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Maritime explores new territory with Magnetic Bodies/Maps Of Bones

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 ...

I crashed a family reunion in Wauwatosa and Public Enemy was playing there for some reason

Corey Baumann

September 28, 2015

Social media can be a man’s best friend. Saturday night I had gotten home from work, ate take out, and planned on watching Wet Hot American Summer. It was going to be a pretty uneventful night. That all chan...

Tracklist: 13 Milwaukee-made songs used in feature films

Tyler Maas

September 28, 2015

// Movies and music have an important relationship. If used correctly, a film’s score can carry a cinematic work to higher artistic ground and capture viewer’s attention. Other times, a film’s aural accompani...

Exclusive: Stream “DOMINION” off Queen Tut’s ‘Psychedelic Traphouse’

Tyler Maas

September 25, 2015

To this point, Milwaukee rapper Queen Tut's work has been mostly relegated to featured roles on tracks by artists like Lex Allen and AR Wesley, or buried below a heft of other local hip-hop talents on show line...

Zebras complete doom-metal transformation on ‘The City Of Sun’

Cal Roach

September 22, 2015

// There’s a virtually unavoidable trajectory for punk and metal bands: start out as noisy and abrasive as possible and get increasingly melodic and mellow as you age and/or learn to write catchy songs. Zebra...

Why Milwaukee could, should (but probably won’t) host Riot Fest

Tyler Maas

September 18, 2015

// Last weekend, Chicago hosted its 11th iteration of Riot Fest. The annual festival, which was founded in the Windy City, started as a punk-, ska-, and hardcore-focused affair that bounced around exclusively...

Jade Tree is reissuing The Promise Ring’s Nothing Feels Good on vinyl, cassette

Tyler Maas

September 16, 2015

Earlier this week, we chronicled 15 notable reunions in Milwaukee music. Of those, none were more meaningful than the return of emo kingpins The Promise Ring, who remain one of emo's most important acts and arg...

10 years of Global Union: The trials (and triumphs) of bringing the world to Milwaukee

Matt Wild

September 15, 2015

// It was 2008, outdoors at Humboldt Park, and storm clouds were threatening to put a serious damper on Alverno Presents’ annual world music festival, Global Union. Malian singer and guitarist Vieux Farka Tou...

Here’s who will play Comet Cafe’s 20th Anniversary Block Party

Tyler Maas

September 15, 2015

// Comet Cafe is nothing short of a Milwaukee institution. Beyond being a southeastern Wisconsin dining staple, a place where Guy Fieri was filmed face-fucking himself with a meatloaf sandwich, and an establi...

Tracklist: 15 notable reunions in Milwaukee music

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 14, 2015

// Tonight, Milwaukee will play host to a reunion show of sorts when Desaparecidos comes to Turner Hall. Probably better known as “Conor Oberst’s old band,” the Omaha act disbanded in 2002 when the frontman s...

Blackbird’s “From The Stage To The Booth” DJ series returns

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 11, 2015

Blackbird is an all-around great place. The Bay View bar—which, truth be told, was one of the first places to advertise with us—boasts a staggering selection of Wisconsin-brewed beer, more pinball machines than...

Vic And Gab open up about playing their final show as Vic And Gab

Matt Wild

September 10, 2015

// From 2012-2014, Vic And Gab were a reliable, near-constant presence in Milwaukee’s music scene. The sister duo of Victoriah and Hannah Gabriela were known to play their effervescent, impeccably crafted ind...