My First Band: JP Harris
JP Harris is less than a year removed from putting out his third full-length solo record, Sometimes Dogs Bark At Nothing. On top of releasing outstanding records, the established Nashville country music staple ...
My First Band: Brett Newski
Brett Newski has been called the "loudest acoustic act ever," and that might not be an overstatement. Since embarking on his solo project in his late twenties, the tireless troubadour has earned a reputation as...
My First Band: Sean Tillmann (Har Mar Superstar, Calvin Krime, Heart Bones)
This week's guest is Sean Tillmann. You probably know him much better as Har Mar Superstar. The Minneapolis music legend has made a name for himself throughout the Midwest—and far beyond—with his entertaining a...
My First Band: Scott Schoenbeck (Dashboard Confessional, Promise Ring, Alligator Gun)
If you've watched Dashboard Confessional at any point in the past 17 years, you've surely seen Scott Schoenbeck. Though the bassist has traveled the world and shared the stage with some of the planet's biggest ...
My First Band: Margaret Butler and Nick Ziemann (GGOOLLDD, Number One Fan, The Wildbirds)
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Before GGOOLLDD formed and made its rapid ascent to Midwestern music supremacy, members of Milwaukee's—and now Baton Rouge, Louisiana's—premier party-pop project had significantly diff...
My First Band: Cedric LeMoyne (Alanis Morissette, Gnarls Barkley, Rose Of The West, Remy Zero)
You probably recognize the bass lines of Cedric LeMoyne in songs by Alanis Morissette and Gnarls Barkley. You might be aware of his work with his new band, Milwaukee's own Rose Of The West. However, LeMoyne's f...
My First Band: Brendan Kelly (The Lawrence Arms, Slapstick, The Falcon)
Chicago punk rock legend Brendan Kelly is probably best known for his work with The Lawrence Arms, his previous output in Slapstick and the Broadways, and the hilariously bleak things he tweets as his “Nihilist...
My First Band: Joseph Huber (.357 String Band, Joseph Huber)
Before he made a name for himself in roots and Americana music as the front man and primary songwriter of a band that bears his name, Joseph Huber was a punk kid living in the country. While growing up on the o...
My First Band: Samiam
Over the course of the band's 30-plus-year existence, Samiam has done it all. Since starting out on Gilman Street in the late '80s, the legendary punk band has released eight influential albums and a mess of ex...
My First Band: Mary Joy (Fox Face, The Olives, Saebra & Carlyle)
If you live in or around Wisconsin and you like punk and garage rock, you're probably familiar with Mary Joy's work in Fox Face. The Dirtnap Records band has toured Europe, played SXSW, and has rightfully earne...
My First Band: Stacey Dee and Jennie Cotterill (Bad Cop/Bad Cop)
Though the members have all been involved in a variety of projects through the years, Bad Cop/Bad Cop seems like a case of the right band with the right people happening at the right time in life. The Fat Wreck...
My First Band: Deanna Belos (Sincere Engineer)
In the roughly year-and-a-half span since her project, Sincere Engineer, released Rhombithian—the band’s debut album—on Red Scare Industries, Deanna Belos has earned heaps of attention and praise from music pub...
My First Band: Josh Caterer (The Smoking Popes, Speedstick)
Few have heard of Josh Caterer's first band—Speedstick—but after a name change and a swap of drummers, that band, now known as "The Smoking Popes," quickly made a name for themselves in the early '90s Chicago p...
Let’s say goodbye to The Disclaimer
Every Wednesday at noon, Ryan Schleicher, Evan Rytlewski, and Matt Wild TOOK to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest WAS called The Disclaimer, so named because none of the...
My First Band: Nick Woods (Direct Hit!, The Box Social)
Before Nick Woods was the singer, guitarist, and founding member of Direct Hit! and the co-owner of X-Ray Arcade, the punk rock front man and all-ages venue owner/operator was a suburban kid with an insatiable ...
My First Band: Restorations
Even though this is technically the seventh My First Band episode, this was the first interview recorded for the show...by a long shot. Last October, host Tyler Maas asked Restorations if any members wanted to ...
My First Band: Amos Pitsch (Tenement, Dusk)
You might know Amos Pitsch as the singer of Tenement, a Northeastern Wisconsin punk band that garnered national acclaim after releasing the 2015 double-album masterpiece, Predatory Headlights. Maybe you know hi...
Let’s talk about Summerfest, and the Brewers saving the July 3 fireworks
Every Wednesday at noon, Ryan Schleicher, Evan Rytlewski, and Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called The Disclaimer, so named because none of the ...
My First Band: Mike Krol (Mike Krol, The Reactants)
Before he was the front man, bandleader, and namesake of a Los Angeles-based project on the Merge Records roster, Mike Krol was a Wauwatosa teen who loved ska. Recently, while in Milwaukee to play a homecoming ...
Let’s talk about the fight over the Marcus Center’s “historic” grove of chestnut trees
Every Wednesday at noon, Ryan Schleicher, Evan Rytlewski, and Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called The Disclaimer, so named because none of the ...