Music

Here’s the full Milwaukee Psych Fest VI lineup and schedule

January 23, 2018

Since 2013, Milwaukee musician Andrew Shelp has given the city a loud, fuzzed-out, and reverb-drenched gift every spring: Milwaukee Psych Fest. Returning for its sixth year May 4 and 5 at Boone & Crocket (n...

Foo Fighters will play new Milwaukee Bucks arena October 17

Matt Wild

January 22, 2018

Hey! Remember when Foo Fighters played Milwaukee but didn't play Milwaukee? Well, now they're going to play Milwaukee, but for real! Dave Grohl and company (Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett, Pat Smea...

Milwaukee women DJs play out, speak up, and take over

Catherine Jozwik

January 22, 2018

Common DJ pet peeves include drunks bumping into turntables, drunks spilling drinks on turntables, and crowds complaining about the music.Women who DJ in Milwaukee may face headaches such as these, along wi...

Josh Evert draws inspiration, instrumentation from nature on ‘Braided River’ EP

Tyler Maas

January 19, 2018

When he isn't fronting The Fatty Acids or recording much of Milwaukee's music scene at Silver City Studios, Josh Evert is out gathering both inspiration and instrumentation from nature. Evert's 2015 residency a...

Grab a cold one and watch Midwest Death Rattle’s “Square Wave” music video

Tyler Maas

January 16, 2018

Midwest Death Rattle really upped the ante with the release of Post-Apocalypso. The ambitious, quasi-conceptual 2016 record elevated the indie rock outfit from mid-tier local band to a certified must-hear Milwa...

VoodooHoney will cover Bright Eyes, Paramore, Fall Out Boy for “A Very Emo Valentines”

Tyler Maas

January 15, 2018

VoodooHoney likes to keep things interesting. On top of curating original events like A Nightmare On Center Street and the Supper Club Jazz series, the Jay Anderson-led record label and creative collective has ...

Here’s everything you should know about Local Coverage 2018

Tyler Maas

January 15, 2018

After months of planning, the night is almost upon us! Friday night, historic Turner Hall Ballroom will play host to Milwaukee Record's fourth annual Local Coverage benefit concert. Over the course of the event...

Stream the new Platinum Boys EP, ‘We Don’t Dance (Anymore)’

Tyler Maas

January 12, 2018

Just two days ago, we posted a lengthy listing of Milwaukee releases we looked forward to hearing in 2018. We knew there were going to be oversights, but we had no idea such a notable omission would be brought ...

13 Milwaukee releases we’re excited to hear in 2018

Tyler Maas

January 10, 2018

It seems like we’re just days removed from celebrating the best albums and EPs Milwaukee managed in 2017. With all the promise a new year brings also comes the promise of new music. In the same way many of us r...

Friends come together to make “apocalyptic western” music as Saebra & Carlyle

Tyler Maas

January 5, 2018

Though Saebra & Carlyle only started playing out in September, the duo's roots extend more than 10 years, all the way back to when the project's namesakes worked together at a shopping mall coffee chain. Th...

Here’s the Burnhearts Mitten Fest 2018 lineup

Tyler Maas

January 4, 2018

Now that New Year’s festivities have come and gone, folks in Milwaukee are forced to come to terms with the harsh realization that winter is here in full force and there’s not much to do outside. Fortunately, w...

Abby Jeanne releases new single, announces “Fire In February” residency

Tyler Maas

January 4, 2018

Last Sunday night, 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-receiv...

Faux Fiction sheds and shreds in “Skin” music video

Tyler Maas

January 4, 2018

Milwaukee musicians don't seem to be wasting any time starting 2018 on a strong note. Adding to the handful of post-New Year releases and album announcements we've already seen in this young year is Faux Fictio...

Holy shit! Hot Snakes are coming to Cactus Club

Tyler Maas

January 3, 2018

We're just three days into the year and it's already been made abundantly clear 2018 is going to be better than 2017 was. How can we be so certain? That's simple. You see, Cactus Club just announced Hot Snakes ...

Mark Yencheske gets in the driver’s seat on ‘Be Easy’

Tyler Maas

January 3, 2018

"I'm a goal-oriented person," says Mark Yencheske.That's a bit of an understatement. On New Year's Eve, he played a total of three sets, split between Paper Holland and backing duties for Abby Jeanne. That ...

Look sharp in the new year with Kiss Critique’s ‘Allegations’

Matt Wild

January 2, 2018

One of the more idiosyncratic Milwaukee albums of 2017 was Ravi/Lola's Shape Up Shoulders, a swirling concoction of candy-colored psychedelia and blissed-out Sunday-morning pop. It was yet another winning colla...

Body Futures ring in 2018 with ‘Maybe It’s Just The Weather’

Matt Wild

January 2, 2018

It takes a lot of nerve to release an album during the first few days of a new year. “Here you go, new year,” the move seems to say. “Top this.” In the case of Milwaukee’s Body Futures, it’s a move with guts to...

What the hell, here are some more Milwaukee-made holiday songs

Tyler Maas

December 26, 2017

Almost every December of Milwaukee Record's existence, we've rounded up a mess of amazingly tolerable local songs that are helping to improve the predominately terrible holiday music genre. This year was no dif...

Watch Dustin Diamond play Harvey Weinstein, get stabbed to death in Milwaukee music video

Matt Wild

December 26, 2017

And lo, on the day after Christmas, in the year of our lord 2017, Nashville-by-way-of-Milwaukee hard rock band TENLo released a video in which Dustin Diamond plays Harvey Weinstein and totally gets stabbed to d...

Public Domain: The Fatty Acids perform “Toyland”

Milwaukee Record Staff

December 21, 2017

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 ...