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Milwaukee Record Recommended Events: October 28 – November 3, 2024

October 28, 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...

Caley Conway navigates dreams, waking life on sublime ‘Partner’

Matt Wild

October 28, 2024

There are moments in Caley Conway's latest album, Partner, when the ever-busy Milwaukee singer-songwriter finds herself caught in the humdrum duties of daily life. There are things to do—or not—people to see—or...

Jack White will play intimate shows at Cactus Club tonight, The Rave tomorrow

Matt Wild

October 25, 2024

One night after a last-minute surprise show at Madison's High Noon Saloon—and an even more last-minute and surprise show at Milwaukee's Vanguard restaurant—the one and only Jack White will play Milwaukee's Cact...

Bug Moment at its best on new single, “Purple Guy”

Matt Wild

October 25, 2024

Bug Moment's metamorphosis from a glitchy bedroom project to the city's finest "emo-adjacent rock melancholia" band is one of the great Milwaukee music scene success stories of the post-pandemic era. Twenty-twe...

Vacancy Chain pours on the “Halloween Hot Sauce” with new seasonal single

Tyler Maas

October 24, 2024

Last summer, Milwaukee/Chicago's Vacancy Chain formally made its presence known with the release of Count The Stars. In the year-plus since that excellent debut album first encountered eardrums, the indie rock ...

Milwaukee Recreation is offering a Yoko Ono class this fall and we’re all for it

Matt Wild

October 24, 2024

Milwaukee Recreation rules. For more than 100 years (!) the Milwaukee Public Schools program has made the city a better place by offering innumerable recreational and educational opportunities to folks of all a...

Holy Pinto returns to form with new single, “Death Is In The Air”

Tyler Maas

October 23, 2024

With a run of recent shows both in his adopted home of Milwaukee and in overseas locales like Austria and Hungary, Holy Pinto—the musical moniker of English-born singer/songwriter Aymen Saleh—has been keeping q...

WMSE’s Local/Live: Caley Conway

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 23, 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 22, 2024: Ca...

Get lost in the dream-pop goodness of Brief Candles’ ‘Unfinished Nature’

Matt Wild

October 22, 2024

In the final moments of David Lynch and Mark Frost's 2017 Twin Peaks revival, a puzzled and temporally adrift Agent Cooper asks "What year is this?" The same question comes to mind while listening to the music ...

Milwaukee Record Recommended Events: October 21-27, 2024

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 21, 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...

Enjoy new Halloween songs from Fuzzysurf, The Quilz

Matt Wild

October 21, 2024

It's that time of year, folks: Pumpkins! Pumpkin spice! Leaves! Scary movies! That old Garfield Halloween special where he fights ghost pirates or something! Oh, and spooky music! And spooky local music! So ...

Psychedelic Furs, Jesus And Mary Chain get loud at Riverside Theater

Cal Roach

October 17, 2024

Twenty-twenty-four has been a banner year for UK bands helmed by male siblings. Not only did Oasis announce a handful of reunion shows that are totally gonna actually happen, the U.S. is currently in the throes...

Wave Chapelle and friends will play inaugural installment of Riverwest Radio Spotlight Series

Matt Wild

October 17, 2024

Back in January, a unique show took place at a unique location. Social Cig and Wave Chapelle played a co-headlining show in the cozy confines of Riverwest Radio. In case you missed it, here it is: https://ww...

The incredibly busy world of Nineteen Thirteen

Matt Wild

October 16, 2024

Victor DeLorenzo is throwing himself a birthday party—sort of—and everyone is invited. On Saturday, October 19, the veteran Milwaukee musician and Violent Femmes founding drummer will celebrate his 70th birt...

WMSE’s Local/Live: Shorelining

Milwaukee Record Staff

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

Matt Wild

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

Tyler Maas

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

Milwaukee Record Staff

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’

Matt Wild

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

Matt Wild

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...