Music

Crank up Moon Rats’ chrome-plated “Ride Or Die”

February 12, 2018

Blasting down the highway on a smoke-spewing chopper. Thwarting the forces of evil by wielding an epic motor sword. Legend Of Zelda and Spaceballs references. Riffs upon riffs. They're all par for the course fo...

Jens Lekman brings whimsy, melancholy, brilliance to The Back Room @ Colectivo

Tommy Ciaccio

February 10, 2018

In a funny way, it’s hard to imagine a more picturesque narration of a day in the dumb, erratic year that 2018 has already been. If it is to begin with the one-two punch of an hour-long government shutdown (the...

Stream No No Yeah Okay’s long-awaited sophomore EP, ‘Cabal’

Tyler Maas

February 9, 2018

No No Yeah Okay formed in 2014 and quickly endeared Milwaukee to its indie-leaning electronic style by way of 2015's Dual, which garnered its fair share of local airplay, streams in the hundreds of thousands, a...

Surgeons In Heat announce new album, release new single, “Why’d You Start?”

Matt Wild

February 8, 2018

It seems that every Surgeons In Heat album is a comeback album. Maybe it's the three-year gap between projects, beginning with 2012's self-titled bleary-eyed dance party and culminating in 2015's hyperactive Di...

Bill Murray and cellist Jan Vogler are coming to Riverside Theater in April

Matt Wild

February 8, 2018

Okay, this is pretty great: On Tuesday, April 17, the one and only Bill Murray (yep, Bill Groundhog-Day, Ghostbustin'-ass Murray) and German cellist Jan Vogler (along with violinist Mira Wang and pianist Vaness...

WMSE will release an Abby Jeanne 7-inch for Record Store Day 2018

Tyler Maas

February 7, 2018

Since 2015, local radio institution and chili competition curator WMSE has helped spread the good will and wonder of Record Store Day with a limited-edition release of a 7-inch from a Milwaukee (or Milwaukee-re...

Johanna Rose and friends reimagine the relevance of Woody Guthrie with GuthrieUNCOVERED

Matt Wild

February 6, 2018

"I chose to 'uncover' Woody Guthrie because I felt his music was particularly relevant given today's political climate."So says Johanna Rose, curator of GuthrieUNCOVERED, coming to Turner Hall Ballroom Frid...

An important message from Milwaukee Record

Matt Wild

February 6, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQJust kidding. Rick Astley is coming to the Pabst Theater Thursday, April 26. Tickets go on sale Friday, February 9, at 10 a.m. Reserved seating tickets are $35 and...

Buckle up and stream Slow Walker’s new single, “Ride”

Tyler Maas

February 6, 2018

We've said it before, but it still holds true: There's nothing slow about Slow Walker. Since the band's 2011 start, they've averaged one album or EP per year. Their continually-expanding catalog is full of fast...

In sickness and in health: Mike IX Williams reflects on 30 years of Eyehategod

Dan Agacki

February 6, 2018

With 2018 in full swing, New Orleans band Eyehategod are celebrating 30 years of bashing out sludgy metal-tinged hardcore. "We're definitely outcasts, but we always have been," vocalist Mike IX Williams says. I...

Abby Jeanne talks breakout 2017, “Fire In February” residency, what’s next

Tyler Maas

February 5, 2018

Abby Jeanne capped off a breakout 2017 with her “Electric New Year” show, an unofficial culmination of a year in which the owner of Milwaukee’s most captivating voice released her well-received debut album, ear...

Holy Shit! once booked a tour around trying out for ‘The Price Is Right’

Tyler Maas

February 2, 2018

Both tonight and on February 5, Riverside Theater will host a live rendition of The Price Is Right. The touring show gives people all over the country an opportunity to watch and participate in some of the game...

Twin Brother goes solo, so low on emotional ‘Rightfully So’

Tyler Maas

February 1, 2018

Back in December, Twin Brother announced it was no more. Fortunately, the sudden end of the band didn’t last long, as singer/primary songwriter/founding member Sean Raasch decided he wasn’t quite ready to say g...

Public Domain: WC Tank scales Colectivo’s roof and performs “Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral”

Milwaukee Record Staff

January 31, 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 ...

Watch BLAX rock Cactus Club, explore public art with Adam Carr in new Cream City Soundcheck video

Matt Wild

January 30, 2018

"This is a hardworking city. This is a diverse city. It's not pretty all the time. If you're knowledgeable and you keep your eyes open and you happen to peek over, you can see something beautiful in all this me...

Brush up on your ’80s Milwaukee references with Sigmund Snopek’s “Cookin With A Wok In Milwaukee”

Matt Wild

January 30, 2018

Last summer we dug up a 1984 parody of Culture Club's "Karma Chameleon" called "I'm A Milwaukeean." The song—from Guy Herman And The Bubbler Boys—contained all sorts of timeless Milwaukee references: beer, brat...

Get in on the ground floor when In Tall Buildings play The Back Room @ Colectivo in March

Tyler Maas

January 29, 2018

Over the course of less than three years, The Back Room @ Colectivo has established itself as an invaluable East Side entertainment destination and a trusted source for all-ages shows, up-and-coming musicians, ...

Thanks for making Local Coverage 2018 great, Milwaukee!

Tyler Maas

January 25, 2018

Last Friday, Milwaukee Record hosted our fourth annual Local Coverage show at Turner Hall. There, a diverse cast of eight Milwaukee acts took the stage to perform (approximately) 15-minute sets of another proje...

Jason Isbell mixes adoration, anger, and adept storytelling at Riverside Theater

Rachel Seis

January 25, 2018

Jason Isbell is a man torn between times. A man caught between Southern roots and worldly ideals. Full-throttle, hard-soaked rebel days and solitary ones spent quieted, comforted, and content with family. Betwe...

Cactus Club has moved Ty Segall’s April 9 show to Mad Planet

Tyler Maas

January 25, 2018

Last week, Ty Segall's April 9 show at Cactus Club sold out in mere minutes, making it one of the fastest sellouts in the cozy Bay View bar's history. In effort to meet the unprecedented demand of customers, Ca...