The Weekly Top 5 Countdown…A Journey From Milwaukee to Milwaukie in Music

Time for a little getaway; Scott Mullins and I both need a vacation (sure we’re not the only ones). That said, given that we’re not actually going anywhere but are rather traveling with music; the spin we’ve put on this is decidedly post-modern trip is appropriate I think as we’ll be “traveling” from Milwaukee, Wisconsin [...]

Salome de Bahia is Another Star

Another Stevie Wonder sample this morning. I had such a great time with Tuesday’s exlporation of old Stevie tunes, I thought we’d try another go at it. Today we explore “Another Star” , written and performed by Stevie Wonder from his 1976 album Songs in the Key of Life. It reached #32 on the Billboard [...]

The Devil and Daniel Johnston..Free Screening

We’ve just confirmed with our friends at Turner Hall Ballroom that we will be presenting a FREE screening of The Devil and Daniel Johnston on Wednesday, August 5th at 8PM. Yes, there will be popcorn to go along with those $3 PBR Tall Boys that we all know and love.  All ages are welcome (for [...]

Movits! Swedish Hip Hop

Yesterday, I dropped the cool new video from the Dirty Projectors and today I have an even better one for you today. Movits!, a trio out of Stockholm Sweden who rock some jazz-dance style swing rhythms under a rap(id) flow vocal delivery that’s catchy as hell. Almost played their latest single on Sound Travels last, [...]

New Music Wednesday: Tommy Castro, Portugal The Man, Tu Phace, Brendan Benson

For New Music Wednesday 7/29/09, we have new music from Tommy Castro,  Portugal The Man, Tu Phace, Brendan Benson. Listen to the tracks below and then let us know what you think by voting for your favorite tune. We’ll announce the winner next week.   You can also grab this week’s picks in our iTunes store! Tommy Castro – “The [...]

Video Tuesday: Dirty Projectors

Anybody feelin’ this as much as I am?

Royksopp’s Too High

This week on the seven o clock sample, we are going to explore the sounds of Stevie Wonder. His catalog is chock full of juicy samples, breaks and melodies that producers have scooped up time and time again. Today we are going to Norway, to listen to the electronic sounds of Norwegian electronic duo Royskopp. [...]

Sound Travels Sunday…Freethink Mix

Sound Travels Sunday Freethink Mix [Audio=http://radiomilwaukee.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/dry-mixdown.mp3] Tracklisting: 1. Huun Huur Tu “Tuvan Prayer w/Carmen Rizzo” Eternal

The Weekly Top 5 Countdown: Top 40 Memories

Thanks for checking it out, the online Weekly Top 5 is in and I got your links for this week’s music and podcast. Scott Mullins and I had a mixed bag of cuts, reflecting our eras that are different though not too far apart. Either way, it is largely an exploration of music that lives [...]

Paulinho’s Joints and Jams

Oooh Wee! Have I got a funky 6 o clock jam for you this morning! The BLACK EYED PEAS, at one time this group was my greatest hope for the future of Hip Hop. I spent a lot of time listening to Black Star, Common, The Roots and THE BLACK EYED PEAS in 2000 and [...]