MKE Music Rewind: Jaill, “The Stroller”
In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit a notable Milwaukee song that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014.The 2010s was an incredibly fruitful decade in Milwaukee music. Fol...
Hear Jaill singer Vincent Kircher’s first solo single, “Mr. Doom”
After finally releasing the long-delayed Brain Cream in 2015, Jaill—and singer-guitarist Vincent Kircher, in particular—has kept a pretty low profile. Though the past 18 months have seen the former Sub Pop and ...
Here’s the undeniably awesome lineup for the 2016 Milwaukee Day show at Turner Hall
//On Thursday, April 14, Milwaukeeans young and old will join as one, raise their voices to the heavens, and celebrate the greatest holiday to be based on an area code. Yes, we're just one month away from ...
Hear Jaill’s new song, “Paint Me Scary”
//Way back in late 2013, Jaill spent an intense two-week session living and recording at an Austin, Texas studio. After lengthy label uncertainties and vinyl delays, those songs finally saw the light of da...
Jaill breaks free with Brain Cream
After six years and two records, Jaill is right back where it started. Since 2009 Burger Records debut There’s No Sky (Oh My My), the band—then called “Jail”—added a consonant, lost all but one member, signed t...
Jaill album postponement leads to awesome June 28 release show BBQ
The May 19 release date we reported for Jaill's long-awaited fourth full-length, Brain Cream, has come and gone with no record to be heard. Due to vinyl pressing delays, Jaill's old/new label Burger Records was...
Jaill announces release date for next album, Brain Cream
Just because Jaill has been fairly quiet since the release of its second Sub Pop Records album, Traps, doesn't mean the Great Lakes surf rockers haven't been busy. In fact, the band has experienced a pretty sig...
Caught on tapes: Milwaukee’s place in Cassette Store Day
The vinyl resurgence is no secret. However, as audiophiles returned to the forgotten format in droves, most leapfrogged over another musical medium that stood squarely between wax and mp3s on the recorded music...
Crocodiles take Cactus Club over the mid-week hump
It's hard to get people out on a Wednesday night. It's harder yet to get people into a cozy neighborhood bar/venue on a Wednesday in the middle of summer when people are either recovering from or preparing for ...