Bo & Airo hits the mark with “4GLDK9$”
When we last wrote about Bo & Airo, we were introducing you to the dynamic hip-hop duo consisting of bass prince Bo Triplex (Bo Triplex And His Beautiful Band, New Age Narcissism) and drummer/rapper Airo Kw...
See ex-Sheriff Clarke, Brother Ron, more in Dirty Dancing’s trippy “When We First Met” video
When we last checked in with art-damaged post-rock act Dirty Dancing, frontman Eric Schoen was bemoaning the drudgery of modern life and using his cat as a workout tool in the video for "Don't Wanna Be Satisfie...
Come to (or sign up to be a vendor at) our Broken Up Band Bazaar
Way back in April, Milwaukee Record decided to help raise funds for Arte Para Todos by throwing our first "Broken Up Band Bazaar" event. For a few hours on a spring Saturday, dozens of people came out to Black ...
Dead Cross and Secret Chiefs 3 bring hardcore, shared history to Turner Hall
If you're like a lot of Twin Peaks fans, you spent months out of this year in breathless anticipation of the return of FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper, who was right there in front of your eyes yet also not there...
Chris Thile and Brad Mehldau bring fun and feelings to the Wilson Center
Thursday night, ahead of an appearance by Chris Thile and Brad Mehldau at the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts, the center's Grand Hall was packed for pre-show drinks and a pre-show performance by The OK...
Jay Som kind of wonderful in The Back Room @ Colectivo
Wednesday night, thousands of indie rock enthusiasts flocked to Pabst Theater to take in a sold-out performance by stage veterans, Spoon. Meanwhile, a couple hundred people converged in the comparably more cozy...
Yes (or one version of Yes, at least) plays to the diehards at Riverside Theater
Yes fans are in a rare but not unheard-of predicament that chiefly plagues the aging prog-rock community: There are currently two touring versions of Yes. The seminal English outfit has been in existence in one...
Former Blessed Feathers member Donivan Berube goes it alone on “Love Is A Dog From Hell”
Donivan Berube's life has been turned upside down. Since the summer of 2016, the nomadic singer-songwriter, who accounted for half of Blessed Feathers, saw his marriage fall apart and, as a direct result, his b...
Flavor Flav will be hanging out at a Lake Geneva pizza joint September 7-9
For reasons both delightful and unexplained, Public Enemy are no strangers to Wisconsin. From playing Summerfest to playing family reunions in Wauwatosa, the seminal hip-hop group can't seem to get enough of ou...
Avoid analysis this season with the “Milwaukee Record Halftime Show” concert series
Football is back! As the green and gold prepare for another season on the field, fans are beginning to formulate their game day viewing plans. It's no secret that Milwaukee has no shortage of great places to ba...
So long, summer: 23 Milwaukee songs for the end of Summer 2017
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It's Labor Day, and, like you (hopefully), we're taking the day off. We're solemnly honoring the progress and sacrifices of the American labor movement, of course, but we're also shedd...
Hear Abby Jeanne’s new out of this world single, “Cosmic Beings”
With exactly four months left, it's safe to say 2017 is Abby Jeanne's year. Between New Year's Day and the end of August, the owner of one of Milwaukee's—if not Wisconsin's—best voices released her debut album,...
Help Christopher Gilbert replace his stolen band gear
If you've spent any time in or around the Milwaukee music scene, you've likely run into Christopher Gilbert. The sharply dressed musician/dancer/choreographer/New Age Narcissism member is hard to miss, both on ...
Hear Community Centaur’s cover of Radiohead’s “Idioteque”
Though our monthly music video series and our annual benefit concert might suggest otherwise, we aren't exactly the biggest fans of cover songs. Still, there's something to be said for an artist deconstructing ...
Public Domain: Abby Jeanne performs “A Good Man Is Hard To Find”
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 ...
Rose Of The West puts the petal to the metal after slow, calculated start
Rose Of The West played its first show as a full band less than five months ago. Though that fact suggests the dream-pop project that features current and former members of GGOOLLDD, Group Of The Altos, Canopie...
WebsterX keeps 2017 going strong with new single, “Everfeel”
It's been less than six months since WebsterX made a bid for "Milwaukee album of the year" with the release of his long-awaited debut album Daymares. Now, following a Summerfest appearance and a full New Age Na...
Yung Zucchini performed at a zucchini festival in California last weekend and loved every moment of it
When Milwaukee-born (and now Chicago-based) comic Sammy Arechar isn't on stage making audiences laugh, he's on stage making people dance with his DJ alter ego, Yung Zucchini. The DJ project performs somewhat re...
New Pavement Records founders juggle rap, metal, jazz, senior year of high school
Milwaukee-based record label New Pavement Records is owned and run by Nate Ruvin, JJ Agara. It was founded because Ruvin, the de facto spokesman for NPR, was "sick of waiting to get signed to a label."
In ju...
Take a guided tour through Europe with Space Raft’s “Vacation” music video
Late last year, Space Raft embarked on a lengthy European tour in support of the band's extraordinary 2016 record, Rubicon. Over the course of three weeks in November and December, the rock quartet played a flu...