Battlecry Spotlight On: Football (the band, not the sport. duh.)

Posted on May 16, 2012 by | Comments Off

Chicago’s noisy-ass punk band, Football, is hard to find on the Internet, but that’s okay. They’re best found in-person, anyway. Their loud, abrasive brand of punk (click links to experience) has lots of the grit you’d expect and some excellent emo-Chicago tendencies you might not expect (and secretly enjoy). With hollowed-out vocals (vaguely reminiscent of Barney Gumble) and relentless guitars, these fellas are pro at riling people up whether they planned on getting riled up or not.  Oh, and do the names Ponys, Baseball Furies, Hot Machines, Tight Phantomz, France Has the Bomb or A/V Murder mean anything to you? If yeah, you’ll be happy to note that the connections with these bands are tight.

Football opens up for Jaill’s release party in a couple weeks. We hope they like bowling and we hope you’ll like Football.

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The David Mayfield Parade w/ Tim Schweiger & The Middlemen + Jaackrasch

Posted on May 8, 2012 by | Comments Off

For being the older brother of oft-buzzed-about crooner Jessica Lea Mayfield and touring pal of the one and only Avett Brothers, David Mayfield sure keeps a low cover…

…which probably won’t last all that long. Mayfield’s charisma and Southern cred (and semi-famous sibling) have made him one of the most winning folks on the folk circuit and his acclaimed outfit,Cadillac Sky, has gotten its fair amount of attention. The man can sling a double bass and sing like an angel. See this video he did (to prove that, indeed, he is a winning, angelic fellow) and see him at Club Garibaldi’s when he pays Milwaukee a visit on a Friday near you.

Club Garibaldi’s
2501 S. Superior
doors: 9pm / show: 9:30pm
$8 DOS

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JAILL ~ 06.08.12 ~ Record Release Bowling – Taco Extravaganza!!!

Posted on May 1, 2012 by | Comments Off

Battlecry & WMSE 91.7 fm & 88 Nine Radio Milwaukee Present:

Milwaukee’s Jaill is neither frilly nor fancy…

…what better way to welcome the quintet’s newest into existence than surrounded by black lights and used shoes?

Walking in a straight line between tacky and inspiring, Jaill’s music is both completely smarter than your smartiest pants, but probably a bit dirtier than your dirtiest pants. They’re the band that is charming, inappropriate, close-mouthed and impossibly intelligent, all in one go. Their take on pop music comes with plenty of quirks, big words, psych sounds, pretty guitars, hooks, vocal harmonies and underlying aggression that somehow remains playful and humble. The band’s first round of recordings, catchy as catchy can be, always hinted at something more muscular, and that something became more ear-apparent upon the release of their Sub Pop Records debut, That’s How We Burn(2010).

Two years down and Traps is set for release. Jaill sounds comfortable and confident, especially evident on their recently-released single, “Waste a Lot of Things”, which is a repeat-er of a song and easily so. Sub Pop says the rest of Traps will follow suit: “Traps is pretty, it’s moody, it pops. It has the scrappy, vengeful enthusiasm of a puppy stuck under a blanket. It’s an adorably grumpy bear just awoken from his long winter’s slumber, with a mangy heart rarely found outside of the stuffed animal bin of a Salvation Army. It’s an album that expects to be taken seriously goddammit, even though it just puked on the bar.” Yup. Same old Jaill we know. And we’ll keep coming back for more…and so we do with a special night in store.

Get ready for an evening of fun in Milwaukee as Jaill celebrates their new album just a bit early for hometown’s sake complete with glow bowling and eating tacos. Pick up Traps before the release date, too. Find the band and challenge them to a bowling game or a taco-eating contest. As long as they make the stage on time, it’s all good.

Battlecry Presents (with  91.7 FM WMSE  + 88Nine Radio Milwaukee):

Friday, June 8th

Jaill (MKE) / Sub Pop Records
*album release show *

 Bay View Bowl
2416 S. Kinnickinnic
doors: 7pm / show: 9pm

$12 ADV / $15 DOS
this is an all-ages show

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wmse 91.7 fm & battlecry present: SLEEPY SUN – 05/02

Posted on April 22, 2012 by | Comments Off

Sleepy Sun comes to Milwaukee Wednesday, May 2nd to the Cactus Club for some mid-week mayhem! Excellent locals Castle Thunder and Moss Folk will open. Show starts at 9:30 pm. Click on the album cover above for a link to ticket info and watch this video for a peek at the band’s brand new album, Spine Hits.

 

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Pleased to Announce: Beat Connection w/ White Arrows — Cactus Club 7/14

Posted on April 2, 2012 by | Comments Off

 

Man o h mano. Super rope bands Beat Connection and White Arrows at Cactus in July. Going to need the sweat bands for this one.

Here’s a bit we lifted from the bio. Give more attention to the video and tunes!

Beat Connection is Jordan Koplowitz and Reed Juenger with help from friends and lovers, especially Tom Eddy, an amazing vocalist whos presence can be duely felt on “In The Water” and “Silver Screen”.

