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Michael Gerlach builds beautiful things as King Courteen

January 7, 2016

// Michael Gerlach builds beautiful things from nothing. As a woodworker, he transforms razed relics from Milwaukee's industrial past into things like furniture and visual art. As King Courteen, the 22-year...

Soul Low’s “OMG STD” music video will stick with you

Tyler Maas

January 7, 2016

// If there's one thing the lovable lads in Soul Low do almost as well as consistently write great, fun, and beyond-their-years songs, it's consistently release great, fun, and beyond-their-budget music vid...

Nick Sanborn’s solo project, Made Of Oak, will play Cactus Club April 8

Matt Wild

January 6, 2016

// Milwaukee expat and former Decibully member Nick Sanborn is one busy fellow. In addition to his current high-profile gig as one-half of Sylvan Esso, Sanborn occasionally records and performs under his lo...

Phylums get caffeinated, animated in “Cold Coffee” video

Tyler Maas

January 6, 2016

// While no stranger to Milwaukee ears in live settings, it took Phylums a remarkably long time to get around to that whole "release a debut LP" thing. After being literally years in the making, the audio o...

Record Recommended: January 4-10

Milwaukee Record Staff

January 6, 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...

Hear Jaill’s new song, “Paint Me Scary”

Tyler Maas

January 5, 2016

// Way back in late 2013, Jaill spent an intense two-week session living and recording at an Austin, Texas studio. After lengthy label uncertainties and vinyl delays, those songs finally saw the light of da...

Keep the holidays alive with Xposed 4Heads’ all-purpose holiday song, “Sing Along Again”

Matt Wild

January 5, 2016

// Having trouble returning to the real world after a seemingly endless and (hopefully) drunken holiday break? Of course you are. Happily, there's a solution: Keep the holidays alive all year long with Xpos...

Watch GGOOLLDD “Dance Through The Winter” in new music video

Tyler Maas

January 4, 2016

// Over the course of the last two months, the synth-pop purveyors in GGOOLLDD put out a brand new EP, surprised Milwaukee with an unannounced 12-inch vinyl release, and filmed a music video. Before tonight...

The Promise Ring will play a December 30 reunion show at Cactus Club

Tyler Maas

December 23, 2015

// For a band whose last release was in 2002 (the same year it broke up), The Promise Ring had a pretty active 2015. Maritime—which features two TPR expats in its ranks—put out its fifth (and arguably best)...

Watch Soul Low cover John The Savage’s “Sinking Ship”

Tyler Maas

December 17, 2015

// Great bands come and go all the time in Milwaukee. As disappointing as it is to watch an established local band call it quits in its prime, it seems as if there's always a new project in position to pick...

The Midwest Beat is radio-ready in “Carol Anne” music video

Tyler Maas

December 16, 2015

// Following an altogether great 2015 in Milwaukee-made music videos, The Midwest Beat—the band who brought you the closing time dancing debauchery of "High Life" and animated Alpine antics of "High Up In T...

Hey! Local Coverage is a month away

Tyler Maas

December 15, 2015

// It's been two months since we announced the lineup of Milwaukee Record's second annual Local Coverage benefit. It's been almost as long since we told you tickets were officially on sale. The radio silenc...

Fatty Acids singer Josh Evert takes to the woods in ‘Not Uninhabited’

Tyler Maas

December 15, 2015

// If you know the name Josh Evert, it's almost assuredly as either the singer-keyboardist of synth-pop stalwarts The Fatty Acids or as the drummer for fuzzed-out Great Lakes surf rock staple Jaill. Recentl...

Surprise! GGOOLLDD put out a record

Tyler Maas

December 14, 2015

// By this point, you've hopefully crossed most the names off your holiday shopping list. Between area retailers offering a heft of great gifts, awesome recent events like Urban Garage Sale and Hover Craft,...

Tigernite sleighs on new holiday track, “Rock N Roll Pizza Party”

Tyler Maas

December 14, 2015

// It's been a hell of a year for Tigernite. The Milwaukee glam-rock quartet put out its self-titled debut, which is earning its fair share of positive attention on year-end lists (ours included). They open...

Listen to the latest and greatest Bleach Athletixx track, “Rotation Of The Earth”

Matt Wild

December 11, 2015

// Back in March, former Young Holidays mastermind Max Holiday began releasing music under his new moniker, Bleach Athletixx. Songs like the druggy and Vice City-channeling “California Future,” the druggy a...

Talking about (and listening to) the best Milwaukee music of 2015

Milwaukee Record Staff

December 10, 2015

// Every Wednesday at noon, Ryan Schleicher, Evan Rytlewski, and Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called The Disclaimer, so named because none ...

The 15 best Milwaukee music videos of 2015

Milwaukee Record Staff

December 9, 2015

// As our recent rundown of the 25 best Milwaukee albums of 2015 showed, a dizzying amount of great music was made and released in our fair city this year. In addition to the continually growing and ever-im...

Malled by bears: A review of the Leonard Bearstein Symphony Orchestra at the Shops of Grand Avenue

Justin Kern

December 8, 2015

// Three facts: 1. Should a sleuth of real bears gather at the center of a mall, people would scatter in terror. 2. No self-respecting human symphony could be denigrated into playing among the clamor of a s...

Exclusive: Stream Hot Coffin’s new single, “Whistle, Hawk & Spit”

Tyler Maas

December 8, 2015

// It’s fitting that within 24 hours of rounding up what we consider to be the 25 best Milwaukee albums of 2015, Milwaukee’s Hot Coffin unveils a song that, if any indication of the caliber of the other sev...