Music

June 18, 2024

Milwaukee’s Bastille Days is just around the corner. From Thursday, July 11 through Sunday, July 14, the long-running celebration of all things French will pack Cathedral Square Park (and the area surrounding i...

Hear some of the season’s best local music with our “Spring 2024” playlist

June 18, 2024

Even though festival season is now in full swing and we've already experienced a few days with temperatures in the nineties, it's technically still spring for a couple more days. This spring has been bustling, ...

Ian Ash sets the mood for upcoming solo album, unveils “Sex Magic”

June 18, 2024

The world can be a cold, cruel, and corrosively divisive place. Need a break from all the negativity? Looking for a sun-kissed summertime pop ditty to take the blues away? Looking for a little sex, a little mag...

Milwaukee Record Recommended Events: June 17-23, 2024

June 17, 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...

Bask in the warmth of Shorelining’s shimmering self-titled EP

June 17, 2024

While most music can be enjoyed all year long, we're firm believers in so-called "summer songs." Perhaps they were written and recorded during a different part of the year and, yeah, they can absolutely be list...

Scenes from Summer Soulstice Music Festival 2024

June 17, 2024

The summer solstice isn't until this Thursday; this past Saturday, however, was the East Side's Summer Soulstice Music Festival. Five stages, one DJ alley, dozens of bands and artists, too many vendors to count...

Wilco kicks off summer tour, smooths over brief crowd fracas at Riverside Theater

Cal Roach

June 13, 2024

Last month, the Chicago folk-rock veterans of Wilco celebrated their 20th anniversary as a band. Again. Yes, although many fans will recall the band's 2014 Milwaukee stop on its 20th anniversary tour, plenty do...

Opposites attract on Combustor and Tron Jovi’s ‘Bent & Snapped’ remix EP

June 12, 2024

As Milwaukee's music scene continues to strengthen and unify, we're seeing more instances of local artists covering, remixing, and otherwise re-imagining each other's material. Just a few semi-recent examples t...

WMSE’s Local/Live: Def Harmonic

June 12, 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, June 11, 2024: Def H...

Milwaukee Record Recommended Events: June 10-16, 2024

June 10, 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...

Milwaukee will host 2025 National Independent Venue Association conference

June 10, 2024

The "Milwaukee hosting big events in 2025" trend continues: On Monday, the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) announced that it will hold its fourth annual conference in Milwaukee in June 2025. NIVA,...

Check out the lineup for Great Lakes Distillery’s new “Summer Patio Music” series

June 7, 2024

Picture this. It's a Sunday afternoon that lands sometime between the dates of June 9 and September 1. You're sitting on a gorgeous patio in vibrant Walker's Point. The weather is beautiful. You're sipping a ta...

Say hello to summer with MD McNally’s winning ‘I’ll Dissolve For You’

June 7, 2024

Certain things are hard to define—but, as they say, you know them when you see/hear them. Take the nebulous concept of a "summer album." What makes a "summer album" a "summer album"? Songs about soaking up the ...

Here are music lineups for West Allis’ Food Truck Friday, Farmers Market, and Summer Concert Series

June 6, 2024

West Allis rules. Beyond being the host city for Wisconsin State Fair, the misunderstood and maligned Milwaukee suburb is also home to some great bars and breweries, some excellent restaurants, and two places t...

MKE Music Rewind: Keedy, “Save Some Love” (1991)

June 6, 2024

broadstreet.zone(159870); In MKE Music Rewind we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014. This week: Keedy's "Save Some Love" from 1991. The br...

EXITSTATEMENTS embrace abstraction on self-titled debut

June 5, 2024

Last month, we spoke with Scott LaShay, the singer/guitarist of a new rock trio called EXITSTATEMENTS. During that interview, the vocalist of the young project—which features members with ties to notable Milwau...

WMSE’s Local/Live: Vanity Plates

June 5, 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, June 4, 2024: Vanity...

Robert Randolph, Talib Kweli highlight new downtown Summer of Soul concert series

June 4, 2024

We've said it before and we'll say it again: this summer is gonna be packed. Don't believe us? Just take a peek at our 2024 guide to summer festivals, fairs, music series, and more. Oh, and add a big new series...

Talking new (and old) Milwaukee music with WUWM’s Lake Effect (May 2024)