Posted on June 30, 2009 by Sam Van Hallgren
Come say hello to 88Nine this week at Summerfest. You can find us at the Mid-Gate Stage at the Potawatomi Bingo Casino Pavilion with Miller High Life. Tues & Wed this week, Tarik (aka The Architect) will be broadcasting live from the 88Nine tent from 2pm to 6pm. Thurs & Fri from 2 to 6, [...]
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Posted on June 18, 2009 by Sam Van Hallgren
This week … the golden age of hip hop … 1989 to 1996 … hip hop enters the mainstream. Like the rock world in the 80s and 90s, hip hop was now big and diverse enough to see some acts break through with commercial success, while other, just as deserving acts, linger in the indie [...]
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Posted on June 9, 2009 by Sam Van Hallgren
The late 1970s. DJs are king. Cutting and scratching are introduced, and the first hip hop albums are released, with MCs rapping over break beats built on funk, rock, latin and disco records. A decade later, the MC has moved front and center … Rap is born … And drum machines and samplers give hip [...]
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Posted on February 24, 2009 by Sam Van Hallgren
Sometimes an album comes across our desk that needs to be shared in its entirety. War Child presents … Heroes is modestly described as “the greatest covers album of all time.” We don’t disagree. TV On The Radio covering Bowie. Beck covering Dylan. Lily Allen covering The Clash. Estelle covering Stevie Wonder. See the complete [...]
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Posted on February 20, 2009 by Sam Van Hallgren
This week on 414 Music with Scott Mullins, Milwaukee’s The Vega Star shared material from their new album “The Night.” The bands three-part vocal harmonies made for some stirring radio. The band’s “The Night” CD Release party takes place tonight at the Cactus Club in Bay View. To hear The Vega Star’s interview and [...]
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Posted on February 20, 2009 by Sam Van Hallgren
A former member of Milwaukee’s Clementine, James Dahmann and new band-mates John Gleisner (drums, formerly of Mahogany Throttle) and Clayton Strausberg (guitar/vocals) make up new Milwaukee band Kingdom Nada. They dropped by the 88Nine Studio on Thursday, February 19, to give a preview of their Saturday, February 21st concert at Stonefly Brewery with Figureheads and [...]
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Posted on February 18, 2009 by Sam Van Hallgren
On Wednesday afternoon, February 18, singer/songwriter, all-round great guy Ben Kweller dropped by the 88Nine Studio for a chat with afternoon host Scott Mullins and to perform a couple songs from his new album “Changing Horses.” The name of the album a reference, we can only assume, to Texas-native Kweller’s “changing horses in mid-stream” from [...]
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