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TV On The Radio dials up powerhouse performance at Pabst Theater

March 25, 2015

Spring in Milwaukee is looking like OG Pitchfork heaven, as the hippest acts from the turn of the millennium are due to parade through the Pabst Theater collective. Heading off The Decemberists, Sufjan Stevens,...

Here are the top 10 most wonderful/ridiculous Summerfest 2015 headliners

Matt Wild

March 24, 2015

Do you like summer? Do you like music? Do you like bands that are both wonderful and ridiculous? Good, because then you’ll be over the moon with the just-announced list of grounds stage headliners for Summerfes...

Exclusive: Stream two songs from YLLA’s self-titled album

Tyler Maas

March 24, 2015

At least on paper, having members whose other projects land in the neighborhoods of psych, rock, jazz, and experimental R&B doesn’t make Milwaukee outfit YLLA (pronounced “E-Luh”) an easy band to pigeonhole...

The Olives are breaking up

Tyler Maas

March 23, 2015

Since forming in 2010, The Olives have been a beloved-though-largely unknown part of Milwaukee music. The entirely female punk quartet and its arsenal of brash and mostly-goofy songs spanning one or two minutes...

Dummerfest 2K15 celebrates punk rock in the central time zone

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 19, 2015

On Saturday, June 20, some of the premier punk bands based in Wisconsin and elsewhere in the Central Standard Time zone will converge upon The Metal Grill to partake in the inaugural "Dummerfest" event. The sin...

Safari Al returns to Milwaukee with new EP, perspective

Tyler Maas

March 18, 2015

Last month, Milwaukee hip-hop's pedigree improved mightily when Rory Ferreira (or "Milo") returned from Los Angeles, where the glut of his Hellfyre Club co-collaborators are based, after about seven months away...

Prepare for Vincent VanGREAT’s debut LP with “Blast Off”

Tyler Maas

March 17, 2015

Longtime SAFS Crew producer Vincent VanGREAT is expanding his repertoire beyond crafting beats for the veteran rap collective. Before he unleashes UnGREATful this spring, he's decided to precede the release of ...

Tracklist: 9 ways Milwaukee will be represented at SXSW 2015

Tyler Maas

March 16, 2015

Let's just forgo the lengthy thinkpiece about how South By Southwest (or "SXSW") has gone from a once-significant means of independent musicians get discovered to a cheapened corporate cash-grab whose lineup in...

Just give in and let Bleach Athletixx’s “California Future” bore itself into your brain

Tyler Maas

March 13, 2015

Bleach Athletixx, the brand new electro-pop endeavor of Young Holidays ex-pat Max Holiday came out of nowhere. Conjured a couple weeks ago and literally finished in his warehouse recording space last night, the...

Fresh Cut Collective co-founder Adebisi comes back as BLAX

Tyler Maas

March 13, 2015

About five years ago, then-Fresh Cut Collective frontman Adebisi Agoro left the group he'd co-founded and moved to New York City with $250 in his pocket. After three years, a name change, ample attention, and i...

WMSE will release a Field Report 7-inch for Record Store Day

Matt Wild

March 12, 2015

Say what you will about the hoopla—good and bad—surrounding Record Store Day, but the fact remains that it's a great chance to score some pretty nifty vinyl shit. Adding to the list of RSD goodies are the good ...

Here are the nominees for the 35th Annual WAMI Awards

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 12, 2015

On Sunday, April 19 at Turner Hall, the Wisconsin Area Music Industry (or WAMI, if you're nasty) will hand out its annual awards for the 35th year running. Today, the nominees for those awards were announced. L...

Jaill announces release date for next album, Brain Cream

Tyler Maas

March 12, 2015

Just because Jaill has been fairly quiet since the release of its second Sub Pop Records album, Traps, doesn't mean the Great Lakes surf rockers haven't been busy. In fact, the band has experienced a pretty sig...

“Blurred Lines,” dangerous lawsuits, and the end of The Fortress

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 12, 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 ...

Dream Attics resurface with new single, “You Had Me”

Matt Wild

March 11, 2015

Has it been nearly a year since we last heard from Dream Attics, the monumentally chill, spaced-out electro experiment from Nick Tovarek and Shane English? Yep, it has. But lest you think the duo simply floated...

Download Juiceboxxx’s new (and last?) mixtape, Highway To The Heartland

Tyler Maas

March 10, 2015

Believe it or not, it's only been slightly more than a year since Milwaukee-bred emcee Juiceboxxx earned his 15 minutes of infamy following what's been called "the worst on-air rap in TV history" (that we're in...

Exclusive: Listen to two glam-tastic songs from Rio Turbo’s upcoming self-titled album

Matt Wild

March 10, 2015

Somewhere between a scuzzy basement party and a VIP champagne room resides Milwaukee’s preeminent party-pop outfit Rio Turbo. Led by the tireless, occasionally clothed Joe Peterson (who also does time as bassis...

Take a ride with Vic And Gab in the latest Cream City Soundcheck

Tyler Maas

March 6, 2015

Milwaukee's premier sibling indie-pop duo Vic And Gab has been uncharacteristically quiet of late. Sisters Victoriah and Hannah Gabriela Banuelos have significantly reduced the frequency of shows (that we've pl...

Gallery Night gears up for first Milwaukee showing

Tyler Maas

March 5, 2015

There are bands who acknowledge their limitations, and there are bands that are so unconcerned with achieving any level of success that they intentionally add hurdles between their music and the mere prospect o...

Kiings reign supreme with true debut, WWYDF

Tyler Maas

March 4, 2015

WWYDF, the debut album from Kiings, is the Milwaukee-based electronic two-piece's crowning achievement. Though the 11-song effort—an acronym for "What Would You Die For"—is technically the production pair's fir...