Music

October 16, 2024

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, October 15, 2024: Sh...

Garden Home’s “The Worst Of It” video is one shot of pummeling perfection

October 15, 2024

Back in April, Milwaukee screamo/post-hardcore band Garden Home released its excellent self-titled debut album. "Garden Home is now a band in full bloom," we said, "as its long-awaited debut album shows those s...

Looking back at when Korn played The Rave 4 times (in less than 200 days!) in 1995

October 14, 2024

While most touring artists tend to bounce between Milwaukee venues based on availability, capacity, and who submits the best offer to their management, there are some acts you just know are going to be performi...

Milwaukee Record Recommended Events: October 14-20, 2024

October 14, 2024

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...

Diet Lite’s Max Niemann goes solo, hits the road with ‘The Fellow Travelers’

October 14, 2024

One of the busiest and most beloved Milwaukee bands to make its name post-pandemic has been Diet Lite. The scruffy indie-rock outfit released the excellent Seems To Be The Way It Tends To Go in 2021, and follow...

Summerfest announces first 2025 headliner, Lainey Wilson, 254 long days ahead of time

October 14, 2024

Wildly popular country artist Lainey Wilson will headline the American Family Insurance Amphitheater on Thursday, June 26, during Summerfest 2025. The Big Gig announced its first 2025 headliner on Monday—254 da...

The Hallelujah Ward comes to life (finally!) with ‘I Forced Myself To Live, Charlie Bee’

October 11, 2024

It's a bright and bustling morning at Radio Milwaukee and Mark Waldoch is ready to begin the day. "They used to have this thing where they would frenetically interview somebody for eighty-eight seconds," he ...

Instrumental intensity takes flight on Pigeoto’s debut EP

October 10, 2024

If you read the digital pages of Milwaukee Record with enough frequency, there's a solid chance you've encountered some press about Velocihamster. The project, which calls itself "the world’s only lap steel met...

WMSE’s Local/Live: dak duBois

October 9, 2024

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, October 8, 2024: dak...

Enjoy lyric videos for two of our current favorite Milwaukee songs

October 8, 2024

Remember that part in Twin Peaks where Cooper says "When two separate events occur simultaneously pertaining to the same object of inquiry, we must always pay strict attention"? Of course you do. Well, if the o...

Milwaukee Record Recommended Events: October 7-13, 2024

October 7, 2024

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...

HUMID delivers heavy, atmospheric shoegaze with ‘Pulverize’ LP

October 7, 2024

Pulverize, the second full-length album from Milwaukee group HUMID, doesn't waste time. Opener "Infrared" begins with a bang—an instant wall of towering, bashing drums and swirling, distorted guitars—and keeps ...

Talking new Milwaukee music with WUWM’s Lake Effect (September 2024)

October 3, 2024

Once a month, Milwaukee Record's own Matt Wild gets his NPR on by sitting down with WUWM's Lake Effect and discussing some of his favorite new Milwaukee records and songs. Listen to the latest installment HE...

WMSE’s Local/Live: Devils Teeth (Live from Anodyne)

October 2, 2024

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, October 1, 2024: Dev...

Milwaukee Music Roundup: September 2024

September 30, 2024

Looking for new music? Looking for new Milwaukee music? Then look no further than our monthly Milwaukee Music Roundup! LPs AND EPs OF NOTE BLAX - Blaxploitation BLAXPLOITATION by BLAX Diet Lite - Diet L...

Milwaukee Record Recommended Events: September 30 – October 6, 2024

September 30, 2024

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...

NilexNile seeks “Balance” in brand new single

September 27, 2024

Following a breakout 2022 and an even more accomplished 2023, this year has been an uncharacteristically quiet one for NilexNile to this point. Outside of releasing his (great) "Teen Spirit" single way back in ...

Here’s the 2024 Flannel Fest lineup

September 25, 2024

Back in 2019, Boone & Crockett—in partnership with The Cooperage, Taco Moto, and Pedal Tavern—hosted a celebration of music, food, and seasonal attire known as "Flannel Fest." That iteration brought hundred...

Yo La Tengo will play Harris/Walz fundraiser show October 17 at Anodyne