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Watch Joe Wong face the end of the world in dual “Minor” and “Nuclear Rainbow” video

Matt Wild
February 16, 2021
Milwaukee native Joe Wong is great. When we last caught up with the musician (now based in Los Angeles), he discussed some of the collaborators who helped bring his latest (excellent) record, Nite Creatures, to...

Joe Wong talks about some collaborators who helped bring ‘Nite Creatures’ to life

Tyler Maas
September 16, 2020
Milwaukee native Joe Wong makes a living by adding musical accompaniment to other people's visual works. When he's not contributing aural touches to elevate television shows like Russian Doll, The Midnight Gosp...

Milwaukee native Joe Wong talks about scoring (and having a song featured on) ‘The Midnight Gospel’

Tyler Maas
April 24, 2020
Even if you don’t know who Joe Wong is, you’re almost certainly aware of his work. The Milwaukee-born (and now Los Angeles-based) composer and producer can be heard on television shows like Russian Doll, Ugly D...

My First Band: Joe Wong (The Trap Set, Russian Doll, Master Of None)

Milwaukee Record Staff
December 20, 2019
Even if you don't know who Joe Wong is, you're almost certainly aware of his work. The Los Angeles-based composer and producer can be heard on television shows like Russian Doll, Ugly Delicious, Maste...

Meet Joe Wong, the Milwaukee-born composer who made the music for Netflix’s ‘Russian Doll’

Tyler Maas
February 14, 2019
By now, you've likely plowed through the first season of the new Netflix original series Russian Doll. Though the Natasha Lyonne vehicle is inventive, hilariously dark, and incredibly enjoyable on its own, you ...

The Trap Set’s Joe Wong runs down 9 standout Milwaukee drummers

Milwaukee Record Staff
November 25, 2016
Joe Wong knows a thing or two about drumming. Since leaving Milwaukee—where he provided percussion for acts like Akarso and Parts & Labor—for Los Angeles, he started The Trap Set, which has been called “t...

Joe Wong will return to Milwaukee November 26 for The Trap Set Live

Tyler Maas
November 7, 2016
If you haven't listened to The Trap Set yet, you're really missing out. The weekly show hosted by former Milwaukeean and Akarso drummer Joe Wong calls itself "the world's most popular podcast and terrestrial ...

Listen to Joe Wong talk to Fugazi drummer Brendan Canty in first episode of The Trap Set

Matt Wild
January 29, 2015
You can find a podcast dedicated to just about anything these days—cats, bad movies, Milwaukee—but one subject has gone curiously unexamined: drummers. Seriously, we can have 8,000 tedious hours of a gussied-up...
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