When movies and music collide, with Immortal Girlfriend

Every week, Kristopher Pollard from Milwaukee Film and Radio Milwaukee’s Dori Zori talk about movies — because that’s what you do when you’re Cinebuds.

Updated: 6:00 a.m. Jan. 14, 2026

In the final days of 2025, the Milwaukee music community — and the wider world — lost a truly wonderful human being. Will Bush was half of Immortal Girlfriend, the music project he shared with his brother Kevin. Their collaborations were undeniable, and their love of pop culture in general extended well beyond the songs they created together.

Back in August of 2024, we invited Will and Kevin Bush to join an episode of Cinebuds as part of our Musician Series — conversations with musically inclined folks that explored the more tuneful side of the movie industry. Our chat checked that box in a big way and ventured into cinema in general and the brothers' affection for professional wrestling.

Those of us at Radio Milwaukee join the Milwaukee community in missing what Will brought to our corner of the world. We're proud to share this episode with you again in his memory.

Below is the original text that accompanied the episode.

It’s a Cinebuds “very special guest” episode!!!

Actually, we’ve done this particular kind of very special guest so many times (and by that we mean more than once) that it has officially become a series we creatively titled: Our Musician Series — because it’s a series, and we talk to musicians. We’re not exactly doing rocket science here, people.

Two people who do something much closer to rocket science are Will and Kevin Bush, who you might know better as Immortal Girlfriend or, as some like to call them, the Dark Knights of Synth.

The Bush brothers are the perfect guests for this series for many reasons, which they helpfully summarize on the band’s official website by defining their sound as “a blend of synths, cinema, nostalgia and long car rides at night.” When you put the word “cinema” in a description of your music, it’s simply a matter of time before you end up on this podcast.

And what wonderful guests they are. As was the case with our previous Musician Series episodes, this installment contains equal helpings of movies and music. In cinematic terms, you get to hear about Immortal Girlfriend’s origin story, their mad scientist moment and the meet-cute that led to their latest video/short film — the wrestling-themed “Calling.”

There’s also plenty of talk about how their love of film began (thank you, Chuck Norris and Jean-Claude Van Damme), the power of a good soundtrack and the lasting impact of Batman Beyond. Listen to it all, plus one of Kpolly’s patented “movie questions lightning round,” using the player at the top of this page or wherever you get your podcasts.

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