Tagged Cactus Club

October 12, 2016

For another completely random—though decidedly less slipshod—Facebook Live episode of On The Record, hosts Tyler Maas and Matt Wild set up shop at Bay View's venerable Cactus Club to discuss a whole bunch of ...

Join us at Cactus Club for the first Milwaukee Record Beer Club meeting

October 10, 2016

Are you bored? Are you low on cash? Are you of legal drinking age? Are you a fan of Lakefront Brewery?If so, you and your like-minded friends should RSVP to the first meeting of the Milwaukee Record Beer ...

Beet Street extends Milwaukee’s festival season into autumn

September 16, 2016

Most years, Bay View Bash signals an unofficial end to Milwaukee's glorious festival season. Fortunately, that won't be the case this year. Thanks to a trio of Bay View businesses, a new block party will ke...

On The Record Ep. 71: ‘Your Favorite Band Is Killing Me’ with Steven Hyden (live at Cactus Club)

June 29, 2016

//Steven Hyden is no stranger to followers of Milwaukee music—or to followers of this podcast, for that matter. Hyden is the former city editor for A.V. Club Milwaukee, the former music editor for the nati...

Milwaukee comes together to help Orlando

June 18, 2016

//Tonight, Wisconsin state representative JoCasta Zamarripa, District 12 alderman José Pérez, and others will meet in a Walker's Point park a week after 49 lives were lost in the Pulse Orlando shooting, a ...

The bands of the 4th annual Milwaukee Psych Fest, in 4 words each

May 3, 2016

Since 2013, Milwaukee musician Andrew Shelp has given the city a loud, fuzzed-out, and reverb-drenched gift every spring: Milwaukee Psych Fest. The multi-day shindig has become a welcome staple on the city's ...

Join author Steven Hyden at the first “Milwaukee Record Book Club” on June 24

April 29, 2016

//For those who don't know Milwaukee Record's backstory, this noble endeavor in mid-market entertainment journalism started as a result of A.V. Club Milwaukee's demise. Then-City Editor Matt Wild and frequ...

Listen to a “Hip-Hop Hates Cancer” mixtape before tonight’s show at Cactus Club

April 29, 2016

//Tonight at the Cactus Club, some of the city's best hip-hop artists, both old and new, will perform for the fifth (and possibly last) installment of Milwaukee's "Hip-Hop Hates" series. Past installments ...

Here’s the lineup for the 2016 Milwaukee Psych Fest

March 14, 2016

//Since 2013, Milwaukee musician Andrew Shelp has given the city a loud, fuzzed-out, and reverb-drenched gift every spring: Milwaukee Psych Fest. The multi-day shindig has become a welcome staple on the ci...

The Promise Ring will play a December 30 reunion show at Cactus Club

December 23, 2015

//For a band whose last release was in 2002 (the same year it broke up), The Promise Ring had a pretty active 2015. Maritime—which features two TPR expats in its ranks—put out its fifth (and arguably best)...

Jackass’ Preston Lacy does, uh, something at Cactus Club

November 6, 2015

//Ironically, comedy can oftentimes be a cruel and humorless industry. While the art of making others laugh can propel people to international notoriety, untold levels of wealth, and immense influence, the...

Search For The Perfect Packers Bar, Week 1: Cactus Club

Maggie Iken

September 14, 2015

// Growing up in Green Bay, my earliest sports memory is my mom going downtown in her Starter jacket for the Super Bowl XXXI parade. When the Packers win Super Bowls (note the plurality, Bears fans), the stat...

METZ brings Monday night mayhem to Cactus Club

July 28, 2015

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 ...

Maritime announces new album, release date

June 24, 2015

It seems like its been an eternity since Maritime’s last record came out. Though the longtime Milwaukee indie rock dream team—which we think we’re legally obligated to mention is composed of members from Promis...

Poliça debuts new songs, kicks off 2015 tour at Cactus Club

Cal Roach

April 8, 2015

When Poliça played Turner Hall three years ago, it was still basically a popular novelty band: two drummers and charismatic lead singer Channy Leaneagh, whose trademark was everyone’s favorite vocal effect, Aut...

Here’s the lineup for the 2015 Milwaukee Psych Fest

February 20, 2015

Since 2013, Milwaukee musician Andrew Shelp (Moss Folk) has given the city a loud, fuzzed-out, and reverb-drenched gift every spring: Milwaukee Psych Fest. The multi-day shindig has become a welcome staple on t...

Pele will play its first Milwaukee show in over a decade April 18 at Cactus Club

January 8, 2015

Legendary Milwaukee post-rock outfit Pele disbanded in 2004, but its influence on local music remains strong to this day. Members of the instrumental three-piece (Jon Mueller, Chris Rosenau, Matt Tennessen) hav...

Watch Temper Temper’s 2005 “Cactus Nights” appearance

December 18, 2014

We've said it before and we'll say it again: 2014 is/was Milwaukee music's finest year in recent memory. Before this especially fruitful annal in local music, we'd probably point to the early-to-mid 2000s as th...

Chris Chuzles breathes new life into Hot Coffin