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Chris Chuzles breathes new life into Hot Coffin

November 20, 2014

This time last year, Chris Chuzles (second from left) was preparing to say goodbye to Disguised As Birds, the decade-old Milwaukee rock band he fronted. Not longer after the release of the band's outstanding sw...

A-side/B-side: The BoDeans, and the way Milwaukee sees its music scene

Milwaukee Record Staff

November 19, 2014

In A-side/B-side, two Milwaukee Record writers tackle various city issues in an informal, crosstalk style. Insults are hurled, feelings are hurt, and everyone learns something in the end. Maybe.Tyler Maas: ...

Battle Royale finalists weigh in on title chances

Tyler Maas

November 19, 2014

Following last week's trifecta of Caste Of Killers Battle Royale IV preliminary rounds that found a field of nearly 30 of Milwaukee (and Madison for some reason)'s finest and funniest comedy contest competitors...

Tracklist: 8 Milwaukee reinventions we’d welcome

Milwaukee Record Staff

November 18, 2014

//You don’t have to be a hot-shit real estate developer or a car-loathing urban enthusiast to know Downtown Milwaukee is on the verge of some major changes. As rounded up in a comprehensive Milwaukee Magaz...

First Impression: Uncanny Soup Co.

Tyler Maas

November 18, 2014

As one of easiest foods to prepare, among the least expensive meals to purchase, and one of the few edibles whose prepackaged store-bought version can be remarkably close in quality to many restaurant rendition...

Get Rad will play Punx Give Thanx benefit show Black Friday

Tyler Maas

November 17, 2014

Milwaukee hardcore aficionados now have reason to give thanks. Some 20 months removed from its last show and more than six months after releasing its most recent split, Get Rad will return to the stage for a go...

Interpol beautifully blends old and new in Pabst Theater sellout

Tyler Maas

November 17, 2014

At this point in the iconic post-punk band’s existence, there are two distinctly different eras of Interpol. There’s the indie blog darling that came out of nowhere with a pair or formidable, borderline-legenda...

The Decemberists will return to Riverside Theater March 25

Matt Wild

November 17, 2014

Look up “quintessential ’00s indie-rock band” in the dictionary, and you’ll find a picture of The Decemberists. Beginning with 2002’s Castaways And Cutouts, and culminating with 2009’s The Hazards Of Love, the ...

12 funny comics: Battle Royale IV heads to finals

Tyler Maas

November 14, 2014

This week’s trio of preliminary rounds in the fourth annual Caste Of Killers Battle Royale saw close to 30 comedians taking the stage at three combined venues in as many nights to pit their funniest five minute...

Johanna Rose lets New Boyz Club out of the house and onto the stage

Tyler Maas

November 14, 2014

As the upright bass player of Calamity Janes And The Fratney Street Band, Johanna Rose provides the rhythmic backbone and contributes one fourth of the gorgeous and formidable harmonic wave for which the buddin...

5 late period Interpol songs as good as anything from the first 2 albums

Andrew Winistorfer

November 13, 2014

No matter if you bought their first EP before Pitchfork reviewed it, or if you got on board for their major label debut, it’s an accepted fact that Interpol peaked—as a band, as a brand, as a way of life—on the...

Appleseeds and Strange Matter announce GO MILK YOURSELF split 7-inch, release show

Tyler Maas

November 13, 2014

Perfectly self-described as “super-fast post-punk type stuff with vox that’ll make you look at the person next to you and be like ‘woah dude,’” Appleseeds is as quiet and avoidable from a promotional sense as i...

Watch the gorgeous, animated, epic video for Altos’ “Begong Ava Begong Hele”

Matt Wild

November 13, 2014

Things have been relatively quiet in the Altos camp lately—impressive, since there are approximately 75 members in the band. (Real number: 15-ish.) Still, a terrific show at Cactus Club last month (with Scrimsh...

Exclusive: Stream Buffalo Gospel’s unreleased song “Here Lies Our Lovin’”

Tyler Maas

November 12, 2014

Last summer, Buffalo Gospel came out with its outstanding and emotionally wrought first full-length, We Can Be Horses, which straddled conventions of classic country and Americana whilst easily earning a spot i...

UWM fitness center has banned sleeveless shirts because they’re “intimidating”

Matt Wild

November 12, 2014

//Is there anything more terrifying than walking into a gym in order to get a gym-toned body, only to find yourself surrounded by people flaunting their own gym-toned bodies? No, no there is not. Happily, ...

Rusty P’s to return with original lineup, new album in 2015

Tyler Maas

November 12, 2014

In December of 1995, an upstart hip-hop quartet called The Rusty Pelicans played its first show. Since that inaugural outing at The Globe (which closed more than a decade ago), the group has opened for some of ...

Let Field Report’s animated video for “Wings” take you to outer space

Tyler Maas

November 11, 2014

It’s been a hell of a year for music videos in Milwaukee. Local bands have really stepped things up of late to consistently churn out videos with rich production values, inventive and hilarious concepts, and an...

Futura Extra Bold celebrates 100 years of design in unlikely style

Matt Wild

November 11, 2014

When it comes to 100th anniversary blowouts, Milwaukeeans would be hard pressed not to think of Harley-Davidson, a sea of leather-clad bikers, and a floundering Elton John. One 100-year-old group that probably ...

Ladies Rock Milwaukee seeks campers, volunteers for first year

Tyler Maas

November 11, 2014

After two successful Girls Rock Milwaukee camps, the organization rooted in the principle of encouraging and empowering girls through musical collaboration has decided to implement a winter edition tailored to ...

Fine, here’s video of last weekend’s My Little Pony convention

Matt Wild

November 11, 2014

//Last weekend, more than 600 people gathered at the Hyatt Regency in Downtown Milwaukee for the city’s first My Little Pony convention, which is a thing where My Little Pony fans—including grown men calle...