OK - I'm starting to take this personally!  I moved to
Austin almost 3 years ago and NOW - The Brewers are
winning; The Pabst, Turner Hall, & The Riverside are
pulling in some great touring acts; AND IPO is coming
to the bar ACROSS THE STREET from where I lived. 

Actually, this is awesome. Linneman's is one of the
coolest bars in Milwaukee. Jim & Marty (the owners)
are really friendly and care about music -
Unfortunately, a rarity among most club owners.

I don't know all of the bands playing, but these are
definitely worth checking out:

Trolley - Always an energetic & entertaining live show
http://www.myspace.com/trolley1

The Pugilists - Country-Pop from Jack Rodee of Spill &
Jack Rice formerly of The Blow Pops & The Lackloves
 http://www.myspace.com/pugilists  

Spill - You should know them from "Midwestern Jinx" on
the IPO Comps

The Pulltops
http://www.myspace.com/thepulltops

Fun With Atoms
http://www.myspace.com/funwithatoms

The Nice Outfit - Slighty harder-edged spinoff of
Trolley
http://www.myspace.com/niceoutfit 

The Lackloves - Ex-Blow Pop Mike Jarvis - Just dropped
the excellent "Cathedral Square Park" on Rainbow
Quartz (If you're visiting Milwaukee, check out the
park that the CD was named after)
http://www.myspace.com/thelackloves

Heathrow - Excellent midwest adaptation of Brit-Pop
http://www.myspace.com/heathrowmusic

Van Go - I'm guessing that this is the band from
Chicago
http://www.myspace.com/vangoissweet 

Nick Pipitone - Ex-Sugarsmack among others - You may
remember his excellent "MUSIC FOR MINIVANS" a few
years back. Milwaukeeans mostly remember him as the
guy who did the music for the Children's Hospital
commercial.
http://www.myspace.com/nickpipitone

White-Hot Tizzies - Ex-Plasticland drummer Rob McCuen
gets his ya-yas out Iggy-Style - A great way to cap
the fest with a bang.
http://www.myspace.com/whitehottizziesmusic 

I'm sure that the majority of the other bands are up
to a similar calibre...They may have formed after I
moved or they may be from the many cities that are
within a short drive (unlike the 6 hours it takes to
get anywhere from Austin...but you wouldn't really
want to go outside of Austin anyway).

Too bad David couldn't score a cool reunion for this
year. I think The Robbs & The Wigs have long left
town, but Yipes is still mostly there (or any of Pat
McCurdy's pre-solo/comedy bands - Men About Town,
Confidentials, ...). Plasticland or Liquid Pink
would've been prime for this. Shivvers released a
"history of" CD last year and might've jumped at this.
Feet Of Clay members are probably still knocking
around Milwaukee. ...and Quinn Sharber has an
excellent new disc on Bus Stop - I can't imagine why
he's not playing (
http://www.myspace.com/quinnscharber ). Hell, Ric
Menck's mom lives in Milwaukee! 

Shivver
http://www.myspace.com/shivversband  

Pat McCurdy
http://www.myspace.com/heypaddy

Pat's Free Song of The Week (with songs from his
"real" bands - read: pre-comedy act)
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=254626765

Hope y'all have a grand ole time without me. I'll be
in Houston watching The Brewers kick the Astros' turf.

Dan FrankE ATX




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