Liar’s Trial get dark on new album
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On Friday, outlaw country combo Liar's Trial will celebrate an album release three years in the making, as Songs About Mama, Trains, Trucks, Prison & Gettin' Drunk finally sees the light of day after...
Exclusive: Stream WORK’s new LP, ‘Doing The Lords’
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WORK is a tough band to pin down. With toes dipped in the divergent waters of punk, folk, and even on the surface country, the trio manages to subtly nod to a wide breadth of acts that range from Lucero ...
Jason Isbell soars, celebrates at sold-out Pabst Theater
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Jason Isbell has been through a lot since his first few solo outings at Milwaukee's Shank Hall nearly a decade ago. After being kicked out of the seminal alt-country band Drive-By Truckers—allegedly due ...
Listen to the glorious debut single from Milwaukee’s Pharo
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When he's not drumming for shimmering electro-pop juggernaut GGOOLLDD, Mark Stewart is busy making music of his own. What kind of music, you ask? Well, under his newly minted moniker Pharo, Stewart has j...
WC Tank duels with the devil in “27th And National” music video
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Between his directorial work on Busdriver, milo, and adoptahighway projects (among others), Milwaukee filmmaker Wes Tank can be routinely relied upon to put out some of the most innovative and visually s...
Lizzo brings the party (and a message) to Turner Hall
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The Brew City has seen a lot of Lizzo over the past year or so. The Minneapolis-based rapper (no, she's not on Rhymesayers, and no, she's not in Doomtree) impressed attendees as the unorthodox opening ac...
The Borg Ward is closed
Late Thursday evening, the Borg Ward—Milwaukee's venerable all-ages club located at 823 W. National Ave. in Walker's Point—announced it was closed, effective immediately. In a letter posted to Facebook, org...
SNYD’s new mixtape pays tribute to Kobe Bryant
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On Monday, February 22, the Milwaukee Bucks will host the Los Angeles Lakers. Though a 22-32 team hosting an 11-44 team doesn't exactly have the makings of a meaningful game, the Bradley Center will be p...
Straight Outta Company Brewing: Jordan Lee previews Dre Day MKE
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Today marks the 51st birthday of Andre Young, who is better known throughout the world as Dr. Dre. The rap icon's influential career spans parts of four decades. Along the way, he's sold millions of albu...
Soul Low opens up, unplugs, looks ahead before rare acoustic show
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Soul Low is in a strange place right now. Following its biggest year to date, the band currently looms in a self-described "vinyl purgatory" that finds it sitting on new material and staying relatively q...
Weird! Bubba Sparxxx will perform at City Lounge in Cudahy on April 30
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Today in the "suburban bars booking past-prime rappers" beat comes news that the crown jewel of East Layton Avenue late-night, City Lounge, has landed a show with a formerly formidable "country rap" fore...
Godspeed You! Black Emperor ascends, evolves at Turner Hall
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Milwaukee has been spoiled on the post-rock front thus far in 2016. Three weeks ago, Mad Planet somehow landed a Tortoise performance—only the band's second live date following the release of its first n...
WAMI People’s Choice ballot is open
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That time of year is upon us again. Roughly a year after doling out hardware to deserving winners like PHOX, GGOOLLDD, Field Report, and WebsterX, as well as questionable winners like Vic Ferrari, "Live ...
Rio Turbo and Dashcam remix “20/20” for Valentine’s Day
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Happy Valentine's Day, Milwaukee! Hopefully you spent the weekend cuddled up close to that special someone. If Cupid's arrow missed you this year, cheer up knowing Milwaukee party-pop purveyor Rio Turbo ...
Exclusive: Stream the new Brat Sounds EP, ‘Gatorade’
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Following a solid self-titled debut put out under the name Brat Sounds in late 2014, former Dinny Bulca singer Scott Cary's new project really started to hit its stride last September with the release of...
Midwest Death Rattle returns with “Post-Apocalypso” lyric video
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Back in December, we compiled a list of Milwaukee bands making albums we were excited to hear in 2016. Though our WordPress theme apparently ate that post for some reason, we assure you that Midwest Deat...
The Fatty Acids’ Derek De Vinney goes it alone as Lingerer
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After being at or at least near the forefront of Milwaukee's music scene since 2010's Stop Berries, Berries And Berries, Berries, The Fatty Acids have experienced some changes. Once relied upon to play a...
Latest “Unintimidated” song enters the mind of Scott Walker, is awesome
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Back in July 2015, IfIHadAHiFi and Body Futures drummer (and occasional Milwaukee Record contributor) DJ Hostettler announced the formation of "Unintimidated: Wisconsin Musicians Against Scott Walker," a...
Queen Tut’s dominion extends to Mitten Fest
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If you're among the nearly 7,000 people who have checked either "interested" or "going" on the Facebook event for Saturday's day-long Burnhearts Mitten Fest, it's possible you've looked upon the name Que...
Exclusive: Stream the self-titled Indonesian Junk album that’s going ’round
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Genre labels can be maddening for musicians and listeners alike, offering little to no indication of what an artist actually sounds like. (Honk if the words "post-punk" always leave you with a blank stare....