Music

September 12, 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...

Watch Trapper Schoepp (and Leroy the dog) take a tour of Milwaukee in “I Am A Rider” video

September 7, 2022

Some Milwaukee songs and videos practically bleed Milwaukee. Others are literally called "Milwaukee." Back in 2019, tireless Milwaukee troubadour Trapper Schoepp delivered a Milwaukee-heavy video for his Bob Dy...

Milwaukee Record Recommended: September 5-11, 2022

September 6, 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...

IDLES treat Riverside Theater to ferocious, fun performance

Cal Roach

September 4, 2022

Americans who lived through the rise and fall of grunge might smell something familiar in the media spat that’s gone on for the past few years between British alt-rock band IDLES and its detractors, who accuse ...

“Milwaukee is just so real to me. Milwaukee is a star.” 9 Milwaukee questions with Neko Case

Sahan Jayasuriya

August 31, 2022

Neko Case has been kind to Milwaukee, always paying us a visit while touring with one of her many musical outlets. This Friday, she returns to The Pabst Theater, with up-and-coming Madison indie outfit Disq sup...

Milwaukee Music Roundup: August 2022

August 31, 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 ...

Summerfest: People like going on weekends, so we’re doing the 3-weekend format again in 2023

August 30, 2022

Summerfest announced its 2023 dates today: June 22-24, June 29 - July 1, and July 6-8. So yeah, the 2023 Big Gig (the festival's 55th anniversary!) will do the three-"Thursday-Friday-Saturday"-weekend thing aga...

Polka, polka, polka! Milwaukee Polka Riot will return for 5th year September 10 at Last Rites

August 30, 2022

Attention polkaholics, polkanewbies, and stans for the Kenosha Kickers: the Milwaukee Polka Riot ("America's first and only alternative polka festival!") is set to return on Saturday, September 10. The festival...

Milwaukee Record Recommended: August 29 – September 4, 2022

August 29, 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...

Here’s who’s playing the Rushmor Records Stage at Bay View Bash

August 29, 2022

Even though most of Milwaukee’s major festivals are now in the rear view mirror, one of the city’s biggest and best undertakings is still on the horizon. Yes, Bay View Bash will make its long-awaited return to ...

Having trouble with the living? Lavish Waste is here to help with electro-punk ‘Juice Demon’

August 29, 2022

Certain corners of the internet went batty earlier this summer over the trailer for Rob Zombie's The Munsters. Beyond the fact that Rob Zombie was directing a PG-rated Munsters movie, the trailer looked wonderf...

Gear up for Zach Pietrini’s new album and watch the “What Are We Now” music video

August 26, 2022

When we last caught up with Zach Pietrini, the Milwaukee singer-songwriter was following his Denver Sessions collection of B-sides up with a potent pair of tracks in the form of The Nashville EP. Since that lat...

Hot Coffin comes back swinging with new single, “Circle Game”

August 25, 2022

It's been quite some time since we've heard anything new from Hot Coffin. Since the Milwaukee rock and roll outfit—which features past members of Red Knife Lottery, Disguised As Birds, Sincebyman, and The Respo...

Milwaukee Record Recommended: August 22-28, 2022

August 22, 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...

Here’s who’s playing the WMSE Stage at Bay View Bash

August 22, 2022

Even though most of Milwaukee’s major festivals are now in the rear view mirror, one of the city’s biggest and best undertakings is still on the horizon. Yes, Bay View Bash will make its long-awaited return to ...

New video from The Beat Index puts you on hold, and it “Feels Like A Lifetime”

August 19, 2022

Concept albums are a dime a dozen, but how many concept albums are '70s-soft-rock homages to on-hold music for automated phone systems? That's the delightful hook for the upcoming album from The Beat Index, Vol...

Gold Steps interrogate, invigorate in “Petty” music video

August 19, 2022

These days, you'd be hard-pressed to find a Milwaukee band that's busier than Gold Steps. The local pop-punk outfit routinely plays out locally—they had two shows in Riverwest on the same day last weekend!—betw...

Mike Mangione provides end-of-summer vibes with new song/video, “The Turnabout”

August 18, 2022

What makes a home a home? That's the question at the heart of Mike Mangione's latest single, "The Turnabout." The end.Okay, there's more! First, let's talk about Mangione. The veteran singer-songwriter has ...

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