My First Band: John Sparrow (Violent Femmes, The Danglers)
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John Sparrow is living every Milwaukee musician's dream. The percussionist has toured all around the world, performed at legendary venues like the Sydney Opera House and Red Rocks Amph...
My First Band: Lydia Luce
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Even though Lydia Luce first came to consciousness in folk and Americana circles with her excellent 2018 debut, Azelea, the Nashville-based singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalis...
My First Band: Charlie Berens (Manitowoc Minute, Berens & Greuel)
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My First Band kicks off 2021 with Charlie Berens. The affable actor, writer, comedian, and Emmy-winning host has made a name for himself throughout Wisconsin (and far beyond) with his ...
Milwaukee Music Roundup: December 2020
Looking for new music? Looking for new Milwaukee music? Then look no further than our monthly Milwaukee Music Roundup (a list compiled via our own archives and other resources like Bandcamp, 88Nine Radio Milwau...
10 good things to happen in Milwaukee during this awful year
This year will surely go down as one of the worst of our lifetimes. We'd say the worst, but we're honestly not sure how 2021 will turn out. Though the past nine-plus months have been racked with unthinkable tra...
My First Band: Shawna Nicols (DJ Shawna)
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This week's guest—and the final My First Band guest of 2020—is Shawna Nicols. Wisconsin sports fans probably know her better as "DJ Shawna," the moniker she uses while serving as the o...
18 more Milwaukee-made holiday songs
Over the course of a few Decembers of Milwaukee Record‘s existence, we’ve rounded up a mess of amazingly tolerable local songs that are helping to improve the largely unsatisfying holiday music genre. (You can ...
My First Band: Bartees Strange
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Though 2020 has been a downright awful year with very few bright spots, the emergence of Bartees Strange has been one silver lining people can be happy about. The Washington DC-based s...
Milwaukee Record’s favorite Milwaukee Record stories of 2020
Milwaukee Record launched on April 7, 2014. Since then, we've published nearly 7,000 stories and reached millions upon millions of internet-weary eyeballs (we're currently in the midst of another record-breakin...
Milwaukee Record’s favorite Milwaukee music videos of 2020
Even though 2020 has been so unusual/unprecedented/awful, a dizzying amount of great music was made and released in our fair city this year. And—surprise, surprise—a wealth of great music videos were released, ...
Milwaukee Record’s favorite Milwaukee music of 2020
Because 2020 has been so unusual/unprecedented/awful, we're putting our year-end "25 Best Milwaukee Albums" list on hold and opting for something more loose and personal. Despite the pandemic, there was a LOT o...
My First Band: Chris DeMakes (Less Than Jake)
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As a founding member of Less Than Jake, Chris DeMakes has spent close to 30 years traveling the world to perform thousands of shows. Along the way, the singer and guitarist has shared ...
Tune in to Milwaukee Record’s “Best Of The Worst Year” livestream on December 17
What a year, right? Ugh.Anyway, we'll spare you the year-end wallowing and instead give you this: On Thursday, December 17, from 6-9 p.m., we'll be streaming our first (and hopefully last) "Best Of The Wors...
Merry Dickmas: Etsy’s top 50 dong-themed holiday cards
In need of some late Christmas cards for co-workers, we recently ventured over to Etsy to see if we could find something unique and hopefully a little bit funny. After typing in something dull like "Funny Chris...
My First Band: Joel King (The Wild Feathers, The Effects)
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During his 10 years (and counting!) as a member of The Wild Feathers, Joel King and his bandmates have released four well-received studio albums and a live record, played hundreds upon...
Milwaukee Music Roundup: November 2020
Looking for new music? Looking for new Milwaukee music? Then look no further than our monthly Milwaukee Music Roundup (a list compiled via our own archives and other resources like Bandcamp, 88Nine Radio Milwau...
My First Band: Zach Blair (Rise Against, GWAR)
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These days, Zach Blair can be heard playing lead guitar in the world-renowned punk outfit Rise Against as well as Drakulas, his excellent side project. Before he was part of those band...
My First Band podcast will be coming to WMSE
On March 1 of last year, Milwaukee Record debuted our "My First Band" podcast. Each and every Friday since then, we've released a long-form interview with a different musician that traces their onstage origins,...
My First Band: Dan Wilson (Semisonic, Grammy-winning songwriter)
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You probably know Dan Wilson as the lead singer of Semisonic, the seminal band that brought you "Closing Time." Though his output in that long-tenured alternative rock outfit is certai...