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Get to know CONVERT and stream “Slow Choke”

May 13, 2021

Here at the tail end of this unprecedented artistic "pause" of sorts, the dust is now starting to settle and we're getting a better idea of what Milwaukee's music scene will actually look like when live shows f...

Former ’90s Milwaukee band, Big Mother Gig, has a new record, ‘Gusto,’ and it’s great

Matt Wild

May 12, 2021

It's always wonderful to hear modern bands replicate the sometimes jangly, sometimes soaring alt/indie-rock sounds of the 1990s. It's even more wonderful, however, to hear the original bands from that college-r...

B~Free tackles jealously on cosmic dance track “Hate 2 Luv”

Matt Wild

May 11, 2021

When we last checked in with Milwaukee soul/R&B powerhouse B~Free, she was pondering a year spent in quarantine. "The loss of all of my in-person shows for the full year was initially devastating," the sing...

It’s “Bliss Or Bust” as Caley Conway wraps up trilogy of songs/videos

Matt Wild

May 10, 2021

Trilogies usually don't end well. The Rise Of Skywalker was a mess. The Matrix Revolutions was worse. Remember the third Godfather movie? (Of course you don't.) Well, at least the third Back To The Future movie...

The Goodboy Suit is reissuing 2002’s ‘Within Walls Without Windows’ on vinyl

Tyler Maas

May 7, 2021

The year is 2002. There's a four-pack of Sparks in your fridge. You're sitting at Comet Cafe and talking about the latest episode of The Sopranos with some of your MySpace "Top 8" before heading to The Globe to...

Summerfest is back, and here’s the 2021 Summerfest lineup

Matt Wild

May 6, 2021

Hey! Summerfest 2021 is happening! It's happening September 2-4, 9-11, and 16-18, to be exact (plus some "Wednesday Kick-Off Concerts" at the American Family Insurance Amphitheater.) And here's the 2021 Summerf...

New Immortal Girlfriend video doesn’t feel pity or remorse or fear and it absolutely will not stop

Matt Wild

May 6, 2021

If you were synthwave duo Immortal Girlfriend, you might be content with continually making some of the best music to come out of Milwaukee in years. But you're not Immortal Girlfriend (unless you happen to be ...

MKE Health Commissioner: “We are making sure that masks are going to be worn” at Summerfest

Matt Wild

May 6, 2021

Will masks be required at this year's Summerfest? That's the big (gig) question. Thursday's Summerfest announcement included plenty of big names and plenty of reasons to get excited for the return of the Wor...

Emissary offers “extreme volume and distortion” therapy on ‘Cerulean’

Nick Olig

May 4, 2021

For musical artists to stay sane in COVID-19 times, it’s been easy to rock at home, but hard—if not impossible—to safely get out there and put on a killer show. Months have have turned into more than a year of ...

Milwaukee Boat Line’s Concert Cruise series returns, “first wave” of performers announced

Tyler Maas

May 4, 2021

For years, Milwaukee Boat Line and its impressive fleet of vessels—the Iroquois, Voyageur, and Vista King—have played an important part in the city’s summer enjoyment. With a wide range of cruises, which vary f...

Check out the lineup for The Ivy House’s “Patio Daze” music series

Tyler Maas

May 3, 2021

As society gradually makes its way back to something resembling normalcy, some of life's simple pleasures are also returning. Though some festivals have made the decision to cancel this summer as the COVID-19 c...

Here’s Downtown South Milwaukee’s “Music At The Market” lineup

Tyler Maas

May 3, 2021

Now that spring has fully arrived and we're probably not going to have any more snow for a few months , we can finally start to look forward to some of the fun outdoor activities that help make Milwaukee and it...

Hear Trixie Mattel pay tribute to Johnny Cash, Cher, more on her new ‘Full Coverage Vol. 1’ EP

Tyler Maas

April 30, 2021

The past few times we've covered the life and times of Trixie Mattel, the Milwaukee drag superstar and former RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars champion was keeping busy hosting The Pit Stop, becoming part-owner of ...

Milwaukee Music Roundup: April 2021

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 30, 2021

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 selections on WUWM’s Lake Effect? Click HERE.) LPs AND EPs ...

MKE Music Rewind: The Green Music Machine, “Green And Growing (The Bucks Don’t Stop Here)”

Tyler Maas

April 29, 2021

In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014. It was 1977 and the Milwaukee Bucks weren't in a great place. Follow...

You Win !!! takes to the ring in the punishing “Painmonger” music video

Tyler Maas

April 28, 2021

Even though You Win !!! has only been our radar for about seven months, the self-described "trip-hop/dark pop" duo—composed of vocalist Amanda Huff and producer William Gardiner (who releases music under the mo...

Betty Boop gets lost in the Caribbean sounds of ¡paLABra!’s “Tres Lindas Cubanas”

Tyler Maas

April 26, 2021

When we last checked in with ¡paLABra!, the project was treating viewers to a rendition of the 16th century composition "El Son de la Má Teodora" as part of our Public Domain music video series. Since taking pa...

Dave Matthews Band set to play American Family Insurance Amphitheater September 15

Matt Wild

April 22, 2021

We just published our list of summer festivals that have either been canceled or are still on (for now), and yes, Summerfest is still on. Still on for September 2-4, 9-11, and 16-18, to be exact. And now there'...

Switzerland-by-way-of-MKE singer The Quiet Canon releases ‘She Said, It’s Me Or The Hindenburg’

Matt Wild

April 21, 2021

Everyone loves a good backstory, and former Milwaukeean Eric Anthony White has a solid one: In 2016, after years spent playing in classic Milwaukee acts like Heathrow and The Virgins, White (along with his wife...

Burnhearts will not be hosting its Pabst Street Party in 2021

Tyler Maas

April 20, 2021

Last April, as the COVID-19 crisis was really starting to make its presence known in Milwaukee (and virtually everywhere else in the country, for that matter), Burnhearts announced that its 13th annual Pabst St...