Your Radio Milwaukee Music Awards winners are…

December 14, 2019

Following weeks of voting, artist campaigning, and DJ deliberation, 88Nine named the winners of the 12th annual Radio Milwaukee Music Awards during an event at Turner Hall Ballroom Saturday night. Between perfo...

Brat Sounds wear their hearts on their sleeves on ‘Bad Luck’

Matt Wild

December 13, 2019

"I don't want to see 30 / I don't want to get married / I just want to stay hungry / I just want to stay bold." That's Brat Sounds singer Scott Cary in the opening seconds of "See Thirty," a standout track f...

Catch up on some of 2019’s best local music with the Silver City Sampler

Tyler Maas

December 12, 2019

In case you missed our various recent reminders, Milwaukee music is an incredibly good place. Though there’s no shortage of Best Of lists and awards that help recognize the recorded efforts of Milwaukee musicia...

The 15 best Milwaukee music videos of 2019

Milwaukee Record Staff

December 11, 2019

As demonstrated in our recent rundown of the 25 best Milwaukee albums of 2019 (not to mention our list of 15 standout Milwaukee EPs from 2019), a dizzying amount of great music was made and released in our fair...

Leave room on your best albums list for Social Caterpillar’s ‘Start A Fire That Sings You A Song’

Tyler Maas

December 11, 2019

Earlier this week, we posted our list of the 25 best Milwaukee albums of 2019. Of course, we put a great deal of time, thought, and effort into the article each year. We stand behind our picks, but despite our ...

15 standout Milwaukee EPs of 2019

Milwaukee Record Staff

December 10, 2019

Does a year-end best-of list really need an introduction? No, no it does not. So, without further ado, here's our (non-ranked) list of 15 standout Milwaukee EPs (typically featuring five tracks or fewer) of 201...

Help support Riverwest Radio by joining in on a live, 13-hour “chant for prosperity”

Matt Wild

December 10, 2019

Riverwest Radio (104.1 FM) is a Milwaukee treasure. Born out of the Occupy movement back in 2011, the 24-hour freeform station is home to dozens of interesting, creative, and often bizarre programs helmed by Mi...

Milwaukee Record Recommended: December 9-15

Milwaukee Record Staff

December 9, 2019

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...

The 25 best Milwaukee albums of 2019

Milwaukee Record Staff

December 9, 2019

Does a year-end best-of list really need an introduction? No, no it does not. So, without further ado, here it is, Milwaukee Record's list of the 25 best Milwaukee albums (featuring six tracks or more) of 2019....

Best Of The ’10s: The 10 best Milwaukee albums of 2018

Milwaukee Record Staff

December 5, 2019

Throughout November, Milwaukee Record is revisiting a full decade of Milwaukee music, assembling (and ranking) the 10 best Milwaukee albums of each year. The retrospective will wrap up in December with our list...

Best Of The ’10s: The 10 best Milwaukee albums of 2017

Milwaukee Record Staff

December 2, 2019

Throughout November, Milwaukee Record is revisiting a full decade of Milwaukee music, assembling (and ranking) the 10 best Milwaukee albums of each year. The retrospective will wrap up in December with our list...

Milwaukee Music Roundup: November 2019

Milwaukee Record Staff

November 30, 2019

Looking for new music? Looking for new Milwaukee music? Then look no further than our monthly Milwaukee Music Roundup. Want to hear us discuss a few of this month's releases on WUWM's Lake Effect? Click HERE. ...

Best Of The ’10s: The 10 best Milwaukee albums of 2016

Milwaukee Record Staff

November 28, 2019

Throughout November, Milwaukee Record is revisiting a full decade of Milwaukee music, assembling (and ranking) the 10 best Milwaukee albums of each year. The retrospective will wrap up in December with our list...

MKE Music Rewind: The Shag, “Stop And Listen”

Caleb Westphal

November 26, 2019

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...

Best Of The ’10s: The 10 best Milwaukee albums of 2015

Milwaukee Record Staff

November 25, 2019

Throughout November, Milwaukee Record is revisiting a full decade of Milwaukee music, assembling (and ranking) the 10 best Milwaukee albums of each year. The retrospective will wrap up in December with our list...

Best Of The ’10s: The 10 best Milwaukee albums of 2014

Milwaukee Record Staff

November 21, 2019

Throughout November, Milwaukee Record is revisiting a full decade of Milwaukee music, assembling (and ranking) the 10 best Milwaukee albums of each year. The retrospective will wrap up in December with our list...

Milwaukee Record Recommended: November 18-24

Milwaukee Record Staff

November 19, 2019

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...

Xposed 4Heads want to know if you get their “Thrust” (wink wink nudge nudge say no more)

Matt Wild

November 19, 2019

If you're looking for wacky, irreverent, and delightfully catchy new wave music that owes more than a debt to bands like Devo, look no further than Milwaukee's Xposed 4Heads. Founded in 1982 by Joy Farm masterm...

Best Of The ’10s: The 10 best Milwaukee albums of 2013

Milwaukee Record Staff

November 18, 2019

Throughout November, Milwaukee Record is revisiting a full decade of Milwaukee music, assembling (and ranking) the 10 best Milwaukee albums of each year. The retrospective will wrap up in December with our list...

Warm up with NilexNile’s “If You Down” music video

Tyler Maas

November 18, 2019

When we last checked in with NilexNile (formerly known as the far less Google-friendly "Nile"), the Milwaukee rapper was making history when he became the first musician to perform on The Hop as part of this su...