TGIT: Our Weekend Picks!

 

photo of De La Buena courtesy of MySpace

Thursday, August 20th

De La Buena @ Jazz In The Park (Cathedral Square Park, downtown), 7 p.m.

De La Buena’s Afro-Cuban Latin jazz is perfect for outdoor listening, which is probably why the majority of the ten-piece’s shows have been out in the open air for a good chunk of the recent warm weather months. This particular fresh air show will be a total treat to Jazz in the Park goers, who will undoubtedly appreciate the ensemble’s lively compositions and energetic performance skills. Get up off your blankets and dance.

photo of the Figureheads courtesy of MySpace

Friday, August 21st

Hot*Pop Hip Hop Stage with The Rusty Ps, The Figureheads, Kid Millions, DJ Deadbeat and KingHell Bastard @ Stonefly (735  E. Center), 9 p.m.

Stonefly will play host to a huge hip hop party hosted by WMSE’s The Mad Kids and the Boogie Bang Gang featuring talent from the Figureheads, Kid Millions (see KM’s video for “Victim to the Beat” that we posted earlier today) and The Rusty Ps — so much talent under one roof, in fact, that it’s sure to blow that roof clear off. This is a perfect chance to check out some of Milwaukee’s brightest and best hip hop stars.

photo of Decibully by J.W. Lawson

Saturday, August 22nd

Decibully + Smith Westerns, The Celebrated Workingman @ the Cactus Club (2496 S. Wentworth), 10 p.m.

While Decibully fans are still holding their collective breath for word on release of the indie pop band’s third album World Travels Fast, they can still catch a preview of it *here* and catch ‘em live in the meantime, which in actuality, is the best way to experience the detail-oriented and heartfelt attitude of Decibully’s music. The band always packs ‘em in, so be sure to get there early.

The Dim Suns

photo by Mark Dawursk

Words by Erin Wolf

Now, hitting the thirties and forties means a gravitation towards the practice space for musicians who once thrashed it up in damp basements, sweaty, smoky clubs long-gone, and on road trips, documented with only a few dog-eared photos. More and more scene veterans are becoming less nostalgic and making it more official. Start a band and play a show: that’s the way it goes.

For the Dim Suns, comprised of Milwaukee 80s/90s rock vets Jon Lyman, Franz Buchholtz, Mike Allen and Andy Reis (namely of Compound Red and Sometime Sweet Susan fame) it’s something that fell into place with minimal effort. Fan-belt talks to Reis about the magnetization towards practice space, new material and the stage as the four musicians prepare for their show together as the Dim Suns at the Cactus Club this Saturday.

The Dim Suns, “Selby Ligres”

Young Americans: The Trapper Schoepp Band

 

photo of the Trapper Schoepp band courtesy of the band

Words by Erin Wolf

The musicians in the Trapper Schoepp band are as old as the hills — music-wise. Schooled in Dylan, these old souls have been playing and writing music for ages. Their weathered, prosaiac lyricism and expertise surely doesn’t guide one to the reality of the bands’ core members’ age, which all hover in the realm of hazy high school. Fan-belt talks to Trapper Schoepp about why age truly is just a number, especially when it comes to music.

“Running Away From the Day”, Trapper Schoepp Band