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Bully, Lydia Lunch, and more added to Abby Jeanne’s Cosmic Weekend lineup

September 19, 2018

Last month, we debuted a new song by the incomparable Abby Jeanne and announced the hardworking talent's intentions to host a "Cosmic Weekend" at The Cooperage in October. Part of the lineup for the two-night, ...

Vinz Clortho travels down a lost highway in “Endless Road”

Matt Wild

September 19, 2018

On paper, Milwaukee super-group Vinz Clortho sounds like a goof. Here are a bunch of musicians from bands like Calliope, Mortgage Freeman, Castle Thunder, and Mouse Corn playing in a group named after the Keyma...

Charly Bliss charms, receives the gift of cheese at Colectivo’s Back Room

Matt Wild

September 18, 2018

Before we begin, let's get all the Charly Bliss talking points out of the way. Cool? Cool. The Brooklyn power-pop/alt-rockers have been around since 2014, but they sound like they're straight out of 1994. The g...

Do the “Pierce Street Boogaloo” with the Hughes Family Band

Matt Wild

September 12, 2018

Milwaukee music is great, but there's something special about Milwaukee music that's about Milwaukee. Songs like Lorde Fredd33's "Reflections" can call attention to the city's ills, while songs like Maritime's ...

Choreography, the countryside, a spaceship come together in Cullah’s “Helios 3” music video

Tyler Maas

September 12, 2018

If you've never heard of Cullah, you're in for a treat. The Milwaukee-born musician, producer, and multi-instrumentalist released his latest album on April 27 (his birthday), and has done so every April 27 sinc...

Listen to a new Nineteen Thirteen track, “Whistle Breath,” from the upcoming ‘Sci-Fi Romance’

Matt Wild

September 10, 2018

Victor DeLorenzo and Janet Schiff have invited me over to listen to their new Nineteen Thirteen EP, Sci-Fi Romance. Currently, however, more important matters are at hand. "I should have rescheduled after I rea...

Did Ringo Starr play Beatles songs at BMO Harris Pavilion? Yes. Did he play Toto’s “Africa”? Yes

Matt Wild

September 9, 2018

The pleasures of seeing Ringo Starr in concert are many, and they are weird. First, of course, is the fact that you're seeing a former Beatle, one of four men who, despite the internet's weekly required "The ol...

Abby Jeanne, Lex Allen, Zed Kenzo, Crystal Knives selected for $20,000 Backline grants

Matt Wild

September 7, 2018

Friday afternoon, 88Nine Radio Milwaukee and gener8tor announced the recipients of their Backline accelerator program. First unveiled in March, Backline is a "grant and educational initiative designed to help M...

Music venue and mini-arcade to open in former site of The Metal Grill and Vnuk’s in Cudahy

Tyler Maas

September 6, 2018

Last June, The Metal Grill—a bar and music venue at 5036 S. Packard Ave. in Cudahy—abruptly closed its doors. In its roughly four-year run, the venue hosted performances by such notables as Off With Their Heads...

MKE Music Rewind: Since By Man, “Push The Panic”

Sahan Jayasuriya

September 5, 2018

In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit a notable Milwaukee song that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014. If you were going to hardcore shows in Milwaukee in the early 2000s...

The Killers, Violent Femmes, Fiserv Forum shine at first Fiserv Forum show

Matt Wild

September 5, 2018

"We've been playing that haunted, dirty Eagles Ballroom for 15 years. Look at us now!" So said Killers frontman Brandon Flowers early in his band's set Tuesday night at Fiserv Forum. (Flowers quickly followe...

Milwaukee preps for two EDM fests, awaits response from lawyer who hates EDM fests

Matt Wild

September 4, 2018

Plenty of big shows are headed Milwaukee's way (just check out the first two months at the Fiserv Forum), but few will delight EDM fans more than not one, but two electronic festivals coming next month. The ina...

Public Domain: The Handsome Family perform “Home On The Range”

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 30, 2018

The Handsome Family have been singing about America—old America, new America, weird America—for nearly 25 years. Beginning with 1994's Odessa and continuing through 2016's Unseen, husband-and-wife duo Brett and...

WORK shifts gears on ‘Strictly Cruis’n’

Tyler Maas

August 29, 2018

WORK is a curious name for a band as loud and rowdy as the long-running trio from Milwaukee. With lyrics jam-packed with references to drinking and general revelry, along with a sound the touches the edges of p...

Mondo Lucha! announces “Supergroup” as musical guest for 10th Anniversary Spectacular

Tyler Maas

August 28, 2018

Since starting in 2008, Mondo Lucha has brought high-flying wrestling action, burlesque dancers, and live music to its annual Turner Hall showcase. Along the way, the variety show has managed work with renowned...

World’s only lap steel metal band, Velocihamster, releases world’s only lap steel metal instructional video

Matt Wild

August 28, 2018

When one thinks of the lap steel guitar, one typically thinks of country music, whiskey-soaked honky-tonks, and dudes like Speedy West and Buddy Emmons. When Milwaukee musician/producer Sean Williamson thinks o...

Valerie Lighthart joins forces with Immortal Girlfriend on “I’ll Be Damned”

Tyler Maas

August 28, 2018

Valerie Lighthart can do it all. The Milwaukee creative works in the fields of film, photography, writing, acting, and modeling. Recently, Lighthart also added "musician" to her already-bursting résumé. Though ...

Here’s the schedule for the third annual Strange Fruit Festival, which begins tomorrow

Matt Wild

August 28, 2018

In the fall of 2016, ever-busy Milwaukee musician Jay Anderson launched the inaugural Strange Fruit Music Festival. Inspired by the then-recent killings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, the fest set out ...

MKE Music Rewind: Decibully, “On The Way To Your Hotel”

Tyler Maas

August 23, 2018

In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit a notable Milwaukee song that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014. I'm a sucker for opening tracks. While most artists typically sl...

Boone Row returns with more music, more mayhem, more walls of death

Matt Wild

August 22, 2018

Harley-Davidson will celebrate its 115th anniversary this Labor Day weekend with oodles of parties, parades, and clearly promoted concerts that absolutely won't feature The Rolling Stones or Bruce Springsteen. ...