Music

Young, shy, and snotty: Being an underage music fan in Milwaukee

January 11, 2017

Beer, cheese, motorcycles, sports—these are the things that a lot of people still think about when they hear the word "Milwaukee." I've lived in Milwaukee my entire life and have never really cared about the ...

Exclusive: Stream The Fatty Acids’ “Strangers / In Your House,” from the upcoming ‘Dogs Of Entertainment’

Matt Wild

January 10, 2017

There comes a point in every long-running band's career when listeners (and writers) start tossing around words like "veterans" and "fixtures." Ready or not, The Fatty Acids have arrived at that point. Over the...

19 Milwaukee releases we’re excited to hear in 2017

Tyler Maas

January 9, 2017

It seems like we're just days removed from celebrating the best releases Milwaukee managed in 2016. With all the promise a new year brings also comes the promise of new music. In the same way many of us resol...

Here’s the Burnhearts Mitten Fest 2017 lineup

Tyler Maas

January 4, 2017

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,...

Let’s talk about Milwaukee’s connection to the New Monkees

Matt Wild

January 4, 2017

Here's the story: Back in 1966, the world was given the gift of the Monkees. The so-called "Pre-Fab Four" (Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, and Peter Tork) were assembled by a pair of producers (Rob...

Corey Feldman will play a show in Green Bay on March 23

Tyler Maas

January 3, 2017

One of the more publicized deaths of 2016 was that of Corey Feldman's career...again, that is. Back in September, the '80s child star's misguided foray into music resulted in a cringe-inducing Today Show ...

Patti Smith will perform ‘Horses’ at the Milwaukee Theatre in March

Matt Wild

January 3, 2017

Let's just boil this down to some facts: The incomparable, iconic, and forever awesome Patti Smith recently celebrated her 70th birthday. Smith's equally incomparable, iconic, and forever awesome album Horses...

Abby Jeanne looks back on a terrible 2016 in “Aged Young” music video

Tyler Maas

January 3, 2017

The year 2016 will be remembered by many as a 366-day span of time in which the world experienced frightening political change, growing racial division, and a staggering stream of high profile celebrity death...

Ashley Altadonna and The Glacial Speed go into the unknown in ‘New Wilderness’

Tyler Maas

December 30, 2016

A lot has happened since the last time Ashley Altadonna put out an album. As Altadonna's band, New Blind Nationals, was coming to an end in 2004, she shifted focus to filmmaking, she started dating the woman ...

Antler House’s “Real Things” video visits agonizing, artificial places

Tyler Maas

December 30, 2016

Anyone who has heard Antler House can attest to the Milwaukee trio's uncanny ability to craft gorgeous indie-leaning folk songs that also manage to deliver a swift and brutal kick to the heart. When one of th...

Public Domain: Mike Regal performs “When The Saints Go Marching In”

Milwaukee Record Staff

December 29, 2016

Milwaukee Record is proud to present Public Domain. The video series features Milwaukee musicians setting up at Colectivo’s new Back Room performance space at its Prospect Avenue cafe to adapt some of the world...

Nickel&Rose check in from Europe, release new music video

Tyler Maas

December 28, 2016

Back on November 1, Milwaukee musicians Johanna Rose (New Boyz Club, Ruth B8r Ginsburg, Thistledown Thunders) and Carl Nichols (Painted Caves, RAS Movement) packed up their instruments, passports, and a few o...

Watch Lex Allen go fly a kite in the latest Cream City Soundcheck

Tyler Maas

December 28, 2016

In addition to capturing high quality performance footage, Cream City Soundcheck has the uncanny ability to show viewers a side of an artist they've never seen before, while simultaneously highlighting a plac...

Devils Teeth prepares for Local H opening slot, a busy 2017

Tyler Maas

December 27, 2016

Unless you've happened upon one of the nine-month-old band's first two under-publicized live outings, you've likely never heard Devils Teeth. However, the new garage rock trio boasts a lengthy and impressive ...

Yule love Tenement’s new holiday EP

Tyler Maas

December 26, 2016

It should be noted that any time we document Milwaukee contributions to the seasonal song canon, it's with the previously-unexpressed sentiment that the efforts are good...for holiday music. On the whole, Chr...

More Milwaukee-made songs worth stocking on your holiday playlist

Tyler Maas

December 24, 2016

Milwaukee musicians can be quite festive from time to time. Through the years, local bands and solo artists have amassed an extensive playlist of amazingly tolerable holiday songs. This December was no differ...

Snoop Dogg and company bring good vibes, plenty of smoke to Riverside Theater

Cal Roach

December 23, 2016

Snoop Dogg's original Puff Puff Pass Tour rolled out in 2001. Its sequel, which sold out the Riverside Theater on Thursday night, featured only Kurupt and Warren G from the first iteration. Fans of '90s G-fun...

Study: Milwaukee ranks 47th in cities “most attractive to immigrants”

Matt Wild

December 21, 2016

Over at Abodo.com—a Madison-based apartment listings site that enjoys reminding everyone how much their rent is going up—a new study identifies the top U.S. cities that are "most attractive to immigrants." Ne...

6th Annual Holiday Hip-Hop Party joins forces with Arte Para Todos

Tyler Maas

December 21, 2016

For the last six years, Joey Grihalva's Holiday Hip-Hop Party has served as a means of providing the city with quality holiday-adjacent entertainment that raises funds for a noble cause along the way. The ann...

Watch Sylvan Esso play “Radio” on ‘The Tonight Show’

Tyler Maas

December 21, 2016

Compared to the band's breakout 2014 and a 2015 that found the duo touring and playing major music festivals with regularity, this year has been a fairly quiet one for Sylvan Esso. Though the Durham, North Ca...