Music

Brett Newski exhales in anxious “Cigaretiquette” video

April 13, 2016

//Milwaukee-by-way-of-the-world troubadour Brett Newski has done it all—penned tampon commercial jingles in Vietnam, angered Shaquille O'Neal as a young boy. It's enough to set anyone on edge. Perhaps that...

Get inside Mark Borchardt’s head with two-song Soup Moat video

Matt Wild

April 12, 2016

//There's a moment in 1999's American Movie when forever-put-upon Milwaukee film director Mark Borchardt recounts cleaning a shit-covered cemetery bathroom. "I had to clean it up, man, but before that, for...

Record Recommended: April 11-17

Matt Wild

April 11, 2016

//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...

Tracklist: 14 ways Milwaukee is celebrating Record Store Day 2016

Tyler Maas

April 11, 2016

//Love it or hate it, it's safe to say Record Store Day is here to stay. What started as an honest-to-goodness movement to encourage listeners to get out and support independent music retailers who were su...

Prepare for Arte Para Todos with the ‘2016 Festival Compilation’

Tyler Maas

April 11, 2016

//Last month, we unveiled the incredible and genre-jumping collection of more than 100 Milwaukee bands, rappers, DJs, and visual artists that compose the lineup of the second annual Arte Para Todos. By now...

Ani DiFranco opens up, digs deep at Turner Hall

Cal Roach

April 11, 2016

//Far be it from Ani DiFranco to stay home during an election year. The relentless folk singer released Allergic To Water in 2014, and she's been touring almost nonstop since…well, since her career began. ...

Tracklist: The 31 most uplifting Danny Gokey song names, ranked

Tyler Maas

April 8, 2016

//According to a loose college friend's Facebook status, American Idol's final episode aired last night, following a long and inescapable run that spanned who gives a shit how many seasons and launched the...

Listen to the entire 16-track “Unintimidated: Wisconsin Musicians Against Scott Walker” comp

Matt Wild

April 8, 2016

//Back in July 2015, IfIHadAHiFi and Body Futures drummer (and occasional Milwaukee Record contributor) DJ Hostettler announced an ambitious project called "Unintimidated: Wisconsin Musicians Against Scott...

Exclusive: Stream Low Down Sound’s “Sugar Sweet”

Tyler Maas

April 7, 2016

//Little over a year ago, we formally introduced you to Low Down Sound by way of the Milwaukee classic rock outfit's debut EP Ride Into The Sun, which we called "a five-song sampling of American-made class...

Kurt Vile presides over listless, occasionally lively show at Pabst Theater

Cal Roach

April 6, 2016

//"Don't know much about history," Kurt Vile sang in his opening number, "Dust Bunnies," Tuesday night at the Pabst Theater. Indeed, despite the smattering of "I Voted" stickers on lapels throughout the crow...

Hear the actual rapping from Made Of Oak’s silent “Side Rides” rap video

Matt Wild

April 5, 2016

//Under his longtime Made Of Oak moniker, former Milwaukeean/Decibully member (and current Sylvan Esso member) Nick Sanborn celebrated the release of his first solo EP, Penumbra, last fall. One of the stan...

Space Raft talks about opening for Bernie Sanders

Tyler Maas

April 5, 2016

//Bands typically try to avoid playing out in the final days before they're to release a new record. However, that unwritten rule can be broken when a band has been asked to play on the same stage as its p...

Gaze upon the glorious lineup for Gloss Records’ Gloss Weekend

Matt Wild

April 5, 2016

//Milwaukee is currently home to many DIY record labels, and one of the best is Gloss Records. Founded in February 2015 by Harrison Colby (NO/NO) and Joe Peterson (Rio Turbo, Platinum Boys), Gloss has spen...

John Carpenter will perform music from his films this summer at Pabst Theater

Matt Wild

April 4, 2016

//Over the course of five decades (!), master filmmaker John Carpenter has left an indelible and idiosyncratic mark on horror and sci-fi with films like Halloween, Escape From New York, The Thing, Big Trou...

Lucky Cat is closed

Tyler Maas

April 4, 2016

//Within nine months of Cocoon Room's closing and fewer than two months after Borg Ward's abrupt end, Milwaukee is down yet another all-ages venue. Lucky Cat is no more. The Riverwest art space's closing w...

Exclusive: Stream Midwest Death Rattle’s “Feed Them To Each Other”

Tyler Maas

March 31, 2016

//Last month, Midwest Death Rattle broke more than three years of silence (at least in the recorded sense) with a public domain footage-packed lyric video for "Post-Apocalypso," the first single and title ...

Listen to the dreamy/dreary goodness of Genau

Matt Wild

March 31, 2016

//For all its sunny reinvention and chipper boosterism, Milwaukee can be a cold and gloomy place. Maybe that's why so many Brew City bands take inspiration from the dreamy-but-dreary shoegaze sound of the ...

Record Recommended: March 28-April 3

Matt Wild

March 29, 2016

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 "Record Recommended" (patent pending) honor. Here are our...

Direct Hit! signs to Fat Wreck Chords

Tyler Maas

March 29, 2016

//About two weeks ago, Direct Hit! was announced as touring support for NOFX's "Hepatitis Bathtub Tour," which will span 14 shows in nine states this April. Today, the tour mates officially became label ma...

Fudgy preps double album release show with “actual reality” videos, no live music

Matt Wild

March 29, 2016

//When we last checked in with Fudgy, a Milwaukee supergroup (of sorts) featuring members of Crappy Dracula 2 and Scrimshaw, the band that's "barely a band" was releasing a song called "Dispensational Trut...