Milwaukee Music Roundup: April 2024
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Looking for new music? Looking for new Milwaukee music? Then look no further than our monthly Milwaukee Music Roundup, brought to you by Mystery Room Mastering!
LPs AND EPs OF NOTE
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Milwaukee Record Recommended Events: April 29 – May 5, 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...
Daniel James revives Daniel James Gang solo project, says hello to “Misery”
Back in January 2023, longtime Milwaukee glam/punk/power/sleaze-pop group Indonesian Junk called it quits. "It's been a great 8 1/2 years playing with Mike, Johnny, and all of the other amazing people who have ...
Ladybird gets up to a little trouble in the “Short King Shuffle” music video
When we last checked in with Ladybird back in late March, the Milwaukee alt-country outfit was announcing its first proper LP, Amy Come On Home, by releasing a heartbreaking single from the forthcoming record e...
Vic and Gab will reunite as Vic And Gab, open for Vic and Gab as REYNA
It's been nearly 10 years since sisters Victoriah and Gabriela Banuelos retired their indie-rock outfit Vic And Gab and transformed into the more pop-leaning REYNA. And while the latter project has produced som...
Unending Zoom brings impending doom in Something To Do’s “Sweet Caffeination” video
When we last checked in with Something To Do back in January, the veteran Milwaukee-Madison ska project had just put out a wine-fueled and sip and paint-inspired music video for a single from its album, Here Co...
WMSE’s Local/Live: Diamond Life
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, April 23, 2024: Diam...
Alvvays returns to Pabst Theater for instantly iconic performance
Back in March, indie-pop band Charly Bliss scored a semi-viral tweet about fellow indie group Alvvays:
if a venue doesn't play "archie, marry me" before a three band indie rock bill you can report them to the c...
Here’s the full musical lineup for the 2024 Harley-Davidson Homecoming, July 25-28
If you're looking for Milwaukee's most ridiculously packed weekend of summer 2024, look no further than July 25-28. There's German Fest July 26-28. There's the Riverwest 24 July 26-27. There's the Air & Wat...
Milwaukee Record Recommended Events: April 22-28, 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...
Guided By Voices (!) will headline WMSE’s Backyard BBQ on August 24
The club park is open.
Yes, you read the headline correctly: Legendary high-kicking Dayton, Ohio indie-rock band Guided By Voices will headline WMSE's 14th annual Backyard BBQ concert in Humboldt Park on Sat...
Here’s the 2024 Chill On The Hill lineup
For nearly two decades, Bay View Neighborhood Association’s Chill On The Hill has brought music to Humboldt Park’s band chalet every Tuesday between the beginning of June and the end of August.
We’re pleased...
WMSE’s Local/Live: Garden Home
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, April 16, 2024: Gard...
Bob Reitman announces retirement, final show on WUWM
It's not alright, ma: Legendary Milwaukee radio pioneer Bob Reitman is retiring.
Reitman, 82, who currently co-hosts WUWM's It's Alright, Ma, It's Only Music with his son Bobby, will officially retire on Fri...
Milwaukee Record Recommended Events: April 15-21, 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...
8 ways Milwaukee is celebrating Record Store Day 2024
Love it or hate it, it’s safe to say Record Store Day is here to stay. What started as an honest-to-goodness movement to encourage listeners to get out and support independent music retailers who were suffering...
Gold Steps take mansplainers to task in “Narcissist”
When Betty Mauritz isn't commanding crowds all over the country as the vocalist of Milwaukee pop-punk outfit Gold Steps, she's working a 9-to-5 at a brewery. Being a woman in those two male-dominated industries...
Scam Likely breaks through with terrific sophomore album, ‘Yolk’
Roughly 10 minutes into Scam Likely's new album Yolk, an unexpected sound arrives: an acoustic guitar.
Huh. This is a band whose excellent 2023 debut Getting Worse was stuffed with crunchy indie-rock rocker ...
Garden Home is a band in full bloom on self-titled debut album
Garden Home hasn't exactly been a stranger to our little parcel of digital real estate in recent years, but the Cream City screamo quartet has somehow managed to attract our attention (and fashion an impressive...
Make our “Milwaukee Daylist” playlist your official Milwaukee Day soundtrack
Sunday, April 14 marks another "Milwaukee Day" here in the Cream City. This holiday, which originated about 15 years ago as an inside joke between friends who realized Milwaukee’s 414 area code had a striking r...