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Chris Chuzles breathes new life into Hot Coffin

November 20, 2014

This time last year, Chris Chuzles (second from left) was preparing to say goodbye to Disguised As Birds, the decade-old Milwaukee rock band he fronted. Not longer after the release of the band's outstanding sw...

A-side/B-side: The BoDeans, and the way Milwaukee sees its music scene

Milwaukee Record Staff

November 19, 2014

In A-side/B-side, two Milwaukee Record writers tackle various city issues in an informal, crosstalk style. Insults are hurled, feelings are hurt, and everyone learns something in the end. Maybe. Tyler Maas: ...

Shirley Manson of Garbage will play the next Pablove Benefit Concert

Matt Wild

November 17, 2014

For the past six years, Milwaukee’s annual Pablove Benefit Concert has assembled some of the area’s best musical acts on one stage in order to raise awareness and funds for pediatric cancer research. Co-founded...

Get Rad will play Punx Give Thanx benefit show Black Friday

Tyler Maas

November 17, 2014

Milwaukee hardcore aficionados now have reason to give thanks. Some 20 months removed from its last show and more than six months after releasing its most recent split, Get Rad will return to the stage for a go...

Interpol beautifully blends old and new in Pabst Theater sellout

Tyler Maas

November 17, 2014

At this point in the iconic post-punk band’s existence, there are two distinctly different eras of Interpol. There’s the indie blog darling that came out of nowhere with a pair or formidable, borderline-legenda...

The Decemberists will return to Riverside Theater March 25

Matt Wild

November 17, 2014

Look up “quintessential ’00s indie-rock band” in the dictionary, and you’ll find a picture of The Decemberists. Beginning with 2002’s Castaways And Cutouts, and culminating with 2009’s The Hazards Of Love, the ...

Johanna Rose lets New Boyz Club out of the house and onto the stage

Tyler Maas

November 14, 2014

As the upright bass player of Calamity Janes And The Fratney Street Band, Johanna Rose provides the rhythmic backbone and contributes one fourth of the gorgeous and formidable harmonic wave for which the buddin...

5 late period Interpol songs as good as anything from the first 2 albums

Andrew Winistorfer

November 13, 2014

No matter if you bought their first EP before Pitchfork reviewed it, or if you got on board for their major label debut, it’s an accepted fact that Interpol peaked—as a band, as a brand, as a way of life—on the...

Appleseeds and Strange Matter announce GO MILK YOURSELF split 7-inch, release show

Tyler Maas

November 13, 2014

Perfectly self-described as “super-fast post-punk type stuff with vox that’ll make you look at the person next to you and be like ‘woah dude,’” Appleseeds is as quiet and avoidable from a promotional sense as i...

Watch the gorgeous, animated, epic video for Altos’ “Begong Ava Begong Hele”

Matt Wild

November 13, 2014

Things have been relatively quiet in the Altos camp lately—impressive, since there are approximately 75 members in the band. (Real number: 15-ish.) Still, a terrific show at Cactus Club last month (with Scrimsh...

Exclusive: Stream Buffalo Gospel’s unreleased song “Here Lies Our Lovin’”

Tyler Maas

November 12, 2014

Last summer, Buffalo Gospel came out with its outstanding and emotionally wrought first full-length, We Can Be Horses, which straddled conventions of classic country and Americana whilst easily earning a spot i...

Rusty P’s to return with original lineup, new album in 2015

Tyler Maas

November 12, 2014

In December of 1995, an upstart hip-hop quartet called The Rusty Pelicans played its first show. Since that inaugural outing at The Globe (which closed more than a decade ago), the group has opened for some of ...

Let Field Report’s animated video for “Wings” take you to outer space

Tyler Maas

November 11, 2014

It’s been a hell of a year for music videos in Milwaukee. Local bands have really stepped things up of late to consistently churn out videos with rich production values, inventive and hilarious concepts, and an...

Third annual Mad Planet Ugly Sweater Holiday Party lineup, date announced

Tyler Maas

November 11, 2014

After last week’s mid-term elections, the onslaught of annoying commercials subtly shifted from pointed political slam ads to overtly obnoxious televised, broadcasted, and subliminally planted reminders that th...

Ladies Rock Milwaukee seeks campers, volunteers for first year

Tyler Maas

November 11, 2014

After two successful Girls Rock Milwaukee camps, the organization rooted in the principle of encouraging and empowering girls through musical collaboration has decided to implement a winter edition tailored to ...

Buck up and listen to Owen cover The Promise Ring

Tyler Maas

November 10, 2014

Monday got you down? Perhaps you're a Chicago Bears fan. Maybe you woke up two hours late because your phone (which doubles as your alarm clock) was rendered useless in the middle of the night for no apparent r...

Tracklist: 20 bands that played Milwaukee before breaking out

Milwaukee Record Staff

November 10, 2014

// Saturday night, Interpol will play a sold-out Pabst Theater show. Even though the seminal New York indie-rock mainstay isn’t exactly a frequent Milwaukee visitor, the band is no stranger to local venues....

Cast your vote for the 2014 Radio Milwaukee Music Awards

Tyler Maas

November 5, 2014

Today, as you nurse your hangover caused by either celebrating your preferred political party’s performance last night, or coming to terms with your candidate falling short, please take some time to cast your v...

Catacombz will play its final show December 6

Tyler Maas

November 5, 2014

For close to 10 years, Milwaukee psych-rock outfit Catacombz has been a staple of the local music scene. Formed when most of the members were still teenagers, the band toured extensively, released a series of g...

Trapper Schoepp to play Aloft Milwaukee Downtown this Thursday

Matt Wild

November 4, 2014

Don’t let the recent dearth of news coming from the Trapper Schoepp & The Shades camp fool you—Schoepp and his band have been busy. The group just finished up a three-week tour with The Jayhawks, and a new ...