My all-Milwaukee Mile Of Music
As I’m prone to sliding into posts from time-to-time, I grew up in the Fox Cities. For almost 20 years of my life, I had an Appleton mailing address. It’s a great place, but there always seemed to be a lack of ...
Exclusive: Hear Castle Thunder’s new single, “Singing Birds”
Ahead of Castle Thunder’s Friday night show at Linneman’s, the oft-overlooked outfit—one of the brightest spots of this year’s great Locust Street Festival—has decided to toss a musical morsel into the moat to ...
Space Raft reflects on superb summer before taking a (local) break
As far as Milwaukee music goes, it's hard to argue that up to this point, 2014 has belonged to Space Raft. The slightly-psychadelic rock outfit's, yes, spacey self-titled debut is widely considered to be among ...
Cream City Soundcheck gussies up The Vitrolum Republic
Milwaukee made music videos have come a long way in recent years. Whether they depict a backwards-headed dude in briefs exploring a farm, a three-eye rapper nestled in the clouds, or a mannequin providing saxop...
The Disclaimer: Talking Girls Rock Milwaukee with Valerie Lucks and Ashley Smith
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...
Mile Of Music: A Milwaukee Visitor’s Guide
By most accounts, last year's inaugural Mile Of Music was an encouraging, if not successful, festival that brought 100 acts to downtown Appleton. The sleepy northeast Wisconsin hub that was largely devoid of es...
WebsterX takes to the clouds in the “Renaissance” music video
During his Mad Planet performance as part of Breadfest 2014, Sam Ahmed (aka "WebsterX") pledged to have new material in the can and ready to release this winter. Fewer than 72 hours later, the talented Milwauke...
Braid releases new album, will come to Cactus Club Oct. 3
After a swift and undeniable rise to mainstream prominence forced Sylvan Esso to move its September 5 show from Cactus Club to the more spacious confines of Pabst Theater, the intimate Bay View club somewhat ma...
Exclusive: Listen to Body Futures’ terrific debut album, Brand New Silhouettes
Let’s take a moment to honor those bands that refuse to play the kind of music that typically gets streamed on NPR. Let’s take a moment to pay tribute to bands that stick to their noisy, straight-up rock-and-ro...
Girls Rock Milwaukee comes back bigger, better in year two
Yesterday, 11 new bands formed in Milwaukee. While none of these new bands have yet to finish writing their first song, and some of them won't last more than a week, each of these acts hold untold significance ...
Hayward Williams previews new album at Walker’s Point Anodyne residency
Back in the spring of 2012, Milwaukee’s gone-but-not-forgotten Juniper Tar set up shop at The Hotel Foster for four Wednesdays in a row, previewing songs from their then-upcoming album Since Before, and collabo...
Welcome to August: Here’s what you’re doing this month
Is there anything more punch-worthy than saying “It’s August already? Where did the summer go?” Probably not, so we won’t say it. Instead, we’ll look ahead (past this weekend’s Breadfest/Center Street Daze mayh...
How Tim The Rock ‘N’ Roll Animal brought The Who to Milwaukee
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It’s a frustrating situation that has befallen every music-loving Milwaukeean from time to time: you hear your favorite band is going on tour and eagerly scan the list of dates, only to find our fair cit...
Crocodiles take Cactus Club over the mid-week hump
It's hard to get people out on a Wednesday night. It's harder yet to get people into a cozy neighborhood bar/venue on a Wednesday in the middle of summer when people are either recovering from or preparing for ...
NPR posts version of Sylvan Esso’s “Wolf” from Alverno Presents “Lend Me Your Voice”
At the risk of Milwaukee Record becoming a full-on Sylvan Esso fan site, we've stumbled on a new version of the North Carolina band's song "Wolf" on NPR. This version is of particular local relevance, as the vi...
Exclusive: Stream The Midwestern Charm’s new album, Growing Pains
The Midwestern Charm will always have a place in music. The Milwaukee (by way of Oshkosh) band's identifiably-angst-ridden output on its 2012 self-titled record helped bring them to local consciousness both her...
Video: .357 String Band reunites…for one song
Farmageddon Records Music Festival attendees were witness to a rare Wisconsin musical treat earlier this month—a surprise .357 String Band performance. The Milwaukee band reunited to play one song during a Jayk...
Listen to a previously unreleased (and totally bad-ass) Hollowz track, “Heist”
It’s been a few years since Milwaukee hip-hop duo The Hollowz have dropped new music on the city—three years to be exact, which is when the group’s last LP, Dreams Of Sex And Flying, was released. Not that rapp...
Tracklist: 11 Milwaukee bands that are bigger elsewhere
Some people think the Milwaukee music scene can be too insular. There’s some truth to that, but not all local bands stay nestled in the supportive confines of our city limits. Some venture well beyond Milwaukee...
Brady Street Festival 2014: A minute-by-minute recap
While Brady Street may not retain much of its former countercultural artsiness, the intersection of Sciortino’s Bakery, St. Hedwig’s Roman Catholic Church, and Art Smart’s Dart Mart alone suggests the neighborh...