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Locust Street Festival 2017, a minute-by-minute recap

June 12, 2017

For the past four decades, the annual Locust Street Festival of Music and Art has been one of the city's best street fests, celebrating all that is good, right, and drum circle-y in Riverwest. This year's insta...

Stream three songs from Blonder’s outstanding ‘Blender’

Tyler Maas

June 9, 2017

With infrequent shows (many of which take place in basements), limited press, and two unheralded releases since rising from the ashes of Cousins back in 2013, it's possible—if not probable—Blonder slipped under...

Should Milwaukee shows start earlier?

Matt Wild

June 8, 2017

It's a gripe as old as time: local shows—specifically club shows—start too late. Posted show times can sometimes be as late as 10 p.m., and it's all too common for the first band to hold off until 10:30 or late...

Milwaukee and Chicago hip-hop artists team up for Lakeside 4Cast at Summerfest

Matt Wild

June 7, 2017

What's better than the "World's Largest Music Festival"? How about a mini festival within the "World's Largest Music Festival"? On Tuesday, July 4, that's just what will happen when the newly christened Lakesid...

Rio Turbo will open for Corey Feldman & The Angels at Shank Hall, naturally

Matt Wild

June 6, 2017

For those keeping score at home, it's just over three weeks until Summerfest Corey Feldman and his merry band of lingerie-clad Angels descend on Shank Hall. Yes, on Wednesday, June 28, the former Goonie, Lost B...

Here’s the lineup for Summerfest 2017’s Emerging Artists Series

Matt Wild

June 6, 2017

Summerfest's "local stage" has been resting in peace for a few years now, but that doesn't mean Milwaukee talent won't be playing this year's Big Gig. Along with headliners like IshDARR and GGOOLLDD, the Emergi...

Here’s the 2017 Center Street Daze Festival music lineup

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 5, 2017

In 2014, stung by a few years of lousy late-summer/early-fall weather, the organizers of Center Street Daze decided to move their fest up to early August. The new date paid off, and what was once a bittersweet ...

Here’s the Filth Fest V lineup

Tyler Maas

June 5, 2017

Next weekend, the fifth iteration of Filth Fest brings about a convergence of punk mentalities, grass roots music and art, and a self-described “political subversion” that—to quote organizers—"create an inclusi...

Kick the weekend’s ass with new albums from SIN BAD and Heavy Hand

Matt Wild

June 2, 2017

It's Friday. The weekend starts now. Let's get this shit going with new records from SIN BAD and Heavy Hand, shall we? You may remember SIN BAD from their excellent Untitled 2014 Demo, which we included on o...

Tim Schweiger is releasing about 30 free cover songs

Tyler Maas

June 2, 2017

Over the last 15-plus years, Tim Schweiger has crafted a sterling reputation throughout Wisconsin (and beyond) with his on-stage efforts as a member of Yesterday's Kids, The Obsoletes, Blueheels, The Midwest Be...

Public Domain: Tigernite performs “Beautiful Dreamer”

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 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 ...

Beck will play Milwaukee for the first time in forever August 16

Matt Wild

May 30, 2017

Has anyone had a career as varied, as unpredictable, as delightfully baffling as Beck? Bursting on the scene as a stream-of-consciousness slacker messiah with "Loser" (from 1994's Mellow Gold), Beck soon moved ...

Here’s the lineup for this week’s Croc By Croc West

Matt Wild

May 30, 2017

Ever think to yourself, "Gee, I wish Milwaukee had more festivals during the summer"? Of course you haven't, because Milwaukee has approximately 8,000 festivals during the summer. Oops, make that 8,001: This we...

Ravi/Lola expands its psychedelic sound with ‘Shape Up Shoulders’

Matt Wild

May 30, 2017

When we last heard from Ravi/Lola, the whimsical psychedelic outfit was cleaning house, so to speak, with the 20-track II: Ravi's Tramadol. It was a charmingly lo-fi affair, proudly showing its roots as a home-...

Hugh Masterson talks Nashville, new EP, notable collaborators

Joshua Miller

May 30, 2017

A couple of years ago, singer-songwriter Hugh Masterson left Milwaukee with his sights set on Nashville. While his hope that the rest of his former band, the Hustle, would join him there hasn't materialized, Ma...

22 Milwaukee songs for Summer 2017

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 29, 2017

Memorial Day is a time to pause, give thanks to all those who have served our country, and maybe watch a parade or something. It's also a time to celebrate the unofficial beginning of summer. Summer! Is there a...

Here’s the Denim Park Summer ’17 Concert Series lineup

Tyler Maas

May 27, 2017

Though Milwaukee seems to have every weekend covered in terms of entertainment, it's always refreshing to see bands perform in the city's collection of weeknight concerts. Events like Chill On The Hill, Jazz In...

Stream the debut 7-inch from Dramatic Lovers

Tyler Maas

May 25, 2017

Last December, Dramatic Lovers played its first show. Since making its live debut, the supergroup—consisting of current or former members of Decibully, The Promise Ring, and Maritime—has played fewer than five ...

Let’s remember (West Allis native) Liberace by remembering The Haskels’ “Liberace Is Coming”

Matt Wild

May 25, 2017

In the long list of notable entertainers to come out of the Milwaukee area—Gene Wilder, Bob Uecker, Mrs. Garret from The Facts Of Life—piano prodigy Liberace can sometimes get lost in the shuffle. Born in West ...

Jamie Breiwick talks Milwaukee Jazz Vision, Lesser Lakes Trio

Tyler Maas

May 24, 2017

Though Jamie Breiwick does his finest work with a trumpet, the longtime Clamnation member and one third of Lesser Lakes Trio does a great deal to advance Milwaukee jazz with his work behind the scenes. Breiwick...