Music

November 30, 2025

broadstreet.zone(159870); Looking for new music? Looking for new Milwaukee music? Then look no further than our monthly Milwaukee Music Roundup! LPs AND EPs OF NOTE AZTHMA - Earborne Earborne by AZTHMA ...

Warm up with The Steph Lippert Project’s gorgeous new single, “Here Again”

November 26, 2025

Since its formation in 2021, The Steph Lippert Project has been a Milwaukee music mainstay, playing shows all around the city on a regular basis and being a fixture on local festival lineups. As prolific as the...

WMSE’s Local/Live: Sludge Hawking

November 26, 2025

WMSE's local and live in-studio showcase, Local/Live, airs Tuesdays 6-7 p.m. You can find past episodes HERE, or on this handy Soundcloud playlist. milwaukeerecord · WMSE's Local/Live, November 25, 2025: S...

Ryan Necci talks new Buffalo Gospel album, long distance songwriting, 2026 plans

November 25, 2025

Even though Ryan Necci—the founding member, bandleader, and namesake of Ryan Necci And The Buffalo Gospel—now calls Tennessee home, we’ve continued keeping tabs on him since he left Milwaukee to start a career ...

Nicholas Elert begins a new chapter of ‘Speculative Fiction’ with Phase Machines

November 24, 2025

Beyond being a guitar virtuoso who brought projects like Northless and Bad Grades to the next level, a skilled composer who has provided the score to a variety of film projects, and a sound engineer who has pro...

Milwaukee Record Recommended Events: November 24-30, 2025

November 24, 2025

Milwaukee is chock full of things to do, but only a handful of Milwaukee events are worthy of the lofty honor of "Record Recommended" (patent pending). Here are our recommendations for November 24-30, 2025. MO...

Wire & Nail pay tribute to Just Art’s Saloon owner with new single, “Too Drunk”

November 21, 2025

On August 14, 2025, Milwaukee lost a legend when Art Guenther died at the age of 80. The owner and namesake of Just Art's Saloon was nothing short of a fixture in Walker’s Point for much of his life. To quote o...

Talking new Milwaukee music with WUWM’s Lake Effect (November 2025)

November 20, 2025

Once a month, Milwaukee Record's Matt Wild sits down with WUWM's Lake Effect and discusses some of his favorite new Milwaukee records and songs. Listen to the latest installment HERE. This month, Matt enj...

WMSE’s Local/Live: IfIHadAHiFi

November 19, 2025

WMSE's local and live in-studio showcase, Local/Live, airs Tuesdays 6-7 p.m. You can find past episodes HERE, or on this handy Soundcloud playlist. milwaukeerecord · WMSE's Local/Live, November 18, 2025: I...

Milwaukee Metal Monthly: Behind the camera with Aaron Miller, in the bowl with Jeff Gozdowiak

Steve Lampiris

November 18, 2025

Welcome back to Milwaukee Metal Monthly, the aggressively alliterative column where I discuss our city’s metal scene. The two interviewees this month have been on my list of potentials since September while I w...

Red Quean knows what hunger is on delectable “Sugar & Violence”

November 18, 2025

One of the highlights of Milwaukee's Halloween season was WMSE's "Radio Dead Time." The free show and costume/dance party at Anodyne on Bruce featured music from Seances, El Sebas, and Red Quean. It was a blast...

“Weird Al” Yankovic will bring “Bigger & Weirder” tour to Fiserv Forum October 17

November 17, 2025

It's been more than three years since Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic graced a Milwaukee stage and delighted fans with his beloved parody (and original!) songs about food, the internet, Star Wars, and the be...

Milwaukee Record Recommended Events: November 17-23, 2025

November 17, 2025

Milwaukee is chock full of things to do, but only a handful of Milwaukee events are worthy of the lofty honor of "Record Recommended" (patent pending). Here are our recommendations for November 17-23, 2025. MO...

Queen Quail talks Milwaukee origin, life in Berlin, debut EP

November 17, 2025

Last month, we introduced you to Queen Quail, the musical moniker of Berlin, Germany (by way of Milwaukee) artist Kirstin Edwards, when we wrote about the latest single (and accompanying music video) from her f...

Muse will headline Summerfest July 2, 2026

November 17, 2025

Summerfest 2026 is a distant seven months away, but there are already plenty of announced headliners to get excited about. Garth Brooks! Ed Sheeran! Post Malone! A TikTok guy! This guy! On sale now! Get read...

Dance like no one in Vivarium is watching in CoCoBees’ “You Can Go Again” video

November 14, 2025

We're rapidly approaching end-of-year lists season, and it's very, very safe to say that Collections Of Colonies Of Bees' 2025 album Celebrities will be all over our best/favorite Milwaukee music lists. It's a ...

Trolley finds bursts of color amidst ‘A Carnival Of Grey & White’

November 13, 2025

"Consider it a total write-off / To contemplate a total loss / Well maybe we should start all over again." So sings Trolley singer-guitarist-producer Mike Perotto on the opening title track of the band's new...

Whether at a Bucks game or the Art Museum, DJ AKStan is a house connoisseur

Lily Mihelich

November 12, 2025

DJ AKStan has trusted the unknown in the pursuit of sharing good music. In turn, she has reaped a whirlwind of gigs in the heart of Milwaukee. Meet Addyson Stansel, known under her DJ name DJ AKStan. With th...

WMSE’s Local/Live: Ladybird (2025)