Music

It’s the end of another awful week, so let’s listen to some new, not-awful Milwaukee music

August 27, 2021

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. This week: new Milwaukee music that dropped earlier today!• Ugh. This fucking w...

X-Ray Arcade will require proof of vaccination or negative COVID test beginning Sept. 2

Matt Wild

August 26, 2021

X-Ray Arcade is joining the ranks of other area venues in requiring proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test for entry. The new policy begins Thursday, September 2."Beginning September 2, 2021, X-Ray ...

Blue Ox Music Festival returns beautifully in 2021

Josh Hoppert

August 24, 2021

Absence makes the heart grow fonder. While Blue Ox Music Festival managed to put together some impressive remote and socially distanced programming in 2020, we really missed the usual festival experience last y...

Summerfest has hired a private company to provide shuttle bus service for 2021 fest

Matt Wild

August 24, 2021

Want to get to Summerfest without driving? You can still take the bus. Sort of.Milwaukee World Festival announced Tuesday that it has hired a private company, Atlanta-based Vectour Group, to provide shuttle...

Milwaukee Record Recommended: August 23-29, 2021

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 23, 2021

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...

Janalyn Rose takes aim at social media influencers in sparkling “City Stars”

Matt Wild

August 23, 2021

"They're shooting for the sky / We think they're aiming too high / But they're chilling in the stratosphere / While we're down here / Watching the clouds go by."That's Milwaukee musician Janalyn Rose on her...

Dig the funereal, funny video for Weird Storm’s “Days Of Graves”

Matt Wild

August 19, 2021

The last time we checked in with Weird Storm, the math-y Milwaukee indie-rock outfit was hanging out in a wood-paneled basement and pounding some High Life. As bands do during these trying times. Yes, the video...

Equinox music fest coming to Brewery District September 25

Matt Wild

August 18, 2021

Just because summer is almost over (booooooo!) doesn't mean Milwaukee will be short on festivals going into the fall. For proof, look no further than the just-announced Equinox music fest, set for Saturday, Sep...

Next Paperback Hero’s “Weather The Storm” finds optimism amidst ugliness

Tyler Maas

August 17, 2021

The last time we checked in with Nathan Honoré, the Milwaukee singer-songwriter—who performs under the Next Paperback Hero namesake—was fresh off the release of a music video for a single from his late 2019 EP ...

Anodyne Walker’s Point will require proof of vaccination or negative COVID test for live shows

Matt Wild

August 17, 2021

Anodyne Walker's Point Roastery (224 W. Bruce St.) is joining the ranks of other Milwaukee venues in requiring proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test for entry to its live shows. The new policy begins...

Milwaukee Record Recommended: August 16-22, 2021

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 16, 2021

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...

Buckle up for the return of the Milwaukee Polka Riot, August 28 at Great Lakes Distillery

Matt Wild

August 16, 2021

After a criminally polka-less 2020 (well, other than the delightful tunes of Mike Schneider), Milwaukee is once again primed for some sweet, sweet polka action. Yes, the one-of-a-kind Milwaukee Polka Riot ("Ame...

Watch Something To Do’s doggone dramatic “Am I Still Coming Over?” music video

Tyler Maas

August 13, 2021

During the thick of the (still-ongoing) COVID-19 crisis, musicians were forced to come up with unique and unusual ways to stay productive in a socially-distant and suddenly show-less period in American history....

Pabst Theater Group venues will require proof of vaccination or negative COVID test beginning Sept. 1

Matt Wild

August 12, 2021

Beginning September 1, all Pabst Theater Group venues—Pabst Theater, Riverside Theater, Turner Hall Ballroom, and The Back Room @ Colectivo—will require proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test taken wi...

Milwaukee Record Recommended: August 9-15, 2021

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 10, 2021

Summerfest will require proof of COVID-19 vaccination or negative COVID-19 test result

Matt Wild

August 10, 2021

Summerfest will require proof of COVID-19 vaccination, or a negative COVID-19 test result, for entry into the 2021 Big Gig. Milwaukee World Festival Inc. (MWF) made the announcement Tuesday morning, in conjunct...

Get thrown for a loop by the modulated madness in M.Ape’s ‘Dropping Analogs’

Tyler Maas

August 10, 2021

The guys at Triple Eye Industries have been keeping very busy lately. This year alone, the label has managed a wide range of releases, including a few albums and EPs from projects that are directly connected to...

Feel the need, the need to listen to MKE metal band Arctic Sleep covering the ‘Top Gun’ soundtrack

Matt Wild

August 6, 2021

Arctic Sleep never does the obvious thing. For roughly 15 years, the Milwaukee atmospheric/progressive metal band has defied expectations with a slew of ambitious records, songs inspired by unicorn-themed comic...

Here’s the lineup for Milwaukee Psych Fest VIII

Tyler Maas

August 6, 2021

Since 2013, musician Andrew Shelp has given the city a loud, fuzzed-out, and reverb-drenched annual gift in the form of Milwaukee Psych Fest. After postponing last year's installment due to the COVID-19 pandemi...

Cactus Club will require proof of vaccination beginning August 9

Matt Wild

August 5, 2021

With a handful of Milwaukee venues like The Cooperage once again requiring masks for entry, the Cactus Club is taking an additional—and perhaps inevitable—public health step by requiring proof of vaccination fo...