New review in from Bullz-eye.com. My favorite part is where they say this is “For fans of Huey Lewis.”
If you’re a fan of unpretentious rock music that uses guitars and strong melodies to deliver songs that are, for lack of a better term, All-American, you’re going to love the Milwaukees. Critics have been jumping on […]

Posted on December 4th, 2007 by Peter Grant
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The boys were included in a feature on bands from the suburbs surrounding Manhattan this Sunday. Here’s an excerpt:
THURSTON MOORE isn’t prone to sentimentality, but there are times when what he calls “rightful romanticism” gets him in its grip.
Mostly this happens when he is discussing the backdrop of his career as a pioneering rock […]

Posted on October 22nd, 2007 by Peter Grant
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The band will be featured in the November issue of Performing Songwriter Magazine. Here’s what they have to say:
“We wanted to make a transition toward writing more durable songs with more memorable melodies, to make an album that was less disposable.” Guitarist Jeff Nordstedt is explaining the impetus for the Milwaukees’ latest opus, American Anthems […]

Posted on October 17th, 2007 by Peter Grant
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Lots of reviews coming in this week. We’ll post them one a day. Here’s the first from Buzzine:
“Look ma, a rock’n’roll band from the Garden State. And not Bruce clones, either. Not punk. Not alternative boys, but just rough-n-tumble rockers, not as wildly careening as The Hold Steady, but equally adept at urban tales of […]

Posted on October 16th, 2007 by Peter Grant
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OK, so the Milwaukees aren’t playing Milwaukee. At least not yet! Though they have played Wisconsin a few times. But I digress. American Anthems vol. 1 was reviewed in Milwaukee’s Shepherd Express. Here is what they had to say:
“Oddly enough, the Milwaukees aren’t from Milwaukee. But it makes sense that this Jersey City-based quartet still […]

Posted on October 4th, 2007 by Peter Grant
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