Music

December 21, 2020

Over the course of a few Decembers of Milwaukee Record‘s existence, we’ve rounded up a mess of amazingly tolerable local songs that are helping to improve the largely unsatisfying holiday music genre. (You can ...

Brush up on some of this bad year’s best Milwaukee music with the 2020 Silver City Sampler

December 17, 2020

Even though 2020 has been so unusual/unprecedented/awful, a wealth of great music was still made and released in our fair city this year. Though there’s no shortage of Best Of lists that help recognize the reco...

Get Fudgy’s new 30-song double LP by donating to Milwaukee nonprofit Pathfinders

December 16, 2020

When we last heard from Fudgy, the far-flung group of musicians led by Milwaukee's Justin Kern (other members hail from Buffalo, Seattle, Los Angeles, and Minneapolis) was offering its latest 7-inch record in e...

Milwaukee Record’s favorite Milwaukee music videos of 2020

December 15, 2020

Even though 2020 has been so unusual/unprecedented/awful, a dizzying amount of great music was made and released in our fair city this year. And—surprise, surprise—a wealth of great music videos were released, ...

Please enjoy Mike Schneider’s wholesome holiday polka jam, “Christmas Kielbasa”

December 15, 2020

We've sung the praises of Mike Schneider in these digital pages before. The titular leader of the Mike Schneider Band has been a local polka fixture since the 1990s, winning a slew of awards and just generally ...

Milwaukee Record’s favorite Milwaukee music of 2020

December 14, 2020

Because 2020 has been so unusual/unprecedented/awful, we're putting our year-end "25 Best Milwaukee Albums" list on hold and opting for something more loose and personal. Despite the pandemic, there was a LOT o...

Is Taylor Swift’s ‘evermore’ about Wisconsin’s Dr. Evermor?

Brent Gohde

December 14, 2020

In a year marked by loss, some individual stories didn't get the attention they otherwise might in less pandemicky times. April 2020 began with news of Wisconsin sculpture artist Tom Every's death. Yes, that sa...

Boy Lonely is begging you to “Mask Up, Baby”

December 14, 2020

As we settle into month 8,000 of the New Normal, isn't it about time we make mask-wearing not just mandatory, but sexy? Boy Lonely thinks so. Who's Boy Lonely? He's Milwaukee musician Casey Seymour, who spli...

I spent the night in Cactus Club’s green room (and you can too)

December 9, 2020

Last week, Gov. Tony Evers announced that $15 million in COVID-19 Live Music and Entertainment Venue Grants had been awarded to a total of 96 Wisconsin venues. Of those 96 establishments, 11 of them are based i...

Tune in to Milwaukee Record’s “Best Of The Worst Year” livestream on December 17

December 9, 2020

What a year, right? Ugh. Anyway, we'll spare you the year-end wallowing and instead give you this: On Thursday, December 17, from 6-9 p.m., we'll be streaming our first (and hopefully last) "Best Of The Wors...

Get ready for Fox Face’s forthcoming ‘End Of Man’ with new single, “Slow Burn”

December 8, 2020

Has it really been more than three years since Fox Face released new music? While the Milwaukee garage rock quartet's pre-pandemic show schedule gave them a continued presence in the local music scene, it might...

Virtual Serenades offer a personal, local, musical gift idea

December 7, 2020

Now that we've made it through the onslaught of consumer holidays like Black Friday, Shop Small Saturday, Cyber Monday, Giving Tuesday, and Bandcamp Friday, we're now a full week into December. With less than t...

The Obsoletes will release ‘Is This Progress?’ on vinyl for the first time ever

December 4, 2020

In 2004, The Obsoletes released their one and only album. That record, Is This Progress?, is a collection of timeless tracks that straddle the line between alt-country and power-pop. A year after the Milwaukee-...

Last weekend MKE radio played “Last Christmas” 31 times. The very next day it played it again

December 2, 2020

Christmas is still three weeks away, but for two Milwaukee radio stations, the holiday is already old hat. Yes, B93.3 and 95.7 BIG FM have been playing nothing but Christmas music since November 5 and 6, respec...

El Sebas of Browns Crew tests the solo waters with “Chavo De Abajo”

Juan Miguel Martinez

December 1, 2020

A long time ago—well, not too long ago for some—Latino/a/x music was a more tangible thing on the south side of Milwaukee. In the 1990s, there were constant events and shows, artists sold CDs and tapes out of t...

This ‘Hometown Music Scene’ documentary shows you how Milwaukee rocked in 1991

November 30, 2020

Before a worldwide pandemic made its way to Milwaukee in mid-March and put a sudden stop to live music (well, put an end to it in any responsible way, at least), the city's music scene was in an incredibly good...

The Rave is auctioning off a bunch of autographed concert posters today

November 30, 2020

Concert venues were among the first businesses to close when the COVID-19 crisis came and they'll surely be among the last businesses to re-open if and/or when things ever improve. While many venues throughout ...

Milwaukee Music Roundup: November 2020

November 30, 2020

Looking for new music? Looking for new Milwaukee music? Then look no further than our monthly Milwaukee Music Roundup (a list compiled via our own archives and other resources like Bandcamp, 88Nine Radio Milwau...

Musical “funeral walk” for Paul Setser, Sarah Kozar, Dave Bolyard set for Saturday