WMSE’s Local/Live: Best of 2025
WMSE's local and live in-studio showcase, Local/Live, airs Tuesdays 6-7 p.m. You can find past episodes HERE, or on this handy Soundcloud playlist.
milwaukeerecord · WMSE's Local/Live, December 30, 2025: B...
R.I.P. William Bush of Immortal Girlfriend, Black Challenger
The Milwaukee music scene is a lesser place with the passing of William "Will" Bush. Along with his younger brother Kevin, Will performed in the impossibly cool synth-wave project Immortal Girlfriend. As a solo...
Milwaukee Record Recommended Events: December 29, 2025 – January 4, 2026
Milwaukee is chock full of things to do, but only a handful of Milwaukee events are worthy of the lofty honor of "Record Recommended" (patent pending). Here are our recommendations for December 29, 2025 - Janua...
Celebrate a “Blue Collar Christmas” with HOSTS
After finally popping up on our radar in 2023—almost a decade removed from the band's formation—and winding up earning inclusion on our favorite Milwaukee music list that same year, we've made sure to do a bett...
Milwaukee Record Recommended Events: December 22-28, 2025
Milwaukee is chock full of things to do, but only a handful of Milwaukee events are worthy of the lofty honor of "Record Recommended" (patent pending). Here are our recommendations for December 22-28, 2025.
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Here’s the date of the 2026 Locust Street Festival, and that’s it
Sunday, May 31, 2026
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WMSE’s Local/Live: Social Cig
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Let’s remember some former Milwaukee music venues
This article is NOT in any way intended to be a complete list of every former Milwaukee (and suburban Milwaukee) music venue that has ever existed. It's honestly just a list of some places that came to mind. Co...
BLAX dives into dreams in “Oneirology” video, preps new album and tour
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Milwaukee Record Recommended Events: December 15-21, 2025
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Spotify, Liz Pelly’s ‘Mood Machine,’ and human connection as algorithm antidote
I was sitting at the Anodyne in Bay View one afternoon this past summer when a song caught my attention. It was a cover of a song I’d grown up listening to. I hit the song search button on my phone and got a re...
Stuff your stocking with a new video for Fuzzysurf’s power pop holiday banger
It's been quite a year for Fuzzysurf. Following a self-imposed two-year hiatus, the accomplished Milwaukee indie rock outfit released its sprawling and genre-hopping Chameleons double LP (one of our favorite lo...
Jelly Roll will headline Summerfest on July 4
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Brave You preps for new EP with “HYENAS” music video
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Girls Rock MKE will change name to Let’s Get Loud MKE in 2027
Since 2013, Girls Rock MKE has, in its own words, "empowered young people and adults of underrepresented gender identities through music, creativity, friendship, and performance." Weeklong music camps for kids ...
Talking new Milwaukee music with WUWM’s Lake Effect (December 2025)
Once a month, Milwaukee Record's Matt Wild sits down with WUWM's Lake Effect and discusses some of his favorite new Milwaukee records and songs.
Listen to the latest installment HERE.
This month, Matt dig...