Music

Burnhearts’ Punk House Kegger to return November 16

October 9, 2017

While most Milwaukeeans know Burnhearts for its beloved annual Mitten Fest and Pabst Street Party celebrations or, you know, being on the short list of great local beer bars every day, the Bay View corner tap a...

A-side/B-side: 10 years after Radiohead’s ‘In Rainbows,’ how has “Pay-What-You-Want” changed music?

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 9, 2017

In A-side/B-side, two Milwaukee Record writers tackle various city issues in an informal, crosstalk style. Insults are hurled, feelings are hurt, and everyone learns something in the end. Maybe.Tyler Maas: ...

Remembering the time, in 1980, when Black Sabbath fans rioted in Milwaukee

Matt Wild

October 9, 2017

Throwing bottles at performers is a dubious concert-going tradition. Sure, it can be darkly funny in some cases (Justin Bieber), but it can be downright dangerous in others (Tila Tequila at the 2010 Gathering o...

Hey Milwaukee! Get your band out of town and check out these 5 Racine/Kenosha venues

DJ Hostettler

October 5, 2017

broadstreet.zone(32806); Stop us if this sounds familiar: you're in a hot-shit up-and-coming Milwaukee band. You work a day job because it's not like someone's bankrolling you, so you don't get to tour as much...

Here’s the lineup for the third annual “Nightmare on Center Street” Halloween party

Matt Wild

October 4, 2017

Remember that part in the original A Nightmare On Elm Street when Freddy says "I'm your boyfriend now, Nancy," and his tongue slurps out of the telephone? What's the deal with that scene? Nancy isn't sleeping, ...

Hook up with the new NO/NO single, “Take Out,” from the upcoming ‘Twentysomethings’ EP

Matt Wild

October 3, 2017

The evolution of Milwaukee's NO/NO has been a thing to behold. With roots in the lo-fi new wave group The Delphines, the bigger and better NO/NO has quickly morphed into a full-on synth-pop force. That transfor...

Brett Newski trusts no one in animated “I’m Paranoid” video

Matt Wild

October 2, 2017

Here's an understatement to end all understatements: We live in crazy times. Degenerate politics and politicians, the end of "truth" and "facts," and the ever-expanding filmography of James Franco have all beco...

“Is there any real sound?” A conversation with electronic composer Suzanne Ciani

Marielle Allschwang

October 2, 2017

A Life In Waves explores the life and work of electronic music pioneer and composer Suzanne Ciani. It screens Monday, October 2 (Avalon Theater, 9:15 p.m.) as part of the 2017 Milwaukee Film Festival, and twice...

GGOOLLDD will ring in 2018 with a New Year’s Eve show at Turner Hall

Matt Wild

October 2, 2017

Is 2017 over yet? Almost? Good. Will 2018 be any better? Maybe? We'll take it. Anyway, wayward Milwaukee synth-pop outfit GGOOLLDD will be ringing in 2018 at Turner Hall this year, with a New Year's Eve show th...

Public Domain: De La Buena performs “Scarborough Fair”

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 28, 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 ...

Telethon goes long on ambitious, excellent concept album, ‘The Grand Spontanean: A Tale Told In Five Acts’

Tyler Maas

September 27, 2017

If you're anything like we were two weeks ago, you've never heard of Telethon. Evidently, the Milwaukee pop-punk quintet has managed two albums in its relatively brief existence and has stayed squarely under th...

Come to our Local Coverage draft (and Re-Porter beer release) October 9

Tyler Maas

September 26, 2017

We're proud to officially announce that Milwaukee Record's annual Local Coverage concert is returning this winter. Join us at Turner Hall on Friday, January 19 to watch nine Milwaukee acts covering one another ...

We ate Taco John’s with Har Mar Superstar

Tyler Maas

September 25, 2017

Har Mar Superstar is known and loved for a variety of reasons. The soulful Minneapolis singer-songwriter has earned critical acclaim and won awards with his own project, he's written songs for the likes of Jenn...

Twin Brother returns with reinforcements on ‘Alone In Austin’

Tyler Maas

September 21, 2017

Following a fruitful 2014 in which Twin Brother released its emotive coming of age record, Swallow The Anchor, the band that began as a folk trio started to move in a different direction. Amid departures, shift...

Watch Dad walk (and jet-ski) on “Holy Water”

Matt Wild

September 21, 2017

Milwaukee's delightfully named Dad is a man of many personas. In just over a year, the cheeky rapper has released a handful of videos that have depicted him as a Revolutionary War reenactor, a Catholic priest e...

Bo & Airo hits the mark with “4GLDK9$”

Tyler Maas

September 20, 2017

When we last wrote about Bo & Airo, we were introducing you to the dynamic hip-hop duo consisting of bass prince Bo Triplex (Bo Triplex And His Beautiful Band, New Age Narcissism) and drummer/rapper Airo Kw...

See ex-Sheriff Clarke, Brother Ron, more in Dirty Dancing’s trippy “When We First Met” video

Matt Wild

September 20, 2017

When we last checked in with art-damaged post-rock act Dirty Dancing, frontman Eric Schoen was bemoaning the drudgery of modern life and using his cat as a workout tool in the video for "Don't Wanna Be Satisfie...

Come to (or sign up to be a vendor at) our Broken Up Band Bazaar

Tyler Maas

September 19, 2017

Way back in April, Milwaukee Record decided to help raise funds for Arte Para Todos by throwing our first "Broken Up Band Bazaar" event. For a few hours on a spring Saturday, dozens of people came out to Black ...

Dead Cross and Secret Chiefs 3 bring hardcore, shared history to Turner Hall

Cal Roach

September 18, 2017

If you're like a lot of Twin Peaks fans, you spent months out of this year in breathless anticipation of the return of FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper, who was right there in front of your eyes yet also not there...

Chris Thile and Brad Mehldau bring fun and feelings to the Wilson Center

Josh Hoppert

September 15, 2017

Thursday night, ahead of an appearance by Chris Thile and Brad Mehldau at the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts, the center's Grand Hall was packed for pre-show drinks and a pre-show performance by The OK...