Music

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

May 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 Bunk Bed - Live At WMSE Live at WMSE by...

Here’s the 2025 Summer Of Soul lineup

May 29, 2025

In 2024, Marcus Performing Arts Center and Culture x Design joined forces to debut Summer Of Soul. Following an inaugural year that featured performances by the legendary likes of Talib Kweli and Robert Randolp...

Dr. Mark Borchardt will see (and overprescribe) Trapper Schoepp now in “Loaded” video

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