Music

September 12, 2025

What does it mean when a musician releases an eponymous album decades into their career? For Milwaukee music icon Paul Cebar, it apparently means that the album is his best work yet. Cebar's 40-plus-year his...

Garth Brooks adds second Summerfest “kick-off concert,” June 16 at AmFam Amphitheater

September 12, 2025

Blame it all on my roots overwhelming demand, but country superstar Garth Brooks has added a SECOND Summerfest "kick-off" concert to his itinerary. The first show, announced earlier this week, will take place a...

WMSE’s Local/Live: Guerrilla Ghost (2025)

September 10, 2025

WMSE's local and live in-studio showcase, Local/Live, airs Tuesdays 6-7 p.m. You can find past episodes HERE, or on this handy Soundcloud playlist. milwaukeerecord · WMSE's Local/Live, September 9, 2025: G...

Guerrilla Ghost channels The Clash on ‘The Future Is Unwritten’ covers EP

September 9, 2025

Back in July, industrial hip-hop duo Guerrilla Ghost dialed its outrage up to 11 with the release of The Fool, the group's latest batch of politically-pointed compositions. No doubt re-energized following a "se...

Milwaukee Record Recommended Events: September 8-14, 2025

September 8, 2025

broadstreet.zone(152022); Milwaukee is chock full of things to do, but only a handful of Milwaukee events are worthy of the lofty honor of "Record Recommended" (patent pending). Here are our recommendations—br...

Feel the “Pressure” to listen to the lead single from Poison Hand’s debut album

September 8, 2025

If you're aware of Milwaukee's punk scene, there's a good chance you recognize some of the members of Poison Hand you see in the above image from their work in many of the city's finest punk, pop-punk, post-pun...

Garth Brooks will headline Summerfest “kick-off concert” June 17 at AmFam Amphitheater

September 8, 2025

We'll keep it short and sweet: Garth Brooks will headline a Summerfest "kick-off concert" June 17 at American Family Insurance Amphitheater. That's one day before the official start of Summerfest 2026, which wi...

The social network: New records out today from Social Cig, Socially Suspect

September 5, 2025

Sometimes the stars align. Sometimes multiple things happen at once. Sometimes Milwaukee has a lot of currently active "bees" bands for some reason. (Collections Of Colonies Of Bees, Vile Bees, The Last Bees.) ...

R.A.P. Ferreira is auctioning off one record a day for the rest of the year

September 4, 2025

As is the case with most forms of art here in the year 2025, music is currently in a strange and difficult place. Thanks—or no thanks—to the prevalence of streaming services that only pay fractions of a fractio...

WMSE’s Local/Live: The Hallelujah Ward (Live from Anodyne)

September 3, 2025

WMSE's local and live in-studio showcase, Local/Live, airs Tuesdays 6-7 p.m. You can find past episodes HERE, or on this handy Soundcloud playlist. milwaukeerecord · WMSE's Local/Live, September 2, 2025: T...

Here’s the story behind the name of the new Whitefish Bay music and cultural venue, The Argo, and that’s it

September 3, 2025

According to a press release, the name of The Argo (opening later this year in the former Fox Bay Theater in Whitefish Bay) is "a tribute to a hand-built family boat called the R-GO that carried generations acr...

Nick Amadeus goes country on “Save Our Soul”

September 2, 2025

Back in May, we spoke to Delta Routine frontman Nick Amadeus about a series of 20th anniversary shows for the beloved Milwaukee band, and about the group's plans for the future. "Honestly, this feels more like ...

It’s WMSE’s Halloween dance party, “Radio Dead Time,” October 30 at Anodyne. Who could ask for more?

September 2, 2025

All dressed up with nowhere to go? Walking with a dead man over your shoulder? If you find these two things to be true on Halloween Eve, then don't run away—attend WMSE's Halloween dance party, "Radio Dead Time...

Milwaukee Record Recommended Events: September 1-7, 2025

September 1, 2025

broadstreet.zone(152022); Milwaukee is chock full of things to do, but only a handful of Milwaukee events are worthy of the lofty honor of "Record Recommended" (patent pending). Here are our recommendations—br...

Milwaukee Music Roundup: August 2025

August 31, 2025

broadstreet.zone(159870); Looking for new music? Looking for new Milwaukee music? Then look no further than our monthly Milwaukee Music Roundup! LPs AND EPs OF NOTE 5pm To Nowhere - City Of Light, Act II ...

Here’s the excellent music lineup for Third Space Brewing’s 9th Anniversary Party

August 29, 2025

With a statewide presence on draft lines and store shelves, oodles of acclaim and brewing awards, and as the host of some of the city’s best beer events, it feels like Third Space Brewing has been around far lo...

DJ GEMINI GILLY spins beats and spreads Black joy

Abbey Osborn

August 28, 2025

Alice Gilliam, better known as DJ GEMINI GILLY, sees DJing as more than getting people to dance. Blending her background in social work with her love for music, she creates events that emphasize community and c...

WMSE’s Local/Live: Modern Tigers

August 27, 2025

WMSE's local and live in-studio showcase, Local/Live, airs Tuesdays 6-7 p.m. You can find past episodes HERE, or on this handy Soundcloud playlist. milwaukeerecord · WMSE's Local/Live, August 26, 2025: Mod...

Here’s the lineup for Bay View Bash’s “Hoan Thugs” DJ Stage