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Exclusive: Stream four tracks off Airo Kwil’s re-invention, Dark Cinema

April 13, 2015

When we introduced you to Airo Kwil—the rapping alter ego of Calamity Janes and New Boyz Club drummer Will Rose—last November, the multifaceted emcee was putting the finishing touches on his first effort since ...

Courtney Barnett will play Pabst Theater June 19 (opening for Belle & Sebastian)

Matt Wild

April 10, 2015

Okay, we have nothing against Belle & Sebastian, who are scheduled to headline Milwaukee’s Pabst Theater Friday, June 19. Their new album, Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance, is solid, and we refuse to buy in...

Warped perception: A guide to the worst Warped Tour lineup in recent memory

Tyler Maas

April 10, 2015

Earlier this week, the lineup for Warped Tour was announced. If that sentence makes you feel incredibly old, then you probably won't like hearing that Warped Tour is now 20 years old. Spawned in 1995 by Kevin L...

Awkward Terrible chips in on Classic’s concert series

Tyler Maas

April 10, 2015

If the name Awkward Terrible rings a bell, you probably recognize it from its normal place near the bottom of local show flyers and beneath a band or two on Facebook event listings. That should in no way sugges...

Talking “Jones Uncovered” (and new Bucks arena) with Jordan Lee

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 9, 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 ...

Exclusive: Listen to Surgeons In Heat’s excellent comeback album, Disaster

Matt Wild

April 9, 2015

For the past five years or so, Surgeons In Heat have had the distinction of being one of Milwaukee’s best bands and one of its most elusive. Following the release of two EPs in 2011 and 2012—both of which were ...

Thurman Merman tackles tough topics with delicate sounds

Tyler Maas

April 9, 2015

Already a full-fledged member of Ugly Brothers, an occasional supporting player with Caley Conway And The Lucy Cukes and Holy Sheboygan (among other outfits), the co-organizer/co-founder of Bandsketball, in the...

Poliça debuts new songs, kicks off 2015 tour at Cactus Club

Cal Roach

April 8, 2015

When Poliça played Turner Hall three years ago, it was still basically a popular novelty band: two drummers and charismatic lead singer Channy Leaneagh, whose trademark was everyone’s favorite vocal effect, Aut...

Foxygen exhales controlled chaos at Turner Hall

Matt Wild

April 8, 2015

Midway through Foxygen’s electrifying one-hour set at Turner Hall Tuesday night, fidgety frontman Sam France stopped the show in its tracks to make time for...some comedy. Rattling off groan-inducing gags about...

Uncovering 10 highlights in the highlight-filled career of Quincy Jones

Matt Wild

April 7, 2015

It’s simple: modern music would not be what it is today without Quincy Jones. The 82-year-old musician/producer/arranger/composer/entrepreneur/humanitarian has worked with everyone from Michael Jackson and Fran...

Riley Lake ventures into new sonic territory with Spaces

Tyler Maas

April 3, 2015

Since moving to Milwaukee from southern California last summer, producer and central Wisconsin native Will Mitchell—who creates under the moniker Riley Lake—has had a hand in the releases of other artists on bo...

Exclusive: Stream Pay The Devil’s debut, Wrong Side Of The River

Tyler Maas

April 2, 2015

Wrong Side Of The River, the debut album by self-dubbed "shantygrass outfit" Pay The Devil, was three years in the making. Fortunately, the band's union of Appalachian folk, outlaw country, bluegrass and roots ...

Chill out to the cold synth sounds of LUXVID

Matt Wild

April 1, 2015

For the past few years, the enigmatic Stacian—a.k.a. Dania Luck—has been a reliable presence in the city’s blipping, booping electronic scene. Influenced by retro krautrock masters like Kraftwerk, Luck embraces...

Hey! Our one-year anniversary show is April 24 at Linneman’s and it’s going to be great

Matt Wild

March 31, 2015

Greetings, beloved Milwaukee Record readers. Matt Wild here. It seems like only 365-ish days ago that the website currently searing itself into your eyeballs, Clockwork Orange-style, was born. Yes, on April 7, ...

Yep, The Rolling Stones will play the Marcus Amphitheater June 23

Matt Wild

March 31, 2015

First, let’s get all the “Wow, The Rolling Stones are really old!” jokes out of the way. Second, let’s get all the “Wow, The Rolling Stones are really, really old!” jokes out of the way. Okay? Good. So, afte...

PrideFest Milwaukee will open summer festival season with Ani DiFranco, En Vogue

Matt Wild

March 30, 2015

That low rumble emanating from the depths of Lake Michigan isn’t a storm and/or Godzilla, it’s Milwaukee’s summer festival season, soon to be back on our shores after 8,000 years of winter. And what better way ...

The Sleepwalkers rise and shine with new EP

Tyler Maas

March 30, 2015

After making a continually good impression on audiences in Green Bay, Oshkosh, and everywhere in between, The Sleepwalkers left the Fox Cities and made the move to Milwaukee in the summer of 2013. Once they arr...

Pixies will play The Rave June 12

Matt Wild

March 30, 2015

Is it possible to get excited about a Pixies show in 2015? Maybe. On one hand, the endlessly influential alt band has been reformed and touring behind the same handful of classic albums longer than it was toget...

WAMI introduces “Global Honorary” Hall of Fame award, will give it to…Judas Priest?

Matt Wild

March 26, 2015

Say what you will about the Wisconsin Area Music Industry (or WAMI, if you’re nasty), but give credit where credit is due. The past few years have seen an uptick in the number of great local artists being nomin...

adoptahighway exorcises demons with A Fault

Tyler Maas

March 26, 2015

When last we spoke of adoptahighway, the experimental electronic project of classically trained musician Barry Paul Clark was announcing the release date and debuting the first single for A Fault, his first alb...