Field Report Archives

The 15 Best Self-Titled Albums Since 2000

01/29/2015

For an artist, a self-titled album can serve a number of purposes. It can function as an introduction or signify a new direction, or it be used to make a career-defining statement. While every self-titled album...

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Marigolden

Andrew Brandt

10/08/2014

Albums

Chris Porterfield begins his songwriting process by conceiving lyrics. To anyone who’s heard a single verse of one of his songs, this tidbit shouldn’t come as a surprise—while most lyrics lose their potency whe...

Field Report: “Wings”

Andrew Brandt

07/30/2014

Songs

It took Chris Porterfield nearly a decade to write the 10 songs that comprise Field Report’s self-titled 2012 debut. Somehow, a follow-up is only months away. “Wings,” the first single from the upcoming Mari...

Kiings x Christopher Porterfield: “Garden”

Riley Beggin

02/27/2014

Songs

With "Garden," Field Report's Christopher Porterfield teams up with Milwaukee's lo-fi electronic duo Kiings to create perhaps the best Wisconsin pairing since cheese curds and your mouth. Kiings has been known ...

SXSW Preview:
Field Report

Hillary Sprecher

03/12/2013

Madison, Surveys, SXSW

Field Report's Nick Berg filed this survey in advance of the band's visit to Austin. SXSW 2013 Day Party presented by First Avenue, Majestic Theatre, and eTix Friday, March 15, 2013 Holy Mountain; Austin...

Video:
Field Report at Strictly Discs

Jonk Music

02/28/2013

Madison, Video

Recorded live at Strictly Discs, 1900 Monroe St., Madison WI Saturday, February 16, 2013 Produced by Jon Kjarsgaard Directed and edited by Justin Sprecher Camerawork by Jim Kraus, Hillary Sprecher, an...

Q&A with Field Report’s
Christopher Porterfield

Hillary Sprecher

02/18/2013

Interviews, Madison

Milwaukee's Field Report has been creating a lot of well-deserved buzz in the past several months with the release of their self-titled debut album Field Report. I had the opportunity to catch up with Christoph...

Concert Preview:
Field Report

Hillary Sprecher

02/14/2013

Concert Previews, Madison

In early May of last year, I sat in at a packed Shitty Barn (an intimate and wonderful barn venue in Spring Green) and watched as Field Report took their places, all donned in suits, despite the causal vibe. Af...

Concert Review:
Field Report

Andrew Brandt

11/22/2012

Concert Reviews, Madison

Saturday night at the High Noon Saloon was one of the finest mixed goodie bags of live music I've recently had the pleasure of reaching my hand into. Dietrich Gosser and Jeremiah Nelson promptly plunged into th...

Concert Preview:
Field Report

Andrew Brandt and Rebecca Edwards

11/15/2012

Concert Previews, Madison

Chris Porterfield, the man behind modern folk ensemble Field Report, will be playing at the High Noon Saloon this Saturday, and rest assured it is not a show to be missed. After quitting his day job at Marquett...

Album Preview:
Field Report
Field Report

Jonk Music

09/07/2012

Album Previews

The self-titled debut of Milwaukee's Field Report (to be released September 11) is now streaming via Partisan Records' Soundcloud. Chris Porterfield (anagram of "Field Report") used to be the pedal steel player...

Field Report: “Fergus Falls”

Rebecca Edwards

05/22/2012

Songs

I don't think I'm exaggerating when I say that the fact Field Report is such an unrecognized band so far is a musical travesty. Seriously, let's talk good music for a sec. A group led by Wisconsin native Chris ...

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