Alyssa Welch, Author at Midwest Action

March 5, 2014 4 54

The Midwest’s hardest working hippie is at it again. Just when we thought he was wrapping up a tour, it...

FIVE x FIVE: Kane Place Record Club

February 28, 2014 0 90

5 writers, 5 questions, 1 band, hand-picked by MWA. Welcome to FIVE x FIVE. This week: Milwaukee record-listening club turned...

February 27, 2014 0 11

Just last week, we saw Chicago-based outfit, Landmarks, open for the ever-awesome Courtney Barnett, and we couldn’t be more excited...

February 24, 2014 1 57

Milwaukee-based duo, Dream Attics, released their first track, “Like a Pretty Song”, in October of 2013. Fans of Dan Croll...

February 22, 2014 0 140

For some Midwestern music fans, an outdoor festival in February may have sounded outlandish, but to us, it was a...

February 21, 2014 0 32

5 writers, 5 questions, 1 band influential Chicagoan, hand-picked by MWA. Welcome to FIVE x FIVE. This week: promoter, music-man,...

February 20, 2014 0 18

Three days. Two “Dunn”s. One fest. Chicago’s very own, often imitated, never duplicated Dunn Dunn Fest is returning to the...

February 17, 2014 0 68

What better way to kick-off your week than with another expertly booked show at The Empty Bottle. This Tuesday, locals...

February 12, 2014 0 24

Brite Winter is an outdoor, winter art and music festival in Cleveland, Ohio. The festival is a free event that...

February 11, 2014 0 46

I went to school in Peoria, and at that point in my life, I was more concerned with Monday night...