Record Recommended: August 1-7
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Our fat-free, dolphin-safe Milwaukee 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). Here ar...
Stream Soul Low’s sophomore slump-dispelling ‘Nosebleeds’
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Apparently, UNEASY wasn't just some throwaway album title. After entering local music fans' collective conscious with the lauded 2013 debut before most of the band's members could legally drink, Soul Low...
Here’s the 2016 Center Street Daze Festival music lineup
Entering its 19th year, Center Street Daze Festival serves to remind Milwaukee the end of festival season is in sight. Just two months earlier and a few blocks north, Locust Street Festival Of Music And Art uno...
Public Domain: Something To Do performs “Any Little Girl, That’s A Nice Little Girl, Is The Right Little Girl For Me”
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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 th...
Activities Archive unearths lost treasures from Milwaukee’s recent music past
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Zack Pieper and Didier Leplae have been sitting on some music. A lot of music.
Over the course of the last 15 years or so, the two longtime Milwaukee musicians have performed in dozens of local bands ...
Visit The Globe East circa 1996 with Big Mother Gig video, prep for band’s reunion
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For Milwaukee music fans of a certain age and temperament, The Globe East will forever hold a special place in their alcohol-blurred minds, their noise-damaged ears, and their rapidly wilting hearts. The...
Great Job, Milwaukee! We’re the 12th best city for music fans
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Here at Milwaukee Record, we employ a sentient machine known as the Great Job, Milwaukee Bot to keep track of the city's many appearances on dopey online lists, or any time a national publication deigns ...
Record Recommended: July 25-31
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Our fat-free, dolphin-safe Milwaukee 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). Here ar...
Avast! Showoff to shove off as Concert Cruise opener
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If this were pop-punk Jeopardy, "Who is Showoff?" would be a response destined for at least the $800 category. Still, the Illinois-born quartet was once signed to Maverick Records (Madonna's label), the ...
Heavy Leaves start fresh as Yahara with ‘New Year’s Day’
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There are two reasons you probably don't recognize the name Yahara. First, the name is the brand new identifier for an unsung Riverwest folk outfit that used to be called Heavy Leaves. And even as Heavy ...
Prep for Synth Fest MKE with Liquid City Motor’s mood-enhancing ‘Untitled 2’ EP
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Dozens of electronic- and experimental-minded artists will set up shop at Acme Records and Cactus Club this weekend for the inaugural Synth Fest MKE. Among the fest's more well-known acts (Jon Mueller, a...
Tracklist: 14 “& bands” in local music
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It's tough to decide on a band name. Instead of risking potentially calling a project something regrettable (maybe something food-inspired or in honor of a public figure?) that might eventually wind up b...
Premiere: Get pumped with NO/NO’s neon-drenched “Television” video
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Nearly two months after its release, NO/NO's gorgeous Sound And Light continues to surprise. It's an album with surface pleasures aplenty—a glitter-and-gloom dream-pop vibe, insistent synth riffs, endles...
John Carpenter builds wall of sound at Pabst Theater
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The social feeds of anyone that grew up in the '80s were lit up over the weekend by gushing praise for Stranger Things, a Netflix series coated in a thick frosting of nostalgia and references to genre fi...
Drift away to KaneTheRapper’s druggy, Kurt Cobain-laden debut, ‘The Influence’
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If you've been blindly stumbling around Milwaukee's music landscape wondering where to find the most energy, excitement, and ambition, look no further than the city's hip-hop scene. Spearheaded by the li...
Record Recommended: July 18-24
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Our fat-free, dolphin-safe Milwaukee 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). Here ar...
A day-by-day Milwaukee guide to Mile Of Music
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From August 4-7, more than 30 Milwaukee bands, rappers, and solo artists will make the 100-mile trek north on US 41—or I-43, if they want to take the scenic route—to partake in the fourth annual Mile Of ...
Here’s the MishMash Fest 2016 lineup
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One event we failed to mention in our otherwise thorough and exhaustive Summer Festival Guide was MishMash Fest. Since The Fatty Acids unofficially christened the inaugural event with an amp fire back in...
Review: Elvis impersonator at a classic car show in the St. Francis Hardee’s parking lot
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There are a lot of factors that can go into making a show a "can't-miss" event. Perhaps an artist is at the height of his of her popularity or is making an ultra-rare live appearance after years of seclu...
Twin Brother frontman goes it alone (for now) on ‘Solo’
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Save for a rare show here and there, Twin Brother has been in hiding for much of 2016. There are some reasons for that, actually. Not long after the release of 2014's Swallow The Anchor, the emotive folk...