Music

Ben Conrad puts care and collaboration in concert for MACC Fund benefit

September 23, 2014

Among the hundreds of people likely to be in attendance for Friday night’s Concert 4 MACC at Turner Hall, most will undoubtedly be on hand because they want to see noted Wisconsin-sired heavyhitters Cory Chisel...

The Midwest Beat challenges you to a staring contest in new music video

Tyler Maas

September 23, 2014

After releasing a music video; streaming its album; and playing four combined release shows in Milwaukee, Green Bay, and Madison, you’d think The Midwest Beat’s latest and greatest album, Free Of Being, has bee...

Exclusive: Stream Greatest Lakes’ self-titled debut album

Tyler Maas

September 22, 2014

We’re living in an age where an artist can conceivably wake up, write a song, record that song on a personal computer, and make the hours-old rendering available to listeners in any Internet-equipped nook of th...

Iron & Wine calls for requests in solo Pabst Theater outing

Tyler Maas

September 19, 2014

Though it’s close to a decade removed from its commercial peak as go-to indie flick score and default audio accompaniment for that “play an entire song and show different characters doing stuff at the end of th...

Dana Coppa and SPEAK Easy look back at their “Golden Girls” in new single

Tyler Maas

September 18, 2014

Directly inspired by Jay Z’s “Girls” (down to the presence of a sample) and “the girls of past,” veteran Milwaukee rappers Dana Coppa (or Dana Coppafeel) and SPEAK Easy pool their adolescent romantic histories...

Spoon plays to its strengths at Riverside Theater, pays tribute to Jay Reatard

Matt Wild

September 18, 2014

The word “journeymen” gets tossed around a lot when talking or writing about Spoon. On the surface, it’s something of a compliment: The Austin, Texas band has been at it for more than two decades, releasing alb...

Bob Mould turns back the clock and blazes ahead at Turner Hall

DJ Hostettler

September 18, 2014

There’s a 1985 Hüsker Dü live show from London on YouTube that will wind-tunnel your face if you sit through the whole thing. The band’s at the frenzied height of its powers, blasting through jams from New Day ...

Watch the hypnotic video for Death Blues’ “Languaging”

Matt Wild

September 17, 2014

When we awarded a perfect five-out-of-five stars to Ensemble, the latest release from Jon Mueller’s sprawling Death Blues project, it wasn’t because it was necessarily better than any other Milwaukee album we’v...

The Get Down will return to Turner Hall for New Year’s Eve 2014

Matt Wild

September 16, 2014

If there’s one constant in an ever-changing, ever-frustrating world, it’s The Get Down, Milwaukee’s long-running funk and soul dance party. For more than 10 years, DJs Andy Noble, Brent Goodsell, and Nesh have ...

Vonny Del Fresco joins Three. Stacks. Eliot for a living room session

Tyler Maas

September 16, 2014

No A-side/B-side necessary: Milwaukee’s music scene can absolutely be too insular at times. With the number of local bands who are prone to tour in pairs, and populate Groundhog Day-esque local show bills toget...

Listen to Allen Coté’s absinthe-fueled Sublimative Sessions Vol. 2: Darling Hall (RIP)

Matt Wild

September 16, 2014

If you had to name Milwaukee’s finest utility musician, you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone better than Allen Coté. The Austin, Texas transplant has been a familiar presence in the linear notes of some of the ...

Donivan from Blessed Feathers (truly) needs your help

Tyler Maas

September 15, 2014

Milwaukee has no shortage of people looking to Kickstart their dreams by soliciting donations to get their band in the studio, help fund a tour, or "promote and grow the Urban Redneck life." While we're not in ...

10 infamous Milwaukee concerts

Matt Wild

September 15, 2014

This article was originally published in 2014.In a perfect world, music or comedy shows go something like this: fans show up to a venue, artists show up to a venue and perform for fans, fans leave venue hap...

The Disclaimer: Global Union 2014 with David Ravel

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 11, 2014

Every Wednesday at noon, WMSE’s Ryan Schleicher, Shepherd Express’ Evan Rytlewski, and Milwaukee Record’s Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called T...

5.0

Death Blues: Ensemble

Matt Wild

September 9, 2014

There’s a moment in the making-of documentary of Magnolia where writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson is moments away from shooting the film’s first scene. “So this is the first shot of the movie,” he says. “I t...

Sink your teeth into Mortgage Freeman’s new single, “Space Tiger”

Tyler Maas

September 9, 2014

Without question, Mortgage Freeman is one of the best band names in Milwaukee music. Unfortunately, it's not a name you see on many show lineups since the band released its prog-y eight-song debut, The Living P...

Watch Sylvan Esso’s Milwaukee-made video for “Dreamy Bruises”

Tyler Maas

September 8, 2014

If you thought Friday’s Pabst Theater show was the conclusion of the Great Sylvan Esso-Milwaukee Courtship of 2014, think again. The Durham, NC duo solidified its local connection with a new video for “Dreamy B...

Take a drive (and go bowling) with Field Report in video for “Home”

Matt Wild

September 8, 2014

If you aren’t caught up in the buildup for Field Report’s second album, Marigolden, you clearly aren’t paying attention to the Internet. Chris Porterfield and company have premiered songs from the record on sit...

Tracklist: 13 more bands Milwaukee can claim by association

Tyler Maas

September 8, 2014

//As great as Sylvan Esso is, you have to think at least some of the reason for Durham-based duo’s Pabst Theater sellout Friday had to do with Milwaukee being the hometown of Nick Sanborn. Prior to startin...

Sylvan Esso plays it right at Pabst Theater

Tyler Maas

September 6, 2014

On the wings of its outstanding self-titled debut album, Durham dream-pop duo Sylvan Esso has enjoyed a swift and well-deserved rise to prominence that’s included ample NPR attention, an unforgettable performan...