Record Recommended: July 25-31
//Our fat-free, dolphin-safe Milwaukee calendar is chock-full of things to do, but only a handful of events contained therein are worthy of the lofty honor of "Record Recommended" (patent pending). Here ar...
Avast! Showoff to shove off as Concert Cruise opener
//If this were pop-punk Jeopardy, "Who is Showoff?" would be a response destined for at least the $800 category. Still, the Illinois-born quartet was once signed to Maverick Records (Madonna's label), the ...
Heavy Leaves start fresh as Yahara with ‘New Year’s Day’
//There are two reasons you probably don't recognize the name Yahara. First, the name is the brand new identifier for an unsung Riverwest folk outfit that used to be called Heavy Leaves. And even as Heavy ...
Prep for Synth Fest MKE with Liquid City Motor’s mood-enhancing ‘Untitled 2’ EP
//Dozens of electronic- and experimental-minded artists will set up shop at Acme Records and Cactus Club this weekend for the inaugural Synth Fest MKE. Among the fest's more well-known acts (Jon Mueller, a...
Tracklist: 14 “& bands” in local music
//It's tough to decide on a band name. Instead of risking potentially calling a project something regrettable (maybe something food-inspired or in honor of a public figure?) that might eventually wind up b...
Premiere: Get pumped with NO/NO’s neon-drenched “Television” video
//Nearly two months after its release, NO/NO's gorgeous Sound And Light continues to surprise. It's an album with surface pleasures aplenty—a glitter-and-gloom dream-pop vibe, insistent synth riffs, endles...
John Carpenter builds wall of sound at Pabst Theater
//The social feeds of anyone that grew up in the '80s were lit up over the weekend by gushing praise for Stranger Things, a Netflix series coated in a thick frosting of nostalgia and references to genre fi...
Drift away to KaneTheRapper’s druggy, Kurt Cobain-laden debut, ‘The Influence’
//If you've been blindly stumbling around Milwaukee's music landscape wondering where to find the most energy, excitement, and ambition, look no further than the city's hip-hop scene. Spearheaded by the li...
Record Recommended: July 18-24
//Our fat-free, dolphin-safe Milwaukee calendar is chock-full of things to do, but only a handful of events contained therein are worthy of the lofty honor of "Record Recommended" (patent pending). Here ar...
A day-by-day Milwaukee guide to Mile Of Music
//From August 4-7, more than 30 Milwaukee bands, rappers, and solo artists will make the 100-mile trek north on US 41—or I-43, if they want to take the scenic route—to partake in the fourth annual Mile Of ...
Here’s the MishMash Fest 2016 lineup
//One event we failed to mention in our otherwise thorough and exhaustive Summer Festival Guide was MishMash Fest. Since The Fatty Acids unofficially christened the inaugural event with an amp fire back in...
Review: Elvis impersonator at a classic car show in the St. Francis Hardee’s parking lot
//There are a lot of factors that can go into making a show a "can't-miss" event. Perhaps an artist is at the height of his of her popularity or is making an ultra-rare live appearance after years of seclu...
Twin Brother frontman goes it alone (for now) on ‘Solo’
//Save for a rare show here and there, Twin Brother has been in hiding for much of 2016. There are some reasons for that, actually. Not long after the release of 2014's Swallow The Anchor, the emotive folk...
Bare witness to The Blue Mooners’ “Never Meant To Moon You” video
//Way back in 2014, we formally introduced you to the informal musical stylings of The Blue Mooners, a side project with a fixation on bare buttocks. Since the release of that self-titled debut, which incl...
Paul McCartney still had something to prove at last night’s Marcus Amphitheater show
//When Paul McCartney came to Miller Park in July of 2013, Milwaukeeans made some silent calculations and determined that this would probably be our last chance to see the Beatle perform. Some 43,000 of us...
Mike D drops the beat (and the ball) at Summerfest DJ gig
//For better or worse, expectations play a big part in experiencing live music. When Paris Hilton was scheduled for a DJ set at last year's Summerfest, expectations were low—same with seeing Dead Kennedys ...
Here’s the music lineup for the inaugural Milwaukee Fringe Festival
//On Saturday, August 27 and Sunday, August 28, the inaugural Milwaukee Fringe Festival will throw its hat into the delightfully crowded Milwaukee summer festival ring. The fest will showcase more than 50 ...
Spend 10 minutes with aliens, cops in new Rashita Joneses video
//After an astounding five releases in 2015 and recently pulling off the inaugural Tasty Fest without a hitch, The Rashita Joneses have earned a break. Instead of easing off, though, the Milwaukee garage r...
Here’s every Milwaukee act playing this year’s Mile Of Music
//Entering its fourth year, the Cory Chisel-curated Mile Of Music festival is bigger and (arguably) better than ever, with close to 250 acts combining for more than 900 performances at dozens of bars- and ...
Hollywood Vampires channel the dead in tribute-heavy Summerfest set
//After a short hiatus for the Fourth of July, Summerfest was back in action on Tuesday night. It was certainly not the most enticing day of artists on this year’s lengthy lineup, but there was one act tha...