The Promise Ring Archives - Milwaukee Record

Listen to RUSTBELT cover The Promise Ring’s “Nothing Feels Good”

January 10, 2023

Last summer we introduced you to RUSTBELT, a.k.a. New-York-by-way-of-Milwaukee musician John Chiaverina, a.k.a. the man formerly known as Juiceboxxx. "Juiceboxxx was an exercise in believing in myself despite e...

My First Band: Davey von Bohlen (The Promise Ring, Maritime, Cap’n Jazz)

Milwaukee Record Staff

February 19, 2021

broadstreet.zone(81112); This week's guest is Davey von Bohlen, who you might know from influential Midwest emo acts like The Promise Ring and Cap'n Jazz or from his work in Maritime. Long before he was helpin...

Listen to a soundboard recording of The Promise Ring’s 1999 show at Concert Cafe

Tyler Maas

October 20, 2020

It's only Tuesday. We're in the final infuriating days leading up to the 2020 General Election. We're still dealing with a pandemic that seriously might never end. If you need a pick-me-up for any of those reas...

My First Band: William Seidel (Dramatic Lovers, Decibully, The Promise Ring, Camden)

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 20, 2019

William "B.J." Seidel wears a lot of hats. He's owner of a celebrated beer-focused bar called Burnhearts and he co-owns Goodkind, a nationally-regarded fine dining restaurant. He's also the lead singer and guit...

My First Band: Dan Didier (The Promise Ring, Maritime, Dramatic Lovers)

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 15, 2019

Another week, another prolific percussionist who got his start in Grafton, Wisconsin. This time around, we had the pleasure of speaking with Dan Didier. The drummer (and current keyboard/synth player in Dramati...

MKE Music Rewind: The Promise Ring, ‘Very Emergency’

Matt Wild

February 21, 2019

In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014.I have a confession to make: I didn't get into The Promise Ring unti...

Watch The Promise Ring perform on a 2002 episode of ‘Late Night With Conan O’Brien’

Tyler Maas

May 9, 2017

Though The Promise Ring has been known to play semi-frequent reunion shows, the band officially called it quits in 2002. Before parting ways that year, the seminal Milwaukee emo act released its underappreciate...

The Promise Ring will play a December 30 reunion show at Cactus Club

Tyler Maas

December 23, 2015

//For a band whose last release was in 2002 (the same year it broke up), The Promise Ring had a pretty active 2015. Maritime—which features two TPR expats in its ranks—put out its fifth (and arguably best)...

On The Record Episode 37: Emo with Braid and The Promise Ring

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 30, 2015

If you're even faintly aware of emo, chances are you're familiar with The Promise Ring and Braid. Together they carved an indelible thoroughfare for the revitalized genre that ran straight through the Midwester...

Jade Tree is reissuing The Promise Ring’s Nothing Feels Good on vinyl, cassette

Tyler Maas

September 16, 2015

Earlier this week, we chronicled 15 notable reunions in Milwaukee music. Of those, none were more meaningful than the return of emo kingpins The Promise Ring, who remain one of emo's most important acts and arg...

Buck up and listen to Owen cover The Promise Ring

Tyler Maas

November 10, 2014

Monday got you down? Perhaps you're a Chicago Bears fan. Maybe you woke up two hours late because your phone (which doubles as your alarm clock) was rendered useless in the middle of the night for no apparent r...

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