WMSE’s Local/Live: White Dry Pages
WMSE's local and live in-studio showcase, Local/Live, airs Tuesdays 6-7 p.m. You can find past episodes HERE, or on this handy Soundcloud playlist.
milwaukeerecord · WMSE's Local/Live, July 15, 2025: White...
I listened to my sister’s Milwaukee radio mixtape from 1988: “Good Songs on Lazer + QFM”
The Excitement of a Song You May Only Hear Once
Dig if you will a 1988 bedroom: Ratt's Out Of The Cellar album cover is taped to the closet door, a guinea pig rambles the shag red carpet, a phone cord snakes...
Summerfest announces 2025 attendance (up 8%!), 2026 dates (same three-weekend format!)
The annual Big Milwaukee Question—"What was the Summerfest attendance this year?"—has been answered.
On Tuesday, Summerfest parent company Milwaukee World Festival, Inc. (MWF) announced that 602,231 folks at...
Shout-out to Jack White for kicking in some serious cash for Cactus Club’s new ramp
If you've been to Bay View's Cactus Club in recent weeks, you've seen all the construction going on outside. The construction is for Cactus' long-in-the-works accessibility ramp, part of an equally long-in-the-...
Milwaukee Record Recommended Events: July 14-20, 2025
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Milwaukee is chock full of things to do, but only a handful of Milwaukee events are worthy of the lofty honor of "Record Recommended" (patent pending). Here are our recommendations—br...
Here’s the 2025 Center Street Daze music lineup
Center Street Daze Festival—which began way back in 1997 and is organized by the Riverwest Business Association—will make its triumphant return to Center Street (between Holton and Humboldt) on Saturday, August...
Please enjoy the charming-as-hell “Ducks,” from Milwaukee solo artist Floryence
We try to keep up with new Milwaukee music as best we can here at Milwaukee Record. Our coverage is far, far, far from comprehensive, but you know what? We do okay. We're proud of what we do, even if we do miss...
The Gold Steps video for “Rent Free” is a day at the beach
Earlier this week, Milwaukee Record posted a list of our favorite local music released in the first half of 2025. As is mid-July tradition, just a few days after hitting "publish" on said list of standout album...
Milwaukee Record’s favorite Milwaukee music of 2025 (so far)
Believe it or not, 2025 is more than halfway over. Weird! What's not weird: the incredible Milwaukee music scene! Here are just a few of our favorite 2025 Milwaukee releases—records, songs, videos—so far.
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WMSE’s Local/Live: Bicentennial Drug Lord
WMSE's local and live in-studio showcase, Local/Live, airs Tuesdays 6-7 p.m. You can find past episodes HERE, or on this handy Soundcloud playlist.
milwaukeerecord · WMSE's Local/Live, July 8, 2025: Bicent...
Should you watch Something To Do’s “Don’t Be Honest” video? Signs point to yes
Back in March, Wisconsin ska-punk stalwarts Something To Do released an inventive music video for "No I Don’t Want To See Your Tattoo," which found the band asking fans and friends within the music scene to sen...
Milwaukee Record Recommended Events: July 7-13, 2025
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Milwaukee is chock full of things to do, but only a handful of Milwaukee events are worthy of the lofty honor of "Record Recommended" (patent pending). Here are our recommendations—br...
Here’s the Live @ The Lakefront lineup (so far)
Even though another installment of Summerfest has come and gone, there's still a lot of meat left on the bone when it comes to summertime entertainment options here in the "City Of Festivals." In fact, some of ...
Take Me Back To Summerfest 1997: Matthew Sweet at Leinie Lodge
To paraphrase someone I always paraphrase: Memories are illusions. Memories of concerts in the times before smartphones and social media, doubly so.
Take my memories of a concert that for many years I consid...
Here’s the 2025 Brady Street Festival lineup
Back in 2024, Milwaukee’s beloved and long-running Brady Street Festival made news by moving to a week earlier than its normal "last-Saturday-in-July" date. Why the change? Because that final July weekend was r...
Here’s the music and entertainment lineup for Bastille Days 2025
Milwaukee’s Bastille Days is just around the corner. From Thursday, July 17 through Sunday, July 20, the long-running celebration of all things French will pack Cathedral Square Park (and the area surrounding i...
WMSE’s Local/Live: Combustor (2025)
WMSE's local and live in-studio showcase, Local/Live, airs Tuesdays 6-7 p.m. You can find past episodes HERE, or on this handy Soundcloud playlist.
milwaukeerecord · WMSE's Local/Live, July 1, 2025: Combus...
Record Recommended: Summerfest Weekend 3
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Summerfest! Like the last four installments, the Big Gig is staking out three Thursday-Friday-Saturday blocks instead of the old 11-day run. In an effort to help you make some potenti...
Trolley celebrates 30 years, honors late singer Mike Perotto with “A Carnival Of Grey And White”
Look up "legendary Milwaukee power-pop band" in the dictionary and you'll find a picture of Trolley. For 30 years, the dapper Mod- and psych-influenced outfit has peppered the city's music scene with meticulous...
Guerrilla Ghost is back to turn the outrage up to 11 on ‘The Fool’
In 2022, Guerrilla Ghost had itself a year. The politically-pointed industrial hip-hop duo composed of vocalist Bad Graphics Ghost and producer Tron Jovi released three albums during a span of just seven months...