Music

June 16, 2025

This Friday marks the 2025 summer solstice. Milwaukee's East Side neighborhood, however, got in on the seasonal action a few days early with last Saturday's Summer Soulstice Music Festival. From noon to midn...

Milwaukee Record Recommended Events: June 16-22, 2025

June 16, 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...

Tron Jovi’s electronic exploration continues on ‘Bass + Frequency Studies in Dub, Chapter Two’

June 16, 2025

In 2021, Tron Jovi—the producer moniker for ever-active Milwaukee music mainstay Martin Defatte—released the project's debut EP, Bass + Frequency Studies In Dub, Chapter One. The release was populated by compos...

X-Ray Arcade is hosting two daylong, genre-specific music festivals this month

June 15, 2025

Milwaukee and its surrounding suburbs have an unmatched number of summertime celebrations. Are there festivals happening every weekend between mid-May and early October? Check! A bounty of block parties and rec...

Here’s the musical lineup for Summer Soulstice 2025

June 14, 2025

The Milwaukee summer festival season is just around the corner, and with it, the annual Summer Soulstice Music Festival. The 2025 installment of Summer Soulstice is set for Saturday, June 14, from noon to midni...

Hear some of the season’s best local music with our “Spring 2025” playlist

June 12, 2025

Even though festival season is now in full swing and we’ve already experienced a few days with temperatures in the eighties, it’s technically still spring for another week. This spring has been bustling and fun...

Here’s the 2025 Music On The Beerline lineup

June 12, 2025

For six summers, Riverworks Development Corporation has hosted a free outdoor music series at the Beerline Plaza (3350 N. Holton St.) that connects the Riverwest and Harambee neighborhoods. We're pleased to rep...

Take a trip back to last November with Maximiano’s ‘Live At The Vivarium’ album

June 11, 2025

It's safe to say 2024 was an unparalleled year for Maximiano Janairo. The Milwaukee-based singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and namesake of Maximiano garnered heaps of well-deserved praise from the rel...

WMSE’s Local/Live: Night Again

June 11, 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 10, 2025: Night...

Collections Of Colonies Of Bees dance through it on joyous ‘Celebrities’

June 10, 2025

Collections Of Colonies Of Bees aren't what you'd call a "dance" band. The long-running and ever-evolving Milwaukee group specializes in intricate post-rock architecture and volcanic explosions of sound, not fo...

Milwaukee Record Recommended Events: June 9-15, 2025

June 9, 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...

Here’s the music lineup for this weekend’s Lakefront Festival Of Art

June 9, 2025

Milwaukee Art Museum’s Lakefront Festival Of Art has always been one of the city’s classier summer festivals. Still, per Milwaukee summer festival regulations, there will be plenty of beer, wine, and food to go...

The Hallelujah Ward explodes on phenomenal ‘Everybody Swoons’

June 6, 2025

"I know a good man who will sing until his own heart explodes." So sings Mark Waldoch on "Your Uncertain Shadow," the opening track of The Hallelujah Ward's long-awaited full-length debut Everybody Swoons. I...

Vile Bees are anything but ‘Joy Coughs’ on new album

June 5, 2025

One of the great Milwaukee bands of the 2010s was Like Like The The The Death. The group's 2012 album Ghosts Of Dead Bros landed on our 50 best Milwaukee albums of the 2010s (so far) list in 2014; a few years l...

Here’s the 2025 Mayfair Collection Music Spotlight lineup

June 4, 2025

If there’s such a thing as too much free outdoor live music happening in and around Milwaukee, we haven’t seen it yet. Today, Wisconsin Music Ventures announced an eclectic crop of area musicians taking part in...

WMSE’s Local/Live: Wisconsin Space Program

June 4, 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 3, 2025: Wiscon...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Chill On The Hill (and your favorite summer music series)

June 3, 2025

broadstreet.zone(77472); Some seasonal entertainment offerings come and go, while some become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: Chill On The Hill (and other recurring local concert...

Milwaukee Record Recommended Events: June 2-8, 2025

June 2, 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...

Milwaukee Music Roundup: May 2025