Music

October 18, 2019

Fuzzysurf is a band suited for any era. We said as much back in May, when we debuted the Milwaukee quartet's latest and greatest album, Fuzzy & The Surfs. Over the course of that album, the group managed to...

Mini Meltdowns mix anguish and animation in the “I Wanna Die” music video

October 17, 2019

Back in August, we debuted a brand new song from Mini Meltdowns—a super group featuring current and former members of Limbeck, Dashboard Confessional, The Promise Ring, The Benjamins, Rx Drugs, and Alligator Gu...

Justin Townes Earle takes a no-nonsense songwriting approach

Joshua Miller

October 16, 2019

As evidenced by his last Milwaukee show, Justin Townes Earle is no-nonsense when it comes to writing and performing songs. He tells it like it is and doesn’t dance around the point he wants to make. In May, th...

Watch the wistful video for Negative/Positive’s “Space Smells Like Lilacs”

October 16, 2019

If you've been following Milwaukee band Negative/Positive over the last few years, you've seen the group grow up. Literally. The guitar-bass-drum trio formed at the inaugural Girls Rock Milwaukee camp in the su...

Get ready for The Low Down at Indeed Brewing with Cozy Danger’s “80 Proofed” video

October 16, 2019

On Saturday, October 19, Indeed Brewing Company will formally introduce Milwaukee to its new (and downright awesome) Walker's Point brewery and taproom with a block party the 2nd Street establishment is calling...

Public Domain: Devil Met Contention performs “Baby Won’t You Please Come Home”

October 15, 2019

Milwaukee Record is proud to present Public Domain. The music video series features Milwaukee musicians setting up at Colectivo Coffee to adapt some of the world’s best-known songs in ways they’ve never been he...

Heart anything but a nostalgia act at deep-cut Fiserv Forum show

Cal Roach

October 13, 2019

Sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson have helmed Heart for more than four decades, almost entirely responsible for the group's success through more personnel and stylistic changes than the average fan could even keep t...

Eaux Claires is doing a winter “Hiver” thing November 21-24, will return in July 2020

October 8, 2019

The rumored Eaux Claires winter thing, dubbed Eaux Claires Hiver, has been confirmed. It's being billed as "an immersive weekend of performance and improvisation featuring Ani DiFranco, Pieta Brown, Jon Hopkins...

Milwaukee Record Recommended: October 7-13

October 7, 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...

Florida Brothers Band looks dashing, dangerous in the “Simply Ravishing” music video

October 7, 2019

Back in 2017, we introduced you to a new Milwaukee project called Florida Brothers Band. In that article, we said the unusual, interesting, and utterly enjoyable group "crafts poppy punk earworms that will make...

They Might Be Giants will celebrate 30th anniversary of ‘Flood’ at Pabst Theater March 5

October 7, 2019

Why is the world in love again? Why are we marching hand in hand? Why are the ocean levels rising up? It's a brand new anniversary show for 2020! They Might Be Giants' 30-year-old album Flood!I'm your only ...

Stereolab remain relevant, revelatory at sold-out Turner Hall show

Cal Roach

October 5, 2019

Lætitia Sadier and Tim Gane probably didn’t set out to change the landscape of popular music forever, but that’s essentially what happened. The duo responsible for Stereolab didn’t simply inspire the creation o...

Hear Abby Jeanne’s cover of the Siouxsie And The Banshees hit, “Spellbound”

October 3, 2019

Last week, Abby Jeanne treated listeners to "Get You High," the lead single from a forthcoming 7-inch and cassette the ever-busy and unstoppable Milwaukee singer is releasing in accordance with an October 12 ev...

12 (more) Milwaukee bands you maybe didn’t know broke up

October 2, 2019

broadstreet.zone(32806); For every Milwaukee project that has a well-publicized last show, knowingly puts out what’s to be its final album, or crafts a long and respectful farewell to those who have supported ...

Mac DeMarco balances mellow and “Rock’n” tunes, shows local love at Riverside Theater

Joey Grihalva

October 2, 2019

Back in November 2015, the last time Mac DeMarco headlined Milwaukee on his own (he co-headlined the Eagle's Ballroom with The Flaming Lips in 2017), Milwaukee Record didn't know what to make of the Canadian in...

It just got easier for Milwaukee to host all-ages shows

October 1, 2019

In case you're just joining us, Milwaukee needs more all-ages venues. Or, put another way, Milwaukee needs less-restrictive city codes that would make it possible for venues to host all-ages shows and simultane...

Milwaukee Record Recommended: September 30-October 6

September 30, 2019

Milwaukee Music Roundup: September 2019