Music

June 30, 2025

For Milwaukee Record, much of our Summerfest coverage is stuff we must do in advance of the festival. There's releasing (then organizing and continually updating) the lineup, finding all the local talent playin...

Milwaukee Music Roundup: June 2025

June 30, 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 Bicentennial Drug Lord - You Are Never Alo...

Here’s the full A La Carte At The Zoo entertainment lineup

June 27, 2025

While June is almost over, there’s still a ton of amazing events on the horizon both in and around Milwaukee. Among the biggest, most unique, and most popular festivals that have yet to occur is A La Carte At T...

Take me back to Summerfest 1999: Brandy at Marcus Amphitheater

June 26, 2025

When you look at Summerfest lineups from year to year, certain patterns start to emerge. Due to the impossible task of trying to please everyone, as well as behind the scenes factors like budget, tour routing, ...

MKE Music Rewind: Violent Femmes, “I Held Her In My Arms” (1986)

June 26, 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: Violent Femmes' "I Held Her In My Arms," from...

New venue MKE Ultra brings cozy, intimate vibe to West Mitchell Street

DJ Hostettler

June 25, 2025

"It's easier to stay at home on your couch. But I will say, for your readers, we have couches!" We're hanging out with Dave Pacifico, Brian Hospital, and Andy Worzella, the dudes behind MKE Ultra (1535 W. Mi...

WMSE’s Local/Live: NilexNile

June 25, 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, June 24, 2025: Nilex...

Record Recommended: Summerfest Weekend 2

June 24, 2025

broadstreet.zone(152022); 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...

Fellow Kinsman flees the familiar in new single, “Find A Way”

June 24, 2025

Though Nate Kinsman has been releasing music under the Fellow Kinsman moniker since 2017, the South Dakota-born and Milwaukee-raised multi-instrumentalist really seemed to hit his stride coming out of the pande...

5 out-of-town music festivals with a significant Milwaukee presence

June 23, 2025

Even though Milwaukee and its surrounding suburbs have no shortage of great summer festivals, it's always nice to get away from the city for a few days to explore other parts of the state (and beyond). When ...

Milwaukee Record Recommended Events: June 23-29, 2025

June 23, 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...

NIVA ’25 Conference lands in Milwaukee. Here are some open-to-the-public events to check out.

June 23, 2025

Summerfest may be currently catching its breath and cooling off, but another big-ticket Milwaukee event is just getting started. The NIVA '25 Conference—a.k.a. the fourth annual gathering of the National Ind...

Summerfest 2025 Weekend 1 Recap: All local, all the time

June 23, 2025

THURSDAY Summerfest fans of a certain age will remember the so-called "local stage." This was an official Summerfest stage—initially sponsored by Cascio, later sponsored by K-Nation Entertainment—that was stoc...

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

June 20, 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 get...

Take me back to Summerfest 1981: Various artists

Vince Morales

June 19, 2025

There have been so many Summerfests. We know this. It's part of the marketing of the thing, but it is still wild to think about how many of these there have been and how many artists have performed on these gro...

Celebrate the first day of Summerfest 2025 with some random old Summerfest videos

June 19, 2025

Happy Summerfest, Milwaukee! The 2025 edition of the monster lakefront festival takes place June 19-21, June 26-28, and July 3-5. Which makes today...opening day! So let's celebrate the first day of Summerfe...

A guide to Milwaukee acts playing Summerfest

June 18, 2025

Thursday marks the official start of another Summerfest. Now in its 57th year, the “Big Gig” has long been home to deep fried delicacies, prime people watching, and hundreds upon hundreds of musical acts from a...

Watch the late, great Twan Mack perform at last year’s Mile Of Music festival in Appleton

June 18, 2025

Milwaukee lost a real one in November 2024 when Antoine "Twan" Mack passed away at the age of 54. In addition to pioneering the "adult contemporary hip-hop" style, Mack was a member of Kali Tribe in the '90s, a...

WMSE’s Local/Live: Resurrectionists (2025)