Music

December 5, 2016

This is how we do it. It's Friday night and I feel alright. The party is here at the BMO Harris Bradley Center. Or at least it will be when Montell Jordan performs at halftime of the December 9 Milwaukee Buck...

Watch boys cry in Tenement’s “Hive Of Hives” music video

December 2, 2016

After a breakout 2015 in which the band released its critically-heralded Predatory Headlights, toured extensively, and garnered Rolling Stone consideration as one of "10 Great Modern Punk Bands," Tenement ear...

Your Radio Milwaukee Music Awards winners are…

December 1, 2016

Last month, 88Nine released the ballot for the 9th annual Radio Milwaukee Music Awards. Following weeks of voting, band campaigning, and DJ deliberation, the listener-supported station held its awards ceremon...

Ladies Rock Milwaukee registration open

December 1, 2016

Since beginning in 2015, Ladies Rock Milwaukee—the winter companion to Girls Rock Milwaukee—has experienced significant growth. Between the inaugural camp and year two, enrollment went from 16 campers to 22, ...

Let True Skool take you back to summer with “Liquid Gold” video

November 30, 2016

Last week we named hip-hop after-school program True Skool the "best Milwaukee group using music to make Milwaukee a better place (Grand Ave. basement)" in our prestigious and highly specific Random awards. "...

Here’s the Riverwest FemFest 2017 lineup, schedule

November 29, 2016

Earlier this month, we announced Riverwest FemFest would be returning for a third year of female-focused philanthropy. The 2017 iteration (January 18-22) will feature more acts performing at more venues over ...

In case you blinked recently, here’s all the shit that’s happening with the Domes this week

November 29, 2016

Back in October, we paid a visit to the Mitchell Park Domes. It was an enjoyable and informative visit, full of Halloween decorations, tropical vistas, and no people. The Domes were so bereft of fellow visito...

Public Domain: Hello Death performs “Just Before The Battle, Mother”

November 28, 2016

Milwaukee Record is proud to present Public Domain. The video series features Milwaukee musicians setting up at Colectivo's new Back Room performance space at its Prospect Avenue cafe to adapt some of the world...

GGOOLLDD gets stranded, slaughtered in “Undercovers” video

November 28, 2016

With visuals like the crisp and pristine studio-shot "Boyz" and the snowy serenity of "Dance Through The Winter" to the band's credit, GGOOLLDD can usually be relied upon to release music videos with the prod...

The Trap Set’s Joe Wong runs down 9 standout Milwaukee drummers

November 25, 2016

Joe Wong knows a thing or two about drumming. Since leaving Milwaukee—where he provided percussion for acts like Akarso and Parts & Labor—for Los Angeles, he started The Trap Set, which has been called “t...

Listen Up! aspires to assist others through entertainment

November 21, 2016

Milwaukee musicians are a generous breed. Recent years have found artists using their talents and passion for specific causes to bring assistance to others through entertainment with grassroots events like Ar...

Daughter treats Turner Hall to one mother of a show

November 20, 2016

Friday night, as the wind whipped through downtown a few hours after darkness and the dipping temperature made autumn's belated arrival officially known to Milwaukee, roughly 600 people braved the elements an...

Cool your (warm) jets to Nineteen Thirteen’s hypnotic ‘The Dream’

November 18, 2016

When we last checked in with Nineteen Thirteen, the drum/cello duo of Victor DeLorenzo (Violent Femmes) and Janet Schiff were teasing a new album, Music For Time Travel, with a tantalizing single called "The ...

Lisa Gatewood honors fallen friend on ‘When It’s The End, You Feel It In Your Bones’

November 15, 2016

In times of uncertainty and confusion, anger and fear, resentment and distrust, few things cut through the din better than a voice and a guitar. In the case of Milwaukee singer-songwriter Lisa Gatewood, that ...

The Randoms 2016: Best Milwaukee group using music to make Milwaukee a better place (Grand Ave. basement)

November 14, 2016

broadstreet.zone(54421); With the city currently in the throes of local awards fever, Milwaukee Record presents The Randoms, a series of highly specific and delightfully arbitrary "best of" awards that do away...

The Randoms 2016: Local musician who could run for, become President of Milwaukee music

November 14, 2016

broadstreet.zone(54421); With the city currently in the throes of local awards fever, Milwaukee Record presents The Randoms, a series of highly specific and delightfully arbitrary "best of" awards that do away...

Red Hot Chili Peppers and Pink are playing Summerfest 2017

November 14, 2016

Winter is just around the corner and we're all going to die, but that isn't stopping Summerfest from announcing some headliners seven months (!) in advance of its big 50th (!!) anniversary. This morning, foll...

NOFX’s Fat Mike discusses election night, makes Trump presidency predictions

Nick Woods

November 11, 2016

Last week, when Milwaukee Record asked if I wanted to interview "Fat Mike" Burkett (pictured far right), frontman and bassist for NOFX, and founder and owner of Fat Wreck Chords—the label that released my own...

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