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John Carpenter will perform music from his films this summer at Pabst Theater

April 4, 2016

// Over the course of five decades (!), master filmmaker John Carpenter has left an indelible and idiosyncratic mark on horror and sci-fi with films like Halloween, Escape From New York, The Thing, Big Trou...

Lucky Cat is closed

Tyler Maas

April 4, 2016

// Within nine months of Cocoon Room's closing and fewer than two months after Borg Ward's abrupt end, Milwaukee is down yet another all-ages venue. Lucky Cat is no more. The Riverwest art space's closing w...

Exclusive: Stream Midwest Death Rattle’s “Feed Them To Each Other”

Tyler Maas

March 31, 2016

// Last month, Midwest Death Rattle broke more than three years of silence (at least in the recorded sense) with a public domain footage-packed lyric video for "Post-Apocalypso," the first single and title ...

Listen to the dreamy/dreary goodness of Genau

Matt Wild

March 31, 2016

// For all its sunny reinvention and chipper boosterism, Milwaukee can be a cold and gloomy place. Maybe that's why so many Brew City bands take inspiration from the dreamy-but-dreary shoegaze sound of the ...

Record Recommended: March 28-April 3

Matt Wild

March 29, 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 "Record Recommended" (patent pending) honor. Here are our...

Direct Hit! signs to Fat Wreck Chords

Tyler Maas

March 29, 2016

// About two weeks ago, Direct Hit! was announced as touring support for NOFX's "Hepatitis Bathtub Tour," which will span 14 shows in nine states this April. Today, the tour mates officially became label ma...

Fudgy preps double album release show with “actual reality” videos, no live music

Matt Wild

March 29, 2016

// When we last checked in with Fudgy, a Milwaukee supergroup (of sorts) featuring members of Crappy Dracula 2 and Scrimshaw, the band that's "barely a band" was releasing a song called "Dispensational Trut...

WebsterX announces “Lost Ones” headlining tour for spring 2016

Matt Wild

March 28, 2016

// Fresh off a string of shows at this year's South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, tireless Milwaukee musician WebsterX has announced a headlining tour for spring 2016. "The Lost Ones" tour will ta...

Tracklist: 12 Milwaukee record labels weathering the storm

Tyler Maas

March 28, 2016

// Tonight, Rush-Mor Records will welcome Lookout! Records co-founder Larry Livermore, who will discuss his new book, How To Ru(i)n A Record Label. The book tracks the origin of Livermore's label, the growt...

Exclusive: Hear Paper Holland make fresh prints on “Jazzy Jeff”

Tyler Maas

March 28, 2016

// If it seems like it's been forever since you've heard a new Paper Holland song, well, that's probably because it's been forever since there's been a new Paper Holland song. The indie-pop outfit's debut a...

Puscifer pushes crude humor, lucha libre wrestling at Riverside Theater

Cal Roach

March 28, 2016

// It's difficult to fathom an enjoyable concert derived solely from the recorded works of Puscifer. Whether or not you're a fan of Maynard James Keenan's voice and/or lyrics, Puscifer albums have trended m...

Vans Warped Tour ’16 lineup is better than last year, still pretty bad

Tyler Maas

March 24, 2016

// Yesterday, when most of the city was navigating the flood of headliners announced for this year's Summerfest, the lineup of another annual Henry Maier Festival Park event was also made public. That's rig...

Times Cinema extends Hayao Miyazaki film series into “Anime April”

Tyler Maas

March 23, 2016

// After Avalon Atmospheric Theater & Lounge's recent Hayao Miyazaki film series—which we called a "slew of stunningly gorgeous, impossibly imaginative, and emotionally complex anime films"—was a resoun...

Here are the 10 most wonderful/ridiculous grounds stage headliners for Summerfest 2016

Matt Wild

March 23, 2016

// Do you like summer? Do you like music? Do you like bands that are both wonderful and ridiculous? Good, because then you'll be over the moon with the just-announced list of grounds stage headliners for Su...

WMSE will release a live Sylvan Esso 7-inch for Record Store Day 2016

Matt Wild

March 22, 2016

// Last year saw beloved Milwaukee indie radio station WMSE throw its hat in the Record Store Day ring with a live Field Report 7-inch—the station's first foray into vinyl. Now, WMSE is gearing up for Recor...

Record Recommended: March 21-27

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 21, 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 "Record Recommended" (patent pending) honor. Here are o...

Pizza! Weed whackers! Outer space!: Enjoy the latest episode of Rock ‘N’ Roller Remote Controller

Tyler Maas

March 18, 2016

// What's better than Rock 'N' Roller Remote Controller? The Milwaukee-made program's endearingly lo-fi production value combined with local music and a dash of punk-tinged campiness has entertained a proud...

Josh Modell discusses his Milwaukee music roots on Vinyl Emergency podcast

Tyler Maas

March 18, 2016

// While he's no longer putting out records, Jim Hanke—ex El Oso, Twinstar—hasn't stopped talking about them. Back in January, Hanke launched Vinyl Emergency, a weekly podcast wherein he and another audioph...

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with “Real Pat McCurdy drinking song or fake Pat McCurdy drinking song?”

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 17, 2016

// Today is St. Patrick's Day, the annual celebration of all things Irish, all things green, and all things WOOO!!! YEEEAAAHHH!!! WOOO!!! Yep, a whole lot of folks are going to be buckling down and getting ...

The Jerks drink away St. Patty’s Day in “Irish Today”

Tyler Maas

March 17, 2016

// If the first true day of March Madness isn't quite enough to get you to call in sick to belly up to your neighborhood bar today, maybe the fact that it's also St. Patrick's Day is enough to do the trick....