Andrew Patrie

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Wed. Dec. 13th, 2017

Nothing Really Mattress: A new Distant Friends album for dark times

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It’s not every band who can claim a “cease and desist” order from Lucasfilm as part of its history, but Eau Claire’s power-pop / “no coast” surf punks Distant Friends can. In 2016, the group, then known ...

Thu. Oct. 5th, 2017

Can't Keep a Good Song Down

Andrew Patrie, photos by Andrea Paulseth

releasing She Do Voodoo’s unpublished album

Thu. Jun. 2nd, 2016

Keep Your Defenses Up

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new group Stare Across comes with major heaviness

Mon. Mar. 21st, 2016

Calling Our Youth

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We buzz from the barroom / and feel the earth’s spin / in every sidewalk step / western wildfires / tint our downtown moon / the yellow of a smoker’s fingers / so we catch our breath ...

Feb. 23, 2016

Tue. Feb. 23rd, 2016

Venison to Rock Again at Decadent Cabaret 2016

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The words of poet Donald Justice, in his poem “On an Anniversary” come to mind: “(Twenty five) years go by / In the blinking of an eye / And you are still the same / As when first you took (that) name,” that name, that divine, delicious name: Venison.

Tue. Jul. 7th, 2015

Three Chords and a Dream

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nothing else to do? well, form a band of course

Tue. Jul. 7th, 2015

Song After Song

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scene veterans continue to shape the Chippewa Valley soundscape

Fri. May. 1st, 2015

Metalhead Gone Solo

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ex-Megalodon guitarist softens it up on new EP

Wed. Dec. 10th, 2014

A Little Lighter

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Sarah Krueger’s newest LP shines with unique voice, impressive supporting cast

Wed. Nov. 12th, 2014

Caveat, No Expectations

Andrew Patrie, photos by Andrea Paulseth

metal group gains traction, keeps pop senses

Tue. Oct. 14th, 2014

Still On the Road

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a new album and a big anniversary for the Drunk Drivers

Fri. Apr. 4th, 2014

Retaking the Stage

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after long gap, North HS revives musical theater

Wed. Feb. 19th, 2014

Getting to Know picard

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new Eau Claire group unleashes first full length

Tue. Feb. 4th, 2014

For the Love of the Game

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DIY Daisy supersizes its raw rock on new record

Wed. Jul. 31st, 2013

Wintersun for Summer Fun

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Finnish death metal band headlines night at The Oxford

Tue. Jun. 4th, 2013

Dracula vs. Dad

Andrew Patrie, illustrated by Luke Benson

bridging the father-son divide, one horror film at a time

Wed. Jan. 16th, 2013

High Concept

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Our Judgment returns with ferocious second album

Tue. Nov. 13th, 2012

Welcome to Sawdust City

Andrew Patrie, photos by Christine Lortie

Arms Aloft officially releases new record after 53-day tour

Thu. May. 31st, 2012

Sipping Zepaltas

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former local and successful winemaker returns home

Fri. May. 25th, 2012

Letters From Earth

Andrew Patrie, photos by Greg Bauwens

local rockers embark on a recording adventure

Wed. May. 2nd, 2012

A Plethora of Deathcore

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nationally touring metal bands to stop in Eau Claire

Mon. Mar. 5th, 2012

Arms Aloft

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top-shelf punk band’s long-awaited full-length

Thu. Jan. 12th, 2012

Lifting the Curse

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Desolatevoid’s years of bad luck (hopefully) end here

Tue. Nov. 22nd, 2011

Dancing with Phantoms

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Chippewa Valley native Sarah Krueger’s debut LP

Wed. Oct. 12th, 2011

Double the Metal Shows: Decapitated & Blackguard

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25 years ago, on September 27, Metallica bassist Cliff Burton was killed when the tour bus transporting the band hit a patch of ice and flipped, and a devastated generation of metalheads had to ponder their own mutable relationship with mortality.