Music

10 (more) bands you maybe didn’t know broke up

April 25, 2018

For every Milwaukee project that has a well-publicized last show, knowingly puts out what’s to be its final album, or crafts a long and respectful farewell to those who have supported them throughout the years,...

Here’s the 2018 Chill On The Hill lineup

Tyler Maas

April 25, 2018

It’s amazing that Chill On The Hill has only been around for 14 years. The concept of the mid-week Bay View occurrence is so simple: laying out on a blanket and imbibing food and beverages brought from home (or...

Remembering the New Barbarians / MECCA Arena riot of 1979

Matt Wild

April 25, 2018

Buried in the long, storied, and debauched history of The Rolling Stones is a peculiar footnote: The New Barbarians. A side project, of sorts, of Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood, the band formed in the spring of 1...

Here’s the day-by-day, stage-by-stage headliner schedule for Summerfest 2018

Matt Wild

April 24, 2018

Summerfest 2018. Coming to Henry Maier Festival Park June 28-July 1, and July 3-8. Tons of music. Tons of food. Tons of people. Tons of stages. Here the day-by-day headliner schedule for those stages (minus JoJ...

Gloss Weekend returns for third year May 17-20, promises “surprise headliner”

Matt Wild

April 24, 2018

For the past four years, Gloss Records has been responsible for producing and promoting some of the finest groups and artists Milwaukee has to offer. The small-run vinyl and cassette label has worked with every...

Soda Road sends for “Four White Horses” in lovely, hand-crafted video

Matt Wild

April 24, 2018

There's a resigned wistfulness blowing through Varsity Of Winter, the debut album from Milwaukee's Soda Road. Written by former Sat. Nite Duets member Stephen Strupp during the Polar Vortex of 2014, it's a mela...

Here’s the 2018 River Rhythms lineup

Matt Wild

April 23, 2018

When marketing people talk about "activating space," they're basically describing what events like River Rhythms do every year: make something happen in an area that doesn't usually see a lot of action (in the ...

Public Domain: In Tall Buildings performs “Make Me A Pallet On The Floor”

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 23, 2018

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

Listen to a song from Population Control’s ‘Schadenfreude’ EP

Tyler Maas

April 23, 2018

Population Control boasts a pedigree of current and former members from such noted noisemakers as Northless, Bad Grades, Uhtcearu, Hammered, Skategoat, Architects Of The Aftermath, and Crosses. Though its assoc...

Show announcements: Chvrches at Riverside Theater, David Cross at Pabst Theater

Matt Wild

April 23, 2018

Do you like shows? Do you like show announcements? If so, you're in luck, because we have two solid ones for Milwaukee this morning. First up is Scottish synth-pop favorites Chvrches, who are set to play the Ri...

Soul Low is haunted by the past in “Bad Set Of Moods” video

Matt Wild

April 20, 2018

We're born, we're young (for a while), we're old (for a while), and we die. It's as simple as that. Actually, the "old" part of that roadmap tends to take up most of our time. And what do we tend to dwell on du...

Prepare for Arte Para Todos 2018 with this 28-track compilation

Tyler Maas

April 20, 2018

Believe it or not, Arte Para Todos begins in less than a week. The fourth annual city-wide benefit for Milwaukee school art programs will bring an awesome mix of about 70 acts showcasing their talents at close ...

Listen to ‘My Life In A Boombox,’ the impressive debut from 16-year-old rapper Shaddye

Tyler Maas

April 19, 2018

Milwaukee hip-hop is experiencing a renaissance. Almost 20 years after Coo Coo Cal put the city on the charts, an undeniable wave of new talent is bringing attention back to Milwaukee. Homegrown rappers like Is...

Here’s the 2018 Skyline Music Series lineup

Tyler Maas

April 19, 2018

This afternoon, COA Youth & Family Centers released the lineup for its Skyline Music Series, which finds musical acts performing under the bandshell at the Selig-Joseph-Folz Amphitheater in Kadish Park each...

Bill Murray and friends bring the classics to life in delightful Riverside Theater show

Matt Wild

April 18, 2018

"This is where people usually walk out."So joked Bill Murray early on in his highly unlikely, utterly unexpected, and thoroughly charming musical stage show with cellist Jan Vogler and friends Tuesday night...

Listen to Nastos’ latest, ‘Inherited Dreams’

Tyler Maas

April 18, 2018

Back in 2016, we introduced you to Nastos. Since then, the side project of Piles bassist Nolan Truttschel released an album and two EPs, recruited a band to accompany him, and put Piles in his rear view mirror ...

VoodooHoney Records will bring the music of Beyoncé to Turner Hall June 1

Matt Wild

April 16, 2018

If the weather put a damper on your plans to check out a group of local musicians reinterpreting the work of an iconic musician this past weekend, fret not: On Friday, June 1, Milwaukee record label VoodooHoney...

10 ways Milwaukee is celebrating Record Store Day 2018

Tyler Maas

April 16, 2018

Love it or hate it, it’s safe to say Record Store Day is here to stay. What started as an honest-to-goodness movement to encourage listeners to get out and support independent music retailers who were suffering...

Here’s the outstanding Washington Park Wednesdays lineup

Tyler Maas

April 16, 2018

While Milwaukee currently looks like some type of arctic hellscape, we're trying to stay positive by remembering summer isn't too far away. We are still doing summer this year, right? Assuming the snow melts in...

B~Free takes on the King of Pop in MJ-UNCOVERED

Matt Wild

April 12, 2018

It's a testament to the long-running popularity of Michael Jackson that B~Free's first exposure to the King of Pop came not from a record or a video, but from a TV miniseries."When I was little they came ou...