Music

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

May 5, 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...

And your 2025 WAMI winners are…

May 5, 2025

In case you missed it, WAMI (Wisconsin Area Music Industry) held its 2025 awards show Sunday night in West Allis. It’s true! Here’s a list of the 87 (!) winners, featuring everything from the state’s best music...

Braid will headline WMSE’s 15th annual Backyard BBQ August 23

May 5, 2025

For the past decade and a half, WMSE's Backyard BBQ has spiced up the waning days of summer with a shot of music, food, drink, and good vibes. And it's all free! Two years ago, the legendary Bob Mould headlined...

Milwaukee Psych Fest to be postponed “for the foreseeable future”

May 3, 2025

This past week, we posted our massive and ever-growing list of summer festivals happening in and around Milwaukee this summer. Unfortunately, Milwaukee Psych Fest will not be part of the festival fun this summe...

Mari Mari gets cagey as hell on “Mile Wide”

May 2, 2025

At this point, it's possible (if not probable) you've yet to hear Mari Mari. In its relatively brief history, the band—which features past members of Flat Teeth, John The Savage, Those Royals, and Saebra & ...

NilexNile precedes album release, crazy summer with new single

May 2, 2025

After a breakout 2022 and an even more accomplished 2023, last year proved to be an uncharacteristically quiet one for NilexNile. Besides a select few local outings (including a direct support slot before Jack ...

Xposed 4Heads issue call to arms on ‘Crack The Sky’

May 2, 2025

When we last checked in with Xposed 4Heads in January 2024, the veteran Milwaukee New Wave/art-rock band was in a mood. "It's messed up beyond belief / We've gone too far, we're in too deep," cried frontman Mar...

Here’s the Locust Street Festival music lineup (so far)

May 1, 2025

In case you missed the news, Locust Street Festival of Music and Art and its affiliated Locust Street Beer Run will be taking place in the heart of Riverwest on Sunday, June 1. For those of you keeping score at...

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds enthrall, entrance at Miller High Life Theatre

Cal Roach

May 1, 2025

Never one to shy away from taboo subjects, much of Nick Cave's output in recent years has been challenging in a very different sense than his past work. Over the past decade he has suffered the tragic losses of...

Here’s the 2025 Jazz In The Park lineup