Silverstein have been around on the Vans Warped Tour for some time, but their energetic live set is always a sight to see. Check out our video from the Milwaukee stop for “Face of the Earth”. You can almost feel the band’s energy come right at you:
Read moreWe’re still rolling out videos from Warped Tour left and right, and here’s another one, this time from Senses Fail. Now established veterans of the Warped Tour scene, this band knows what they’re doing with a 30-minute set, and absolutely crushed it live in Milwaukee. Check out the video below:
Read moreEarlier this week, we had the privilege of speaking with Kevin Lyman, founder of the Vans Warped Tour. Kevin was in town for a speaking engagement at Turner Hall Ballroom, and was nice enough to sit down with Noelle Searles to go over a wide variety of subjects, including the early years of Warped, awkward moments with Pete Wentz backstage,
Read moreBenjamin Booker is not a wholesome folk singer. He graces the stage with a toughness. He is aloof, he smokes cigarettes, and he is unafraid to spew some obscenities toward drunken crowd members begging for recognition. What initially intrigued me about Booker was his subtle mesh of influences. I’ve heard him described as punk, blues and folk, but none of
Read moreThis week’s Milwaukee Artist of the Week is Sin Bad, a garage/pop punk hybrid with an infectious sound. I first found out about the band on a recent, impromptu trip to the Cactus Club, on a night the group took the stage. Within a few minutes, I was smiling as I saw a band that embodied much of what pop
Read morePunk rock, musical? Punk rock musical. That’s what Fat Mike has been up to lately. “Home Street Home” is a musical written by NOFX’s Fat Mike and his girlfriend, Soma Snakeoil. The musical looks at the lives of homeless, gutterpunk kids, but it’s not too far away from sounding like the playwright’s work. Essentially, it’s like having a new NOFX
Read moreLast week, we had the pleasure of checking out the first installment of Seven Costanza’s “Incendiary Stage”, a blend of stand-up comedy and live music. With a introduction from a bunch of great comics, Seven Costanza lit up the stage, with a power-packed half hour set. We first got to see their live set during this year’s Shenanigans Tour, but
Read moreFall Out Boy are back with their latest album, “American Beauty/American Psycho”. As one of the premier names in pop punk, the group has evolved by leaps and bounds since their early releases. With several songs from the album being released in advance of the album, it’s interesting to see the dynamic of this album. The singles are jam-packed into
Read moreAfter going all of 2014 without a release, Title Fight are back with the follow up to their “Spring Songs” EP. The new album, “Hyperview” will be out on February 3rd. In the meantime, the group has premiered their new video for “Rose Of Sharon” from the record. WIth no lack of intensity, the band is looking to build an
Read moreWithout much (or any) knowledge of who Mariachi El Bronx are, I pressed play on their third self-titled mariachi album. Then, I went to Google to figure out more about them. Turns out that Mariachi El Bronx are also punk band The Bronx. I’ve heard of them! Who knew? Thanks, Wikipedia. Anyway, while mariachi music might not really be your
Read moreWhenever a frontman goes solo, there’s always a bit of hesitation from me. After My Chemical Romance seemed to peter out, Gerard Way has reemerged with his debut solo album, “Hesitant Alien”. Overall, it sounds like the gritty, kinda-glam side project that Gerard Way never had. This is definitely his own unique animal, and it takes his creativity in a
Read moreWednesday afternoon brought the Vans Warped Tour to Milwaukee, as part of their 20th run since Kevin Lyman created the tour in 1995. For me, the Warped Tour is part of my adolescence that is hard to let go. Going into the show on Wednesday morning, I thought that it might just be my last time walking in to the
Read moreAre you a Milwaukee musician/band? You can submit your music to be the Milwaukee Artist of the Week by emailing links to info@BreakingAndEntering.net. We’ll check out every submission we get! This week’s Milwaukee Artist of the Week is Heavy Hand, a trio with an infectious, upbeat sound. Their latest album “Northwoods Knives” recently came out, and it’s essentially a party
Read moreRise Against are no strangers to the Summerfest stage, and they once again proved that on Thursday night at the Harley Davidson Roadhouse. With a packed crowd waiting, watching the night’s fireworks display, the band hit the stage and quickly jumped into “Ready to Fall”, the first in a slew of hits that they would play. When they followed it
Read moreAre you a Milwaukee musician/band? You can submit your music to be the Milwaukee Artist of the Week by emailing links to info@BreakingAndEntering.net. We’ll check out every submission we get! This week’s Milwaukee Artist of the Week is Seven Costanza, a Bay View trio that embodies true punk rock, DIY spirit, with some well crafted songs to boot. With only
Read moreI’m one of those people that believes there is a little bit of good in (almost) everybody. Apparently, The Menzingers are those kind of guys, too. Their latest video shows the lighter side of “Jason Menzinger” (copyrights kinda suck sometimes). Make sure you check out this video, though. It rules. There isn’t really much else to say about it. The
Read moreConcord America is an energetic trio out of Atlanta, and they’ve recently released the first single from their follow up to last year’s “Shag Nasty”. “Suns Out Guns Out” is right at that edge where indie and punk seem to come together, led by distorted guitars with a touch of cynical lyrics. Check it out below and see for yourself:
Read morePunk rock’s only super-cover-group, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes are back at it, with a new album, “Are We Not Men? We Are Diva!”, due out May 13th. We can only assume that the album will feature similar shenanigans like this Paula Abdul cover. Really, any song known partially for it’s “Woah!”s makes for a great punk cover, but
Read moreThis is another South By Southwest discovery that I’m really glad that I stumbled upon. On… one of the days that I was there (after a while, it started to blend), I caught the very end of The Obvious’s set. In fact, I caught them from outside of the bar, through a doorway, because frontwoman Surojanie Sugrim was busy tearing
Read moreFor those of you that don’t know, part of my earliest exposure to the Milwaukee music scene came in the form of my dad’s limited collection of vinyl, video, and party flyers. I’m not exactly sure how it started, but he and his siblings hung out with Jerome Brisch, AKA Presley Haskel of The Haskels, one of Milwaukee’s premier punk
Read moreAre you a Milwaukee musician/band? You can submit your music to be the Milwaukee Artist of the Week by emailing links to info@BreakingAndEntering.net. We’ll check out every submission we get! This week’s Milwaukee Artist of the Week is Call Me Lightning, a name on the local scene that is long overdue of our little award. The band emerged in 2004
Read moreIf you ever get a spare hour and a half, and you love music, especially punk, watch A Band Called Death on Netflix. The documentary talks about the incredible lost story of Death, a group of three brothers from Detroit, who were making punk music years before any of the other early punk bands were formed. Shortly before frontman David
Read moreIn advance of their show on February 5th at The Rave, I talked to Adam Patterson of The Expendables. We discussed touring, new music, crazy road stories and his favorite beer. Check it out below: B&E: You’re from Santa Cruz, California. Why did you come to the midwest in January? AP: We do a Winter Blackout tour every year, and
Read moreThe Lawrence Arms’ first record in eight years will be released on Tuesday, but the band has put it up to stream, sort of. They released the album as a series of Youtube videos for you to stream in their entirety below. You can also preorder it via iTunes here. To support “Metropole”, the band will be touring the west
Read moreMy favorite band (and hopefully yours), NOFX, released a new EP in November, and to go with it they had fans create their video for the title track. There are three finalists that you can vote on at Fat Wreck Chords’ Tumblr page, but this is really the only one that I felt compelled to share, because it’s awesome. Good
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