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Meet Diamond Life and check out the duo’s “I Can’t Believe It!” music video

April 5, 2024

Sometimes unlikely pairings make for the best combinations. Joining such dynamic duos as hot honey on pizza, fried chicken and waffles, and bacon with pretty much anything is a new musical merger that brings to...

“I got a connection with you.” Herbie Hancock delights, inspires at sold-out Pabst Theater

Cal Roach

April 3, 2024

Before launching into a two-hour-plus set with his band Tuesday night, Chicago jazz legend Herbie Hancock spent several minutes addressing the sold-out Pabst Theater crowd. "The first really professional gig th...

WMSE’s Local/Live: The Exotics (live from Anodyne)

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 3, 2024

WMSE's local and live in-studio showcase, Local/Live, airs Tuesdays 6-7 p.m. You can find past episodes HERE, or on this handy Soundcloud playlist. milwaukeerecord · WMSE's Local/Live, April 2, 2024: The E...

Listen to us talk new Milwaukee music with WUWM’s Lake Effect (March 2024)

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 2, 2024

Once a month, Milwaukee Record's own Matt Wild gets his NPR on by sitting down with WUWM's Lake Effect and discussing some of his favorite new Milwaukee records and songs. Listen to the latest installment HE...

Milwaukee Record Recommended Events: April 1-7, 2024

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 1, 2024

broadstreet.zone(152022); Milwaukee is chock full of things to do, but only a handful of Milwaukee events are worthy of the lofty honor of "Record Recommended" (patent pending). Here are our recommendations—br...

“We’ll be spotlighting different albums from night to night.” They Might Be Giants prep “Big Show” tour

Matt Wild

April 1, 2024

"We've always been really lucky with our audience in that they seem up for all the things we do." That's John Flansburgh, over the phone and in the midst of doing his laundry, talking about the long and fasc...

Joe Wais talks Bluegrass Whatevers series, the state of Wisconsin bluegrass, Nashville North

Tyler Maas

April 1, 2024

Wisconsin (and especially Milwaukee!) might not be the first location that comes to mind when you think about hotbeds for bluegrass music. However, Badger State-based bluegrass—along with stylistically neighbor...

The Black Keys will bring “International Players Tour” to Fiserv Forum on November 9

Matt Wild

April 1, 2024

Hey! The Black Keys are coming back to Milwaukee! The band is set to bring its so-called "International Players Tour"—a tour in support of the new Ohio Players album—to Fiserv Forum on Saturday, November 9! ...

Milwaukee Music Roundup: March 2024

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 31, 2024

broadstreet.zone(159870); Looking for new music? Looking for new Milwaukee music? Then look no further than our monthly Milwaukee Music Roundup, brought to you by Mystery Room Mastering! LPs AND EPs OF NOTE ...

“Everywhere In Denver” wins our March Sadness bracket, is officially The Promise Ring’s best song

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 31, 2024

The people have spoken. Following a four-week competition that found a field of 64 songs by The Promise Ring facing one another in six heated rounds of voting, our March Sadness bracket has a winner. The Final ...

Robot Witch makes some changes in its ‘Make A Change’ EP

Tyler Maas

March 29, 2024

In late 2022, Robot Witch debuted a new, enlarged lineup with the release of a self-titled EP that found the outfit (mostly) setting aside its synthesizers in favor of a sound that incorporated elements of psyc...

Choose a champ in March Sadness: The Promise Ring song bracket

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 29, 2024

It’s all come down to this. Following a four-week competition that found a field of 64 songs by The Promise Ring facing one another in five heated rounds of voting, our March Sadness bracket has dwindled to jus...

Ladybird previews new album with bittersweet single, “Audrey’s Garden”

Matt Wild

March 28, 2024

It's been just over a year since Milwaukee alt-country outfit Ladybird released its wonderful self-titled EP. The follow-up to the band's 2021 debut, the record was filled with breezy love songs set on train lo...

WMSE’s Local/Live: Barely Civil

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 27, 2024

WMSE's local and live in-studio showcase, Local/Live, airs Tuesdays 6-7 p.m. You can find past episodes HERE, or on this handy Soundcloud playlist. milwaukeerecord · WMSE's Local/Live, March 26, 2024: Bare...

4 songs by The Promise Ring remain in our “March Sadness” bracket

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 26, 2024

Following more than three weeks of March Sadness action, a tournament that started with a field of 64 songs by The Promise Ring has now been reduced to a remaining crop of just four songs. At this point, one so...

The Demix returns with long-awaited ‘Arrival’

Matt Wild

March 26, 2024

"It's not the destination, it's the journey." This time-honored truism applies to all aspects of life: love, relationships, work, leisure, the ideals of the Knights Radiant, the very act of living itself. It...

Milwaukee Record Recommended Events: March 25-31, 2024

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 25, 2024

broadstreet.zone(152022); Milwaukee is chock full of things to do, but only a handful of Milwaukee events are worthy of the lofty honor of "Record Recommended" (patent pending). Here are our recommendations—br...

Third Ward Beer Garden at Catalano Square announces first half of 2024 live music schedule

Tyler Maas

March 25, 2024

If there's something the greater Milwaukee can't have too many of, it's beer gardens. Our abundance of designated places where folks can enjoy a beverage, snacks, and maybe even live entertainment in an outdoor...

Just 8 songs by The Promise Ring are left in our “March Sadness” bracket

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 22, 2024

Following three rounds of March Sadness action, a tournament that started with a field of 64 songs by The Promise Ring has now been reduced to just eight remaining songs. Round 3 included four favored songs mov...

Hey! Here’s the 2024 Summerfest lineup!

Matt Wild

March 21, 2024

Well, here it is! The 2024 Summerfest lineup! For the 56th anniversary of the Big Gig! Dig in! Similar to recent years, Summerfest 2024 will take place over three consecutive Thursday-Saturday blocks: June 2...