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      Tyler Maas
      December 7, 2023
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      Tyler Maas
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      Tyler Maas
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      Matt Wild
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      Tyler Maas
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      Tyler Maas
      September 7, 2023
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      August 23, 2023
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      November 20, 2023
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      November 3, 2023
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      October 26, 2023
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Author Dan Agacki

Dan Agacki

Dan Agacki is a veteran of long dead publications like Punk Planet, Fan-Belt, and Ctrl Alt Dlt. He currently contributes to The Shepherd Express and Explain. His free time is spent frantically searching for Black Flag live bootlegs.

In sickness and in health: Mike IX Williams reflects on 30 years of Eyehategod

Dan Agacki
February 6, 2018
With 2018 in full swing, New Orleans band Eyehategod are celebrating 30 years of bashing out sludgy metal-tinged hardcore. "We're definitely outcasts, but we always have been," vocalist Mike IX Williams says. I...

“It’s always going to be heavy.” Erik Stenglein talks Northless, volume, ‘Last Bastion Of Cowardice’

Dan Agacki
December 12, 2017
For the past decade, Erik Stenglein has been at the forefront of Milwaukee heavy music. As vocalist/guitarist for Northless, he has orchestrated some of the most pummeling music to ever emerge from the area. Hi...

“I’m obsessed with insane people.” Doubletruck explores trashy excess with ‘Honkhonktopia’

Dan Agacki
November 30, 2017
In their brief two year existence, Doubletruck have foregone the traditional process laid out for young bands. Side stepping the demo tape stage, they burst out of the gate in 2015 with a self-titled, 14-song f...

Kamasi Washington plays jazz for the masses at Turner Hall

Dan Agacki
November 8, 2017
Ruminating on Guns N' Roses' relevance in 2017, I leaned against Turner Hall Tuesday night and watched the masses file into the BMO Harris Bradley Center. As a lifelong GN'R fan, a small piece of my heart float...

Get to know Law/Less, Milwaukee’s newest punk project

Dan Agacki
October 19, 2017
In a time when seemingly all recorded music is readily available, it’s easy to get lost in the flood of sub-genres and micro-genres. Law/Less are a punk band. Call them street punk, UK82, or whatever half-baked...

Rancid and Dropkick Murphys bring grown-up punk to BMO Harris Pavilion

Dan Agacki
August 10, 2017
Sometimes, to amuse yourself on the drive to work, you call into radio stations to win concert tickets. Sometimes you're caller number five and you actually win the tickets. And so I found myself, maxed out on ...

Ryan Adams dives into back catalog, mixes old with new at Riverside Theater

Dan Agacki
August 1, 2017
Ryan Adams is one of the most prolific songwriters of our time. The only person who has cranked out albums at a more furious pace is Guided By Voices' Robert Pollard. Adams' latest full length, Prisoner, is a s...

Midwives singer discusses origin, aspirations of Holy Family Players Theatre label

Dan Agacki
July 13, 2017
Industry insiders will tell you that the music industry is as good as dead. Physical media: Dead. Record labels: Bordering on obsolete. It’s in this climate that Midwives vocalist Shaun Stacey decided to start ...

Fast, loud, and weird: Brain-Bats mix punk with underground comix insanity

Dan Agacki
June 22, 2017
From Static Eyes to the Catholic Boys, Mistreaters, and onward, Milwaukee has a strong continuum of garage rock bands injecting a heavy dose of punk into their sound. Brain-Bats are a relatively new Milwaukee q...

Negative Approach’s John Brannon talks reunion, new material before first Milwaukee show

Dan Agacki
June 20, 2017
Detroit hardcore legends Negative Approach are arguably the quintessential Midwestern hardcore band. Their warp speed take on British Oi harnesses a power that few have matched. Brannon’s “throat full of broken...

Father of Church of Scientology leader spoke at Greenfield Library Monday night

Dan Agacki
June 8, 2017
As a parent, one can only hope that their children will follow their lessons and find a path to success. But as most parents will find, there comes a time when you must release the child to make their own way. ...

Florida Brothers Band singer Chris Loker talks pro wrestling

Dan Agacki
April 25, 2017
With a voice like South Milwaukee's favorite son, Reginald "The Crusher" Lisowski, and wrestling singlets in tow, Florida Brothers Band craft poppy punk earworms that will make you smash your neighbor with a st...

Melvin James gives public access to local hip-hop with ‘414 Video Spotlight’

Dan Agacki
April 12, 2017
With the rise of streaming sites like Netflix, Hulu, YouTube and Vimeo, watching TV in the traditional sense is a somewhat archaic practice. Outside of sporting events and political speeches, it's entirely poss...
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