Reed and Jordan play piles of electronics: including, but not limited to, mpcs, midi keyboards, sp-404s, dd-5s, torq, logic, kaoss pads, microkorgs, guitars, vocal effects. When working in the studio its all about Logic and using everything at our disposal. This sometimes involves filter sweeps, crash cymbals, and found sound recordings, other times guitar will do the trick.

 White Arrows:
White Arrows may never divulge the source of their strange magic, but it’s hard not to picture a mystic dance floor hidden in the midst of a tropical rainforest. The Los Angeles band stands at these balmy crossroads like a vision from an alternate reality: classic without leaning on nostalgia, visionary but not unfamiliar. What should be a collision of sounds and styles-ritualistic rhythm and four-four thump, synth sequences and strummed guitars, garage-y grind and airy atmosphere-is, in this quintet’s capable hands, a fluidly seething whole. Call it Psychotropical pop, something both busy and breezy. Call it Paul Simon in space (others have). Call it what you will. This is White Arrows.

 

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Tonight! Saturday, February 17 @ Blackbird Bar

Posted on February 18, 2012 by | Comments Off

So, the Battlecry crew is pulling together like Voltron to assemble some sweet tunes for your listening pleasure. Tonight from 10pm to close, we will be spinning records at one of our favorite bars, The Blackbird, located on KK near Oklahoma in Bayview. They have sweet pinball, bar tenders and beers. Aaaaand…

In celebration of all the cool shows we have coming up, and because its’ fun, we’ll be raffling off 1 pair of tickets every hour to upcoming shows: An Horse, Megafaun, Shabazz Palaces, Dinosaur Feathers, and The Cave Singers.

Hope to see some Battlecriers tonight!

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The Cave Singers – April 14 @ Cactus Club

Posted on February 17, 2012 by | Comments Off

Earlier this week we announced The Cave Singers have renewed efforts to bring the good times to Milwaukee. We might be even more excited than we were before. All this anticipation and suspense is going to make for one incredibly special night in Milwaukee. And by the way, keep an eye and an ear out for additional plans to make this 4/14 even more special-er.

Tickets went on sale today.
You can buy them here.

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Looking Back and Going Forward: Taking it On From 2011

Posted on January 28, 2012 by | Comments Off

It’s already the twenty-eighth of January as we type this…incredible! Before we get too far ahead of ourselves with what already is shaping up to be a great 2012, we want to thank all of those who came out to our shows in 2011. Shows where maybe you knew the headliner, but never had heard the supporting acts…or maybe it was the other way around. Or, maybe the only bands you were familiar with on the bill were the local ones.

In any case, a big thanks is in order to you, the show-goer, the venues and all the inspiring musicians who we were lucky to have come to Milwaukee, many of them being not only good musicians, but great people to meet and know as well. Here’s who we hosted last year:

Peter Wolf Crier

The War On Drugs

Zorch

Adam Helwin

Greatest Lakes

Caveman

Future Islands

Blessed Feathers

Mountain Man

Golden Coins

Dinosaur Feathers

Stock Options

Rural Alberta Advantage

The Fatty Acids

Absolutely

James Vincent McMorrow

Wumme

David Dondero

Thin Hymns

Surgeons in Heat

Milagres

Control

Lake

All Tiny Creatures

Ages and Ages

Glowfriends

Brief Candles

Gospel Gossip

 

Phew! So…again, thank you! And we’re not planning on stopping anytime soon. What we’ve got lined up for you this year is really exciting and we’ve already got shows like these in the works: Megafaun, An Horse, Dinosaur Feathers and the most-recently announced, Shabazz Palaces.

Keep checking back here, and at our Facebook page, the Battlecry Twitter page and we’ll definitely be doing our best to keep you up to date on what’s going on and how to get there. Also feel free to hit us up — we’d be happy to give you info, above and beyond. We just love music and are excited to share what we like with you! Thanks, and here’s to the year ahead.

 

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Just Announced: Shabazz Palaces — April 4 @ Mad Planet

Posted on January 27, 2012 by | Comments Off

 

Just Announced! SeizureChicken, BattleCry & WMSE present: SHABAZZ PALACES w/ Dope Folk DJs  – 4/4/12 @ MadPlanet – Tickets On Sale Monday

Incredibly pleased to bring the avant-garde hip-hop collective SHABAZZ PALACES to Milwaukee’s Mad Planet April 4th. Spinning records all night are the heads behind Milwaukee’s very own boutique golden era hip-hop label, Dope Folks.

Ishmael Butler (once ‘Butterfly’ of Grammy award winning jazz-rap group Digable Planets) and multi-instrumentalist Tendai Maraire we’re the first hip-hop act to be signed to Sub Pop and released their debut full-length album, Black Up, in 2011.

press:

Pitchfork: Shabazz Palaces ”Black Up” 8.8 Best New Music
Rolling Stone – Band to Watch: Shabazz Palaces Make Heady, Atmospheric Hip-Hop
NPR – Grind And Shine: Shabazz Palaces And THEESatisfaction

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Welcome to Battlecry Milwaukee

Posted on January 13, 2012 by | Comments Off

Here’s our new website. Working on adding some content and more information. It’s a work in progress, but the important thing is that we will add new shows in our upcoming shows section. Please let us know if you have any questions or suggestions.

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