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Space Raft eliminates any doubt another holiday is here with “Another Holiday Is Here”

December 7, 2017

Though it's not beginning to look a lot like Christmas in any capacity, it's at the very least starting to feel like it. Temperatures have finally started to dip to normal December levels, the Chicago Bears are...

Sylvan Esso will play two shows at Pabst Theater in July

Matt Wild

December 5, 2017

Can Milwaukee claim Sylvan Esso? If you're a weary internet commenter who gets bent out of shape every time we write about an artist who grew up outside the city limits ("Actually, Juiceboxxx is from Mequon,") ...

Steven Look talks about almost dying, getting back to basics, King Eye & The Squirts

Tyler Maas

December 5, 2017

On Friday night, King Eye & The Squirts will play an album release show at Club Garibaldi. The event is an extra special one for the Milwaukee garage rock quartet because the release of the band's debut rec...

BMO Harris Bradley Center was witness to Katy Perry and the world was okay for a while

Tyler Maas

December 5, 2017

The world is fast becoming a terrible place. Compassion is depleting at an astounding rate, as both economic and political divides widen more with each day of a polarizing presidency. Meanwhile, vital natural r...

Confessions of Non-Binary Fieri, Yokohama’s fourth-place karaoke team

Lauren Keene

November 30, 2017

In the criminally underrated film Mermaids (1990), Bob Hoskins invites the ethereal Cher into his attic and shows her his collection of paintings. When Cher is unimpressed, as Cher would be, he explains: "I sai...

“I’m obsessed with insane people.” Doubletruck explores trashy excess with ‘Honkhonktopia’

Dan Agacki

November 30, 2017

In their brief two year existence, Doubletruck have foregone the traditional process laid out for young bands. Side stepping the demo tape stage, they burst out of the gate in 2015 with a self-titled, 14-song f...

Milwaukee’s (and probably Earth’s) premier Chumbawamba tribute band is calling it quits…again

Tyler Maas

November 29, 2017

In July, Milwaukee Record posted an article entitled "Milwaukee’s (and probably Earth’s) premier Chumbawamba tribute band is calling it quits." The final show mentioned in the post was eventually cancelled, for...

Pabst Theater has added a second “Weird Al” show, so we shouldn’t give up on humanity just yet

Matt Wild

November 29, 2017

UPDATE: Due to overwhelming demand, Pabst Theater has added a second "Weird Al" show, proving not EVERYTHING is horrible and that we shouldn't give up on humanity just yet. This show is scheduled for Monday, Ap...

Public Domain: Queen Hilma performs “Come Josephine In My Flying Machine”

Milwaukee Record Staff

November 29, 2017

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

BLAX’s Adebisi Agoro veers into instrumental, experimental territory as “Armstrong Ransome”

Tyler Maas

November 28, 2017

Since moving back to Milwaukee from New York in 2013, Fresh Cut Collective co-founder Adebisi Agoro—who raps under the stage name BLAX—has worked hard to regain his footing in the hip-hop scene he’d temporarily...

Brat Sounds gets ready for (seizure-inducing) closeup in “Born Loser” video

Matt Wild

November 28, 2017

It's been a minute since we last heard from Milwaukee's Brat Sounds—and an even longer minute since the release of the band's excellent 2015 album Born Loser. So what has former Dinny Bulca singer Scott Cary be...

King Crimson stands the test of time at Riverside Theater

Cal Roach

November 27, 2017

The only thing worse than a drum solo is a pre-written drum solo with an actual title. But what if instead of one drummer, there were three? That's how King Crimson opened Sunday's show at Riverside Theater: "D...

See a band that’s definitely not Antler House play Antler House’s music in the “Thunderbird Country” video

Tyler Maas

November 22, 2017

Compared to last year, in which Antler House released its marvelous and emotional Across The Waves (that easily cracked our Best Milwaukee Albums Of 2016 list) before putting out two music videos, the indie-lea...

On this day in 1995: Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong moons Milwaukee, gets arrested

Matt Wild

November 21, 2017

What is it with Milwaukee and famous arrests for disorderly conduct and indecent exposure? There was the time George Carlin was busted for performing his infamous "Seven Words You Can Never Say On Television" r...

Watch The Quilz crack the code behind “Robot Love”

Matt Wild

November 21, 2017

When we last heard from longtime Milwaukee musician Sage Schwarm, the former Codebreaker member was, well, releasing a "new" Codebreaker song. The song, "When The Lights Go Down," was described as something of ...

Stream: Hayward Williams proves he’s the genuine article on ‘Pretenders’

Tyler Maas

November 20, 2017

With six albums beneath his belt and having logged too much mileage to count through the years on American, European, and Australian tours, Hayward Williams is nothing short of a road-hardened veteran folk musi...

Post Animal (that band with Steve from ‘Stranger Things’ on guitar) is no longer playing at Cactus Club tonight

Tyler Maas

November 18, 2017

Way back in January, an icy Monday night in Milwaukee was livened up with news that Post Animal was playing a show at Cactus Club. Why was that such a big deal? Well, the Chicago-based psych-rock sextet feature...

Let Mike Mangione take you on a song-by-song tour of his latest, ‘But I’ve Seen The Stars’

Tyler Maas

November 16, 2017

Mike Mangione is an enigmatic character. The musician, philosopher, and podcast host piled his life into a van and spent years living and touring in all corners of the country (and beyond). Now back in Milwauke...

Vans Warped Tour will come to Milwaukee for the final time next summer

Tyler Maas

November 16, 2017

In news that's sure to make some of you sad and more of you say, "Oh yeah, I remember Warped Tour," various sources are reporting that 2018 will be the last full iteration of the Vans Warped Tour. Founded by Ke...

Exclusive stream: The Bang Bang crosses into new, improved creative territory with ‘Bridges’

Tyler Maas

November 15, 2017

When we last checked in with The Bang Bang way back in early 2015, the young Milwaukee blues rock outfit was preparing to release its self-titled debut album. Since then, the quartet has become a regular on the...