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Here’s the lineup for the third annual “Nightmare on Center Street” Halloween party

October 4, 2017

Remember that part in the original A Nightmare On Elm Street when Freddy says "I'm your boyfriend now, Nancy," and his tongue slurps out of the telephone? What's the deal with that scene? Nancy isn't sleeping, ...

Hook up with the new NO/NO single, “Take Out,” from the upcoming ‘Twentysomethings’ EP

Matt Wild

October 3, 2017

The evolution of Milwaukee's NO/NO has been a thing to behold. With roots in the lo-fi new wave group The Delphines, the bigger and better NO/NO has quickly morphed into a full-on synth-pop force. That transfor...

Brett Newski trusts no one in animated “I’m Paranoid” video

Matt Wild

October 2, 2017

Here's an understatement to end all understatements: We live in crazy times. Degenerate politics and politicians, the end of "truth" and "facts," and the ever-expanding filmography of James Franco have all beco...

“Is there any real sound?” A conversation with electronic composer Suzanne Ciani

Marielle Allschwang

October 2, 2017

A Life In Waves explores the life and work of electronic music pioneer and composer Suzanne Ciani. It screens Monday, October 2 (Avalon Theater, 9:15 p.m.) as part of the 2017 Milwaukee Film Festival, and twice...

GGOOLLDD will ring in 2018 with a New Year’s Eve show at Turner Hall

Matt Wild

October 2, 2017

Is 2017 over yet? Almost? Good. Will 2018 be any better? Maybe? We'll take it. Anyway, wayward Milwaukee synth-pop outfit GGOOLLDD will be ringing in 2018 at Turner Hall this year, with a New Year's Eve show th...

Public Domain: De La Buena performs “Scarborough Fair”

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 28, 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 ...

Telethon goes long on ambitious, excellent concept album, ‘The Grand Spontanean: A Tale Told In Five Acts’

Tyler Maas

September 27, 2017

If you're anything like we were two weeks ago, you've never heard of Telethon. Evidently, the Milwaukee pop-punk quintet has managed two albums in its relatively brief existence and has stayed squarely under th...

Come to our Local Coverage draft (and Re-Porter beer release) October 9

Tyler Maas

September 26, 2017

We're proud to officially announce that Milwaukee Record's annual Local Coverage concert is returning this winter. Join us at Turner Hall on Friday, January 19 to watch nine Milwaukee acts covering one another ...

We ate Taco John’s with Har Mar Superstar

Tyler Maas

September 25, 2017

Har Mar Superstar is known and loved for a variety of reasons. The soulful Minneapolis singer-songwriter has earned critical acclaim and won awards with his own project, he's written songs for the likes of Jenn...

Twin Brother returns with reinforcements on ‘Alone In Austin’

Tyler Maas

September 21, 2017

Following a fruitful 2014 in which Twin Brother released its emotive coming of age record, Swallow The Anchor, the band that began as a folk trio started to move in a different direction. Amid departures, shift...

Watch Dad walk (and jet-ski) on “Holy Water”

Matt Wild

September 21, 2017

Milwaukee's delightfully named Dad is a man of many personas. In just over a year, the cheeky rapper has released a handful of videos that have depicted him as a Revolutionary War reenactor, a Catholic priest e...

Bo & Airo hits the mark with “4GLDK9$”

Tyler Maas

September 20, 2017

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

Matt Wild

September 20, 2017

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

Tyler Maas

September 19, 2017

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

Cal Roach

September 18, 2017

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

Josh Hoppert

September 15, 2017

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

Tyler Maas

September 14, 2017

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

Cal Roach

September 11, 2017

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”

Tyler Maas

September 8, 2017

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

Matt Wild

September 5, 2017

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...