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

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...

Hear three songs from Ian Olvera’s new project, Daydream Retrievers

Tyler Maas

November 14, 2017

The last time you could hear Ian Olvera's voice on a recording, the Milwaukee singer-guitarist was fronting The Sleepwalkers. Following the release of two songs in early 2015, the band was shelved to allow othe...

Jens Lekman will play The Back Room @ Colectivo February 9

Matt Wild

November 13, 2017

Has it really been 10 years since Jens Lekman played Milwaukee? Unless someone knows otherwise, it appears the Swedish indie darling last played our fair city March 29, 2008 at the Pabst Theater. Sheesh. Well, ...

End 2017 with Abby Jeanne’s “Electric New Year” show

Tyler Maas

November 13, 2017

Name a Milwaukee musician that's had a more productive year than Abby Jeanne. We can wait. Since the outset of 2017, the owner of one of Milwaukee’s—if not Wisconsin’s—best voices released her debut album, s...

Bright Black returns with pitch-black “Zealots”

Matt Wild

November 13, 2017

When we last checked in with Bright Black, the hard rocking Milwaukee band was getting angst-y on its self-titled EP. "Bright Black is an unapologetic statement of purpose from a band paying tribute to its infl...

Watch Guerrilla Ghost’s “Let’s Get Physical” video (with some strings attached)

Tyler Maas

November 9, 2017

You'd be hard-pressed to find a Milwaukee project that's piled more work into 2017's first 10 months than Guerrilla Ghost. Since late April, the experimental hip-hop duo composed of rapper Chuck Jones (who rele...

Axl, Slash, and Guns N’ Roses mine their sleaze-rock past at BMO Harris Bradley Center

Cal Roach

November 8, 2017

During their original superstar phase in the late '80s and early '90s, Guns N' Roses never played Milwaukee, opting instead for the massive amphitheater of Alpine Valley in 1988 and a two-nighter in '91. But Tu...

Kamasi Washington plays jazz for the masses at Turner Hall

Dan Agacki

November 8, 2017

Ruminating on Guns N' Roses' relevance in 2017, I leaned against Turner Hall Tuesday night and watched the masses file into the BMO Harris Bradley Center. As a lifelong GN'R fan, a small piece of my heart float...

We have some updates on tonight’s Halftime Show with Queen Hilma

Tyler Maas

November 6, 2017

Over the course of the entire Packers season, Milwaukee Record has hosted a halftime show. So far, the series (which typically takes place at Cactus Club) has brought out dozens of football fans and local music...

Rocket Paloma chalks one up with cheeky “Critic’s Choice” video

Matt Wild

November 2, 2017

When we last checked in with Rocket Paloma, the solo-act-turned-full-band was releasing a self-titled, four-song debut EP. "The full-bodied, unabashedly rock sound the band so effortlessly channels is light yea...

Lose your head over Soul Low’s “Amputee” video

Matt Wild

November 1, 2017

Soul Low's Cheer Up is one of the great Milwaukee albums of 2017. The record is the perfect distillation of the band's happy-sad aesthetic, with sometimes aggressively upbeat pop tunes masking decidedly melanch...

Public Domain: Buffalo Gospel performs “Short Life Of Trouble”

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 31, 2017

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

They Might Be Giants will play Pabst Theater in March

Matt Wild

October 30, 2017

A They Might Be Giants show is one of the few live shows that requires an explicit "FOR AGES 14+ ONLY" warning. For more than 30 (!) years, Johns Flansburgh and Linnell have effortlessly moved and blurred the l...

Watch SistaStrings golf at Nine Below in latest Cream City Soundcheck

Matt Wild

October 25, 2017

By their own admission, SistaStrings sisters Monique and Chauntee Ross stand out in the Milwaukee music scene. In the latest video from Cream City Soundcheck—a short video series from UWM's doc|UWM program—the ...

Listen to Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers rock the MECCA Arena in 1983

Matt Wild

October 24, 2017

When Tom Petty died earlier this month, it was if the last connective tissue in an increasingly divided America had been finally severed. Oodles of tributes from fans poured in. Oodles of tributes from fellow m...

Brief Candles’ ‘Retreater’ is the fall album Milwaukee needs and deserves

Matt Wild

October 24, 2017

Let's take a moment to recognize the longstanding greatness of Brief Candles. The Milwaukee-by-way-of-Peoria-Illinois shoegaze/dream-pop outfit has been a fixture in town for nearly 15 years, playing an untold ...

Judas Priest rules, man! Judas Priest is playing Riverside Theater April 3, man!

Matt Wild

October 23, 2017

Priest is the best, man! Priest is the best, I'm telling you! Hey, lemme tell you. Rob Halford is the baddest motherfucking singer aroooouuuund! And K.K. Downing, man? That motherfucker can play some guitar! Pr...

Watch Andrew W.K. sing a life-affirming ode to Milwaukee, “I Love Milwaukee, Wisconsin”

Matt Wild

October 21, 2017

Friday night's Andrew W.K. show at The Rave was more than a show. It was a party (of course), but it was also a life-affirming celebration of all that is good and positive in the world, a world that too often s...

Herbie Hancock shows no signs of slowing down at Pabst Theater

Cal Roach

October 21, 2017

One of Earth's most influential musicians played Milwaukee for the first time in ages on Friday night. Jazz aficionados may have been expecting merely an opportunity to cross Herbie Hancock off their bucket lis...

Get to know Law/Less, Milwaukee’s newest punk project

Dan Agacki

October 19, 2017

In a time when seemingly all recorded music is readily available, it’s easy to get lost in the flood of sub-genres and micro-genres. Law/Less are a punk band. Call them street punk, UK82, or whatever half-baked...