Music

BLAX wanders the Nashville streets in “Ballerina” video

November 19, 2024

BLAXPLOITATION, the latest album from (who else?) BLAX, finds the veteran Milwaukee rapper at his creative and spiritual best. One minute he's preaching the gospel of a life well-lived and hard-won ("Blessed"),...

Wisconsin State Fair announces Darius Rucker for newly named Bank Five Nine Main Stage

Matt Wild

November 19, 2024

Summerfest has been doing the whole "announce headlining acts more than six months in advance" thing lately, so why not the Wisconsin State Fair?Yep! Longtime country superstar (and Hootie & The Blowfis...

Milwaukee Record Recommended Events: November 18-24, 2024

Milwaukee Record Staff

November 18, 2024

broadstreet.zone(152022); Milwaukee is chock full of things to do, but only a handful of Milwaukee events are worthy of the lofty honor of "Record Recommended" (patent pending). Here are our recommendations—br...

Reluctantly crouched at the starting line, engines pumping and thumping in time, Summerfest announces Cake at BMO Pavilion

Matt Wild

November 18, 2024

Got Summerfest fever? Well, the 2025 edition may be seven months away, but that hasn't stopped the Big Gig from announcing a handful of headliners. The first two were peak Summerfest: Lainey Wilson (modern cou...

Get weird and wiggly with new Scrimshaw record, ‘Whisk My Soupy’

Matt Wild

November 18, 2024

How does one describe long-running Milwaukee band/recording project Scrimshaw? In the past, we've called the group a "delightfully weirdo art-rock band" that occupies a world "where Dr. Demento rules the radio,...

Irving Place Records preps ‘Notes From The Underground Vol. 1: Milwaukee’

Matt Wild

November 16, 2024

If you're looking for a snapshot of the Milwaukee music scene circa the 2020s, well, you've come to the right place. But what if you want to listen to a snapshot of the Milwaukee music scene circa the 2020s, pr...

Okay Omen finds its footing on sophomore EP, ‘Echoes Of Loss’

Tyler Maas

November 15, 2024

Ever since Okay Omen loudly announced its presence just over two years ago, we’ve tried our best to keep tabs on the local emo outfit that features members of Sugar Stems, Garden Home, Ladybird, and Live Tether...

MKE Music Rewind: Slurr, ‘Mime Bash’ (1993)

Matt Wild

November 14, 2024

In MKE Music Rewind we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014. This week: Slurr's Mime Bash from 1993.For folks of a certain age, "What was th...

Linkin Park will play Fiserv Forum in August 2025

Matt Wild

November 14, 2024

It's been, um, a busy 2024 for recently rebooted nu metal band Linkin Park. (The "2023-present" section of the band's Wikipedia page should catch you up.) And it looks like it's going to be a busy 2025, too. ...

WMSE’s Local/Live: Smoke N’ Mirrors

Milwaukee Record Staff

November 13, 2024

WMSE's local and live in-studio showcase, Local/Live, airs Tuesdays 6-7 p.m. You can find past episodes HERE, or on this handy Soundcloud playlist.milwaukeerecord · WMSE's Local/Live, November 12, 2024: S...

Brett Newski shares seedy story from new tour journal collection, ‘Piss In The Wind’

Brett Newski

November 13, 2024

Milwaukee musician Brett Newski has spent the past decade-plus releasing countless albums of earnest indie rock, playing countless shows across the globe, and even penning his own book. Now, Newski has mashed h...

Black Elephant will reunite for Cooperage show, celebrate 20 years of ‘Eat This Album’

Matt Wild

November 12, 2024

Dial the ol' Wayback Machine to the early '00s and you'll likely run into one of Milwaukee's most popular hip-hop groups of the day, Black Elephant. "They grinded harder than just about any other act," Radio Mi...

Milwaukee Record Recommended Events: November 11-17, 2024

Milwaukee Record Staff

November 11, 2024

Today in peak Summerfest announcements: The Avett Brothers, June 26 at BMO Pavilion

Matt Wild

November 11, 2024

Spin Doctors. REO Speedwagon. Atmosphere. Cheap Trick. Luke Bryan Zach Combs Brian Luke Zach or whatever. These are just a few examples of (perfectly wonderful!) artists that seem to play Milwaukee's annual Sum...

King Diamond reigns supreme at Riverside Theater

Cal Roach

November 9, 2024

It’s been 17 years since metal godfather King Diamond released an album, but fans have been in a state of heightened anticipation for a few years now. At Hellfest in 2019, he debuted a new song onstage, “Masque...

And the “major concert at American Family Field” is…Billy Joel and Sting!

Matt Wild

November 7, 2024

Yesterday, Milwaukee—nay, the world—was occupied with only one thing. Okay, two things, the second being what the "major concert announcement at American Family Field" would be. And now we know: it's Billy Joel...

Choose your favorite all-too-timely song on Night Crickets’ ‘How It Ends (?)’

Matt Wild

November 7, 2024

"Could be heaven, but we blew it once again.""It's richer than rich, poorer than poor. The children are fodder. That's the story of war.""The world seems like a sewer, an insane, crazy place.""The w...

Let’s guess what the “major concert announcement at American Family Field” will be tomorrow

Matt Wild

November 6, 2024

UPDATE (11/7/24): And the "major concert announcement at American Family Field" is..."The Milwaukee Brewers and FPC Live will make a major concert announcement at American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wis. on...

Listen to Bunk Bed’s restless full-length debut, ‘Roughhousing’

Matt Wild

November 6, 2024

What's in a name? When it comes to Milwaukee indie-/art-/math-rock outfit Bunk Bed, quite a lot.The group emerged in 2022, releasing the two-song Top Bunk, Bottom Bunk. Both songs ("Crowd And Judgement," "B...

Milwaukee Record Recommended Events: November 4-10, 2024

Milwaukee Record Staff

November 4, 2024