Skynyrd! State Fair!
Lynyrd SKYNYRD will headline the Bank Five Nine Main Stage at the 2025 Wisconsin State Fair on Saturday, August 9. Tickets range from $70 - $90, and go on sale Friday, February 14 at 10 a.m.
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Milwaukee Record Recommended Events: February 10-16, 2025
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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...
Laura Petersen And The Old Souls come together on ‘Separation’
What makes a concept album a true concept album? Does it need an elaborate narrative that winds its way through every track, or can it just be a collection of songs with a loose theme? Milwaukee country/folk/ro...
MATTHÚ heads to the farm in “Oxen” music video
Last year, MATTHÚ—the side project of Kevin Bush from sibling synthwave duo Immortal Girlfriend—released a total of one song. However, that solitary track (a follow-up single to 2022's tremendous Montana called...
Nick Maas looks to the stars in “Around Again” music video
When we last checked in with Nick Maas—absolutely no relation to the author of this article, by the way!—the talented Milwaukee troubadour was welcoming listeners to his "House For Two," the first single and mu...
Two things to look forward to: Locust Street Festival, Center Street Daze
Need something to look forward to? Need something to dull the pain and spark a small but vital light in the ever-widening and slobbering maw of madness that is 2025? Well, how about two things!
The 2025 Locu...
13 standout country music (and country-adjacent) events happening in Milwaukee this winter
Much of the world blindly hates all country music despite barely dipping a toe into the genre. Just as many people claim to love "country" that's actually awful creations that hamfistedly shove references to do...
Summerfest announces Isley Brothers, Eric Benét, more for Juneteenth celebration
Summerfest 2025 is set for June 19-21, June 26-28, and July 3-5. That opening night—Thursday, June 19—is also Juneteenth Day. To celebrate, Summerfest is partnering with Northcott Neighborhood House to bring Ju...
WMSE’s Local/Live: Spacecrime (Live from Anodyne)
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.
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Here’s when Summerfest will announce its 2025 lineup, and that’s it
Wednesday, February 12 at 6 a.m.
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"It's a new year and we are back with a new banger."
That's the short, simple, and almost comically understated message that accompanies "Amen," the latest single from Milwaukee hip-hop outfit Art Of 3. Why ...
Milwaukee Record Recommended Events: February 3-9, 2025
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I wrote a song about the Milwaukee Boat
On October 13, 2024, owners of a 33-foot Chris-Craft Roamer called "Deep Thought" got stuck in a storm, ran out of gas, and decided to run the boat ashore between Bradford and McKinley beaches to retrieve at a ...
As Oak previews new album with “Nightmares On Wax”
Back in 2022, we described indescribable Milwaukee band as Oak as a group in possession of "a strange and unclassifiable energy that penetrates every bone and pore and follicle in your body." The band's 2022 EP...
Benson Boone will headline Summerfest on July 3
Did you catch Benson Boone at last night's Grammy Awards? How about the part where he got "stripped" by Heidi Klum and Nikki Glaser? How about his "aggressive crotch grab" that was so aggressive he had to kinda...
Milwaukee Music Roundup: January 2025
Looking for new music? Looking for new Milwaukee music? Then look no further than our monthly Milwaukee Music Roundup!
LPs AND EPs OF NOTE
Alicia Rytlewski - When We Were Bears
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The Estate set to reopen (with music!) on weekends
The last four years have been bumpy ones for beloved East Side club The Estate (2423 N. Murray Ave). There were openings and closings, kinda-sorta name changes (it was The Jazz Estate but it's just The Estate n...
Andrew Jambura laments state of society, Pro Bowl, in video for “My God”
The last time we checked in with Milwaukee musician and Silver City Studios engineer Andrew Jambura, the former Sat. Nite Duets member was releasing his first solo song in nearly a decade, "Can U Spell God?" Fa...
MKE Music Rewind: 1984, ‘Rock Drill’ (2000)
In MKE Music Rewind we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014. This week: 1984's Rock Drill from 2000.
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WMSE’s Local/Live: Genesis Renji
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.
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