Music

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

May 16, 2025

There are few Milwaukee summertime activities that can beat spending a few hours paddling around the city’s rivers in a kayak. Trust us! If the experience that blends outdoor enjoyment, exercise, and seeing the...

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

May 16, 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 tak...

Here’s the lineup for Third Space Brewing’s “Under The Bridge” summer concert series

May 15, 2025

Since 2022, Third Space Brewing has added even more entertainment to Milwaukee’s well-stocked summer concert calendar with its "Third Space Presents" music series on its gorgeous outdoor deck stage. We’re pleas...

Robot Witch channel Misfits, Velvet Underground on new covers EP

May 14, 2025

Last spring, reformed synth rock outfit Robot Witch showcased a leaner, meaner, and decidedly more punk-tinged sound than any of its prior output on its Make A Change EP. In the year-plus since that release, th...

WMSE’s Local/Live: Nicholas Elert

May 14, 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 13, 2025: Nichol...

Sex Scenes serve up snotty, searing hardcore on ‘Everything Makes Me Sick’

May 13, 2025

"How can I think at a time like this / When everything just makes me sick? / AHHHHHHHHHH!" Have truer words ever been sung/screamed about living in the year 2025? Probably not. These particular words come co...

Milwaukee Record Recommended Events: May 12-18, 2025

May 12, 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 are Summerfest’s “get in free” admission promotions for 2025

May 12, 2025

Summerfest! You know it, you love it, and you want to get in for free! And thanks to the bevy of admission promotions listed below, you can totally do that last part! Summerfest 2025 runs for three consecuti...

Gang Of Four brings ‘Entertainment!’ to Turner Hall in satisfying Milwaukee farewell

Cal Roach

May 10, 2025

Friday night was last call, supposedly, for Milwaukee Gang Of Four fans. The seminal British post-punk act has gone through numerous breakups and reassemblies since its 1976 inception, but time catches up with ...

Check out the lineup for Great Lakes Distillery’s “Summer Patio Music” series

May 10, 2025

Picture this. It’s a Sunday afternoon that lands sometime between the dates of June 8 and August 31. You’re sitting on a gorgeous, dog-friendly patio in vibrant Walker’s Point. The weather is beautiful. You’re ...

Here’s the 2025 Bay View Jazz Fest lineup

May 9, 2025

Entering its tenth year (and the third installment that involves Humboldt Park Friends’ Jazz At The Vine music series), the folks at Milwaukee Jazz Vision—in association with Bay View Gallery Night—are hosting ...

Summerfest boosts 2025 lineup with Third Eye Blind, Local H, numerous Milwaukee acts, more

May 8, 2025

It looks like we need to update our easy-to-read Summerfest 2025 lineup article, because the Big Gig just juiced its lineup with a bunch of new names. Leading the pack are Third Eye Blind and The Gufs, who w...

Here’s the 2025 lineup for Lake Park’s Musical Mondays

May 8, 2025

Milwaukee summers are absolutely stuffed with outdoor music series. (Need proof? Here you go!) But none of those outdoor music series are quite as cozy—or quite as eclectic—as Musical Mondays. The free summerti...

Here’s the full 2025 Tosa Tonight concert series lineup, schedule

May 8, 2025

The Tosa Tonight summer concert series has brought free and family-friendly live music to Rotary Performance Pavilion in Wauwatosa’s Hart Park since 2000. Back in February, we alerted you to fact the series’ 25...

Chris Luecke talks MKEmo, Manufacturing Happy Hour, new Amorphic beer

May 7, 2025

Milwaukee pop-punk proponent and emo enthusiast Chris Luecke applies his musical passion into his online "MKEmo" endeavor that highlights a wide range of local artists who land under those stylistic classificat...

WMSE’s Local/Live: Fuzzysurf (Live from Anodyne)

May 7, 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 · MSE's Local/Live, May 6, 2025: Fuzzysur...

Warning: Don’t watch Shontrail’s “Ghoul City” video if you’re sensitive to flashing lights or great music

May 6, 2025

We don't hear from Shontrail all that often, but when he decides to resurface, he really makes it count by doing things like releasing the song of the summer, winding up on our year-end Favorite Milwaukee Music...

Milwaukee Record Recommended Events: May 5-11, 2025