7" - Midwest Action

December 19, 2018 0 67

With a full-length album released this past October on local Chicago label Dumpster Tapes, we weren’t expecting much more from...

Give It A Spin: “Sea of Red / Brujo” by Calliope

March 20, 2017 0 61

Milwaukee’s Calliope take a page out of the ’70s Prog-Rock playbook with some incredibly heavy organ and guitar work. Their latest 7″...

August 17, 2016 0 127

It’s been over 2 years since I first laid needle to groove on Calliope’s last release Orbis. Their latest lathe cut single “Astral Hand” was...

November 13, 2015 0 75

5 writers, 5 questions, 1 band, hand-picked by the MWA writers. Welcome to FIVE x FIVE. This week: Chicago singer-songwriter,...

May 26, 2015 0 229

Beat Drun Juel (rhymes with “Beat Run Jewel”) are a three-piece you may have seen around Chicago. They have a knack...

February 23, 2015 0 164

Chicago junk-rockers return from hibernation with a snarling new single. While they haven’t played a show together since 2013, or...

January 8, 2015 0 42

The holidays are finally over. Now we can get back to going to shows every weekend and getting drunk every...

December 9, 2014 0 155

I’ve always enjoyed albums that try to say everything all at once. I’m never sure if an artist or band...

December 2, 2014 0 123

No guitars. No frills. No two ways about it, Foul Tip’s “Madness” makes for a solid debut. Throbbing two-piece punk...

November 18, 2014 0 79

Chicago psych-punk savants Ego are back with a brand new 7”, Can’t Shut It Off, out now on Maximum Pelt...