Music

October 28, 2014

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...

The Sleater-Kinney show has been moved to Riverside Theater

October 28, 2014

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...

Exclusive: Listen to Ladders’ excellent debut album, Suha

October 24, 2014

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...

The Disclaimer: The (sorry) state of music criticism

October 23, 2014

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...

El-Shareef’s Nonchalant EP is anything but

October 22, 2014

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...

Come out to Cactus Club October 29 for “Wednesday Night Off!” with Milwaukee Record

October 22, 2014

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 ...

Field Report goes all in on Marigolden

October 21, 2014

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...

Brett Newski’s “Vs The World” video shows the plight of life on the road

October 21, 2014

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...

Burnhearts, Three Floyds partner for inaugural “Punk House Kegger Party” November 12

October 20, 2014

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...

Sleater-Kinney to reunite, release new album, play Turner Hall in February

October 20, 2014

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...

Exclusive: Stream Wealthy Ghost’s EP, Cold Hands

October 17, 2014

Much like the catchall “indie rock” classification that’s often applied to bands on major labels that don’t play rock and roll, “bedroom pop” seems to be the sub-genre du jour to describe delicate, exposed sing...

Pop-culture blind spots, Patti Smith, and the unique pleasures of the unknown

October 17, 2014

There’s a moment in The Blair Witch Project when Heather, stumbling aimlessly in the woods and refusing to admit she’s lost, calmly explains, “It’s very hard to get lost in America these days, and even harder t...

Haunted Heads’ Andrew Johnson talks Oshkosh-Milwaukee connection, Shepard Fairey

October 16, 2014

For more than 15 years, Andrew Johnson (right) has been a pillar of northeast Wisconsin music. The former singer and guitarist of seminal Oshkosh (by way of Portland) rock band h. Chinaski, longtime Oshvegas li...

The Disclaimer: Talking “Smith Uncovered” with Betty Strigens

October 16, 2014

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...

Bow and acknowledge Lorde Fredd33’s debut EP

October 16, 2014

Debut EP. Just one word and an abbreviation representing two other words can yield a myriad of listener outcomes. Sometimes, it's a one-and-done test of ultimately unkind waters before a half-hatched project...

Milwaukee Record presents “Local Coverage” January 16

October 15, 2014

Milwaukee’s music scene can be somewhat insular at times. Think about how many times you see the same three to four bands or rappers booking shows at that one venue in their own neighborhood. Conversely, how of...

Busdriver looks Milwaukee’s way on his “Motion Lines” music video