WMSE’s Local/Live: Smoke N’ Mirrors
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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Brett Newski shares seedy story from new tour journal collection, ‘Piss In The Wind’
Milwaukee musician Brett Newski has spent the past decade-plus releasing countless albums of earnest indie rock, playing countless shows across the globe, and even penning his own book. Now, Newski has mashed h...
Black Elephant will reunite for Cooperage show, celebrate 20 years of ‘Eat This Album’
Dial the ol' Wayback Machine to the early '00s and you'll likely run into one of Milwaukee's most popular hip-hop groups of the day, Black Elephant. "They grinded harder than just about any other act," Radio Mi...
Milwaukee Record Recommended Events: November 11-17, 2024
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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...
Today in peak Summerfest announcements: The Avett Brothers, June 26 at BMO Pavilion
Spin Doctors. REO Speedwagon. Atmosphere. Cheap Trick. Luke Bryan Zach Combs Brian Luke Zach or whatever. These are just a few examples of (perfectly wonderful!) artists that seem to play Milwaukee's annual Sum...
King Diamond reigns supreme at Riverside Theater
It’s been 17 years since metal godfather King Diamond released an album, but fans have been in a state of heightened anticipation for a few years now. At Hellfest in 2019, he debuted a new song onstage, “Masque...
And the “major concert at American Family Field” is…Billy Joel and Sting!
Yesterday, Milwaukee—nay, the world—was occupied with only one thing. Okay, two things, the second being what the "major concert announcement at American Family Field" would be. And now we know: it's Billy Joel...
Choose your favorite all-too-timely song on Night Crickets’ ‘How It Ends (?)’
"Could be heaven, but we blew it once again."
"It's richer than rich, poorer than poor. The children are fodder. That's the story of war."
"The world seems like a sewer, an insane, crazy place."
"The w...
Let’s guess what the “major concert announcement at American Family Field” will be tomorrow
UPDATE (11/7/24): And the "major concert announcement at American Family Field" is...
"The Milwaukee Brewers and FPC Live will make a major concert announcement at American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wis. on...
Listen to Bunk Bed’s restless full-length debut, ‘Roughhousing’
What's in a name? When it comes to Milwaukee indie-/art-/math-rock outfit Bunk Bed, quite a lot.
The group emerged in 2022, releasing the two-song Top Bunk, Bottom Bunk. Both songs ("Crowd And Judgement," "B...
Milwaukee Record Recommended Events: November 4-10, 2024
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Milwaukee Music Roundup: October 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
Allison Mahal - Allie
Brief Candles - Unfinished Nature
Unf...
Club Ritual rolls out record label with rhythmic release from Greyhound
If you're hip to Milwaukee's underground dance scene, you're almost certainly hip to Club Ritual. The dance-happy event series has brought beats to places like High Dive, Mad Planet, Quarters, and even Black Ca...
Hear Here is still here (and here to stay)
It ain't easy to sustain a creative vision in the first place, but once COVID hit the first domino—setting off a chain reaction that led to defunding, closures, and premature funerals in the arts—the creative s...
WMSE will broadcast special “Hip Hop Hooray” show live from The Hop on November 16
Back in October 2023, beloved Milwaukee radio station WMSE 91.7 did a live three-hour broadcast from beloved Milwaukee argument-starter The Hop. We hung out that day and helped out. It was fun!
Now, WMSE i...
Talking new Milwaukee music with WUWM’s Lake Effect (October 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: The Quilz (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.
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Long-awaited Cassini Echoes debut is “a true exercise in patience”
At a time in which projects sometimes announce their existence with the release of a completed album or EP and musicians rush to record slapdash reactionary songs about topical subjects, it's becoming more rare...
Sincere Engineer, Harrison Gordon to headline second annual Burn Bright MKE festival
This past February, a brand new festival called Burn Bright MKE added to the ever-improving winter festival landscape in metro Milwaukee. The two-day affair was created by DIY booking wunderkind JJ Kaiser, who ...
Milwaukee Record Recommended Events: October 28 – November 3, 2024
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