PHOTOS: What Made Milwaukee Famous with The Happen-Ins
Fri. 06/15 | 9:00PM @ Emo's Annex (map)
Photos by Bernadette Castillo and David Weaver
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What Made Milwaukee Famous is an indie pop-rock band based in Austin, Texas. The band met in 2002 through an ad placed in the alternative Austin paper The Austin Chronicle. Band members spent their entire first year getting to know one another before presenting themselves to the public. Their first album Trying to Never Catch Up was released in 2005 and was very well received.
Singer Michael Kingcaid attributes much of his singing style to Jeff Buckley, and the rest of the band members boast a wide array of musical influences. Drew Patrizi on keyboards, John Farmer on bass, and Josh Vernier on percussion completed the band's original lineup, but in late 2005 Vernier was replaced by Jeremy Bruch. Bruch is also a member of Hurts to Purr, another Austin band.
In September of 2005, WMMF became the first unsigned band to be featured on the PBS series Austin City Limits in years, which they recorded with Scottish indie rockers Franz Ferdinand. In early 2006, WMMF was finally signed to Barsuk records.The Happen-Ins
From Austin, TX. Formed in early 2009 the Happen-Ins are not the mythical lovechild of the Blues and R&B but instead enthusiastic torch carriers of the sound. Comprised of former members of the Dedringers, Sean Faires and John Michael Schoepf with Lomita frontman Ricky Ray Jackson and joined later by Harlem Spiritual Orchestra Drummer, Falcon Valdez its no surprise that the Happen-Ins offer up a sound that blurs the lines between classic taste and youthful filth. Brimming with infectious melodies, bacon greased guitars and sweaty hip shaking swagger the Happen-Ins Self Titled Debut comes short on neither tender nor spank. This collection is a veritable mobile house party of analog gems.Venue Information:
Beauty Ballroom
2015 East Riverside
Bldg 4
Austin, TX, 78741
http://thebeautybar.com/austin/ - Artists
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