Milwaukee Music Roundup: June 2026
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Looking for new music? Looking for new Milwaukee music? Then look no further than our monthly Milwaukee Music Roundup!
LPs AND EPs OF NOTE
Contraptions - Buster Supreme EP
Buster...
Record Recommended: Summerfest Weekend 3
Summerfest! Like the last five installments, the Big Gig is staking out three Thursday-Friday-Saturday blocks instead of the old 11-day run. In an effort to help you make some potentially difficult decisions, M...
Milwaukee Record Recommended Events: June 29 – July 5, 2026
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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 fo...
AI music models threaten music—including Milwaukee music—more than ever
"Create never before heard music in 1-click using AI," reads MusicFlow’s slogan. There's a problem, though: this does sound like something you've heard before, because it's been trained using millions of songs ...
Hank Azaria And The EZ Street Band channel Springsteen during enjoyable Summerfest set
Cover bands play Summerfest all the time. Wander around the grounds long enough and you're bound to hear an abundance of musicians performing secondhand renditions of songs written and made famous by someone el...
Sudan Archives blends digital excitement with strings, vocals at Summerfest
One of the most striking things about live music is when a single person can captivate an entire audience with their presence. Their songs, their voice, their instruments, and their body, all moving in tandem. ...
EDM lovers light up Summerfest for Subtronics
Summerfest's scope and crowds never fail to amaze: 12 stages; hundreds of artists; and Milwaukee, ever-so-eager to kick off each new festival weekend. On Thursday night, Subtronics paid a visit to Summerfest. T...
Kim Gordon plays ‘Play Me’ to appreciative Summerfest crowd
Kim Gordon is 73, and her 45-year reign as the queen of the alternative noise-rock kingdom remains unchallenged, as displayed Thursday night at Summerfest's Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard. While she did not...
Prepare for Vincent Van Great’s Summerfest set with “Ultimate Freshness”
Things have been uncharacteristically quiet in the Vincent Van Great camp of late. Aside from becoming a member of the Recording Academy, working with IshDARR on a one-off 2025 single, and performing in partner...
We paired ‘Simpsons’ characters Hank Azaria has voiced with Bruce Springsteen songs
The Summerfest lineup has it all. Each and every year, "The World's Largest Music Festival" manages to book an eclectic blend of talent that includes many of the biggest names in music today, some up-and-comers...
MKE Music Rewind: BoDeans, ‘Outside Looking In’ (1987)
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In MKE Music Rewind we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014. In this installment: BoDeans' sophomore 1987 album Outsi...
Here’s the lineup for Schlitz Audubon’s “Sound Waves” concert series
Located in nearby Village of Bayside, Wisconsin, the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center is a natural treasure that's right in Milwaukee's backyard. We recently went for the first time and absolutely loved it.
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WMSE’s Local/Live: Crow Eater
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 23, 2026: Crow ...
Record Recommended: Summerfest Weekend 2
Summerfest! It continues this weekend (June 25-27) and next weekend (July 2-4). Here are our Record Recommended picks for the second round of the 2026 Big Gig, along with ways to get in cheap or free.
THURSDAY...
Let’s remember some former Summerfest stages
Now a third of the way into its 58th edition, it's safe to say Summerfest has changed considerably since its start way back in 1968. Not only does the size of the massive event—which calls itself "The World's L...
Here are the headliners for A La Carte at the Zoo 2026, including Dermot Mulroney’s band
The Milwaukee County Zoo is celebrating the 40th year of A La Carte at the Zoo in 2026, and it's doing so in style. Oh, and actor-musician Dermot Mulroney and his "Cali-Country" band jackrabbit are totally play...
Holy Pinto prepares for ‘Wedding Season’ with ‘One Tattoo’
The past few years have seen the release of a handful of singles from English-born singer-songwriter Aymen Saleh and his Milwaukee indie-pop group Holy Pinto—but no proper records. Songs like 2020's "Special" a...
Milwaukee Record Recommended Events: June 22-28, 2026
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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 fo...
Hear some of the previous season’s best local tunes on our “Spring 2026” playlist
Though festival season is now in full swing, it’s technically only been summer since Sunday morning. This past spring was bustling and fun, even though it took a while for the weather here in Milwaukee to start...
Resurrectionists double down on doom with ‘Double EP’
If you caught the terrific homegrown documentary Now! More! Yes! at this year's Milwaukee Film Festival, you saw doc subject TW Hansen directing several videos for local band Resurrectionists. (You also saw Han...