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Billy Strings delights Fiserv Forum during “Summer 25” tour stop

August 9, 2025

Fresh off the "GD60" Grateful Dead anniversary celebrations in San Francisco over the previous weekend, Billy Strings started the next leg of his extensive touring schedule in Milwaukee on Friday. Although the ...

Middle Child Syndrome lives it up on the fairgrounds in “I’m A Fair Lover”

Tyler Maas

August 8, 2025

Believe it or not, the 2025 Wisconsin State Fair's days are numbered. Come Monday morning, State Fair Park will be devoid of indulgent foods and drinks, unique activities, second-to-none shopping, and other int...

Vile Bees know what lurks for the lucky in “Anime Bodies” video

Matt Wild

August 8, 2025

Back in June, we buzzed about Joy Coughs, the latest record from Milwaukee post-punk group Vile Bees. (Say the name of the record a few times fast!) "Joy Coughs is a big—and big sounding—album stuffed with fant...

Roll a doobie, crack a Guinness, listen to BLAX’s “Young Little Ghetto Boy”

Matt Wild

August 7, 2025

When we last checked in with BLAX, the veteran Milwaukee rapper was paying tribute to fallen local icons like Cecilio "Ceeloe" Negrón, Jr., Antoine "Twan" Mack, and Kid Millions. "Take A Picture" also touched o...

Here’s the TosaFest 2025 lineup

Tyler Maas

August 6, 2025

TosaFest, an annual event—which started way back in 1976!—will take place for yet another year when it returns to the streets of the Wauwatosa Village on Friday, September 5 and Saturday, September 6. Now that ...

WMSE’s Local/Live: Shrinestone

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 6, 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, August 5, 2025: Shri...

Here’s who’s playing the WMSE Stage at Bay View Bash

Tyler Maas

August 5, 2025

While many of Milwaukee’s summer festivals, block parties, and other large scale happenings have already come and gone, one of the city’s best fests of the season is still on the horizon. Bay View Bash will ret...

Waukesha Rotary BluesFest kicks off this weekend with headliners Mitch Ryder, Tracy Nelson

Matt Wild

August 5, 2025

Several big summer festivals are already in the rearview mirror, but that doesn't mean there aren't tons more to come—both in and outside Milwaukee proper. For an example of the latter, behold the Waukesha R...

Milwaukee Record Recommended Events: August 4-10, 2025

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 4, 2025

broadstreet.zone(152022); 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...

Cactus Club announces Beet Street date, headliners

Tyler Maas

August 4, 2025

Now that we're a few days into the last full month of summer, the season's impending conclusion is beginning to come into view. But hey, it's going to be okay because there are still lots of local festivals tha...

“The New Reality” hardcore festival is coming to X-Ray Arcade this fall

Tyler Maas

August 1, 2025

Remember when X-Ray Arcade hosted a hardcore punk and "mosh metal" festival back in June? Would that be something you'd like to have happen there again later this year? Well, if you answered "hell yes" to those...

MKE Music Rewind: Soul Low, ‘UNEASY’ (2013)

Tyler Maas

July 31, 2025

broadstreet.zone(159870); In MKE Music Rewind we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014. This week: Soul Low's UNEASY, from 2013. Time has a w...

Milwaukee Music Roundup: July 2025

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 31, 2025

broadstreet.zone(159870); Looking for new music? Looking for new Milwaukee music? Then look no further than our monthly Milwaukee Music Roundup! LPs AND EPs OF NOTE Alley Eyes - Bondage In The Afternoon b...

Ghost brings two hours of unabashed Satanic glam to Fiserv Forum

Cal Roach

July 30, 2025

Swedish hard rock band Ghost's first visit to Milwaukee back in 2013 was met with a mixture of rapture and bewilderment by a sparse Turner Hall Ballroom crowd. This was the group's first headlining tour and mos...

WMSE’s Local/Live: Robot Witch (2025)

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 30, 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 29, 2025: Robot...

Read an exclusive excerpt from ‘Don’t Say Please: The Oral History Of Die Kreuzen’

Tyler Maas

July 29, 2025

Few bands in Milwaukee music history have a legacy that even comes close to matching that of Die Kreuzen. The seminal outfit defied genre distinction, anchored the local scene, toured relentlessly, and was a fa...

Milwaukee Record Recommended Events: July 28 – August 3, 2025

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 28, 2025

broadstreet.zone(152022); 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...

Talking new Milwaukee music with WUWM’s Lake Effect (July 2025)

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 24, 2025

Once a month, Milwaukee Record's Matt Wild sits down with WUWM's Lake Effect and discusses some of his favorite new Milwaukee records and songs. Listen to the latest installment HERE. This month, Matt sca...

WMSE’s Local/Live: Alley Eyes

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 23, 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 22, 2025: Alley...

Milwaukee Record Recommended Events: July 21-27, 2025

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 21, 2025

broadstreet.zone(152022); 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...