Music

June 25, 2022

On Friday morning, my partner in crime/business, Tyler Maas, sent me a message: "Well, the country has (officially) somehow become even worse. If you want to have our 27,000th day of no promos, that's fine with...

Take me back to Summerfest 1990: Depeche Mode at Marcus Amphitheater

Vince Morales

June 23, 2022

Every year when the Summerfest lineup is announced, I look at it with anticipation. I don't even know what I'm looking for, but I know that Summerfest matters to me and that it can often deliver something I wan...

Hear the first single from Peter Mulvey and SistaStrings’ upcoming album

June 23, 2022

In late 2020, prolific singer-songwriter Peter Mulvey and the incomparable instrumentalists in SistaStrings (a duo made up of Monique and Chauntee Ross) co-released Live At The Cafe Carpe, a live album the acco...

Record Recommended: Summerfest Weekend 1

June 22, 2022

Summerfest! Like last year's edition, "The World’s Largest Music Festival" is mixing things up a little in 2022 by staking out three Thursday-Friday-Saturday blocks instead of the traditional 11-day run. With t...

A guide to Milwaukee acts playing Summerfest

June 21, 2022

Thursday marks the official start of another Summerfest. Now in its 54th year, the "Big Gig" has long been home to deep fried delicacies, prime people watching, and hundreds upon hundreds of musical acts from a...

Make it a sleazy summer with The Grovelers’ new record, ‘Misplaced Cars And Blackouts’

June 21, 2022

The Grovelers don't mess with the formula. For the past seven years, the Milwaukee group has delivered album after album of greasy, grimy rock 'n' roll, all shot through with dashes of rockabilly, garage, and p...

Milwaukee Record Recommended: June 20-26, 2022

June 20, 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...

Relive a slice of the 2022 Summer Soulstice Music Festival with these photos

June 20, 2022

After two pandemic years away, the East Side's long-running Summer Soulstice Music Festival looked a little different in 2022. Instead of a giant chunk of the North/Prospect/Farwell area serving as the fest's f...

Lap steel metal band Velocihamster covers “Ace Of Spades,” more on ‘Uncaged’

June 20, 2022

As we all know, there can be only one lap steel metal band in the world. Luckily, Milwaukee is home to that lap steel metal band, Velocihamster.Yes, we've covered the unlikely band in these digital pages be...

Soundtrack your summer with L’Resorts’ breezy new record, ‘Explorers’

June 15, 2022

There are countless Milwaukee summer traditions: festivals, block parties, complaining about the heat even though we just suffered through 8,000 months of winter. For the past three years, Milwaukee tropical-po...

Seventh Stanine Festival to make Milwaukee debut July 30

June 15, 2022

Milwaukee's sprawling summer festival season isn't just back, it's more massive and longer-lasting than ever before. Adding the already dizzying list of large-scale festivals, block parties, long-running weekly...

Join Ruth B8r Ginsburg on June 25 for a parade and fundraiser for reproductive freedom

June 14, 2022

"We will not stop fighting for ourselves and each other. This event is part of that fight."That's a statement from venerable Milwaukee band Ruth B8r Ginsburg. For the past seven years, the femme-led force o...

Milwaukee Record Recommended: June 13-19, 2022

June 13, 2022

Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood’s The Smile will play Riverside Theater November 29

June 13, 2022

The Smile—a new band featuring Radiohead's Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood, plus Sons Of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner—recently released its debut album, A Light For Attracting Attention. It's great.The Smile—a ...

Post Malone will play Fiserv Forum September 15

June 13, 2022

And the (late) summer just keeps getting busier: Wildly popular/tattooed rapper Post Malone will make his Milwaukee debut Thursday, September 15 at Fiserv Forum. The show will be the fourth of Malone's 2022, 33...

WMSE’s Backyard BBQ returns to Humboldt Park August 27 with Seratones, more

June 13, 2022

If you thought the return of the Great Milwaukee Summer was complete, think again. Today, WMSE announced the lineup of its ever-popular Backyard BBQ. The 12th annual shindig will set up shop at Humboldt Park on...

Kristin Hersh lives up to (and exceeds) alt-rock-icon status at intimate Back Room show

Cal Roach

June 13, 2022

Alt-rock icon Kristin Hersh, unlike virtually all of her peers, never made much of a grab for stardom. Even at their most compelling, Hersh's songs are more likely to get under your skin than make you hum along...

Brad Dassey returns with new rap track and Tony Evers skit, “Free Brendan Dassey”

June 10, 2022

It's been 17 years since photographer Teresa Halbach was murdered, and seven years since a Netflix documentary covering the case (and much more), Making A Murderer, kicked off the current true-crime craze. In t...

Roll down the windows, crank up the volume, and enjoy Mertles Acres’ new EP, ‘The American Dream’