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Gloss Weekend returns for third year May 17-20, promises “surprise headliner”

April 24, 2018

For the past four years, Gloss Records has been responsible for producing and promoting some of the finest groups and artists Milwaukee has to offer. The small-run vinyl and cassette label has worked with every...

Soda Road sends for “Four White Horses” in lovely, hand-crafted video

Matt Wild

April 24, 2018

There's a resigned wistfulness blowing through Varsity Of Winter, the debut album from Milwaukee's Soda Road. Written by former Sat. Nite Duets member Stephen Strupp during the Polar Vortex of 2014, it's a mela...

Here’s the 2018 River Rhythms lineup

Matt Wild

April 23, 2018

When marketing people talk about "activating space," they're basically describing what events like River Rhythms do every year: make something happen in an area that doesn't usually see a lot of action (in the ...

Public Domain: In Tall Buildings performs “Make Me A Pallet On The Floor”

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 23, 2018

Milwaukee Record is proud to present Public Domain. The monthly video series features musicians setting up at Colectivo Coffee to adapt some of the world’s best-known songs in ways they’ve never been heard befo...

Listen to a song from Population Control’s ‘Schadenfreude’ EP

Tyler Maas

April 23, 2018

Population Control boasts a pedigree of current and former members from such noted noisemakers as Northless, Bad Grades, Uhtcearu, Hammered, Skategoat, Architects Of The Aftermath, and Crosses. Though its assoc...

Show announcements: Chvrches at Riverside Theater, David Cross at Pabst Theater

Matt Wild

April 23, 2018

Do you like shows? Do you like show announcements? If so, you're in luck, because we have two solid ones for Milwaukee this morning. First up is Scottish synth-pop favorites Chvrches, who are set to play the Ri...

Soul Low is haunted by the past in “Bad Set Of Moods” video

Matt Wild

April 20, 2018

We're born, we're young (for a while), we're old (for a while), and we die. It's as simple as that. Actually, the "old" part of that roadmap tends to take up most of our time. And what do we tend to dwell on du...

Prepare for Arte Para Todos 2018 with this 28-track compilation

Tyler Maas

April 20, 2018

Believe it or not, Arte Para Todos begins in less than a week. The fourth annual city-wide benefit for Milwaukee school art programs will bring an awesome mix of about 70 acts showcasing their talents at close ...

Listen to ‘My Life In A Boombox,’ the impressive debut from 16-year-old rapper Shaddye

Tyler Maas

April 19, 2018

Milwaukee hip-hop is experiencing a renaissance. Almost 20 years after Coo Coo Cal put the city on the charts, an undeniable wave of new talent is bringing attention back to Milwaukee. Homegrown rappers like Is...

Here’s the 2018 Skyline Music Series lineup

Tyler Maas

April 19, 2018

This afternoon, COA Youth & Family Centers released the lineup for its Skyline Music Series, which finds musical acts performing under the bandshell at the Selig-Joseph-Folz Amphitheater in Kadish Park each...

Bill Murray and friends bring the classics to life in delightful Riverside Theater show

Matt Wild

April 18, 2018

"This is where people usually walk out." So joked Bill Murray early on in his highly unlikely, utterly unexpected, and thoroughly charming musical stage show with cellist Jan Vogler and friends Tuesday night...

Listen to Nastos’ latest, ‘Inherited Dreams’

Tyler Maas

April 18, 2018

Back in 2016, we introduced you to Nastos. Since then, the side project of Piles bassist Nolan Truttschel released an album and two EPs, recruited a band to accompany him, and put Piles in his rear view mirror ...

VoodooHoney Records will bring the music of Beyoncé to Turner Hall June 1

Matt Wild

April 16, 2018

If the weather put a damper on your plans to check out a group of local musicians reinterpreting the work of an iconic musician this past weekend, fret not: On Friday, June 1, Milwaukee record label VoodooHoney...

10 ways Milwaukee is celebrating Record Store Day 2018

Tyler Maas

April 16, 2018

Love it or hate it, it’s safe to say Record Store Day is here to stay. What started as an honest-to-goodness movement to encourage listeners to get out and support independent music retailers who were suffering...

Here’s the outstanding Washington Park Wednesdays lineup

Tyler Maas

April 16, 2018

While Milwaukee currently looks like some type of arctic hellscape, we're trying to stay positive by remembering summer isn't too far away. We are still doing summer this year, right? Assuming the snow melts in...

B~Free takes on the King of Pop in MJ-UNCOVERED

Matt Wild

April 12, 2018

It's a testament to the long-running popularity of Michael Jackson that B~Free's first exposure to the King of Pop came not from a record or a video, but from a TV miniseries. "When I was little they came ou...

Meet Knaaves and watch the “January” lyric video

Tyler Maas

April 12, 2018

Despite having just four shows to their credit, it hasn't taken Knaaves very long to make a name for themselves in Milwaukee. The metal-leaning hardcore outfit boasts former Enabler bassist Amanda Daniels and m...

Weird Al Week ends with recaps of the two Weird Al shows at Pabst Theater

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 11, 2018

Hey! Welcome to (the end of) Weird Al Week! For a full week, Milwaukee Record filled your feed with fresh, funny, and slightly fanatical Al-related materiel. It all led up to the two Weird Al shows at Pabst The...

Andy Noble will open brick-and-mortar We Buy Records in Riverwest this summer

Catherine Jozwik

April 10, 2018

This summer, Riverwest will be getting a new brick-and-mortar record store that will mainly sell vinyl priced $10 and under. Milwaukee collector Andy Noble, owner of online store We Buy Records, recently ann...

Here’s the setlist from Monday’s ridiculously self-indulgent Weird Al show at Pabst Theater

Matt Wild

April 10, 2018

If there was any doubt that "Weird Al" Yankovic's Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour would be anything other than, well, ridiculously self-indulgent (and amazing), Monday's show at Pabst Theat...