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Midnight Reruns’ latest is a ‘Force’ to be reckoned with

October 20, 2015

While the band's unpolished, distorted, and often self-deprecating songs routinely put its name in close proximity to the term "slacker," Midnight Reruns aren't lazy. In fact, they work really hard. Lately, the...

Twin Brother’s “Bury Me Dear” is black, white, and sad all over

Tyler Maas

October 20, 2015

Back in June, Milwaukee folk quintet Twin Brother played an extra special show at Club Garibaldi. Not only was it one of the band's first outings as a five piece and a homecoming for frequent show partner Old E...

Local Coverage tickets are on sale now

Tyler Maas

October 19, 2015

Last Thursday, we announced the date and lineup for our second Local Coverage benefit concert. On Friday, January 15, an eclectic and talented group of 10 Milwaukee bands and rappers will take the stage at Turn...

Tracklist: 15 Milwaukee Halloween shows

Tyler Maas

October 19, 2015

Yeah, we know there's still one weekend sitting between now and Halloween, but with the holiday falling on a Saturday, there seems to be even more awesome concerts, comedy shows, and other entertainment ameniti...

The Fatty Acids use best parts of old footage for “Worst Part” video

Tyler Maas

October 19, 2015

On top of The Fatty Acids' energetic live shows and steady wave of increasingly great records (including Boléro, which we called the third best Milwaukee album of the 2010s last year), the synth-pop outfit is k...

Hello Death and friends go crazy with “Prince Uncovered” for Alverno Presents

Matt Wild

October 19, 2015

If you’re angling to include Prince in the Great American Songbook, situating him alongside such tintype legends as Stephen Foster, you’re eventually going to have to contend with lyrics like “I sincerely want ...

Rx Drugs cure Joe Crockett’s creative ailments

Tyler Maas

October 16, 2015

For more than a decade, Joe Crockett served as the unmistakable voice and bandleader of locally-lauded folk band The Championship. At the tail end of that time, though, the gaps between shows grew wider as Croc...

Milwaukee Record presents Local Coverage 2016

Tyler Maas

October 15, 2015

This past January, Milwaukee Record hosted the inaugural Local Coverage at Club Garibaldi. The benefit found eight different Milwaukee acts across the age, neighborhood, and stylistic board covering one another...

Stream Old Earth’s European single, “Pretty Steep”

Tyler Maas

October 15, 2015

It's been about a year since Oak Creek native Todd Umhoefer, the mad genius behind experimental folk project Old Earth, up and moved, taking his moving and criminally under-appreciated tunes to the artistic enc...

Casual Vocals’ “You Are I Am We Are” video spells it out

Tyler Maas

October 14, 2015

In 2013, Colleen Webb and her husband moved to town from Chicago without knowing anybody “for sheer love of Milwaukee.” Once here, she put more focus on Casual Vocals, her literal bedroom project. After some lo...

Listen to Q The Sun and Milo find their way “On The Way To Something Else”

Matt Wild

October 14, 2015

Music can be an exact science, thoroughly rehearsed and produced, or it can be spontaneous and off-the-cuff. Both approaches have their merits, though the latter often leads to the more unexpected and thrilling...

Maritime explores new territory with Magnetic Bodies/Maps Of Bones

Tyler Maas

October 13, 2015

Typically at this point in a Maritime article, the band is referenced as the new project of two former members of The Promise Ring. Perhaps the writer did their research and realized members of two other semina...

Watch WebsterX go public on PBS’ ’30-Minute Music Hour’

Matt Wild

October 13, 2015

If you’re looking for a Milwaukee artist with big ideas and bigger ambitions, look no further than WebsterX. The last few years have seen the young rapper take the initial momentum of his terrific debut album D...

Listen to The Vitrolum Republic’s ‘For The Lovespun Ramblings And Ghosts In Our Shoes’

Tyler Maas

October 7, 2015

Way back in 2010, Milwaukee gypsy-folk outfit The Vitrolum Republic came onto the scene with the then-trio's debut full-length, For Highbrow Sideshows And Rowboat Serenades, a 14-song introduction rife with emo...

Exclusive: Listen to WebsterX remix and “reslice” Airo Kwil’s “Tangerine Tint”

Matt Wild

October 5, 2015

In a Milwaukee musical landscape currently dotted with singular artists and cross-pollinated projects, it’s still easy to pick out Airo Kwil from the crowd. The outfit is the rapping alter-ego of New Boyz Club ...

Is music journalism “dying at the hands of PR firms”?

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 1, 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 of the ...

Stream Moon Curse’s heavy new song, “Vicious Sky”

Tyler Maas

September 30, 2015

Save for putting out its previously-unreleased single, "Seminary Woods" in early 2014, Moon Curse—far and away one of the city's loudest and most abrasive acts—has been ironically quiet since stomping into loca...

Herman Astro moves on, morphs into Mercy Company

Tyler Maas

September 30, 2015

Just over a year ago, long-running Milwaukee blues-rock quartet Herman Astro announced it was calling it quits after close to eight years together and three releases, including Mean Gene, which they released ju...

Brandi Carlile goes big and gets intimate at stunning Pabst Theater show

Matt Wild

September 30, 2015

Before anything else is said about Brandi Carlile’s sold-out show at Pabst Theater Tuesday night, it should be noted that halfway through the evening the singer-songwriter performed the impossibly gorgeous and ...

Watch children ride, get pummeled by sheep in Dogs In Ecstasy’s “Do Me Ronnie” video

Matt Wild

September 29, 2015

We’re big rodeo fans here at Milwaukee Record, and even bigger “mutton busting” nuts. (Heh.) What’s mutton busting, you ask? Why, only the time-honored tradition of strapping small children to ornery sheep and ...