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Stream the new Piles full-length, Planet Skin

May 5, 2015

"The same actions, expecting different outcomes"—the pre-chorus croon in "Mude," partway through Piles' Planet Skin—is a strangely apt lyric for a band that hasn't changed much since its great introductory salv...

Death Cab For Cutie plays it safe in Riverside Theater sellout

Tyler Maas

May 5, 2015

It's ironic, really, but with close to 20 years of existence to its credit—at least half of which was spent either near or at the top of the indie rock pecking order—and 100-some songs in circulation, Death Cab...

Here’s the lineup for the 8th annual Burnhearts/Pabst Street Party

Tyler Maas

May 4, 2015

Each summer of Burnhearts’ existence, the Bay View beer bastion has simultaneously celebrated summer and one of the most iconic (formerly) Milwaukee-made beers with the annual Burnhearts/Pabst Street Party. The...

Max Devereaux beats back the darkness with Wasteland

Tyler Maas

May 4, 2015

Milwaukee-based experimental musician and multi-instrumentalist Max Devereaux says he likes to see how far he can push himself. Sonically, his self-described "stream of consciousness" recorded encapsulations of...

Body Futures’ new video is a shot-for-shot homage to an ABBA video

Matt Wild

April 30, 2015

Body Futures’ 2014 album Brand New Silhouettes was the sound of a band making music simply for the sake of making music. Populated by scene stalwarts like Dixie Jacobs (former White, Wrench, Conservatory) and h...

Poking holes in “poptimism”

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 30, 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 ...

Graham Hunt discusses new Midnight Reruns releases, opening for The Replacements

Tyler Maas

April 29, 2015

Though Midnight Reruns had an EP in circulation already, the release of the band's next-to-flawless self-titled 2013 album truly brought the rock outfit to local consciousness and saw them privy to nods from na...

Exclusive: Listen to Fudgy, featuring members of Crappy Dracula 2 and Scrimshaw

Matt Wild

April 28, 2015

Before we begin, let’s talk about that name: Fudgy. Yes, there is now a band in Milwaukee called Fudgy. As in, “These brownies are kind of fudgy,” or, “Put that fudge down, Steve, it’s getting too fudgy in here...

Exclusive: Stream The New Seven’s Look Closer, Say Something

Tyler Maas

April 27, 2015

Good things come to those who wait. Following a false start in the genre of progressive bluegrass, a shake-up in membership, and a long hiatus that followed, The New Seven reemerged of late. Now locked in as a ...

WebsterX and friends mark one-year anniversary of Dontre Hamilton shooting with benefit show

Matt Wild

April 27, 2015

On Thursday, April 30, the family of Dontre Hamilton will observe the one-year anniversary of his fatal shooting by Milwaukee police officer Christopher Manney with a march and rally at Red Arrow Park. One day ...

Sufjan Stevens faces death, finds life at Riverside Theater

Cal Roach

April 24, 2015

In a move that surprised no one, Sufjan Stevens followed up his Crazy Experimental Album (2010’s The Age Of Adz) with a Stripped-Down, Back-To-Basics Album (Carrie & Lowell, released a few weeks ago). The n...

A piece of paper with Phylicia Rashad on it convinced me to listen to a song

Tyler Maas

April 22, 2015

Last weekend, while partaking in Record Store Day festivities, I was sipping a sample of Ale Asylum Hopalicious—now in cans, by the way (I'M A COMPANY MAN!)—outside Bullseye Record and Comet Cafe. There, I was ...

Ald. Joe Dudzik’s proposed food truck ban fails, streetcar rape still a possibility

Matt Wild

April 21, 2015

Earlier this year, Milwaukee Ald. Joe Dudzik proposed an ordinance banning food trucks from his southwest-side 11th district, citing traffic problems, litter, and—cough, cough—congregations of people. Today, fo...

Here’s the lineup for the 2015 Summer Soulstice Music Festival

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 21, 2015

For 15 years, the East Side’s annual Summer Soulstice Music Festival has celebrated the first day of summer with music, food, drinks, and that one guy who always shows up to the thing carrying a giant lizard. O...

Here’s the list of the 2015 WAMI winners

Tyler Maas

April 20, 2015

Last night, the 35th annual Wisconsin Area Music Industry (a.k.a. “WAMI”) Awards came to Turner Hall. Those who shelled out $35 to attend—or an unthinkable $59.99 or $99.99 for single and couple VIP passes, res...

Born in a barn: Holy Sheboygan set to unveil its farm-grown EP

Tyler Maas

April 16, 2015

Originated in Appleton as a project in which Lawrence University art students incorporated unconventional instruments, mixed media, and percussion provided by actual garbage into their eclectic, genre-jumping s...

“You can’t go from zero to being Merge”: The end (?) of Latest Flame Records

DJ Hostettler

April 16, 2015

Latest Flame Records head honcho Dan Hanke is looking as relaxed as ever. He’s got a lot going on right now—he’s working on buying a house, his excellent band Like Like The The The Death is writing a new record...

Steven Look goes back to basics with King Eye & The Squirts

Tyler Maas

April 15, 2015

For more than a decade, Steven Look's voice could be heard bolstering beyond-their-years indie rock projects The Meteah Strike and, later, Fable & The World Flat. Following a two-release 2013 from Fable, th...

Watch Maritime’s local love letter, “Milwaukee”

Tyler Maas

April 14, 2015

Not including some live Whips covers we put out, Maritime hasn't had a release since 2011's great Human Hearts. The veteran indie rock band's forthcoming record is currently in the mixing stage, but as yet anot...

Tracklist: 10 ways Milwaukee is celebrating Record Store Day 2015

Tyler Maas

April 13, 2015

Originally started as a single-day rally cry for music lovers to get out and support traditional music retailers instead of buying digital music and/or ordering online, Record Store Day has quickly become an ex...