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Issue #193 Dec. 22, 2011

Urges From Elsewhere Are Headed to Here

A fun night of music is in store for you when the group Urges From Elsewhere comes to the House of Rock on Oct. 28 to impress you with a unique style. Categorized as “Drunkabilly,” their style features a blending...

Issue # 188, Oct. 13, 2011

Eau Claire Folk Rock Trio Releases Debut EP

What started as a solo singer/songwriter project from Minneapolis is now a three-piece band with ties to Eau Claire. And now, Sky Lion is about to release a self-titled EP.

Issue # 187, Sept. 29, 2011

The Picture Perfect

Madison pop band relocates to the Valley, ready to rock

Issue #177 May 12th, 2011

Jim Pullman Band is Up to Something

The Jim Pullman Band plans to drop a new album (titled Jackals and Wolves) in August. The album contains nine new tracks (10 if you get it from iTunes!) and an epic line-up of guest contributors.

Rock-N-Roll Kickball Classic

big summer kickoff includes Roster McCabe, Brass Monkey, EverGreen

Issue # 176 Apr. 28th, 2011

Statewide Battle of the Bands Looms Upon Horizon

For those of you familiar with the Chippewa Valley music scene, the Launchpad High School Music Competition will probably sound quite familiar to you. The seventh edition of our local “garage band” competition sponsored by the Wisconsin School Music

Issue #174 Mar. 31st, 2011

Prospector Hits Pay Dirt

former local graces Sports Illustrated video and Louis episode

Issue #172 Mar. 3rd, 2011

Bro. Stephen & Co.

Meridene & Adelyn Rose join Indiana-based band

Issue #171 Feb. 17th, 2011

Electrolyte Empire

Eau Claire rockers release Underfoot EP

THIS WEEK: Decadent Cabaret 2011

annual festival of rocking tributes returns to House of Rock

Issue #170 Feb. 3rd, 2011

Frost Byte 2.0

massive jungle/Drums-n-Bass event invades Menomonie

Issue #168 Jan. 6th, 2011

Opening Shot | Jan. 6, 2011

Issue #167 Dec. 16th, 2010

The Big New Year's Show

House of Rock slates mix of genres, plus two new bands

Issue #165 Nov. 18th, 2010

The Ronald Raygun

after three-year breakup, band reunites for album

The Last Waltz

stage production immortalizes The Band’s farewell show

Issue #162 2010-10-07

Wrapped in Glass

local hard rock band sounds mainstream

Brandi Carlile

State Theatre draws acclaimed singer/songwriter

Issue #160 2010-09-09

LISTEN: Something Like Blood

Meridene’s second LP is the best stuff they’ve done

Issue #157 2010-07-29

Longtime Local Musicians Create Duo Project

The Morris Garage Band is an acoustic project that features cover tunes by the Moody Blues, Neil Young, Jethro Tull, Jim Croce, and James Taylor as well as various hits from the 80s and 90s.

Issue #156 2010-07-15

Sonic Experiments

Michael Rambo Project techs out to rock on

Longtime Local Artist Finally Releases Album

If you’ve ever played the open mic circuit, you’ve probably seen Justin Arnold.

Issue #155 2010-07-01

Guess Who + Rick Springfield

Northern WI State Fair main stage will classically rock

Issue #154 2010-06-17

Letters From Earth

local space rockers unleash original blend of music

Issue #153 2010-06-03

Bound 2 Break Out

Issue #152 2010-05-20

Fall For Glory

local punk band sets out on summer tour

Rock-n-Roll Kickball Classic to feature Shouting Matches, more

Justin Vernon to headline music festival with his local side project The Shouting Matches

Issue #151 2010-05-06

James Ignacio

Chippewa Falls string master to release album

The House Show Redefined

loud prog-rockers Farms host sleepover party shows

Downers Grove

longtime local “progfrock” band unleashes album

Issue #150 2010-04-22

Local Music Veteran Goes Solo, Heads to Philippines

His name is Brad Behnke, but to his friends and fans he’s Brad to the Bone, and he can rock a mean set of drums … and lead guitar … and bass … and vocals …

American Tea Company

40 years ago a local band topped the charts

A Hard Drivin' Hoorah

Drunk Drivers, Jaggernauts finish the Back Stage Series

Issue #149 2010-04-08

Truth Before Treason

a really ambitious band of high schoolers

Issue #148 2010-03-25

Zoo Animal

hooky Minneapolis creature on display at The Underground

Issue #147 2010-03-11

Powerglove

video game-based power metal finally comes to town

Issue #145 2010-02-11

LISTEN: Cadence

young EC pop rockers record debut EP

Issue #138 2009-10-29

Survive the (Food) Drive

These past few weeks local alt rock band Survive the Drive has been on a regional mini-tour to help feed more than 100 needy families for Thanksgiving.