
We are thrilled to announce our free SXSW day party going down at Habana Calle 6 in Austin on Thursday, March 18th . Across two stages , from 11am-5pm , we're showcasing Milwaukee's best alongside some of our favorite national acts . Admission is free . More details coming soon ! Until then, RSVP here Flier: Erik

Muzzle of Bees crossed the 5-year line last month. What does this mean? Not much, but we figured that we'd use it as an excuse to showcase some of our favorite bands for a couple nights. In advance of our showcase in Milwaukee , we are supremely excited to call the High Noon Saloon in Madison our home for the night of Friday, February 19th . On the menu is the first Madison Juniper Tar performance behind their brilliant new Howl Street EP . In [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni ba : "Musow" [mp3] other Bassekou Kouyate posts at Largehearted Boy The Big Pink : "Too Young to Love" [mp3] from A Brief History of Love other Big Pink posts at Largehearted Boy The Blood Moons : "Dead and [...]
barsuk records hat sich diese band aus saratoga springs geangelt, ihre interessante mischung aus indierock, electro und shoegaze brachte sie zumindest schon mal auf us tour mit school of seven bells, das album kommt am 09. februar: phantogram - when i'm small neu aus der san franciscoer popschmiede um allen clap und seine truppe, "2020" heißt das gerät und erscheint via parasol bzw. mystery lawn music: the orange peels - we're gonna make it [...]

Common Loon - Dinosaur vs Early Man The Long Dream Of Birds ( Parasol - 2009) www.myspace.com/commonloon Vetiver - More Of This ( Neighbors RMX ) Tight Knit ( Sub Pop - 2009) www.vetiverse.com Papercuts - Futur Primitive ( The Ruby Suns remix ) You Can Have What You Want ( Gnomonsong - [...]

Regular visitors of this site will probably recognize Common Loon . They performed Madison Pop Fest two years ago on the Muzzle of Bees stage, and, more recently, earned a bunch of new fans with their Cactus Club show during Radio Summer Camp . While no release date has been set, expect their debut album, The Long Dream of Birds to arrive early 2010 via Parasol Records . In the meantime, Common Loon will be touring through the Midwest later this month including [...]

This is going to be one of the greatest nights in Muzzle of Bees history . For real. Four of my favorite bands combining old favorites Catfish Haven and Rural Alberta Advantage with new favorites Common Loon and Frontier Folk Nebraska will grace the Cactus Club stage this Friday, August 21st . This one great night of music comes to you via Radio Summer Camp put on by our friends at 91.7 WMSE . Haven't gotten your Radio Summer [...]

A few years ago I brought Champaign, IL based Common Loon to Madison to perform at Madison Pop Fest alongside Bon Iver, Malajube. Since that time, they've been hard at work on a full-length release, due later this year. They'll be amongst the masses amount of bands on showcase at SXSW in Austin this week, as part of the Polyvinyl showcase. They're one of the bands on my " must see " list this week, and would encourage anyone in and around Austin to check them [...]

These songs were impossible to bump from our top 100. They all have staying power and should be checked out if you haven't already done so. We are now at the top 60. If you missed the previous lists, head to the links below: Part 1: MUF's Top 100 Songs of 2008 (81-100) Part 2: MUF's Top 100 Songs of 2008 (61-80) 60. Ladytron - Runaway ( buy ) Why: For a track name that pops [...]
Mimicking that easy-going attitude and group-minded implementation of O.A.R. and Dispatch, the guys from the B-Side Prophets are at the gate of national recognition with their debut album, Down in Illadelphia . Composed of T.J. Leis (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Bernie Gillespie (bass), Matt Kresge (lead guitar) and Wyatt Patterson (drums), the message in Down in Illadelphia roots with the three guys from Philadelphia while style The nature of the rhyming and the reggae-style jammin' sessions throughout the album do closely sound like the groups mentioned above, but the lyrical [...]