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My First Band: Nick Sanborn (Sylvan Esso, Decibully, Made Of Oak)

August 9, 2019

You might know Nick Sanborn as one half of Sylvan Esso, from his time in Milwaukee's own Decibully, or from his work in side projects like Made Of Oak and Rosenau & Sanborn. Long before any of that, however...

My First Band: Sarah Vos (Dead Horses, Ocean View)

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 2, 2019

This week's guest is Sarah Vos of Dead Horses. The singer, guitarist, and founding member of the up-and-coming Americana/bluegrass outfit continually tours the country to play concerts at bars, theaters, festiv...

My First Band: JP Harris

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 26, 2019

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

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 19, 2019

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)

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 12, 2019

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)

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 5, 2019

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)

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 28, 2019

broadstreet.zone(71237); 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)

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 21, 2019

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)

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 14, 2019

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)

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 7, 2019

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

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 31, 2019

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)

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 24, 2019

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)

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 17, 2019

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)

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 10, 2019

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)

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 3, 2019

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...

My First Band: Nick Woods (Direct Hit!, The Box Social)

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 26, 2019

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

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 19, 2019

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)

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 12, 2019

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...

My First Band: Mike Krol (Mike Krol, The Reactants)

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 5, 2019

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 ...

My First Band: Officer Bradford (Masked Intruder)

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 29, 2019

Jackson Bradford might have the most interesting job in music. The Milwaukee native spends at least half of each year wearing a cop costume and short-shorts while sporting a mustache as part of his lovable “hee...

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