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Bare witness to The Blue Mooners’ “Never Meant To Moon You” video

July 11, 2016

// Way back in 2014, we formally introduced you to the informal musical stylings of The Blue Mooners, a side project with a fixation on bare buttocks. Since the release of that self-titled debut, which incl...

Paul McCartney still had something to prove at last night’s Marcus Amphitheater show

Cal Roach

July 9, 2016

// When Paul McCartney came to Miller Park in July of 2013, Milwaukeeans made some silent calculations and determined that this would probably be our last chance to see the Beatle perform. Some 43,000 of us...

Mike D drops the beat (and the ball) at Summerfest DJ gig

Phillip Martinez

July 7, 2016

// For better or worse, expectations play a big part in experiencing live music. When Paris Hilton was scheduled for a DJ set at last year's Summerfest, expectations were low—same with seeing Dead Kennedys ...

Here’s the music lineup for the inaugural Milwaukee Fringe Festival

Matt Wild

July 7, 2016

// On Saturday, August 27 and Sunday, August 28, the inaugural Milwaukee Fringe Festival will throw its hat into the delightfully crowded Milwaukee summer festival ring. The fest will showcase more than 50 ...

Spend 10 minutes with aliens, cops in new Rashita Joneses video

Tyler Maas

July 6, 2016

// After an astounding five releases in 2015 and recently pulling off the inaugural Tasty Fest without a hitch, The Rashita Joneses have earned a break. Instead of easing off, though, the Milwaukee garage r...

Here’s every Milwaukee act playing this year’s Mile Of Music

Tyler Maas

July 6, 2016

// Entering its fourth year, the Cory Chisel-curated Mile Of Music festival is bigger and (arguably) better than ever, with close to 250 acts combining for more than 900 performances at dozens of bars- and ...

Hollywood Vampires channel the dead in tribute-heavy Summerfest set

Phillip Martinez

July 6, 2016

// After a short hiatus for the Fourth of July, Summerfest was back in action on Tuesday night. It was certainly not the most enticing day of artists on this year’s lengthy lineup, but there was one act tha...

Revel in the public domain weirdness of Scrimshaw’s “Town Lazer” video

Matt Wild

July 5, 2016

// There's no other Milwaukee band like Scrimshaw. Hell, there may be no other band anywhere like Scrimshaw. The delightfully weirdo art-rock band has been kicking it for more than a decade now, releasing alb...

The best Milwaukee albums of 2016 (so far)

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 1, 2016

// Believe it or not (we choose not), 2016 is halfway over. Summer may have just begun and winter may seem like a distant nightmare, but the fact remains that the year is currently on the downward slide. It...

Here’s the lineup for the inaugural Synth Fest MKE

Matt Wild

June 30, 2016

// Milwaukee, as you may have heard, is the "City of Festivals." It doesn't take that title lightly. Between June and August the city is absolutely stuffed with events bearing the "fest" suffix, from big-ti...

Public Domain: Ruth B8r Ginsburg performs “Which Side Are You On?”

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 30, 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 ...

Review: Taped Music at JoJo’s Martini Lounge (Summerfest)

Tyler Maas

June 30, 2016

// Wednesday marked the beginning of yet another Summerfest, the 49th iteration of a classic Milwaukee event that has evolved over the years to become what's accurately referred to as "The World's Largest M...

Celebrate the first day of Summerfest with a bunch of videos of “Weird Al” playing Summerfest

Matt Wild

June 29, 2016

// Hey! It's Summerfest! Fun! From June 29-July 3, and July 5-July 10, the 49th annual Big Gig will fill the sprawling Henry Maier Festival Park with hundreds of thousands of attendees, hundreds of musical ...

A guide to Milwaukee acts playing Summerfest

Tyler Maas

June 28, 2016

// Tomorrow marks the start of another Summerfest. Entering its 49th year, "The Big Gig" has long been home to deep fried delicacies, prime people watching, and hundreds upon hundreds of musical acts. While S...

Record Recommended: June 27-July 3

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 28, 2016

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 are our r...

The SummerRest: 13 non-Summerfest show recommendations

Tyler Maas

June 28, 2016

// Summerfest begins tomorrow, bringing more than 700 acts to 10 stages—not even counting those weird side stages near the lake—and an estimated 900,000-plus people through the gates for 11 days of music, a...

Summer Soulstice 2016: A minute-by-minute, soul-searching recap

Matt Wild

June 27, 2016

// This past Saturday, the Summer Soulstice Music Festival celebrated its 16th year on the East Side. This fall, I'll celebrate my 20th. By all living-in-Milwaukee logic (not to mention all good sense), I s...

Exclusive: Suit up for Devil Met Contention’s debut full-length, ‘Fuel The Lights’

Matt Wild

June 27, 2016

// Devil Met Contention cut a distinctive figure in the Milwaukee music scene. Catch them live and it's impossible to miss their impeccably styled suit-and-tie aesthetic, cribbed straight from the dress cod...

Headliner for Burnhearts/Pabst Street Party announced

Tyler Maas

June 26, 2016

// Back in May, we announced the stacked lineup for the 9th Annual Burnhearts/Pabst Street Party, which is taking place on Bay View's Potter Avenue on Saturday, July 2. Well, most of the lineup. Today, Milw...

Direct Hit! mixes opportunity with execution on ‘Wasted Mind’

Tyler Maas

June 23, 2016

// Down Appleton Avenue on Milwaukee's far northwest end sits what appears to be an abandoned building. You'd miss it if you weren't looking for it. You might miss it if you were. Next door is Midpoint Mote...