Music

SNYD’s new mixtape pays tribute to Kobe Bryant

February 19, 2016

//On Monday, February 22, the Milwaukee Bucks will host the Los Angeles Lakers. Though a 22-32 team hosting an 11-44 team doesn't exactly have the makings of a meaningful game, the Bradley Center will be p...

Straight Outta Company Brewing: Jordan Lee previews Dre Day MKE

Tyler Maas

February 18, 2016

//Today marks the 51st birthday of Andre Young, who is better known throughout the world as Dr. Dre. The rap icon's influential career spans parts of four decades. Along the way, he's sold millions of albu...

Soul Low opens up, unplugs, looks ahead before rare acoustic show

Tyler Maas

February 17, 2016

//Soul Low is in a strange place right now. Following its biggest year to date, the band currently looms in a self-described "vinyl purgatory" that finds it sitting on new material and staying relatively q...

Weird! Bubba Sparxxx will perform at City Lounge in Cudahy on April 30

Tyler Maas

February 16, 2016

//Today in the "suburban bars booking past-prime rappers" beat comes news that the crown jewel of East Layton Avenue late-night, City Lounge, has landed a show with a formerly formidable "country rap" fore...

Godspeed You! Black Emperor ascends, evolves at Turner Hall

Cal Roach

February 15, 2016

//Milwaukee has been spoiled on the post-rock front thus far in 2016. Three weeks ago, Mad Planet somehow landed a Tortoise performance—only the band's second live date following the release of its first n...

WAMI People’s Choice ballot is open

Tyler Maas

February 15, 2016

//That time of year is upon us again. Roughly a year after doling out hardware to deserving winners like PHOX, GGOOLLDD, Field Report, and WebsterX, as well as questionable winners like Vic Ferrari, "Live ...

Rio Turbo and Dashcam remix “20/20” for Valentine’s Day

Tyler Maas

February 14, 2016

//Happy Valentine's Day, Milwaukee! Hopefully you spent the weekend cuddled up close to that special someone. If Cupid's arrow missed you this year, cheer up knowing Milwaukee party-pop purveyor Rio Turbo ...

Exclusive: Stream the new Brat Sounds EP, ‘Gatorade’

Tyler Maas

February 12, 2016

//Following a solid self-titled debut put out under the name Brat Sounds in late 2014, former Dinny Bulca singer Scott Cary's new project really started to hit its stride last September with the release of...

Midwest Death Rattle returns with “Post-Apocalypso” lyric video

Tyler Maas

February 9, 2016

//Back in December, we compiled a list of Milwaukee bands making albums we were excited to hear in 2016. Though our WordPress theme apparently ate that post for some reason, we assure you that Midwest Deat...

The Fatty Acids’ Derek De Vinney goes it alone as Lingerer

Tyler Maas

February 9, 2016

//After being at or at least near the forefront of Milwaukee's music scene since 2010's Stop Berries, Berries And Berries, Berries, The Fatty Acids have experienced some changes. Once relied upon to play a...

Latest “Unintimidated” song enters the mind of Scott Walker, is awesome

Matt Wild

February 8, 2016

//Back in July 2015, IfIHadAHiFi and Body Futures drummer (and occasional Milwaukee Record contributor) DJ Hostettler announced the formation of "Unintimidated: Wisconsin Musicians Against Scott Walker," a...

Queen Tut’s dominion extends to Mitten Fest

Tyler Maas

February 4, 2016

//If you're among the nearly 7,000 people who have checked either "interested" or "going" on the Facebook event for Saturday's day-long Burnhearts Mitten Fest, it's possible you've looked upon the name Que...

Exclusive: Stream the self-titled Indonesian Junk album that’s going ’round

Matt Wild

February 2, 2016

//Genre labels can be maddening for musicians and listeners alike, offering little to no indication of what an artist actually sounds like. (Honk if the words "post-punk" always leave you with a blank stare....

Three. Stacks. Eliot becomes Rhythm Changes

Tyler Maas

February 2, 2016

//Even though Three. Stacks. Eliot announced its formal debut just six months ago with The Message Is Real, the (largely) instrumental jazz group has been making its mark in Milwaukee music since its 2013 ...

First video from anti-Scott Walker “Unintimidated” project skewers Facebook activism

Matt Wild

February 2, 2016

//Have you been displeased with Wisconsin's political climate for the last, oh, let's say, five years? Does the very thought of a certain Wisconsin governor make you break out in hives? If you answered "no...

Christopher Porterfield and company explore the obscure for Alverno Presents’ “How To Write A Popular Song”

Cal Roach

February 1, 2016

//The radio promos for Saturday's Alverno Presents show at Pitman Theatre suggested that you ought to have heard of Charles K. Harris, but you probably haven't. He was a Poughkeepsie native who grew up and...

Masked Intruder nemesis Officer Bradford tells tales from his punk rock patrol

Tyler Maas

January 28, 2016

//It's a tough job, but somebody has to do it. Since being "court appointed" to the position about four years ago, a Milwaukee man who goes by the name Officer Bradford puts on his uniform—jean shorts, a f...

Record Recommended: January 25-31

Milwaukee Record Staff

January 26, 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 o...

Christopher Porterfield channels early Milwaukee music hustler for “How To Write A Popular Song”

Matt Wild

January 26, 2016

//In 1893, Milwaukee-based songwriter Charles K. Harris penned popular music's first multi-million-selling piece of sheet music, "After The Ball," a sentimental ballad with a bittersweet twist ending. Thir...

Tracklist: 12 Milwaukee bands we want to reunite

Tyler Maas

January 25, 2016

It's so hard to say goodbye. Luckily, when it comes to music these days, it seems that there's no such thing as a permanent break up. In recent weeks, Guns 'N Roses and At The Drive-In both announced plans to r...