Milwaukee Music Roundup: September 2022
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LPs AND EPs OF NOTE
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Milwaukee, Chicago musicians release reproductive rights benefit comp, ‘Oh SCOTUS Up Yours!’
On June 24, the Supreme Court moved the country forward by moving it back nearly half a century. Yep, that's the day SCOTUS officially reversed 1973's Roe v. Wade and eliminated a constitutional right to an abo...
Our Midweek Music series returns to Crafty Cow Tosa this fall
Last fall, Milwaukee Record brought live music to Crafty Cow Tosa (6519 W. North Ave., Wauwatosa). The weekly concert series—which we called "Midweek Music"—featured a total of nine FREE Wednesday night perform...
Breathe in, breathe out with The Quilz’ nocturnal “I Can’t Sleep”
Isn't it a drag when you fire up a "Halloween playlist" on your streaming platform of choice and it's all stuff like "Thriller" and the theme to Ghostbusters? Where are the real Halloween playlists? You know, t...
Large Print magnifies multiple genres on ‘In The Clouds’ and ‘In The Dark’ EPs
Many bands boast of their "unclassifiable"-ness, but few put their money where their mouth is like Milwaukee's Large Print. On the band's two 2022 EPs—In The Clouds and In The Dark—dreamy shoegaze indie tracks ...
Buckle up: Public hearing for proposed FPC Live venue in Deer District set for September 26
Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week.• In case you missed it, Madison-based concert promoter Frank Productions (whi...
Squash that play button and listen to a song from The Eradicator’s forthcoming (and final) album
In his first two albums, The Eradicator—a punk project that’s based on an iconic sketch on The Kids In The Hall—asserted his dominance over "pussheads" and the like in songs most often pertaining to his superio...
Watch the music video for Holy Pinto’s new Bartees Strange-produced single
Back in June, we had Aymen Saleh—the Milwaukee (by way of England) singer-songwriter who releases music under the Holy Pinto moniker—on our My First Band podcast to talk about his musical origin, what brought h...
Rio Turbo will play its “last show ever” at Promises on Saturday
Every party has to end at some point. For Milwaukee’s premier party-pop project, that point in time is this weekend. After a nearly 10-year run, Rio Turbo will play its "last show ever" on Saturday, September 2...
Watch the Mark Borchardt-directed video for Conan Neutron & The Secret Friends’ “The Commuter”
One of the most relentlessly catchy Milwaukee songs of 2022 has got to be "The Commuter," a three-minute ditty by post-rock/power-pop outfit Conan Neutron & The Secret Friends. The song was part of a split ...
Milwaukee Record Recommended: September 19-25, 2022
Our fat-free, dolphin-safe Milwaukee events calendar is chock-full of things to do, but only a handful of events are worthy of the lofty honor of "Record Recommended" (patent pending). Here are our recommendati...
26 pictures (and 1 video) of Bay View Bash 2022
After 8,000 years away, Milwaukee's beloved Bay View Bash made its glorious return to Kinnickinnic Avenue on Saturday, September 17. The neighborhood was alive. The food was delicious. The weather was glorious....
Paper Holland channels British Invasion in cheeky new song/video, “What To Wear”
It's been four years since sunny Milwaukee indie-pop band Paper Holland released the equally sunny Galápagos. Why the long new-music drought?"Our goal has never been to be an attention machine, churning ou...
Yum Yum Cult careens across musical map in eclectic debut, ‘It Kills Me It Really Does’
The debut album from Milwaukee indie-rock band Yum Yum Cult, It Kills Me It Really Does, opens with a waking dream. "Oh, sleepless me whose deficits fight consistently / Opposed to war, I was drafted at birth" ...
The city shines in Jon Henry’s “All U Touch & All U See” music video
When we last checked in with Jon Henry, the Milwaukee singer/rapper was breaking the record for the number of niche local references made in a single song with his "Tour Milwaukee" music video. Now, almost nine...
Tracking: Erik from Northless pairs songs from his new album with films in his VHS collection
Over the course of Milwaukee Record's existence, we've spoken to Erik Stenglein for two drastically different reasons. Most often, we've focused on his body of work as the singer, guitarist, and founding member...
Fox Face will play its final show Saturday at Bay View Bash
After more than a decade of shows, albums, and even more shows, blistering Milwaukee femme-led garage-punk band Fox Face is calling it quits. The band's 6 p.m. show on the WMSE stage at Saturday's Bay View Bash...
Sylvan Esso goes back to the beginning with surprise, sold-out show at Cactus Club
On Sunday, critically acclaimed and fan-beloved electro-pop duo Sylvan Esso—a.k.a. Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn—threw out a dual first pitch before the Brewers-Reds game at American Family Field.On Monday,...
Josh Berwanger talks Gemini Parks, Milwaukee love ahead of Cooperage concert
Over the last quarter century, Josh Berwanger's work has taken many different forms. After his time in accomplished early aughts emo outfit The Anniversary was through, the Kansas-based songwriter dabbled in al...
Convert’s “Unnatural Acts” music video blurs the line between good and evil
This Saturday, the long-awaited return of Bay View Bash will be headlined by none other than Convert. That distinction is well-deserved, as the young band—which features former and current members of Burning So...