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“Annual” Rock The Green festival canceled, again

August 22, 2014

At what point does an “annual” music fest cease to be an annual music fest? It’s a question as old as time (not really), and one that eco-minded Milwaukee festival Rock The Green seems intent on answering. Acco...

Listen to a ridiculously great garage/pop-punk demo from Sin Bad

Matt Wild

August 22, 2014

Every few years, a local release comes out of nowhere and gives the city’s music scene a much-needed kick in the teeth. Canopies, Young Holidays (R.I.P.) and Bliss & Alice all fit that bill, as does Sin Bad...

Rusty P’s push the plot of local hip-hop

Tyler Maas

August 21, 2014

The tale of Milwaukee hip-hop is a largely unappreciated work. It’s one that’s often overshadowed by more voluminous renderings regarding the subject of similarly sized Midwestern markets. After a great deal of...

Misery Signals unleash Malice on The Rave

Tyler Maas

August 21, 2014

Playing an album front-to-back on that record's round-numeral anniversary year isn't exactly a new concept. In a music landscape cluttered with more bands than ever vying for your limited live music dollar, the...

Eric & Magill cover Maritime, Braid

Tyler Maas

August 21, 2014

If the great original material tangential Milwaukee indie-pop project Eric & Magill churn out at an amazing clip—especially given the well-reported fact that the duo is split between Brooklyn and remote Ken...

Canopies returns to the stage (with GGOOLLDD and Rio Turbo) September 20

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 20, 2014

We don’t hear from the Canopies camp too often, but when the reclusive and calculated Milwaukee synth-pop project breaks its silence, it’s always worth listening to. Canopies’ self-titled debut required just fi...

Step in the booth and watch Temple’s new music video

Tyler Maas

August 20, 2014

Since putting out its boisterous debut, Conscience Of The King (which we declared to be the 44th best Milwaukee album of the 2010s) in 2013, Temple has been fairly quiet. In preparation for its 15-state, 27-sho...

Lose yourself in the awesomely trippy video for Calliope’s “Casino”

Matt Wild

August 20, 2014

One of the biggest surprises in Milwaukee music this year has been Calliope’s ORBIS, a big, brash, unapologetic slab of psyched-out goodness that’s miles removed from the band’s previous efforts. With swirling ...

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Sugar Stems: Only Come Out At Night

Matt Wild

August 20, 2014

It’s fitting that Sugar Stems’ 2010 debut was titled Sweet Sounds Of The Sugar Stems. Over the course of three full-length albums—including the new Only Come Out At Night—the Milwaukee power-pop purveyors have ...

Strand Of Oaks radiates emotion, gratitude at Turner Hall

Cal Roach

August 19, 2014

Many fans were taken aback by Strand Of Oaks’ new album, HEAL, and its aggressive rock bluster. Timothy Showalter’s music has been getting progressively more ambitious since the low-key folk-rock of his 2009 de...

Field Report album release show set for October 22 at Pabst Theater

Matt Wild

August 19, 2014

The last few weeks have seen the premieres of two new songs from Field Report’s ridiculously anticipated second album, Marigolden. There’s likely more to the come before the record’s October 7 release on Partis...

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Kinth: Psychological Manipulation

Dan Oberbruner

August 19, 2014

On his latest effort as Kinth, the sometimes-acoustic-guitar-wielding songwriter Jay Flash tackles industrial and electronic music over the course of 10 tracks that are mostly ominous, occasionally buoyant, and...

Heavy Hand visits the motherfucking zoo in “Motherfucking Bobcat” video

Matt Wild

August 18, 2014

Last month, pop-minded post-punk trio Heavy Hand released a trippy video for “David Bowie Wants To Steal Your Baby,” the first single from its excellent new LP, Northwoods Knives. The video featured various bod...

Exclusive: Stream Arctic Sleep’s heavy, gorgeous new album, Passage Of Gaia

Matt Wild

August 18, 2014

Like rock, hip-hop, and nearly every other genre of music known to man, metal comes in a variety of subtle but recognizable flavors: classic, speed, doom, sludge, Norwegian death, etc. The metal embraced by Mil...

Harley-Davidson celebrations throttle down in 111th year

Tyler Maas

August 15, 2014

Maybe the absence of a round numeral has something to do with it, but if there’s a dedicated celebration for Harley-Davidson’s 111th anniversary, we haven’t heard about it. Known for throwing both amazing parti...

Galactic Cannibal goes out screaming

Tyler Maas

August 14, 2014

There’s something special about two ingredients that have no business even being in the same neighborhood of one another combining to result in something great. Remember that month in 2008 when self-respecting ...

TIME streams Field Report’s “Home”

Tyler Maas

August 13, 2014

If there's one record Milwaukee is holding its collective breath and stomping its feet in eager anticipation of hearing, it's Marigolden, the 10-track follow-up to Field Report's stunning self-titled 2012 debut...

A-side/B-side: Should there be more local openers on high-profile shows?

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 13, 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. Matt Wild: U...

Exclusive: Stream Twin Brother’s new album, Swallow The Anchor

Tyler Maas

August 13, 2014

They say 50 is the new 40. Similarly, 40 is apparently the new 30. But 30 will always be 30. Say what you will, but even the encroaching specter of one’s fourth decade elicits feelings of nostalgia for years th...

Get nocturnal emotions from Sugar Stems’ new animated video

Tyler Maas

August 12, 2014

In an age of elaborate green screen superimposition and weighty music video subplots, sometimes it’s refreshing to see a band take a less common route when expressing a song in a visual format. Fittingly, Sugar...