Diet Lite “Double Wide Yukon” 2025. We picked up the Milwaukee garage punks latest LP at their record release show this past Friday night at the Vivarium. There isn’t much online regarding labels and vinyl variants so I’m guessing this might be self-released and limited edition. I’m hesitant to say that these guys are one of my current local faves as every time I seem to write that down, the band in question seems to break up within a year. (so shhhhh….these guys are one of my current faves). We’ve seen them several times this past year and their release party show did not disappoint. High high energy, fun and danceable plus multi-talented: Max Niemann and Kelson Kuzdas each sing, play guitar and bass and swap duties mid-set, all the while Evan Marsalli keeps up a furious rhythm on the drums. I believe they do this on Double Wide Yukon as well. The album is their 2nd or 3rd full-length, though the internet is as fuzzy about that as it is on the other details, and they played it in its entirety (plus a bunch of other material in the second half of the concert). My top tracks on the record were the same top picks from the show: album opener “Pack it Up,” the rollicking rockin’ rhythm and blues “It’s All Too Much,” the ridiculously ass-shaking “A Hole in the Ground,” the short and snappy “Jackass II” (the title of which I think they said they’d keep until the show sued them to stop) and touch of metal rocker “Shittah.” There’s definitely a secret or at least a not-named-track at the end of Side B which isn’t named on the album cover nor on the digital track listing on their Bandcamp page – it starts as disjointed riff which then develops into barely contained blues punk instrumental mayhem…which then abruptly stops without warning. Kinda like their performances (not the abrupt stop part, they finish their shows like normal people). Their crowd can be a bit obnoxious, but sharpen your elbows, stand a bit off to the side and get rocking as these kids are definitely alright.

Here’s their track “A Hole in the Ground” from this past summer’s Summerfest performance. I didn’t shoot this video but we were at that show (possibly standing next to the person who filmed it) and it was hot and very very fun.