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Don’t call me write: NOFX will sign books at Boswell in November

October 11, 2016

Boswell Book Company can always be counted upon to add a dash of sophistication and charm to Downer Avenue with an impressive selection of literature and engaging discussions with respected authors on a regul...

Public Domain: Dramatic Lovers perform “After You Get What You Want, You Don’t Want It”

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 6, 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...

Dead Horses make leaps and bounds with ‘Cartoon Moon’

Tyler Maas

October 6, 2016

What a difference two years can make. Since putting out Space And Time in October 2014, Dead Horses have experienced a world of changes. Within those two years, the Oshkosh-born project saw two members move t...

GGOOLLDD condoms and 10 other Milwaukee music merch oddities

Tyler Maas

October 3, 2016

broadstreet.zone(32806); This morning, GGOOLLDD debuted a new single and announced they'll be headlining a show at Turner Hall in December, which points to a likely release of another album soon. For a band th...

Bubba Sparxxx is returning to Cudahy on Halloween

Tyler Maas

October 3, 2016

Way back in February, we tipped you to news that Gold Record-selling rapper Bubba Sparxxx would be performing at the unconventional concert confines of Cudahy's own City Lounge on April 30. We then went to th...

Exclusive: Stream Gauss’ shape-shifting EP, ‘Thalweg’

Tyler Maas

September 30, 2016

Milwaukee's Gauss calls itself a punk band. Perhaps that was accurate for a time, but oh boy, have things changed. In 2012, guitarist-singer Eddie Chapman (currently in Cairns), Andy Grygiel (Absolutely), and...

Stream Zed Kenzo’s scathing seasonal single, “Scary Spice”

Tyler Maas

September 29, 2016

Less than two years removed from returning to town, Zecháriah Ruffin has quickly established herself as an inimitable, valued, and oh-so-active figure in Milwaukee hip-hop as Zed Kenzo. Though she's been pili...

Burnhearts’ third annual Three Floyds Punk House Kegger coming December 8

Tyler Maas

September 29, 2016

While most Milwaukeeans know Burnhearts for its beloved annual Mitten Fest and Pabst Street Party celebrations or, you know, being on the short list of great local beer bars every day, the Bay View corner tap...

Watch Maritime’s “Roaming Empire” video, featuring plenty of air guitar and Mark Waldoch

Matt Wild

September 26, 2016

In case you missed it, long-running Milwaukee rock outfit Maritime debuted a video for "Roaming Empire"—a track from 2015's Magnetic Bodies/Maps Of Bones—last week at the Milwaukee Film Festival. Now, Dangerb...

Exclusive: Listen to New Boyz Club’s three-song EP (the first in a trilogy), ‘G l O r Y g L o R y’

Matt Wild

September 26, 2016

Milwaukee's New Boyz Club describes itself as a "glitter folk punk" outfit, but that only hints at the group's expansive sound and its far-flung influences. The eight-piece band, formed in 2014 by upright bas...

Watch Eric Andre mess with Vincent VanGreat at a show in Michigan

Tyler Maas

September 24, 2016

Two weekends ago, Eric Andre Live! came through Milwaukee, and Turner Hall was never quite the same. By show's end, Andre was standing on stage naked, copious bottles of ranch dressing had been emptied on t...

Expire bow out with love, not regret

Sahan Jayasuriya

September 22, 2016

Expire are very likely the most quantifiably successful band to come out of Milwaukee in the last decade. They've toured the world multiple times over, shared the stage with their heroes, and sold enough re...

Wake up and waste another day with Dirty Dancing’s “Don’t Wanna Be Satisfied” video

Matt Wild

September 21, 2016

Does every day feel the same? Do you wake up, eat something, pay some bills, stare at your computer and phone, and maybe work out with your cat? Dirty Dancing can relate. The art-damaged post-punk project o...

Record Recommended: September 19-25

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 20, 2016

Our fat-free, dolphin-safe Milwaukee events calendar is chock-full of things to do, but only a handful of events contained therein are worthy of the lofty honor of "Record Recommended" (patent pending). Her...

Exclusive: Listen to three songs from Sugar Ransom’s bittersweet ‘Hopefiend’

Matt Wild

September 20, 2016

The title of Sugar Ransom's sophomore album, Hopefiend, can be read two ways. One implies something nefarious, a villain who preys on hope and the hopeful. The other is more upbeat, if only slightly, suggesti...

Coo Coo Cal’s ‘Disturbed’ is 15 and local hip-hop is in a great place

Tyler Maas

September 19, 2016

Yesterday marked the 15th anniversary of the release of Coo Coo Cal's Disturbed. The sophomore record by the Milwaukee rapper (a.k.a. Calvin Bellamy) was his one and only release on Tommy Boy Records, just ...

Listen to the new AUTOMatic single, “Talkin Bout Love”

Matt Wild

September 19, 2016

Has it really been four years since AUTOMatic released its last full-length album, Art Imitates Life? Yes, yes it has. Not that the Milwaukee hip-hop duo has been laying low: APRIME and Trellmatic released ...

Watch “We Like,” the new Rusty Pelicans’ video featuring GGOOLLDD’s Margaret Butler

Matt Wild

September 15, 2016

This Saturday, Milwaukee's venerable Rusty Pelicans will take to the stage of Company Brewing and celebrate the release of a new album, Apartment 7. Ahead of the show, the long-running group has unveiled a ...

“Sin Bad Wig” and 20 more punny Milwaukee music mergers

Tyler Maas

September 15, 2016

Saturday night, High Dive will play host to a bill featuring both Sin Bad and Bad Wig. Punny coincidences like this weekend's "Sin Bad Wig" show aren't entirely unheard of in Milwaukee music. Bo Triplex occasio...

Go back to the 18th century in Dad’s video for “17th Century”

Matt Wild

September 15, 2016

Born in the 1970s, hip-hop has become the dominant musical art form of the early 21st century. Fought between the years 1775–1783, the Revolutionary War has become the defining event in the early history of...