Music

May 29, 2025

Every Trapper Schoepp album/era features an unexpected twist. There was the one with Mark Maron on guitar. There was the one with that guy from Office Space. There was the one where Trapper finished a Bob Dylan...

WMSE’s Local/Live: Wire & Nail

May 28, 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, May 27, 2025: Wire &...

Walk with Waldoch in video for The Hallelujah Ward’s “Your Uncertain Shadow”

May 27, 2025

Look up the phrase "Milwaukee treasure" in the dictionary (not an online dictionary, but an old Funk & Wagnalls dictionary) and you'll find a photo of Mark Waldoch. The singer/songwriter/guitar tech/bartend...

The “Hatman” cometh in debut single from heavy psych band Shadeseeker

May 27, 2025

True story: Long before the mysterious "Hatman" emerged as an online, creepypasta-era boogeyman, this author totally saw the Hatman. Here's what happened, from my 2017 article about spending the night at Milwau...

Milwaukee Record Recommended Events: May 26 – June 1, 2025

May 26, 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...

Just a phase? Not Just A Phase Festival “unlikely” to return to Franklin Field in 2025

May 23, 2025

As we enter Memorial Day weekend, Milwaukee's summer festival schedule is really starting to take shape. Though there seems to be more going on in and around the city than ever before, one Milwaukee-area happen...

Spirit of Milwaukee Boat lives on in new music videos

May 23, 2025

It's been just over two weeks since the Milwaukee Boat—a.k.a. the Minnow, the S.S. Milwaukee, Deep Thought, or just the Boat–was cruelly taken from us. On May 6, after nearly seven months of being stranded betw...

Here’s the 2025 South Shore Farmers Market entertainment lineup

May 23, 2025

Between the pristine lake-adjacent setting, the wide selection of local goods, and its proximity to a beer garden, the South Shore Farmers Market is one of the best parts of summer in Milwaukee. Adding to the a...

Vestiges of an era: Present Music’s “Baroque Pop!” melds the classical with the contemporary

Annie Raab

May 22, 2025

I have a friend who likes to ask, "Are you a creature of emotions, or a creature of thought?" I have known him long enough to know the answer: we could feel before we could think, therefore we are creatures of ...

Here’s the lineup for Lakefront Brewery’s new “Current Sounds” patio concert series

May 22, 2025

Does Milwaukee need another spring/summer concert series? Probably not. Are we always pumped when another recurring music series can be added to our extensive and ever-growing list of festival season happenings...

MKE Music Rewind: Volcano Choir, ‘Repave’ (2013)

May 22, 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: Volcano Choir's Repave, from 2013. As a Wi...

Summerfest will transform South Party Pavilion into country-themed Lasso Lounge

May 21, 2025

Longtime Milwaukee Record readers will remember our reviews of Summerfest's Taped / Pre-Recorded Music. From 2014 through 2021, our very own Tyler Maas would go to Summerfest at noon on opening day, head over t...

WMSE’s Local/Live: Sex Scenes

May 21, 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, May 20, 2025: Sex Sc...

The Delta Routine talks 20th anniversary shows, memories, new record, what’s to come

May 20, 2025

During the late aughts and early 2010s, The Delta Routine was among the most active and appreciated acts in Milwaukee. The rock outfit frequently toured, were local festival fixtures, racked up impressive openi...

Here’s 100% of the 2025 Wisconsin State Fair main stage lineup

May 20, 2025

The 2025 Wisconsin State Fair will take place July 31 - August 10. As always, we can't wait. The food! The fun! The pig races! The T-shirt tents where one shirt is Taylor Swift, the next one is "SORRY IF I OFFE...

Milwaukee Record Recommended Events: May 19-25, 2025

May 19, 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...

Two days at Milwaukee Metal Fest: metalcore, moshing, Milwaukee as metal mecca

Cal Roach

May 19, 2025

Research for a metal festival always proves particularly vexing, especially when the fest’s website offers no band links whatsoever. For instance, Encyclopaedia Metallum, the metal community’s most respected in...

Here’s the lineup for the 2025 Música del Lago series at Colectivo Lakefront

May 19, 2025

Is there a day of the week that doesn’t feature a free music series this summer? Our ever-growing guide to summer festivals, fairs, music series, and more says NO. Recently added to that list is Colectivo’s ...

MKE River Round-Up concert series returns to the open water this summer