Music

September 4, 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...

Unrehearsed MKE is a practice in improvisation

September 4, 2014

For close to two years, an eclectic cast of classically trained musicians hailing from Milwaukee, Madison, Chicago, and as far away as New York has convened on stage the first Sunday of each month to collaborat...

The Suicide Machines are coming to Cudahy October 3

September 2, 2014

If you're seeking a night of noisy nostalgia in or around Milwaukee Friday, October 3, the decision of what to do just got a lot more difficult. It was just announced that—in addition to Braid's Cactus Club app...

Exclusive: Stream The Midwest Beat’s new album, Free Of Being

September 2, 2014

The Midwest Beat has been around for close to 10 years. During that lengthy tenure—in which the band has amassed three full-length albums (and nine releases in all)—its sound has shifted, augmented, and develop...

Welcome to September: Here’s what you’re doing this month

September 1, 2014

In Milwaukee, the end of summer is a bittersweet thing. The weather cools, the festivals shut down, and the Brewers start to blow it. But the end of the season also marks the beginning of the city’s typically s...

WC Tank discusses his musical mixed media assemblage, Almost Forever

August 29, 2014

It would be a disservice to merely refer to WC Tank as a rapper without also making mention of the artsy emcee’s body of work that finds him providing visuals for nationally recognized rappers, making excellent...

Exclusive: Stream the self-titled debut EP by Ugly Brothers

August 28, 2014

Founded in 2011 by brothers Alex and Palmer Shah—two Milwaukee transplants of debatable attractiveness from Green Bay—Ugly Brothers kept its original emo-meets-Delta-blues output confined to house shows and Riv...

The Disclaimer: Yellow Phone, Pizza Underground, and Taylor Swift

August 28, 2014

Wealthy Ghost unveils new song, announces EP

August 27, 2014

Last year, Wealthy Ghost came out of nowhere with its chilling, bare bones, and deeply-personal debut, Good Luck. The pet project of Milwaukee musician Pete Kostrivas earned sporadic local praise, and saw the s...

Exclusive: Stream the new Old Earth album, A Wake In The Wells

August 26, 2014

Todd Umhoefer is that rare breed of modern artist who thrusts his work in front of everything else. Regular income, consistent housing, and any semblance of security be damned. It amounts to shit if the music i...

Tracklist: 11 Milwaukee acts that changed their names

August 25, 2014

//Unlike one’s birth name, a musical artist has a say in what their project will be called. So if you wind up with a name like Diarrhea Planet, Anal Cunt, or Foxygen, you can’t blame your parents. It’s you...

That Pizza Underground band with Macaulay Culkin is playing Hotel Foster this fall

August 24, 2014

Oh Christ, let’s just get this over with: Remember late last year when a weary and tired nation learned that former Home Alone moppet Macaulay Culkin was playing in a pizza-themed Velvet Underground cover band ...

“Annual” Rock The Green festival canceled, again

August 22, 2014

At what point does an “annual” music fest cease to be an annual music fest? It’s a question as old as time (not really), and one that eco-minded Milwaukee festival Rock The Green seems intent on answering. Acco...

Listen to a ridiculously great garage/pop-punk demo from Sin Bad

August 22, 2014

Every few years, a local release comes out of nowhere and gives the city’s music scene a much-needed kick in the teeth. Canopies, Young Holidays (R.I.P.) and Bliss & Alice all fit that bill, as does Sin Bad...

Rusty P’s push the plot of local hip-hop

August 21, 2014

The tale of Milwaukee hip-hop is a largely unappreciated work. It’s one that’s often overshadowed by more voluminous renderings regarding the subject of similarly sized Midwestern markets. After a great deal of...

Misery Signals unleash Malice on The Rave

August 21, 2014

Playing an album front-to-back on that record's round-numeral anniversary year isn't exactly a new concept. In a music landscape cluttered with more bands than ever vying for your limited live music dollar, the...

Eric & Magill cover Maritime, Braid

August 21, 2014

If the great original material tangential Milwaukee indie-pop project Eric & Magill churn out at an amazing clip—especially given the well-reported fact that the duo is split between Brooklyn and remote Ken...

Canopies returns to the stage (with GGOOLLDD and Rio Turbo) September 20

August 20, 2014

We don’t hear from the Canopies camp too often, but when the reclusive and calculated Milwaukee synth-pop project breaks its silence, it’s always worth listening to. Canopies’ self-titled debut required just fi...

Step in the booth and watch Temple’s new music video