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Help the Jazz Gallery “Raise the Roof,” fix its “Dizzy Gillespie leak”

October 25, 2018

The Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts is a unique Milwaukee venue. The all-ages Riverwest space regularly hosts jazz shows (natch), hip-hop shows, noise shows, gallery shows, and more. In an age when the word "c...

Public Domain: PEARS perform “Camptown Races”

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 23, 2018

Milwaukee Record is proud to present Public Domain. The monthly video series features adapting some of the world’s best-known songs in ways they’ve never been heard before. Watch the entire series here. It's...

Burnhearts’ Punk House Kegger to return November 29

Tyler Maas

October 23, 2018

While most Milwaukeeans know Burnhearts for its beloved annual Mitten Fest and Pabst Street Party celebrations or, you know, being on the short list of great local beer bars every day, the Bay View corner tap a...

Telethon roams Bay View in search of instruments in the “Modern Abrasive” video

Tyler Maas

October 23, 2018

Last year, Telethon came out of nowhere to release one of Milwaukee's best albums in the form of the ambitious and all-around excellent The Grand Spontanean: A Tale Told In Five Acts. Though the 30-track, 90-mi...

Get ready for Abby Jeanne’s ‘Music Box Dancer’ release show at Turner Hall with 2 new songs

Tyler Maas

October 22, 2018

With a well-attended four-show “Fire In February” residency this winter, two excellent songs released for WMSE’s annual Record Store Day 7-inch, a flurry of high-profile festival gigs, a well-deserved $20,000 B...

Mariah Carey will play the Miller High Life Theatre March 15

Matt Wild

October 22, 2018

As part of her upcoming Caution World Tour, Mariah Carey will play Milwaukee's Miller High Life Theatre Friday, March 15, 2019. What more do you need to know? Oh yeah: tickets. They range from $49.95 to (gul...

Masked Intruder’s Officer Bradford takes off his uniform (and more) for charity calendar

Tyler Maas

October 22, 2018

When he's not keeping a close and disapproving eye on the miscreants in Masked Intruder or spending time reviewing donuts and interviewing comedians for us, Officer Bradford is encouraging people to have a posi...

Despite Brewers NLCS loss, Ed Sheeran’s manager says Miller Park concert will be postponed

Tyler Maas

October 21, 2018

Last night, the Milwaukee Brewers' unforgettable 2018 season ended at the hands of the Los Angeles Dodgers. We're sorry to bring up Saturday's heartbreaking NLCS Game 7 loss so soon, but we all have to be able ...

Former Milwaukeean Ryan Matteson is making moves in music management

Tyler Maas

October 18, 2018

Even if you don't know who Ryan Matteson is, you're probably familiar with his work. Since leaving his position as Pabst Theater Group's director of public relations, moving to Austin, and ending his Muzzle Of ...

Courtney Barnett is a force to be reckoned with at sold-out Pabst Theater show

Lauren Keene

October 18, 2018

Australian native Courtney Barnett made a stop in Milwaukee Wednesday night, traveling halfway across the world from her hometown of Melbourne to perform in front of a sold-out crowd at the Pabst Theater. The f...

Frank’s Power Plant is NOT closed. Here’s what’s going on (we think)

Matt Wild

October 17, 2018

Tuesday morning, multiple social media posts and subsequent quotes from former employees indicated that venerable Bay View venue/bar Frank's Power Plant had closed. Tuesday night, multiple drinks and subsequ...

MKE Music Rewind: Scowler, “Tell Us, Mr. Sir”

Mike Holloway

October 17, 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. It took a mere 12 seconds of listening to Scowler’s 2013 EP How To ...

Metallica follows simple, winning formula in Fiserv Forum debut

Cal Roach

October 17, 2018

The last bastion of music industry consumerism rolled through the Fiserv Forum on Tuesday night for the first of three consecutive nights of massive concerts at the new arena. Metallica hasn’t released a really...

Frank’s Power Plant is closed

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 16, 2018

UPDATE: A visit to Frank's Power Plant Tuesday night has confirmed that Frank's is not closed. Here's what's going on (we think). Multiple people on social media are reporting that longtime Bay View bar/venu...

Liz Phair makes things girly again at career-spanning Turner Hall show

Cal Roach

October 13, 2018

The '90s were an odd decade. Back then, a young, impressionable person could discover an artist through Rolling Stone and still feel like they were "underground." Such was the case with Liz Phair; her 1993 debu...

There’s finally (finally!) a song about Front Row Amy

Matt Wild

October 11, 2018

If you're not familiar with longtime Milwaukee Brewers superfan "Front Row Amy" (real name Amy Williams), you haven't been paying attention to Brewers baseball—or the internet. She's the woman who's been holdin...

We’re bringing Brendan Kelly to Cactus Club on January 11

Tyler Maas

October 11, 2018

Brendan Kelly is the best. While you certainly know and love the Chicago punk legend and former Slapstick and Broadways member's modern-day work in The Lawrence Arms, The Falcon, and on his hilariously bleak...

Radiograffiti showcase will feature national electronic acts, DIY synth builds, more

Matt Wild

October 11, 2018

For nearly a decade, Milwaukee-based label Radiograffiti has been a glitchy godsend for those who prefer their music electronic, challenging, and outside the mainstream. Headed by electronic musician Tyler St. ...

MKE Music Rewind: Like Like The The The Death: “Holy Ghosty”

Matt Wild

October 11, 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. There are great albums that work as unified wholes, able to be list...

Love And Pain transcend geography to explore the darker side of guitar pop

Sahan Jayasuriya

October 10, 2018

Milwaukee is home to many musicians, engineers, and producers who focus their efforts on working primarily with artists within the city itself. Those seeking to apply their talents to helping artists on a natio...