Tag: Calliope

Calliope says farewell (for now), morphs into cosmic Astral Hand

March 25, 2019

Type "Milwaukee psych-stoner-biker-band" into the search engine of your choice and you'll land on Calliope. Beginning with a bluesy self-titled album in 2013 and culminating with the thunderous Chapel Perilous ...

Calliope returns with psychedelic, end-of-the-world ‘Chapel Perilous’

Matt Wild

March 26, 2018

Early on in Chapel Perilous, the third psyched-out full-length album from Milwaukee's Calliope, things slow down. "The Dunes" is a three-minute-plus drone of noise and feedback, with wisps of riffs and hints of...

Get weird (and get loud) with new music from Calliope

Matt Wild

March 16, 2017

It's been a hot, swirling, organ-laden minute since psyched-out Milwaukee outfit Calliope graced fans with a new full-length album. In 2014, the excellent ORBIS found the band, according to our review at the ti...

Take one small step with psyched-out Calliope side project, Moon Rats

Matt Wild

June 14, 2016

// Type "Milwaukee psych-rock" into the search engine of your choice, and you'll quickly land on Calliope. (Go ahead, try it!) The group has been blasting the city with it's heavy, bluesy, Doors-channeling ...

Exclusive: Stream VBIV’s debut EP, Control

Tyler Maas

June 23, 2015

Outside of serving as Calliope’s guitarist, Victor Buell IV is a skilled videographer, a graphic designer, an artist, and a more-than-capable producer (who recorded, mixed, and mastered Calliope’s last record)....

Go on a Packers vision quest with Calliope’s Al Kraemer

Matt Wild

January 5, 2015

On Sunday, January 11, the Green Bay Packers will square off against the Dallas Cowboys at Lambeau Field for what will undoubtedly be a nail-biting, edge-of-your-bleacher-seat playoff game. At stake is the priv...

Lose yourself in the awesomely trippy video for Calliope’s “Casino”

Matt Wild

August 20, 2014

One of the biggest surprises in Milwaukee music this year has been Calliope’s ORBIS, a big, brash, unapologetic slab of psyched-out goodness that’s miles removed from the band’s previous efforts. With swirling ...

Harley-Davidson celebrations throttle down in 111th year

Tyler Maas

August 15, 2014

Maybe the absence of a round numeral has something to do with it, but if there’s a dedicated celebration for Harley-Davidson’s 111th anniversary, we haven’t heard about it. Known for throwing both amazing parti...

Exclusive: Listen to the new Calliope album, ORBIS

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 2, 2014

On its 2013 self-titled debut, Calliope sneered at current musical trends and offered up a sleazy, unabashed slab of dirty roadhouse blues. It was the kind of record that felt willfully out of time, something t...

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