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The Midwest Beat
Also Playing: The Wemmers
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Sun Sep 16
8 pm
The Midwest Beat and The Wemmers at Circle-A Cafe
The bedrock songcraft and open-hearted sentiment of late-’50s and early-’60s pop-rock has become hip again for indie bands, though most leaven it with modern production and an arm’s-length ironic distance. Wisconsin band The Midwest Beat does no such thing on its second full-length album, 2011’s Gone Not Lost, which falls together as naturally as an afternoon of hanging out over beers and Buddy Holly records. The Midwest Beat strums jangly guitars and sings sweet-yet-raucous harmonies with a remarkable lack of guile and affectation, seemingly unaware that most rock bands don’t really sound like this anymore. The album highlight, “When She Came To Town,” shines as bright as the display of an old jukebox, sighing along wondrously on a chiming guitar riff and blissful “la la la” backing vocals. Tonight, the band plays one last hometown show before heading out on a European tour.
Circle-A Cafe 932 E. Chambers St., Milwaukee, WI
The bedrock songcraft and open-hearted sentiment of late-’50s and early-’60s pop-rock has become hip again for indie bands, though most leaven it with modern production and an arm’s-length ironic distance. Wisconsin band The Midwest Beat does no such thing on its second full-length album, 2011’s Gone Not Lost, which falls together as naturally as an afternoon of hanging out over beers and Buddy Holly records. The Midwest Beat strums jangly guitars and sings sweet-yet-raucous harmonies with a remarkable lack of guile and affectation, seemingly unaware that most rock bands don’t really sound like this anymore. The album highlight, “When She Came To Town,” shines as bright as the display of an old jukebox, sighing along wondrously on a chiming guitar riff and blissful “la la la” backing vocals. Tonight, the band plays one last hometown show before heading out on a European tour.
Updated 09/07/2012
