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Robot Witch makes some changes in its ‘Make A Change’ EP

March 29, 2024

In late 2022, Robot Witch debuted a new, enlarged lineup with the release of a self-titled EP that found the outfit (mostly) setting aside its synthesizers in favor of a sound that incorporated elements of psyc...

Choose a champ in March Sadness: The Promise Ring song bracket

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 29, 2024

It’s all come down to this. Following a four-week competition that found a field of 64 songs by The Promise Ring facing one another in five heated rounds of voting, our March Sadness bracket has dwindled to jus...

Ladybird previews new album with bittersweet single, “Audrey’s Garden”

Matt Wild

March 28, 2024

It's been just over a year since Milwaukee alt-country outfit Ladybird released its wonderful self-titled EP. The follow-up to the band's 2021 debut, the record was filled with breezy love songs set on train lo...

WMSE’s Local/Live: Barely Civil

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 27, 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, March 26, 2024: Bare...

4 songs by The Promise Ring remain in our “March Sadness” bracket

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 26, 2024

Following more than three weeks of March Sadness action, a tournament that started with a field of 64 songs by The Promise Ring has now been reduced to a remaining crop of just four songs. At this point, one so...

The Demix returns with long-awaited ‘Arrival’

Matt Wild

March 26, 2024

"It's not the destination, it's the journey." This time-honored truism applies to all aspects of life: love, relationships, work, leisure, the ideals of the Knights Radiant, the very act of living itself. It...

Milwaukee Record Recommended Events: March 25-31, 2024

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 25, 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...

Third Ward Beer Garden at Catalano Square announces first half of 2024 live music schedule

Tyler Maas

March 25, 2024

If there's something the greater Milwaukee can't have too many of, it's beer gardens. Our abundance of designated places where folks can enjoy a beverage, snacks, and maybe even live entertainment in an outdoor...

Just 8 songs by The Promise Ring are left in our “March Sadness” bracket

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 22, 2024

Following three rounds of March Sadness action, a tournament that started with a field of 64 songs by The Promise Ring has now been reduced to just eight remaining songs. Round 3 included four favored songs mov...

Hey! Here’s the 2024 Summerfest lineup!

Matt Wild

March 21, 2024

Well, here it is! The 2024 Summerfest lineup! For the 56th anniversary of the Big Gig! Dig in! Similar to recent years, Summerfest 2024 will take place over three consecutive Thursday-Saturday blocks: June 2...

We’d say Barely Civil’s ‘I’d Say I’m Not Fine’ is downright outstanding

Tyler Maas

March 20, 2024

After learning about about Barely Civil embarrassingly late—at least for a publication that specializes in Milwaukee arts and music coverage—by way of the band's excellent 2020 sophomore album I'll Figure This ...

Milwaukee musician Sigmund Snopek III is the subject of a new 6.5-hour documentary

Matt Wild

March 20, 2024

If you've been around the Milwaukee music scene for a while—and/or have ever attended a Locust Street Fest—you know Sigmund Snopek III. The tireless musician and WAMI Hall of Famer has been beating his own drum...

WMSE’s Local/Live: Best of Local/Live (and more!)

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 20, 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, March 19, 2024: Best...

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

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 19, 2024

We made it, Milwaukee. In a matter of just a few hours, winter will be officially over—though we're not ruling out a few more instances of snow and sub-zero temps in the weeks to come—and spring will be upon us...

Milwaukee Record Recommended Events: March 18-24, 2024

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 18, 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...

Only 16 songs by The Promise Ring remain in our “March Sadness” bracket

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 18, 2024

And then there were 16! Following two "March Sadness: The Promise Ring Song Bracket" rounds that found approximately 12,000 total votes being cast, our hand-selected field of 64 compositions by The Promise Ring...

Dogs In Ecstasy give us liner notes for ‘Clear The Decks: Demos From The First 100 Years (Long May They Reign)’

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 15, 2024

"Dogs In Ecstasy will never die." That's the final line of the "new" Dogs In Ecstasy album, Clear The Decks: Demos From The First 100 Years (Long May They Reign). We're putting "new" in quotes because, as th...

BLAX previews ‘The Blaxploitation’ with new single, podcast

Matt Wild

March 15, 2024

When we last caught up with BLAX, the veteran Milwaukee MC was channeling director Wes Anderson for the wonderful "Intelligent Beings" video. The video came a year after the release of the full-length Angeline,...

Milwaukee Noise Fest comes to Cactus Club on June 5

Tyler Maas

March 15, 2024

Even though we're still technically in the finals days of winter, dozens of local festivals and recurring music series taking place in late spring and summer have already either posted their dates or, in some c...

Here’s when the full 2024 Summerfest lineup will drop, and that’s it

Matt Wild

March 14, 2024

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