The Shepherd Setlist is a collaboration between music website Shepherd Express and Milwaukee, Break and enter.
Gold Stages with Thief Club – “Stay the Same”
Gold Stages is a news you should know about. They recently moved from Austin to Milwaukee and deliver a powerful pop-punk energy. Their latest single is a collaboration with Thief Club and is about overcoming a one-sided friendship. Actions speak louder than words, and apologies without behavioral change tire you out, so you move on. It’s an exciting hit from Gold Steps and we can’t wait to see them part of our scene. (Ben Slowey)
JOSE – “SixFeetDeep”
JOSE released a new video for his “Music For The Soul, Vol. 2” which dropped last year, and his flow is killer on “SixFeetDeep.” The track was produced by Super Ego Beats, and the two lean into the sound of previous generations with a punchy, backpacker-friendly beat. JOSE doesn’t mince words, giving you a grimy flow that will have your head nodding in appreciation. The performance video has JOSE in the back streets of the city, matching the sonic aesthetic of the track, with top-notch production all around. JOSE should be on your radar if you’re a hip hop fan. (Allen Halla)
Annalxg – “In Your Mind”
Electronic producer Annalxg has a new single on GOONS Music. It’s a seductive swagger-spiced house tune that gets your blood flowing. A Midnight Club-esque racing video game comes to mind with just the right tempo for high speeds. (Ben Slowey)
Kujo Koda featuring Slumbody and Turner Valle – “Float”
Kujo Koda is in his own sonic world, and he gives you that feeling on a track with Slumbody and Turner Valle, “Float.” The track sounds like a daydream, with heavy reverb and bright guitar lines that keep you drifting away as you listen to it. The production is the first thing that strikes you, but cameos from Slumbody and Turner Valle also have their impact, each contributing in their own way to the track. Only his third release, “Float” is the kind of track that could land on the right playlist and turn a lot of heads. (Allen Halla)
Sun Silo – “Rung”
Art rockers Sun Silo have come out with their first single from the upcoming album “Trillium.” It’s a taste of something in a new space with a new drummer and also comes with this music video. The track is introductory and interpretive while the video features various looping clips of people and animals performing activities under the sun. It all seems to incorporate a concept of time and growth with an experimental twist. (Ben Slowey)
Announcements of new concerts / Reports
Friday February 4 – Pharoah’s Chamber & Codes at Miramar Theater
Saturday February 5 – Aweful, Indonesian Junk, Knoxious at Last Rites
Saturday February 12 – Robb Breaz & Ku Mays at The Drunken Cobra
Friday, February 18 – Dodie at The Rave
Saturday February 19 – Steve Aoki at The Rave
Wednesday, February 23 – Dua Lipa at the Fiserv Forum
Thursday, February 24 – K. Flay at The Rave
Friday February 25 – Les Regrettes at La Rave
Wednesday, March 2 – Radkey at the Cactus Club
Thursday March 3 – Mouth For War, Sledge, Reality Check, Tr3y 5ive at X-Ray Arcade
Saturday March 5 – SV presents Sen Morimoto & Gauss at the Cactus Club
Sunday March 5 – The Cancellations & Twan Mack at the Drunken Cobra
Tuesday, March 8 – Crooked Teeth, Glimmer, Unwell, Gold Steps at X-Ray Arcade
Friday March 11 – Cloud Rat, Northless, Closet Witch, Lifes, Ballstomper at Cactus Club
Saturday March 12 – Whiskey Myers & Drake White at The Rave
Friday March 18 – Inhale at The Rave
Sunday March 20 – Trapper Schoepp at the Cactus Club
Monday, March 21 – Poppy at the Turner Hall Ballroom
Friday March 25 – Circles Around The Sun at The Back Room at the Colectivo
Saturday March 26 – SV presents Toner at the Cactus Club
Saturday March 26 – The Virgin Whores, Stray Bullets at Last Rites
Sunday, March 27 – Vein.FM at X-Ray Arcade
Wednesday March 30 – Conan Gray & Bulow at The Rave
Wednesday April 6 – Restless Road at The Rave
Tuesday April 12 – Adia Victoria at The Back Room at the Colectivo
Tuesday, April 12 – Rise Against, Pennywise, Rotting Out at The Rave
Thursday, April 14 – Chicago Farmer & The Field Notes at The Back Room at the Colectivo
Saturday April 23 – Spoon & Margaret Glaspy at The Rave
Wednesday, May 11 – KISS at the American Family Insurance Amphitheater
Wednesday May 18 – Nebula & Year of the Cobra at La Tonnellerie
Tuesday, May 24 – Street Cleaner, Moris Black, Watch Out For Snakes, DJ Ecto at X-Ray Arcade
Wednesday, May 25 – A Place to Bury Strangers, The Cult of Lip at Cactus Club
Saturday, June 4 – AJR & BoyWithUke at the American Family Insurance Amphitheater
Wednesday, July 20 – Motion City Soundtrack & All Get Out at The Rave
Thursday, August 4 – Kid Laroi at La Rave
Saturday April 1, 2023 – Static-X, Fear Factory, Mushroomhead, Dope, Cvltvs Black at The Rave
