Music

December 12, 2022

We may be suckers for sad, bittersweet, and melancholy Christmas tunes, but that doesn't mean we don't enjoy some real-deal holiday musical cheer from time to time. Take the new song from Milwaukee singer Janal...

Study: Wisconsin, like the rest of the universe, loves Taylor Swift

December 8, 2022

Here at Milwaukee Record, we employ a sentient machine known as the Great Job, Wisconsin! Bot to keep track of the state’s many appearances on dopey online lists, as well as any time a national publication deig...

Haunter rises again on noisy, lovely LP, ‘Fieldy’

December 8, 2022

"Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth and taste.""Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine.""It was all a dream, I used to read Word Up! magazine." These, of course, are some of...

Robot Witch sounds bigger, better, bolder than ever on new self-titled EP

December 7, 2022

Back on October 31, we helped get you into the Halloween spirit and prepare you for that weekend's All Synths Day by showing you Robot Witch's odd, trippy, and alien-incorporating music video for "Take Me To Yo...

Winds of change are blowing in Abby Jeanne’s new single, “That’s Where We Are”

December 7, 2022

It's been a minute since we've heard from Abby Jeanne. Aside from headlining last year's WMSE Backyard BBQ, the New York—by way of Milwaukee—singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist was last on o...

What goes around comes around in Klassik’s “All Comes Back” video

December 6, 2022

The opening moments of "All Comes Back"—the latest song from tireless Milwaukee artist Klassik—get straight to the point. "Well it all comes back you know," Klassik croons over an urgent metronome beat. "You ca...

Milwaukee Record Recommended: December 5-11, 2022

December 5, 2022

Our fat-free, dolphin-safe Milwaukee events calendar is chock-full of things to do, but only a handful of events are worthy of the lofty honor of "Record Recommended" (patent pending). Here are our recommendati...

Take a ring-ting-tingling “Sleigh Ride” with Xposed 4Heads

December 5, 2022

In case you missed it, Milwaukee-made Christmas songs are coming in hot. First there was the Very Melty Christmas comp. Then there was the 22-track Wisconsin Christmas comp. There's plenty more where that came ...

Celebrate a ‘Wisconsin Christmas’ with this stocking-stuffed 22-track comp

December 1, 2022

Christmas radio is fine and all, but let's be honest: how many times do you really need to hear Paul McCartney's "Wonderful Christmastime" and/or a cover of Wham!'s "Last Christmas"? If you're looking instead f...

Milwaukee Music Roundup: November 2022

November 30, 2022

Looking for new music? Looking for new Milwaukee music? Then look no further than our monthly Milwaukee Music Roundup. (Want to hear us discuss a few selections on WUWM's Lake Effect? Click HERE.) LPs AND EPs ...

Hughes Family Band spends ‘One Last Night With Nathan Hughes’

November 29, 2022

The title of Hughes Family Band's debut full-length, One Last Night With Nathan Hughes, is a somber hat-tip to its tragic backstory. Nathan Hughes, the band's co-founder and one half of its namesake (joining br...

As Oak carves out magic in fantastic, enigmatic ‘Lake House Sessions’

November 28, 2022

Some records simply do their thing and light up the pleasure centers in your brain. Other records hum with a strange and unclassifiable energy that penetrates every bone and pore and follicle in your body. Lake...

Milwaukee Record Recommended: November 28 – December 4, 2022

November 28, 2022

Prep for the holly jolly season with Meltwater Pulse’s ‘A Very Melty Christmas’ comp

November 23, 2022

"Daylight's fading away / And even though it's almost here / Christmas is further away this year." So sings Milwaukee musician Brett J.B. on the tear-jerking "Further Away," a strong new entrant in the ever-pop...

Burnhearts’ Punk House Kegger to return December 1

November 22, 2022

While most Milwaukeeans know Burnhearts for its beloved annual Mitten Fest and Pabst Street Party celebrations or, you know, for being on the short list of great local beer bars every day of the year, the Bay V...

Milwaukee Record Recommended: November 21-27, 2022

November 21, 2022

15 takeaways from Saturday’s MxPx show at The Rave

November 21, 2022

To be honest, I wasn't really looking forward to Saturday night's MxPx show at The Rave as the concert drew closer. It was one of the first truly cold, windy, snowy, and just plain brutal days of the fall...and...

We caught up with Ryan Necci before next week’s Buffalo Gospel homecoming concert

November 17, 2022

Even though Ryan Necci—the founding member, bandleader, and namesake of Ryan Necci And The Buffalo Gospel—now calls Tennessee home, we’ve continued keeping tabs on him since he left Milwaukee to start a career ...

Cozy up to the debut EP from Bunk Bed, ‘Top Bunk, Bottom Bunk’