Music

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...

Cast your vote for the 2016 Radio Milwaukee Music Awards

November 11, 2016

Awards season is in full swing in Milwaukee. Some media outlets have already named their winners, while others recently announced the nominees for their Whole Foods- and vape shop-heavy ballots. Shit, we're e...

AUTOMatic goes the distance on the excellent, irresistible ‘Marathon’

November 10, 2016

By design or fate, AUTOMatic has always been interested in the long game. The emcee/producer duo of APRIME and Trellmatic has been a fixture of Milwaukee hip-hop since 2007, releasing three full-length albums...

Joe Wong will return to Milwaukee November 26 for The Trap Set Live

November 7, 2016

If you haven't listened to The Trap Set yet, you're really missing out. The weekly show hosted by former Milwaukeean and Akarso drummer Joe Wong calls itself "the world's most popular podcast and terrestrial ...

“This feels like something with longevity”: Close Up of the Serene, Precognition celebrate one-year anniversary

November 4, 2016

Max Holiday has a hard time standing still. Since moving to Milwaukee from Appleton in 2010, Holiday has self-recorded a handful of lo-fi garage-pop songs as Young Holidays, created a band around that name, d...

Riverwest FemFest to return bigger and better in 2017

November 1, 2016

Back in January, the second annual Riverwest FemFest brought more than 50 acts to four venues in as many days. Beyond being a great celebration of the outstanding and important things women are doing in Milwa...

Want Lady Lamb to play a show in your living room, Milwaukee?

November 1, 2016

In 2015, five-foot powerhouse Lady Lamb delighted close to 200 Milwaukeeans in a mid-summer outing at Turner Hall, which she (Aly Spaltro) called “one of three favorite places to play” in the world. At show'...

Public Domain: Painted Caves perform “Nobody Knows The Trouble I’ve Seen”