Music

April 9, 2024

Milwaukee band Socially Suspect has been bending the rules since 2022. Take one listen to the group's 2023 single "6 To 2" and you'll understand: Is the song grungy pop punk? Poppy grunge? What's with the jazzy...

Milwaukee Record Recommended Events: April 8-14, 2024

April 8, 2024

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...

Here’s the lineup for Harley-Davidson Museum’s Thursday Bike Night concert series

April 6, 2024

With warm weather finally making its presence known, Milwaukee will soon be filled with the signature spring and summer sounds of motorcycles and live music played on outdoor stages. Every Thursday between the ...

Meet Diamond Life and check out the duo’s “I Can’t Believe It!” music video

April 5, 2024

Sometimes unlikely pairings make for the best combinations. Joining such dynamic duos as hot honey on pizza, fried chicken and waffles, and bacon with pretty much anything is a new musical merger that brings to...

“I got a connection with you.” Herbie Hancock delights, inspires at sold-out Pabst Theater

Cal Roach

April 3, 2024

Before launching into a two-hour-plus set with his band Tuesday night, Chicago jazz legend Herbie Hancock spent several minutes addressing the sold-out Pabst Theater crowd. "The first really professional gig th...

WMSE’s Local/Live: The Exotics (live from Anodyne)

April 3, 2024

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, April 2, 2024: The E...

Listen to us talk new Milwaukee music with WUWM’s Lake Effect (March 2024)

April 2, 2024

Once a month, Milwaukee Record's own Matt Wild gets his NPR on by sitting down with WUWM's Lake Effect and discussing some of his favorite new Milwaukee records and songs. Listen to the latest installment HE...

Milwaukee Record Recommended Events: April 1-7, 2024

April 1, 2024

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...

“We’ll be spotlighting different albums from night to night.” They Might Be Giants prep “Big Show” tour

April 1, 2024

"We've always been really lucky with our audience in that they seem up for all the things we do." That's John Flansburgh, over the phone and in the midst of doing his laundry, talking about the long and fasc...

Joe Wais talks Bluegrass Whatevers series, the state of Wisconsin bluegrass, Nashville North

April 1, 2024

Wisconsin (and especially Milwaukee!) might not be the first location that comes to mind when you think about hotbeds for bluegrass music. However, Badger State-based bluegrass—along with stylistically neighbor...

The Black Keys will bring “International Players Tour” to Fiserv Forum on November 9

April 1, 2024

Hey! The Black Keys are coming back to Milwaukee! The band is set to bring its so-called "International Players Tour"—a tour in support of the new Ohio Players album—to Fiserv Forum on Saturday, November 9! ...

Milwaukee Music Roundup: March 2024

March 31, 2024

broadstreet.zone(159870); Looking for new music? Looking for new Milwaukee music? Then look no further than our monthly Milwaukee Music Roundup, brought to you by Mystery Room Mastering! LPs AND EPs OF NOTE ...

“Everywhere In Denver” wins our March Sadness bracket, is officially The Promise Ring’s best song

March 31, 2024

The people have spoken. Following a four-week competition that found a field of 64 songs by The Promise Ring facing one another in six heated rounds of voting, our March Sadness bracket has a winner. The Final ...

Robot Witch makes some changes in its ‘Make A Change’ EP

March 29, 2024

In late 2022, Robot Witch debuted a new, enlarged lineup with the release of a self-titled EP that found the outfit (mostly) setting aside its synthesizers in favor of a sound that incorporated elements of psyc...

Choose a champ in March Sadness: The Promise Ring song bracket

March 29, 2024

It’s all come down to this. Following a four-week competition that found a field of 64 songs by The Promise Ring facing one another in five heated rounds of voting, our March Sadness bracket has dwindled to jus...

Ladybird previews new album with bittersweet single, “Audrey’s Garden”

March 28, 2024

It's been just over a year since Milwaukee alt-country outfit Ladybird released its wonderful self-titled EP. The follow-up to the band's 2021 debut, the record was filled with breezy love songs set on train lo...

WMSE’s Local/Live: Barely Civil

March 27, 2024

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, March 26, 2024: Bare...

4 songs by The Promise Ring remain in our “March Sadness” bracket

March 26, 2024

Following more than three weeks of March Sadness action, a tournament that started with a field of 64 songs by The Promise Ring has now been reduced to a remaining crop of just four songs. At this point, one so...

The Demix returns with long-awaited ‘Arrival’