Since 2010’s solid debut, All Those I Know, tangential Milwaukee dream-pop duo Eric & Magill (ex-Camden, Decibully, The Promise Ring) has been putting out material at a greater rate and of a higher quality ...
It’s been almost four years since the pop chameleons of Testa Rosa dropped the exceedingly lovely II, which landed on our list of the 50 best Milwaukee albums of the 2010s (so far). Now, in the wake of frontwom...
Milwaukee's self-annointed "premier, all girl, punk rock, holiday jam band" Cinnaminiatures are back and in the Halloween spirit. In honor of the spooky season, the unabashed novelty band released its chilling ...
There are Milwaukee albums that arrive after months of anticipation (Space Raft, the upcoming Canopies), and there are Milwaukee albums that just show up on your doorstep, unannounced but thoroughly welcome (Si...
After Soul Low came out of nowhere with its incredible debut, UNEASY (a debut that’s firmly a top 10 local album this decade) in the summer of 2013, the city that had just met the indie rock prodigies—who, at t...
The Olives have been delighting gallery spaces, clubs, and Riverwest basements (and upcoming Milwaukee Record benefit shows) with its instantly-fun brand of Great Lakes surf punk for a few years now. The all-fe...
Every Wednesday at noon, WMSE’s Ryan Schleicher, Shepherd Express’ Evan Rytlewski, and Milwaukee Record’s Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called T...
Milwaukee native Jayke Orvis reached a crossroads in 2007. While his band—the .357 String Band—was beginning to garner attention outside of Wisconsin, his personal life was crashing around him. He was going thr...
Those rapscallions in Platinum Boys are fresh off a mischievous summer that saw the Riverwest rock quartet dosing Milwaukee’s festivals, block parties, and clubs with pristine party anthems about indulging in t...
Taking 64 Milwaukee-area musicians and randomly shuffling them into 16 ad hoc ensembles, All Messed Up, now entering its fifth year, has transformed from a creative way for local players to stave off the winter...
The Delphines were one of the best Milwaukee bands of the 2010s, firing forth a series of EPs and singles stuffed with jittery, sexy, reverb-drenched gloom-rock. But soon after the group finally got around to r...
Due to overwhelming demand—a.k.a. this sucker sold out in 30 minutes—the February 15 Sleater-Kinney show at Turner Hall has been moved to the Riverside Theater. New tickets will go on sale today at noon. Accord...
In just five short years, the Riverwest-based Breadking collective has made its mark on the city’s music scene by nurturing a seemingly endless number of young bands, and by providing an informal support networ...
Every Wednesday at noon, WMSE’s Ryan Schleicher, Shepherd Express’ Evan Rytlewski, and Milwaukee Record’s Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called T...
The digital age has made it possible for artists to record and release their music at a stunningly rapid rate. Hip-hop, in particular, has embraced this accelerated production schedule in the form of mixtapes—q...
Wednesday nights can be slow for local music venues, what with the majority of shows falling on Thursday, Friday, or Saturday. Bay View’s venerable Cactus Club, however, has been filling the mid-week void with ...
You could hear it from the chapel steps.
As the volume of the acoustic guitar and the lone singer’s wavering, vulnerable voice subsided, it was overtaken with thunderous applause of close to 500 people seate...
Milwaukee folk rocker Brett Newski lives a largely nomadic lifestyle that finds him touring the vast majority of each year. His musical wanderlust has found him touring in six continents (Sorry, Antarctica!), a...
Hop-heads and punkers alike have reason to rejoice.
In an effort to fill that cruel show-free gap that sits between the Burnhearts/Pabst Street Party each June and the annual February street celebration that...
The Internet was set abuzz last week with news that an upcoming Sleater-Kinney vinyl box set (due Tuesday, October 21 on Sub Pop) contains a mysterious 7” with a new song entitled “Bury Our Friends,” and labele...