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Soul Low, which is not a band anymore, has a new album

August 1, 2019

Back in November 2018, one of Milwaukee's best indie rock bands, Soul Low, called it quits. The writing had been on the wall for some time (band members had moved to different parts of the country the previous ...

Here’s the 2019 Center Street Daze Festival music lineup

Tyler Maas

July 31, 2019

In 2014, stung by a few years of lousy late-summer/early-fall weather, the organizers of Center Street Daze decided to move their fest up to early August. The new date paid off, and what was once a bittersweet ...

Milwaukee Music Roundup: July 2019

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 31, 2019

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 of this month's releases on WUWM's Lake Effect? Click HERE. ...

LIFES put a personal spin on pummeling hardcore

Dan Agacki

July 30, 2019

For the entirety of their adult lives, Dave Rudnik and Zak Holochwost have been dedicated to hardcore. Even as they’ve immersed themselves in family life and their respective places within the scene have evolve...

Buy This Book: ‘Milwaukee Jazz,’ by Joey Grihalva

Matt Wild

July 29, 2019

"I could only find so many photographs, talk to so many people, and include so much information. And so, I would like to acknowledge every soul that has ever been a part of the Milwaukee jazz scene but is not i...

What we’re likely gonna hear at tonight’s Weird Al “Strings Attached” show

Matt Wild

July 27, 2019

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Let’s listen to some really rare Weird Al rarities

Matt Wild

July 26, 2019

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Watch Violent Femmes go back to their Oriental Theatre roots in “I’m Nothing” video

Matt Wild

July 25, 2019

Everyone knows the story of how Milwaukee's most famous folk/punk/weirdo export Violent Femmes were "discovered" playing outside the Oriental Theatre by members of The Pretenders in 1981. So what would happen i...

Hear King Eye & The Squirts’ blunt and boisterous new single, “Change Of Address”

Tyler Maas

July 25, 2019

When we caught up with King Eye & The Squirts in late 2017, the Milwaukee garage rock outfit was preparing to release its self-titled debut LP. Meanwhile, singer-guitarist Steven Look was just getting back ...

Sit down, shut up, and watch some clips from Al TV

Matt Wild

July 25, 2019

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Just eat it: Exploring the far reaches of the Weird Al culinary universe

Cal Roach

July 24, 2019

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Who’s fat? 8 more Weird Al songs that probably shouldn’t be played today

Matt Wild

July 23, 2019

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It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood with Ravi/Lola’s “Winter In Winter”

Matt Wild

July 23, 2019

Let's just get this out of the way: Milwaukee psychedelic band Ravi/Lola has a new album coming out on August 9 called Neighborhood Daydream. The album contains a song about Milwaukee historian John Gurda. We'v...

Old Earth goes to the chapel in the “I Saw The Light And I Liked It” video

Tyler Maas

July 23, 2019

Over the course of Old Earth's decade-long run, Todd Umhoefer's personal project has managed to create some gorgeous and moving recordings in some rather unconventional locations. His 2012 effort, A Low Place A...

Milwaukee Record Recommended: July 22-28

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 22, 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...

Weird Al Week begins (again) with everything we’ve ever written about Weird Al

Matt Wild

July 21, 2019

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Nu metal lives on at X-Ray Arcade’s Freak On A Leash Friday

Tyler Maas

July 19, 2019

In the late '90s and early aughts, mainstream music was all the rage with a new form of heavy metal that—quite fittingly—was called "nu metal." Bands like Korn, Limp Bizkit, Slipknot, Crazy Town, and Linkin Par...

Let L’Resorts send your ears on an island getaway with “Separate Oceans”

Tyler Maas

July 18, 2019

Back in February, we formally introduced you to L'Resorts, the new "tropical-pop" project spearheaded by Lady Cannon namesake Martha Cannon and Jaill founding member Vincent Kircher. In the months since announc...

Listen to the new Arctic Sleep album, ‘Kindred Spirits,’ and watch the creation of its cover art

Matt Wild

July 18, 2019

Arctic Sleep doesn't make albums—it makes experiences. Take Kindred Spirits, the seventh full-length record from the local atmospheric metal outfit. It's the followup to 2014's Passage Of Gaia, and another spra...

Members of Iron Pizza, Canopies, and Appleseeds resurface in Tell Me

Tyler Maas

July 17, 2019

Last December, Iron Pizza called it quits after more than five years as a band. The synth-rock band with a proclivity for partying was a supremely fun and well-liked fixture at Riverwest and Bay View bar shows....