My First Band: Restorations
Even though this is technically the seventh My First Band episode, this was the first interview recorded for the show...by a long shot. Last October, host Tyler Maas asked Restorations if any members wanted to ...
Maya Ophelia’s puts a vegan twist on Filipino, Mexican, and Puerto Rican food favorites
It's safe to say there's never been a better time to be vegan in Milwaukee.But as good as things have become for local vegans of late, there's still lots of room for improvement. Yes, even though the city i...
Hear Klassik reinterpret time-tested material on his ‘American Klassiks’ live album
On November 16, a sold-out crowd packed Cactus Club to hear Milwaukee singer, rapper, producer, multi-instrumentalist and all-around visionary Klassik reinterpret time-tested spirituals, hymns, and anthems in w...
Milo says goodbye to Milo at sold-out Cactus Club show
On the heels of his latest album, Budding Ornithologists Are Weary Of Tired Analogies, Rory Ferreira, a.k.a. Milo, rapped for a sold-out crowd at Cactus Club Thursday night. Milo has dubbed this tour "MILO'S FI...
METZ will return to Cactus Club on May 27
METZ isn’t a particularly difficult band to understand. Amid a modern music landscape that’s rife with clunky sub-genre descriptors and acts haphazardly piling 10 pounds of influences into five-pound bags, the ...
Green Day songs and football-focused lyrics come together in “Green Day Packers”
Way back in August, we announced the lineup of our Milwaukee Record Halftime Show series at Cactus Club. At that time, many of you asked about the "Secret Band" that was slated to perform on December 16. In all...
Public Domain: PEARS perform “Camptown Races”
Milwaukee Record is proud to present Public Domain. The monthly video series features adapting some of the world’s best-known songs in ways they’ve never been heard before. Watch the entire series here.It's...
Relive Beet Street Harvest Festival 2018 with these photos
Though rain put a damper on last year's festivities, Beet Street Harvest Festival, thankfully, came back for a third year. And it was amazing! Spearheaded by Cactus Club and in association with Goodkind and Pal...
We’re bringing Brendan Kelly to Cactus Club on January 11
Brendan Kelly is the best.While you certainly know and love the Chicago punk legend and former Slapstick and Broadways member's modern-day work in The Lawrence Arms, The Falcon, and on his hilariously bleak...
Restorations talk time away, new direction, Philadelphia’s music scene
Much has changed since the last time Restorations were on tour. Not long after the Philadelphia rock outfit's tour stop in Milwaukee in early 2015, the band took lengthy break, they parted ways with their label...
Beet Street Harvest Festival returns October 13
It's been quite a run, but this weekend's Bay View Bash pretty much concludes summer festival season here in Milwaukee, right? Wrong. The city will officially be festing into fall with Beet Street Harvest Festi...
Milwaukee Record Halftime Show concert series returns to Cactus Club
Most fans of the Green and Gold probably aren't in a hurry to look back at last season. However, one of the few bright spots (other than Davante Adams, that is) in a painful and injury-riddled 7-9 campaign was ...
Next week’s Hot Snakes show is moving to Mad Planet
Back in January, we anxiously reported that Hot Snakes (of "Holy shit, the motherfucking Hot Snakes!" fame) would be playing at the cozy confines of Cactus Club on Thursday, March 15. Predictably, the show sold...
Cactus Club has moved Ty Segall’s April 9 show to Mad Planet
Last week, Ty Segall's April 9 show at Cactus Club sold out in mere minutes, making it one of the fastest sellouts in the cozy Bay View bar's history. In effort to meet the unprecedented demand of customers, Ca...
Holy shit! Hot Snakes are coming to Cactus Club
We're just three days into the year and it's already been made abundantly clear 2018 is going to be better than 2017 was. How can we be so certain? That's simple. You see, Cactus Club just announced Hot Snakes ...
Public Domain: Queen Hilma performs “Come Josephine In My Flying Machine”
Milwaukee Record is proud to present Public Domain. The monthly video series features musicians adapting some of the world’s best-known songs in ways they’ve never been heard before. Watch the entire series her...
End 2017 with Abby Jeanne’s “Electric New Year” show
Name a Milwaukee musician that's had a more productive year than Abby Jeanne. We can wait.Since the outset of 2017, the owner of one of Milwaukee’s—if not Wisconsin’s—best voices released her debut album, s...
Beet Street returns to Bay View October 14
Last October, a two-block chunk of Bay View was transformed into a fall utopia. The inaugural Beet Street Harvest Festival—a collaboration between Goodkind, Palomino, and Cactus Club—brought live music, kegged ...
Avoid analysis this season with the “Milwaukee Record Halftime Show” concert series
Football is back! As the green and gold prepare for another season on the field, fans are beginning to formulate their game day viewing plans. It's no secret that Milwaukee has no shortage of great places to ba...
P.O.S will play Cactus Club in September
The only thing better than a musician making a rare appearance in your city is when that rare performance takes place in an intimate club setting. Case in point: P.O.S is coming to Cactus Club in September....