Download our Local Coverage concert
Last month, Milwaukee Record put on a little benefit concert with a unique twist. The inaugural Local Coverage saw eight Milwaukee acts that hail from various corners of the city and nooks of the musical spectr...
Messed up: The short, troubled history of Space Heater
“It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” - Vince LombardiDecember 7
Packers win over Atlanta Falcons, 43-37. Temperature: 34°
Linneman’s Riverwest Inn is packed with approximately...
Violent Femmes (and Barenaked Ladies and Colin Hay) will play the BMO Harris Pavilion June 13
Fact #1: Summer is approximately 8,000 years away. Fact #2: Nothing makes us pine for summer more than summer concert announcements—especially good ones. So while we wait for that inevitable “Weird Al” Summerfe...
Tracklist: 8 couples in Milwaukee bands
Love is in the air. Even if you don't buy into the fabricated sham holiday that is Valentine’s Day, the sheer volume of mushy, emotional stuff permeating your senses the second week of each February causes even...
Exclusive: Stream Breadking’s winter compilation, Coal
As anyone who was at Mitten Fest Saturday can attest, spring is on its way. Still, despite the slowly rising temperatures, the increased amount of daylight, and Brewers pitchers and catchers mere days from repo...
Milwaukee Record’s favorite moments from Mitten Fest 2015
Three years ago, beloved Bay View bar Burnhearts concocted a crazy scheme: stage an outdoor block party in the dead of winter. Even crazier was the fact the from the get-go, Mitten Fest was an instant success, ...
The Replacements will play The Rave May 2
Legendary rock band The Replacements split up in 1991, walking away from a career that, while never fully embraced by the mainstream, could only be described as incalculably influential. Against all odds, front...
WAMI releases people’s choice ballot, sets awards show date
Wisconsin Area Music Industry (better known as "WAMI") has recognized the accomplishments of in-state musicians for the last 34 years. For almost as long, people have bemoaned the organization—sometimes with go...
Watch Milwaukee freak out over a Marilyn Manson concert in 1999
//This Saturday, shock-rock icon Marilyn Manson will do his Marilyn Manson thing at The Rave. Manson—a.k.a. Brian “Brian Isn’t A Very Spooky Name” Warner—is currently touring behind a new and well-reviewed...
Get to know Towers, Mitten Fest’s (relative) mystery band
In about a year's time, Milwaukee rock quintet Towers has gotten off the a quick start with a cluster of shows. However, if you showed up late to any of the young band's gigs, you probably missed the perpetual ...
Painted Caves learn to trust their instincts after life-altering trip to India
Remember last November, that initial bitter cold attack of winter? That was about the time the members of Milwaukee’s Painted Caves hopped on a plane, flew to India, and headlined an outdoor music festival in t...
There’s a suspicious Summerfest-sized hole in “Weird Al” Yankovic’s 2015 tour schedule
According to Summerfest’s ever-ticking countdown clock (think of it like those “death clocks,” but with less death and more picnic-table dancing), there are four months, 20 days, 23 hours, 48 minutes, and 26......
Welcome to February: Here’s what you’re doing this month
February can be a strange month in Milwaukee music. Traditionally, bookers are still dealing with the occasional show-free Friday or Saturday that’s known to plague venues between late December and most of Janu...
Lineup for Turner Hall’s Milwaukee Day show announced
Originally founded after a realization that Milwaukee’s area code (414) contains the same sequence of numerals as the date April 14, Milwaukee Day has quickly blossomed from a noble celebration of civic pride t...
Listen to Joe Wong talk to Fugazi drummer Brendan Canty in first episode of The Trap Set
You can find a podcast dedicated to just about anything these days—cats, bad movies, Milwaukee—but one subject has gone curiously unexamined: drummers. Seriously, we can have 8,000 tedious hours of a gussied-up...
Exclusive: Stream Low Down Sound’s EP, Ride Into The Sun
Low Down Sound’s debut EP, Ride Into The Sun, is a five-song sampling of American-made classic rock that’s unapologetically tied together with the ideals of freedom and a nomadic exploration of the wild west (p...
Listen to three songs off The Bang Bang’s self-titled debut
Young Milwaukee-bred blues rockers The Bang Bang have quietly been kicking around town since playing their first show last April. Thus far, the quartet has been cutting its teeth by playing semi-regular gigs at...
The big questions and simple answers of Jon Mueller’s “Death Blues: Ensemble”
The story goes like this: In 2011, Jon Mueller was walking through the streets of New Orleans. The post-Katrina city was buzzing, full of life, optimistic—despite the fact that another hurricane was all but ine...
MKEPunk’s Martin Defatte discusses his new WMSE show
Since 2009, MKEPunk.com has done an admirable job preserving out-of-print music spanning four decades, numerous genres, and all corners of the state. So far, the two-man staff of Martin Defatte and Jeremy Ampe ...
Here’s the unbelievable lineup for Arte Para Todos
Milwaukee music has been especially generous lately. Both Borg Warm and, ahem, Local Coverage showcased numerous local acts to raise thousands for Girls Rock Milwaukee earlier this month. Pablove 6 saw a flurry...