Music

Set aside a few minutes to watch King Courteen’s “Bucker Boy,” arguably the best Milwaukee music video of 2018

November 15, 2018

Back in August, we checked in with King Courteen (the musical alias of singer-songwriter and woodworker Michael Gerlach) as he wandered around Milwaukee City Hall in his "Simeon The Petrus" music video. A few m...

Enjoy Offend Your Friends’ updated “Thank You, Mr. President,” help the band release a 7-inch

Matt Wild

November 15, 2018

Show-goers of a certain age may be familiar with Offend Your Friends, a self-described "mid-2000s politically charged trashy party ska punk from the armpit of Wisconsin" (a.k.a. Fond du Lac). The group, which ...

Public Domain: Fox Face performs “There’ll Be Some Changes Made”

Milwaukee Record Staff

November 14, 2018

Milwaukee Record is proud to present Public Domain. The monthly video series features Milwaukee musicians setting up at Colectivo Coffee to adapt some of the world’s best-known songs in ways they’ve never been ...

Here’s the Local Coverage 2019 lineup

Tyler Maas

November 13, 2018

Following four years of fun philanthropy, Milwaukee Record’s Local Coverage benefit will return to Turner Hall Ballroom in early 2019. On Friday, January 18, an eclectic cast of seven local acts from all corner...

Hear Klassik and Johanna Rose turn Woody Guthrie’s “Ship In The Sky” into an “American Klassik”

Tyler Maas

November 13, 2018

When Milwaukee rapper, singer, multi-instrumentalist, and all-around visionary Klassik isn’t busy crafting eclectic and incomparable music of his own, he’s reinterpreting time-tested spirituals, hymns, and anth...

Abby Jeanne will ring in the holidays with an ‘Isle Of Misfit Toys’ 7-inch

Tyler Maas

November 13, 2018

How does Abby Jeanne wrap up a year that included a four-show “Fire In February” residency, a WMSE Record Store Day 7-inch, a flurry of high-profile festival gigs, a well-deserved $20,000 Backline grant, a succ...

Hit the beach with Paper Holland’s “Sea [Sic]” music video

Tyler Maas

November 12, 2018

On June 1, Paper Holland released Galápagos. The long-awaited sophomore album brought out the band's distinct "trop-pop" style and wisped listeners away on an aural island getaway with smooth vocals, light and ...

Weird Al’s “Strings Attached Tour” is coming to Miller High Life Theatre July 27

Matt Wild

November 12, 2018

Let's face it, "Weird Al" Yankovic fans: If you've seen one "Weird Al" show, you've seen 'em all. Well, unless you saw last year's "Ill-Advised Vanity" shows at Pabst Theater, which featured oodles of deep cuts...

Thrice casts a spell on The Rave

Steve Lampiris

November 10, 2018

Rock and roll was alive and well at The Rave Friday night when Thrice came to town with a pair of bands from Los Angeles, Teenage Wrist and The Bronx. Teenage Wrist kicked things off with a promising and confid...

Deeper Than Rap: The beat goes on for Adebisi Agoro after his son’s passing

Tyler Maas

November 7, 2018

Adebisi Agoro is a lot of things.He's a rapper, producer, engineer, and performer who has turned heads in Milwaukee and beyond with his work in BLAX and, more recently, with his stylistic pivot as Armstrong...

Beaumont James & The Wild Claims reach deep into bag of tricks in debut

Jared Blohm

November 6, 2018

Beaumont James & The Wild Claims have been building a reputation in the Milwaukee area over the last year as a raucous country act led by a fiery front man. But when the four-piece country band hit the stud...

Iron Pizza is breaking up

Tyler Maas

November 2, 2018

This weekend, Iron Pizza will play our Halftime Show at Cactus Club. It turns out the abbreviated Sunday night performance will be one of the last times the band will play together. Earlier this week, Iron Pizz...

Help Arctic Sleep release a new album (and brew its own limited-edition coffee)

Matt Wild

November 1, 2018

The last time we checked in with Arctic Sleep (way back in 2014), the progressive/atmospheric metal band had released its sixth full-length album, Passage Of Gai. That album, we said at the time, boasted songs ...

MKE Music Rewind: Temper Temper, “Trust Me”

Sahan Jayasuriya

October 31, 2018

In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit a notable Milwaukee song that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014.Milwaukee bands often have limited lifespans, barely existing long ...

Get ready for All Synths Day with Moth Light’s “Fantasy”

Tyler Maas

October 31, 2018

On Saturday, November 3, Shank Hall will play host to a potent six-pack of electronic acts that, together, comprise the lineup for All Synths Day. The third annual affair will also double as the EP release show...

Hear Telethon’s latest ‘Modern Abrasive’ single, “Palo Santo”

Tyler Maas

October 31, 2018

Last week, Telethon announced Modern Abrasive—the follow-up to last year's outstanding 30-song and 90-minute concept album, The Grand Spontanean: A Tale Told In Five Acts—and released a hilarious music video fo...

Vote next Tuesday, and then check out these free #iVoted shows

Matt Wild

October 31, 2018

Perhaps you've heard about a big election coming up next week. Perhaps you've been implored by friends and strangers alike to vote in said election. If not, let us join the chorus: On Tuesday, November 6, 2018,...

Sat. Nite Duets return with ‘Smoke Local Twine’ EP

Matt Wild

October 30, 2018

Sat. Nite Duets are a band's band. Over the past 10 years (!), the ever-dependable Milwaukee group has crafted an idiosyncratic songbook filled with, among other things, ill-fated shows and tours, long-in-the-t...

Experimentation and appreciation collide in Supertentacles’ “Thank You” video

Tyler Maas

October 30, 2018

After amassing a few albums of material with Antler House and starting a new band called Yum Yum Cult, Milwaukee musician Sean Anderson decided to go back to school to hone his recording skills. Anderson quit h...

Fleetwood Mac blends old with new at Fiserv Forum show

Lauren Keene

October 29, 2018

Despite various marriages, divorces, breakups, and makeups, the members of Fleetwood Mac have continually performed alongside one another for nearly half a century. Aside from a repertoire of legendary tunes, t...