Music

August 7, 2024

You have to hand it to Devils Teeth: when it comes to new music, the Milwaukee garage/punk/surf outfit always goes the extra mile. Back in 2021, the band released La Leggenda Di Chong Li, a self-described (a...

WMSE’s Local/Live: Mike Mangione

August 7, 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, August 6, 2024: Mike...

Summerfest announces 2025 dates, will stick to three-weekend format

August 7, 2024

Attention folks hoping that Summerfest's delay in announcing its 2025 dates may indicate a return to the festival's old 11-day format: sorry! On Wednesday, the producer of Summerfest, Milwaukee World Festiva...

Here’s who’s playing the X-Ray Arcade Stage at Bay View Bash

August 6, 2024

While many of Milwaukee’s summer festivals, block parties, and other large scale happenings have already come and gone, one of the city’s best fests is still on the horizon. Bay View Bash will return to Kinnick...

Get in the ring and watch Immortal Girlfriend’s “Calling” music video

August 5, 2024

Back in February, Immortal Girlfriend—a.k.a. the "Dark Knights of Synth"—continued its streak of outstanding output with the surprise release of Sojourner. Arguably the best track on the altogether commendable ...

Milwaukee Record Recommended Events: August 5-11, 2024

August 5, 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...

WMSE’s Local/Live: Tourist In The Basement

July 31, 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, July 30, 2024: Touri...

Milwaukee Music Roundup: July 2024

July 31, 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 414bigfrank - Can Never Make Me Hate You Allison Mahal - Touri...

Highly ranked Packers fan Lil Wayne will play Fiserv Forum on October 19

July 30, 2024

A Lil Wayne show in Milwaukee may not be rare (like Mr. Clean with hair), but we're still pleased to report that the veteran rapper (and Green Bay Packers superfan) is scheduled to play Milwaukee's Fiserv Forum...

Milwaukee Record Recommended Events: July 29 – August 4, 2024

July 29, 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...

Here’s the 2024 Center Street Daze music lineup

July 29, 2024

Center Street Daze Festival—which began way back in 1997 and is organized by the Riverwest Business Association—will make its triumphant return to Center Street (between Holton and Humboldt) on Saturday, August...

Bunk Bed gets gory in VHS-horror-movie-inspired “Crowd And Judgement” video

July 29, 2024

What makes a low-rent horror movie from the past a good low-rent horror movie from the past? The kills, of course! Creative kills, gory kills, or kills where Jason just stuffs someone into a sleeping bag and sl...

Forgiveness bleeds in Maximiano’s “You Have A Heart In Me”

July 29, 2024

Ever since the early-2023 dissolution of their previous band, Crawlspace, singer-songwriter Maximiano Janairo (or simply Maximiano) has become a staple of the live Milwaukee music scene. Hell, there have been t...

Mol Sullivan stands still in Milwaukee-made “Cautiously” video

July 26, 2024

Milwaukee music fans may not be familiar with Mol Sullivan because, well, she's not from Milwaukee. Sullivan is a Cincinnati singer-songwriter whose catalog stretches back to the early 2010s. It was only in ear...

WMSE’s Local/Live: The Demix

July 24, 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, July 23, 2024: The D...

A day-by-day Milwaukee guide to Mile Of Music

July 22, 2024

From August 1-4, a total of 20 Milwaukee bands and solo artists will make the 100-mile trek north on US 41—or I-43, if they want to take the scenic route—to partake the Mile Of Music festival in downtown Applet...

Milwaukee Record Recommended Events: July 22-28, 2024

July 22, 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...

Get ready with Danny Arcane’s new video, “Following”

July 19, 2024

Promoting yourself on social media can be fun and all (and awful and all), but there's something so...exhausting about it, isn't there? The endless grind, the endless trend-chasing, the endless endlessness...it...

Talent buyer JJ Kaiser talks booking start, memorable shows, what’s to come