TIME streams Field Report’s “Home”
If there's one record Milwaukee is holding its collective breath and stomping its feet in eager anticipation of hearing, it's Marigolden, the 10-track follow-up to Field Report's stunning self-titled 2012 debut...
Exclusive: Stream Twin Brother’s new album, Swallow The Anchor
They say 50 is the new 40. Similarly, 40 is apparently the new 30. But 30 will always be 30. Say what you will, but even the encroaching specter of one’s fourth decade elicits feelings of nostalgia for years th...
Get nocturnal emotions from Sugar Stems’ new animated video
In an age of elaborate green screen superimposition and weighty music video subplots, sometimes it’s refreshing to see a band take a less common route when expressing a song in a visual format. Fittingly, Sugar...
Nick Thune goes from ballrooms to mall room October 1
You know that thing people do where they say they saw somebody famous perform in a place that's much smaller than his or her popularity now warrants? Of course you do. Everybody does that. Even more special tha...
My all-Milwaukee Mile Of Music
As I’m prone to sliding into posts from time-to-time, I grew up in the Fox Cities. For almost 20 years of my life, I had an Appleton mailing address. It’s a great place, but there always seemed to be a lack of ...
Exclusive: Hear Castle Thunder’s new single, “Singing Birds”
Ahead of Castle Thunder’s Friday night show at Linneman’s, the oft-overlooked outfit—one of the brightest spots of this year’s great Locust Street Festival—has decided to toss a musical morsel into the moat to ...
Ring in the New Year with Jim Gaffigan again
By now, modern comic force Jim Gaffigan's December 31 show at Pabst Theater has become as much of the Milwaukee New Year's tradition as champagne toasts, staying out at bars until 6 a.m., waiting three hours fo...
Space Raft reflects on superb summer before taking a (local) break
As far as Milwaukee music goes, it's hard to argue that up to this point, 2014 has belonged to Space Raft. The slightly-psychadelic rock outfit's, yes, spacey self-titled debut is widely considered to be among ...
Cream City Soundcheck gussies up The Vitrolum Republic
Milwaukee made music videos have come a long way in recent years. Whether they depict a backwards-headed dude in briefs exploring a farm, a three-eye rapper nestled in the clouds, or a mannequin providing saxop...
Mile Of Music: A Milwaukee Visitor’s Guide
By most accounts, last year's inaugural Mile Of Music was an encouraging, if not successful, festival that brought 100 acts to downtown Appleton. The sleepy northeast Wisconsin hub that was largely devoid of es...
WebsterX takes to the clouds in the “Renaissance” music video
During his Mad Planet performance as part of Breadfest 2014, Sam Ahmed (aka "WebsterX") pledged to have new material in the can and ready to release this winter. Fewer than 72 hours later, the talented Milwauke...
Braid releases new album, will come to Cactus Club Oct. 3
After a swift and undeniable rise to mainstream prominence forced Sylvan Esso to move its September 5 show from Cactus Club to the more spacious confines of Pabst Theater, the intimate Bay View club somewhat ma...
Erik Koconis preps for the Fest
August 7-10, Milwaukee Comedy Festival will celebrate its ninth year. In the near-decade span since the inaugural festival of funniness, Milwaukee's comedy scene has grown mightily, expanded rapidly, and entire...
Girls Rock Milwaukee comes back bigger, better in year two
Yesterday, 11 new bands formed in Milwaukee. While none of these new bands have yet to finish writing their first song, and some of them won't last more than a week, each of these acts hold untold significance ...
Tracklist: Brett Favre and 9 other WI sports figures we feel weird honoring
After years of debate, some hurt feelings, a brilliant career that ended on a sour and petty note, and a sext of what appears to be a baby's penis flanked by Crocs, the polarizing and oh-so-annoying debacle bet...
Off Base: How I learned to stop worrying about the Cardinals and enjoy first place
It started in 1982.
At the time, the Milwaukee Brewers and St. Louis Cardinals weren't even in the same league, but became quick—albeit temporary—rivals in the World Series (also known as the "Suds Series")....
Crocodiles take Cactus Club over the mid-week hump
It's hard to get people out on a Wednesday night. It's harder yet to get people into a cozy neighborhood bar/venue on a Wednesday in the middle of summer when people are either recovering from or preparing for ...
NPR posts version of Sylvan Esso’s “Wolf” from Alverno Presents “Lend Me Your Voice”
At the risk of Milwaukee Record becoming a full-on Sylvan Esso fan site, we've stumbled on a new version of the North Carolina band's song "Wolf" on NPR. This version is of particular local relevance, as the vi...
Exclusive: Stream The Midwestern Charm’s new album, Growing Pains
The Midwestern Charm will always have a place in music. The Milwaukee (by way of Oshkosh) band's identifiably-angst-ridden output on its 2012 self-titled record helped bring them to local consciousness both her...
Bandsketball reaches final four, preps for Friday’s championship
More than a month ago, 32 Milwaukee bands and rappers threw their respective hats in the ring—or more accurately, brought their drastically varying basketball skills to the court—to engage in the inaugural Band...