Music

And yes, the 2020 Milwaukee Polka Riot has been canceled, too

June 10, 2020

It's come to this.Yes, the 2020 Milwaukee Polka Riot has been canceled. Because of COVID-19, of course. It would have been the fourth year for "America's first and (as far as we know) only alternative polka...

Washington Park Wednesdays cancels 2020 concert series

Tyler Maas

June 9, 2020

Washington Park Wednesdays has canceled its 2020 season. The annual concert series—which features a perennially impressive range of local acts performing under the gorgeous Washington Park bandshell every Wedne...

Hip-Hop Week MKE 2020 has been canceled

Matt Wild

June 9, 2020

Originally set for August 17-22, Hip-Hop Week MKE 2020 has been canceled due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. It would have been the event's third annual celebration.The news was announced Tuesday via a pres...

Milwaukee Music Roundup: May 2020

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 31, 2020

Looking for new music? Looking for new Milwaukee music? Then look no further than our monthly Milwaukee Music Roundup. LPs AND EPs OF NOTE Lex Allen - The OfferingThe Offering by Lex AllenBig Al And T...

Check out Live From The Rock Room’s videos from May

Tyler Maas

May 30, 2020

broadstreet.zone(78457); Long before the sudden wave of homespun performances and living room livestreams in response to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, there was a video series that offered viewers the opportuni...

Animation and imagination take center stage in Fuzzysurf’s “I Don’t Dream Anymore” video

Tyler Maas

May 29, 2020

We've said it again and again and again, but it's worth repeating: on top of being a great band, Fuzzysurf also puts out some ambitious and all-around awesome music videos. Just when you thought the indie rocke...

Catch up on videos of Wes Tank rapping Dr. Seuss books over beats by Dr. Dre

Tyler Maas

May 27, 2020

In late March, we showed you "a new trick" where Milwaukee musician, producer, actor, and videographer Wes Tank rapped the words of Dr. Seuss' book Fox In Sox over a beat made by Dr. Dre. In the months since we...

Milwaukee electronic artists join forces on ‘Wired Explorations Vol. 1’ compilation

Tyler Maas

May 26, 2020

While it's certainly overshadowed by other genres, Milwaukee's electronic music scene appears to be in a very good place at the moment. A steadily growing cast of ambitious musicians and producers are continuin...

Riverwest FemFest postpones 2020 event indefinitely, launches monthly livestream

Tyler Maas

May 24, 2020

Since 2015, Riverwest FemFest has been an annual celebration and platform for femmes, trans, GNC, women, non-binary, and POC artists. Over the D.I.Y. event's first five years, FemFest has also managed to raise ...

Listen to the first new Yum Yum Cult song in more than a year, “Convenience & Me”

Matt Wild

May 21, 2020

For a band that's been around for two years, Yum Yum Cult has been surprisingly quiet in the whole "recorded music" realm. The group has released just one song since playing their first show at Linneman's in Ma...

River Rhythms concert series has been canceled for 2020, too

Matt Wild

May 21, 2020

Yep. Sigh. Here's the press release: 24th season of River Rhythms has been canceledMILWAUKEE – Westown Association has made the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 season of the River Rhythms concert ser...

Support Pabst Theater Group with new hoodies, masks, human/pet bandanas, more

Matt Wild

May 20, 2020

The COVID-19 crisis may seem frightfully "normal" at this point, but it's still important to support those institutions that are still closed—and may stay closed for quite some time. Take the Pabst Theater Grou...

Donate to Street Angels, get a limited-run record from Fudgy

Matt Wild

May 19, 2020

When we last heard from Fudgy—a.k.a. a self-described "consortium of musical buffoons from Milwaukee, Buffalo, Seattle, and Los Angeles who believes in the destruction of enemies real or otherwise by laughing l...

Enderis Park Neighborhood cancels 2020 Concerts On The Green season

Tyler Maas

May 18, 2020

Even though much of Wisconsin is haphazardly reopening and prematurely returning to life as usual in spite of scientific data insisting that's a horrible and deadly idea during a worldwide pandemic, most event ...

Put your cameras up for the new song/video from Lauryl Sulfate & Her Ladies Of Leisure, “Selfie”

Matt Wild

May 15, 2020

When we last heard from Lauryl Sulfate & Her Ladies Of Leisure, they were busy releasing one of the best Milwaukee albums of 2019. Seriously: if you haven't already listened to Dance Music Saves Lives—or if...

Big Laugh goes from side project to top priority

Dan Agacki

May 14, 2020

Big Laugh is no laughing matter. What started as a side project roughly a year ago has now become a top priority. Featuring members of Beggar, Forced Impact, Mister, and Gangstalker, Big Laugh is composed of pe...

“This is the fight of a lifetime”: Pabst Theater Group weathers the storm with #ReviveLiveMKE

Matt Wild

May 13, 2020

It's been said that live music venues were the first to close in the early days of the COVID-19 crisis, and that they'll be the last to reopen. The economic danger these venues face is very real, and their futu...

Pabst Theater Group launches #ReviveLiveMKE series with Japanese Breakfast livestream

Matt Wild

May 12, 2020

"We're the first to close and very likely the last to open...I don't think we'll be doing a large concert for quite some time."That's Gary Witt, CEO of The Pabst Theater Group, talking about the devastating...

Chill On The Hill’s start moved to July 21 (hopefully)

Tyler Maas

May 11, 2020

For the last 15 years, Bay View Neighborhood Association's Chill On The Hill has brought music to Humboldt Park's amphitheater every Tuesday between the beginning of June and the end of August. Much like virtua...

Sat. Nite Duets play for the sound guy (and the other band) in video for “Attached To The Lamp”

Matt Wild

May 7, 2020

When it comes to live music, we miss everything. Great shows, terrible shows, shows where we stationed a video camera in the back of Cactus Club to record our set and then some guy stole the camera and stumbled...