a stripped down show at Bremen Cafe on Thursday night.
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The stacked bill played Bremen Cafe on Friday night.
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