Music

Tracklist: 9 ways Milwaukee will be represented at SXSW 2015

March 16, 2015

Let's just forgo the lengthy thinkpiece about how South By Southwest (or "SXSW") has gone from a once-significant means of independent musicians get discovered to a cheapened corporate cash-grab whose lineup in...

Just give in and let Bleach Athletixx’s “California Future” bore itself into your brain

Tyler Maas

March 13, 2015

Bleach Athletixx, the brand new electro-pop endeavor of Young Holidays ex-pat Max Holiday came out of nowhere. Conjured a couple weeks ago and literally finished in his warehouse recording space last night, the...

Fresh Cut Collective co-founder Adebisi comes back as BLAX

Tyler Maas

March 13, 2015

About five years ago, then-Fresh Cut Collective frontman Adebisi Agoro left the group he'd co-founded and moved to New York City with $250 in his pocket. After three years, a name change, ample attention, and i...

WMSE will release a Field Report 7-inch for Record Store Day

Matt Wild

March 12, 2015

Say what you will about the hoopla—good and bad—surrounding Record Store Day, but the fact remains that it's a great chance to score some pretty nifty vinyl shit. Adding to the list of RSD goodies are the good ...

Here are the nominees for the 35th Annual WAMI Awards

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 12, 2015

On Sunday, April 19 at Turner Hall, the Wisconsin Area Music Industry (or WAMI, if you're nasty) will hand out its annual awards for the 35th year running. Today, the nominees for those awards were announced. L...

Jaill announces release date for next album, Brain Cream

Tyler Maas

March 12, 2015

Just because Jaill has been fairly quiet since the release of its second Sub Pop Records album, Traps, doesn't mean the Great Lakes surf rockers haven't been busy. In fact, the band has experienced a pretty sig...

“Blurred Lines,” dangerous lawsuits, and the end of The Fortress

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 12, 2015

Every Wednesday at noon, Ryan Schleicher, Evan Rytlewski, and Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called The Disclaimer, so named because none of the ...

Dream Attics resurface with new single, “You Had Me”

Matt Wild

March 11, 2015

Has it been nearly a year since we last heard from Dream Attics, the monumentally chill, spaced-out electro experiment from Nick Tovarek and Shane English? Yep, it has. But lest you think the duo simply floated...

Download Juiceboxxx’s new (and last?) mixtape, Highway To The Heartland

Tyler Maas

March 10, 2015

Believe it or not, it's only been slightly more than a year since Milwaukee-bred emcee Juiceboxxx earned his 15 minutes of infamy following what's been called "the worst on-air rap in TV history" (that we're in...

Exclusive: Listen to two glam-tastic songs from Rio Turbo’s upcoming self-titled album

Matt Wild

March 10, 2015

Somewhere between a scuzzy basement party and a VIP champagne room resides Milwaukee’s preeminent party-pop outfit Rio Turbo. Led by the tireless, occasionally clothed Joe Peterson (who also does time as bassis...

Take a ride with Vic And Gab in the latest Cream City Soundcheck

Tyler Maas

March 6, 2015

Milwaukee's premier sibling indie-pop duo Vic And Gab has been uncharacteristically quiet of late. Sisters Victoriah and Hannah Gabriela Banuelos have significantly reduced the frequency of shows (that we've pl...

Gallery Night gears up for first Milwaukee showing

Tyler Maas

March 5, 2015

There are bands who acknowledge their limitations, and there are bands that are so unconcerned with achieving any level of success that they intentionally add hurdles between their music and the mere prospect o...

Kiings reign supreme with true debut, WWYDF

Tyler Maas

March 4, 2015

WWYDF, the debut album from Kiings, is the Milwaukee-based electronic two-piece's crowning achievement. Though the 11-song effort—an acronym for "What Would You Die For"—is technically the production pair's fir...

What can a Milwaukee music compilation from 1980 tell us about the scene of today?

Matt Wild

March 4, 2015

At some point during last weekend’s ridiculously great Arte Para Todos festival—possibly while passing a block-long line for GGOOLLD at Company Brewing on my way to see Canopies at Club Timbuktu—I had a thought...

I saw 2 Live Crew at a strip club in 2015

Tyler Maas

March 3, 2015

//My week began in the lap of Las Vegas-style luxury. The spacious lounge was rife with marble columns, cabaret seating, and a small army of yolked gentlemen with suits and earpieces on hand to instill a s...

Plasticland, Sigmund Snopek, The Robbs to be inducted into WAMI Hall of Fame

Matt Wild

March 3, 2015

There’s nothing more tiresome than griping about the Wisconsin Area Music Industry awards—or the WAMIs, if you’re nasty—so let’s get down to brass tacks: the latest inductees to the WAMI Hall of Fame have just ...

Ariana Grande fans are really, really pissed at Journal Sentinel music critic Piet Levy

Matt Wild

March 2, 2015

A common misconception about Milwaukee Record is that we love to “hate.” But beyond some snarky shit we wrote about a crappy “reality show,” we dare you to find an example of us tearing down a local band, music...

Milwaukee Record’s favorite moments from Arte Para Todos 2015

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 2, 2015

On paper, the inaugural Arte Para Todos festival seemed too good to be true. Seventy of the best Milwaukee musical acts would be playing dozens of shows at 15 venues spread throughout three neighborhoods and th...

Exclusive: Dive into Soup Moat’s 6-song EP, Enjoy Your Hobbies

Tyler Maas

March 2, 2015

For much of its existence, Soup Moat's name was routinely and understandably found in and around the term "sludge." However, in the 12 months since the band's most recent release, Inspirations, Soup Moat has un...

Naughty By Nature is down with NBA, will perform at March 28 Bucks game

Tyler Maas

February 27, 2015

In recent years, the Milwaukee Bucks have sought out one nostalgic hip-hop act each season to serve as halftime entertainment for a late-season game. Vanilla Ice performed at BMO Harris Bradley Center two seaso...