Music

March 10, 2025

We'll keep this short and sweet, folks: Music icon Cyndi Lauper will bring her "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour" to Milwaukee's American Family Insurance Amphitheater on Sunday, August 3. The show is pa...

Enjoy this bootleg recording of Stevie Ray Vaughan at Oriental Theatre in 1985

March 10, 2025

Milwaukee's Oriental Theatre isn't just a historic movie palace, it's a historic concert venue. Dedicated musical concerts at the East Side theater may be few and far between these days, but, over the decades, ...

Umphrey’s McGee treats Riverside Theater to jam-packed performance

Cal Roach

March 9, 2025

The jam-band bounty continues to flow unabated through the Brew City. Over the past couple months, we've seen three-night stands by both Goose and Spafford, two nights of String Cheese Incident last fall, Phish...

Bug Moment sets new high score with ‘The Lazer Collection’

March 7, 2025

On 2023's The Flying Toad Circus, Milwaukee "emo-adjacent rock melancholia" group Bug Moment spun a hushed and haunting spell. There were moments of brilliant noise and anguished cries, but the bulk of the reco...

Surprise! Enjoy Telethon’s unexpected and exceptional new album, ‘Suburban Electric’

March 6, 2025

Surprise! Even though the world seems to be full of almost exclusively bad surprises these days, we're thrilled to be sharing a rare bit of unexpected news that's actually not terrifying or soul-crushing. In fa...

View a few tattoos in Something To Do’s new music video debut

March 6, 2025

Last year, Something To Do released two excellent music videos in support of its latest album, Here Comes The Panic. "Draw Me Like One Of Your French Girls" was a wine-fueled and sip and paint-inspired music vi...

MKE musicians headed to SXSW; wish them luck at tonight’s Cooperage sendoff party

March 6, 2025

Beginning this weekend, the 2025 South by Southwest music conference/festival/blowout will take over every venue/bar/corner of Austin, Texas. And amidst all the madness will be a contingent of artists giving Au...

WMSE’s Local/Live: Greg Koch (Live from Anodyne)

March 5, 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, March 4, 2025: Greg ...

Milwaukee Record is up for a WAMI award!

March 5, 2025

It's that time of year again! Last month, the folks behind the Wisconsin Area Music Industry unveiled the field nominees for their 2025 awards show shindig, which is set to take place Sunday, May 4 at The Deco ...

Milwaukee Record Recommended Events: March 3-9, 2025

March 3, 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...

Old Pup weaves an intricate, entrancing web with ‘Spider Towns’

March 3, 2025

In 2022, Old Pup—the pet project of Milwaukee multi-instrumentalist Will Hansen—introduced listeners to its winning mixture of psych, folk, and country with the release of Incognito Lounge. Since then, Hansen a...

X-Ray Arcade announces “Accessible Entryway Construction Fundraiser” events and merch

February 28, 2025

It’s tough to remember a time before X-Ray Arcade. Frankly, we don’t want to think about it. Amazingly, in spite of seeming like it’s been a fixture in Milwaukee-area music forever, the Cudahy-based arcade and ...

Milwaukee Music Roundup: February 2025

February 28, 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 5pm To Nowhere - City Of Light, Act I Bryan Cherry - Anything ...

Get in the Seances spirit with the “Forgiveness” music video

February 27, 2025

If you listen to Milwaukee-made music with any regularity, there's a good chance you're familiar with Eric Arsnow's work. Over the last 10-plus years, he's had lengthy stints playing bass in Tigernite and Devil...

Music streaming injustices: A call for indie musicians to stick up for themselves

Brett Newski

February 26, 2025

In 2016 I made a song called "Fuck You Spotify." I recorded it during a performance at Paste Studios in New York City. For years, I hesitated to push this track, worried that Spotify would suppress my reach or ...

No matter the season, Danny Arcane will heat things up with “Girl”

February 26, 2025

Milwaukee singer-songwriter Danny Arcane largely travels in the indie-pop lane, but he's no stranger to some good old fashioned slow jams. Back in 2023, The U.S.- and U.K.-raised Arcane released the smooth "Do ...

Fuzzysurf does anything but blend in on ambitious, genre-jumping double LP, ‘Chameleons’

February 25, 2025

Since the band's 2017 origin, Fuzzysurf has become known for its tremendous, next-level music videos that are routinely paired with upbeat, indie-tinged surf rock compositions. It's been a pattern you could rel...

Milwaukee Record Recommended Events: February 24 – March 2, 2025

February 24, 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...

Old 97’s to kick off Tosa Tonight’s 2025 season