Music

Milwaukee Record’s favorite moments from Riverwest FemFest 2016

January 25, 2016

//Four days, four venues, more than 50 acts, and nary a hitch. Based on those stats alone, the second annual Riverwest FemFest would be considered a success. But with more than $10,000 (!) raised for Date ...

Appleseeds return for FemFest with new music, perspective

Tyler Maas

January 21, 2016

//If you've looked at the altogether outstanding lineup for Riverwest FemFest (which begins tonight and runs through Sunday), you've probably seen the mysterious "surprise band" slated to take the stage at...

Riverwest FemFest is nigh! Download the third and final compilation

Tyler Maas

January 20, 2016

//Believe it or not, it was technically last summer when the utterly loaded 50-act lineup for the second annual Riverwest FemFest was announced. It's been more than two months since the four-day schedule w...

Record Recommended: January 18-24

Milwaukee Record Staff

January 18, 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...

Thanks for making Local Coverage 2016 great, Milwaukee!

Tyler Maas

January 18, 2016

//Holy shit! As creators of Local Coverage, we might be a little biased, but the second annual benefit show wherein 10 local acts covered each other will probably go down as our single favorite concert of ...

Continue your FemFest prep with the benefit’s second compilation

Tyler Maas

January 15, 2016

//Only a year in, it's in no way hyperbolic to say that Riverwest FemFest is already one of the best events bearing the "fest" suffix in town. Following a successful first year in which two days of female-...

Procrastination pays off on Group Of The Altos’ “Coplights” video

Tyler Maas

January 14, 2016

//Despite its continually changing number of members and its utter refusal to be chained to any single style of music for more than one release, two things Milwaukee's self-proclaimed "surly high school or...

Exclusive: Revel in the blues-rock goodness of The Young Revelators’ ‘All I See’

Matt Wild

January 13, 2016

//When one thinks of the sound of Riverwest, "earnest blues-rock" probably doesn't come to mind. Yet here are The Young Revelators, a young (natch) trio hailing from the ever-buzzing neighborhood, speciali...

Record Recommended: January 11-17

Milwaukee Record Staff

January 13, 2016

Brendan Dassey’s half brother fights ‘Making A Murderer’ conviction with Christian rap song

Tyler Maas

January 12, 2016

Thanks to Making A Murderer, the 2005 murder of Teresa Halbach and subsequent conviction of Steven Avery and his (then) 16-year-old nephew Brendan Dassey have returned to the spotlight in Wisconsin, and have si...

Tracklist: 8 things you should know about Local Coverage 2016

Tyler Maas

January 11, 2016

//After months of thought, planning, and work, Local Coverage 2016 is now only days away. On Friday, January 15, a diverse grouping of 10 Milwaukee bands and rappers will take the stage at Turner Hall to p...

Get ready for Riverwest FemFest with the benefit’s first comp

Tyler Maas

January 8, 2016

//Ever since the crazy-good lineup for the second annual Riverwest FemFest was announced in September and the four-night schedule for that dizzying, delightful lineup was set in stone in November, our exci...

Here’s the Burnhearts Mitten Fest 2016 lineup

Tyler Maas

January 7, 2016

//It's the most wonderful time of the year. No, we're not talking about Christmas, New Year's or the city's steady string of summer festivals. Rather, the unofficial title of Milwaukee's favorite day belon...

Michael Gerlach builds beautiful things as King Courteen

Tyler Maas

January 7, 2016

//Michael Gerlach builds beautiful things from nothing. As a woodworker, he transforms razed relics from Milwaukee's industrial past into things like furniture and visual art. As King Courteen, the 22-year...

Soul Low’s “OMG STD” music video will stick with you

Tyler Maas

January 7, 2016

//If there's one thing the lovable lads in Soul Low do almost as well as consistently write great, fun, and beyond-their-years songs, it's consistently release great, fun, and beyond-their-budget music vid...

Nick Sanborn’s solo project, Made Of Oak, will play Cactus Club April 8

Matt Wild

January 6, 2016

//Milwaukee expat and former Decibully member Nick Sanborn is one busy fellow. In addition to his current high-profile gig as one-half of Sylvan Esso, Sanborn occasionally records and performs under his lo...

Phylums get caffeinated, animated in “Cold Coffee” video

Tyler Maas

January 6, 2016

//While no stranger to Milwaukee ears in live settings, it took Phylums a remarkably long time to get around to that whole "release a debut LP" thing. After being literally years in the making, the audio o...

Record Recommended: January 4-10

Milwaukee Record Staff

January 6, 2016

Hear Jaill’s new song, “Paint Me Scary”

Tyler Maas

January 5, 2016

//Way back in late 2013, Jaill spent an intense two-week session living and recording at an Austin, Texas studio. After lengthy label uncertainties and vinyl delays, those songs finally saw the light of da...

Keep the holidays alive with Xposed 4Heads’ all-purpose holiday song, “Sing Along Again”

Matt Wild

January 5, 2016

//Having trouble returning to the real world after a seemingly endless and (hopefully) drunken holiday break? Of course you are. Happily, there's a solution: Keep the holidays alive all year long with Xpos...