MKE Music Rewind: The Trusty Knife
In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014.Everyone loves a "lost" album. Whether it's a legendary artifact (th...
MKE Music Rewind: Couch Flambeau, “Santa Claus Skips Cudahy”
In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014.In recent years, Milwaukee's collective catalog of holiday music has...
MKE Music Rewind: Trolley, “Born In ’77”
In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014.There comes a point in everyone's life when certain math becomes...t...
MKE Music Rewind: Midnight Reruns, “King Of Pop”
In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014.Every decade seems to have a band or two that, in one way or another...
MKE Music Rewind: Jaill, “The Stroller”
In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit a notable Milwaukee song that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014.The 2010s was an incredibly fruitful decade in Milwaukee music. Fol...
MKE Music Rewind: 5 O’Clock Charlie, ‘Not Enough Time’
In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014.The third wave of ska crested in the mid-'90s, when bands like The M...
MKE Music Rewind: The Shag, “Stop And Listen”
In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014.When I think of garage rock songs from the 1960s that have a conspic...
MKE Music Rewind: The Movies, “Dancin’ On Ice” (1976)
In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014.With all due respect to folks who remember the short-lived Milwaukee...
MKE Music Rewind: The Scarring Party, ‘Losing Teeth’
In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014.It's funny how music designed to sound out-of-time can end up perfec...
MKE Music Rewind: Competitorr, “Stop Go”
In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014.I moved to Milwaukee in the fall of 1996, but sometimes it feels lik...
MKE Music Rewind: Casino Versus Japan, “It’s Very Sunny”
In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014.For over three decades, Milwaukee's music scene has experienced nume...
MKE Music Rewind: The Promise Ring, ‘Very Emergency’
In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014.I have a confession to make: I didn't get into The Promise Ring unti...
MKE Music Rewind: Heidi Spencer & The Rare Birds, “Alibi”
In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit a notable Milwaukee song that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014.Every few years or so, there's a Milwaukee artist that seems to be ...
MKE Music Rewind: Temper Temper, “Trust Me”
In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit a notable Milwaukee song that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014.Milwaukee bands often have limited lifespans, barely existing long ...
MKE Music Rewind: Scowler, “Tell Us, Mr. Sir”
In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit a notable Milwaukee song that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014.It took a mere 12 seconds of listening to Scowler’s 2013 EP How To ...
MKE Music Rewind: Like Like The The The Death: “Holy Ghosty”
In our weekly MKE Music Rewind, we revisit a notable Milwaukee song that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014.There are great albums that work as unified wholes, able to be list...
MKE Music Rewind: Fable & The World Flat, “Straight Jackin The Yellow Brick Road”
In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit a notable Milwaukee song that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014.Think about some of your favorite Milwaukee projects from the early...
MKE Music Rewind: Red Knife Lottery, “The Good Land”
In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit a notable Milwaukee song that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014.In retrospect, 2009 was a strange time of transition in Milwaukee m...
MKE Music Rewind: Since By Man, “Push The Panic”
In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit a notable Milwaukee song that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014.If you were going to hardcore shows in Milwaukee in the early 2000s...
MKE Music Rewind: Decibully, “On The Way To Your Hotel”
In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit a notable Milwaukee song that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014.I'm a sucker for opening tracks.While most artists typically sl...