Milwaukee Music Roundup: September 2023
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LPs AND EPs OF NOTE
Blacktop - Gardening Is A Practice, Not An IdeaGardening is a Pra...
Get a haircut, real job, and watch the video for Bunk Bed’s “Bum”
Remember The Guy On The Couch in Half Baked? We've all had a Guy On The Couch in our lives, haven't we? Hell, maybe we've been The Guy On The Couch. A version of The Guy is front and center in the new video for...
Nick Cave enthralls the faithful at sparse, powerful Riverside Theater show
Nick Cave's most recent studio release is a 2021 duo album with multi-instrumentalist Warren Ellis called Carnage. Given that Cave's current tour is a rare one without the Bad Seeds backing him, it seemed a goo...
Listen to us talk new Milwaukee music with WUWM’s Lake Effect (September 2023)
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 HERE...
WMSE’s Local/Live: as Oak
WMSE's local and live in-studio showcase, Local/Live, airs Tuesdays 6-7 p.m. You can find past episodes HERE. Beginning in 2023, we're also collecting episodes on a handy Soundcloud playlist.milwaukeereco...
It’s Tuesday, so LUXI released a new album and video game (and recently opened a store)
There are Milwaukee musicians who are "busy," and then there are Milwaukee musicians who are LUXI. The DIY electro artist has been a consistent and relentlessly productive presence in the local scene since 2013...
Milwaukee Record Recommended: September 25 – October 1, 2023
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Milwaukee 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 recommendations—brought to y...
Look out, here comes Lavish Waste’s cover of “Lookout Weekend”
When we last heard from Lavish Waste, the Milwaukee electro-punk duo (Emily Evans, Steven Look) had just released their debut record Juice Demon. The cover of the record, featuring Evans and Look cosplaying Bee...
The Show on Riverwest Radio: Emmitt James
The Show is hosted by Kyle, Christian, and sometimes Wave Chapelle. Affiliated with 104.1 Riverwest Radio. Everybody has a story to tell. Follow The Show on Twitter, Instagram, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts....
Rose Of The West makes its mark with excellent ‘No Things Permanent’
On "Every Bad Dream," the final track of Rose Of The West's breathtaking sophomore album No Things Permanent, singer-songwriter Gina Barrington rattles off a litany of wounds and secret triumphs. "Every little ...
Here’s the Flannel Fest lineup
Back in 2019, Boone & Crockett—in partnership with The Cooperage, Taco Moto, and Pedal Tavern—hosted a celebration of music, food, and seasonal attire known as “Flannel Fest.” That iteration brought hundred...
Shle Berry breathes new life into a past single with “Wrong Way” music video
Following a busy breakout year in 2019 that included tons of memorable live performances, oodles of local press, and the release of the Tampons EP, Milwaukee singer, rapper, and producer Shle Berry was poised f...
Here’s the Beet Street lineup (and everything else you need to know)
Even though summer's days are numbered, Milwaukee has no plans to stop the festival fun anytime soon. A bunch of large-scale autumn undertakings await, and one of the best among them just announced its lineup t...
Unlawful Assembly is a DIY hardcore label of the people and for the people
With the advent of big business poking around in the hardcore scene, one thing is certain: Unlawful Assembly is not a record label that's producing music for Taco Bell ads. Big business will not be sniffing at ...
WMSE’s Local/Live: Hayward Williams
WMSE's local and live in-studio showcase, Local/Live, airs Tuesdays 6-7 p.m. You can find past episodes HERE. Beginning in 2023, we're also collecting episodes on a handy Soundcloud playlist.milwaukeereco...
Milwaukee Record Recommended: September 18-24, 2023
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Milwaukee 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 recommendations—brought to y...
34 pictures of Bay View Bash 2023 (before and during the rain)
Bay View Bash 2023! It was a beautiful late-summer day stuffed with people, music, food, vendors, and, starting at about 7 p.m., lightning storms and torrential downpours!Yeah, things ended a bit early due ...
Goose fly into Miller High Life Theatre for night of polished groove-rock
Everybody skips Milwaukee—it's a tired lament, and one that jam band fans can't chime in on, at least not this year, as nearly every artist from that sprawling community has stopped or will stop by the Brew Cit...
Wait out Dramatic Lovers’ yearlong hiatus with new ‘Hiatus’ EP
In case you missed it, one of Milwaukee's finest bands, Dramatic Lovers, is in the midst of a yearlong hiatus. Why? Because singer-songwriter William "B.J." Seidel is off seeing the world. Good for him!Good...
Buffalo Nichols updates the blues (and returns to Milwaukee) on ‘The Fatalist’
"Drum machines are a 50-year-old technology. If the blues hadn't been hijacked and trapped in amber, I think they naturally would've been incorporated."That's Milwaukee musician Carl Nichols—a.k.a. Buffalo ...