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Here’s the 2018 MKE Punk Fest lineup

August 22, 2018

Entering its eighth year, MKE Punk Fest as quietly grown from one or two glorified local shows to become a full-fledged festival. Last year, the event made the move from spring to late summer, and will now incl...

C’mon and listen to the new Indonesian Junk EP, ‘Darkness Calling’

Matt Wild

August 21, 2018

Death. Taxes. Another snotty, glammed-up record from Milwaukee's Indonesian Junk. These are the three certainties in life, folks. One is grim, the other grimmer; happily, the third makes the whole thing worthwh...

Lakefront Brewery employees to take the stage at LFB ExtravaBandza 2018

Tyler Maas

August 21, 2018

On top of being one of Milwaukee's first and finest craft breweries, Lakefront Brewery also holds the distinction of employing a ton of local musicians. The brewery's strong musical connection will be celebrate...

Here’s the complete schedule for this week’s Hip-Hop Week MKE

Matt Wild

August 20, 2018

Way back in February, the Milwaukee Common Council unanimously approved the creation of Hip-Hop Week MKE. "Hip-hop has the unique ability to bring communities together and stimulate conversations about relevant...

Get ready for Abby Jeanne’s Cosmic Weekend and hear “Music Box Dancer”

Tyler Maas

August 20, 2018

Last February, Abby Jeanne kicked off a whirlwind 2018—which followed a breakout 2017—with a month-long run of Monday night shows at Company Brewing, which she dubbed "Fire In February." Following that well-att...

Weezer played The Rave, and dammit, it was a great show

Matt Wild

August 18, 2018

What's the deal with Weezer? There was the band's classic 1994 debut ("The Blue Album"), its difficult but eventually beloved 1996 followup (Pinkerton), its belated 2001 return ("The Green Album"), and then...a...

Meet Flat Teeth and hear the title track from the band’s forthcoming ‘Winter House’ EP

Tyler Maas

August 17, 2018

If the name Flat Teeth doesn't mean anything to you, there's a good reason for that. Though the project has been writing and rehearsing in some capacity since 2016, the unknown Milwaukee indie outfit—which feat...

Teetering on pleasant: Tan talks formation, name changes, (lack of) expectations

Tyler Maas

August 17, 2018

What's in a name? To paraphrase The Immortal Bard himself, that which we call a band by any other word would sound as sweet. Saturday night's performance in support of Joan Of Arc will be the debut of a proj...

Get ready for Triple Eye Industries Fest 3, stream the ‘Vinyl Noise Beer Vol. 3’ comp

Tyler Maas

August 15, 2018

Over the course of roughly four years in business, Triple Eye Industries has managed an astounding 35 releases—many of them in vinyl format. From Friday, August 24 through Sunday, August 26, Triple Eye Industri...

“Bands from our genre don’t know Milwaukee has anything going on”: Forced Impact talks straight edge in the Midwest

Dan Agacki

August 14, 2018

Forget what the talking heads in documentaries have been saying for years—real punk is not "in the malls." Punk is still a marginalized part of society. Dig down a little further and you'll find hardcore. From ...

Polka, polka, polka: Second annual Milwaukee Polka Riot coming to Sabbatic September 8

Matt Wild

August 14, 2018

Allow me to introduce myself. Gus Polinski. How are you? Polka King of the Midwest? The Kenosha Kickers? No? That's okay, I thought you might have recognized...anyways. I had a few hits a few years ago, that's ...

King Courteen’s “Simeon The Petrus” video takes it to City Hall

Tyler Maas

August 13, 2018

Back in 2016, we told you about King Courteen, the musical alias of Milwaukee musician and woodworker Michael Gerlach. On top of the beautiful things he builds with his voice, a guitar, and tool, Gerlach also h...

Radiohead’s Thom Yorke will play Riverside Theater December 5

Matt Wild

August 13, 2018

Let's just keep this simple: Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke will play Milwaukee's Riverside Theater Wednesday, December 5. General admission tickets are $55. They go on sale Friday, August 17, at 10 a.m. There w...

MKE Music Rewind: Testa Rosa, “Ollie & Delilah”

Matt Wild

August 9, 2018

In our weekly MKE Music Rewind, we revisit a notable Milwaukee song that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014. Way back when The Beatles were nearing the heights of their early p...

Take a bite out of Devils Teeth’s “Diamond Rio” music video

Tyler Maas

August 8, 2018

When we last spoke with Devils Teeth, the surf-punk project—which features former members of Green Bay stalwarts Paris@2am, Oshkosh's own The Susperios, and Milwaukee mainstays like Tigernite, Liar’s Trial, Whi...

A bar in West Allis is selling pints of “one of the greatest beers ever made” for 50 cents this weekend

Tyler Maas

August 3, 2018

Though not everyone agrees, West Allis has really grown on us. The oft-maligned Milwaukee suburb is an excellent host city for the Wisconsin State Fair. West Allis' mayor—who referenced a Milwaukee Record artic...

Let’s just watch this Milverine music video and call it a week, okay?

Matt Wild

August 3, 2018

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • Ugh, another week. Ugh, summer is winding down. Ugh. Wanna just watch this du...

The National continues to evolve at sold-out Riverside show

Cal Roach

July 31, 2018

Since its inception, The National has lived and died based on the talents and charisma of its lead actor, Matt Berninger. Whether forcing himself to project through his own stage fright or feigning that fear, B...

Mile Of Music and 11 more non-Milwaukee music festivals worth the trip

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 30, 2018

broadstreet.zone(66838); Summer in Milwaukee is the best; summer in the Midwest is even better. Join Milwaukee Record and Miller High Life as we search the city and beyond for the Spirit Of Summer. From Aug...

“It has all been an accumulation and a fucking wild ride”: An interview with Uniform vocalist Michael Berdan

Dan Agacki

July 30, 2018

The underground punk scene can be a fickle beast with rigid puritanical guidelines. Bands are expected to grow organically and slog their way through years of touring before attaining anything approaching succe...