MKE Music Rewind: The Trusty Knife
In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014.
Everyone loves a "lost" album. Whether it's a legendary artifact (th...
Let’s listen to the new Lil Wayne and Victor DeLorenzo Packers hype songs
It's a match made in playoffs heaven: rapper Lil Wayne, Milwaukee musician Victor DeLorenzo, and your Green Bay Packers. Yes, ahead of Saturday's NFC divisional playoff game between the Packers and the Los Ange...
Victor Buell IV scores the apocalypse with synth-drenched solo album, ‘Fallen Angels’
The last time we checked in with Victor Buell IV, the Vinz Clortho leader was getting down—real low down—with a winning cover of Sheryl Crow's "If It Makes You Happy." The song was eventually included on Vinz C...
Weird Storm gets, well, weird in video for “Brittle Pastimes”
There's unfortunate timing, and then there's Milwaukee's Weird Storm. Formed in summer 2019, the group (Charlie Hoehnen, Bob Schaab, brothers Chris and Nicholas Ouchie) wrote, rehearsed, and recorded some demos...
Lauryl Sulfate and LUXI team up for “Basement Show”
Ahhh, the basement show. That magical beast where 17 hardcore bands are on one bill, where three dozen people have to squeeze past the washer and dryer without accidentally unplugging the Christmas lights, and ...
Favorite Milwaukee Music We Forgot To Include In Our Year-End Favorites: Red Stuff, ‘Bless Us’
In 2020 we dropped our usual year-end "25 Best Milwaukee Albums" list and went with something less stuffy. "Milwaukee Record's favorite Milwaukee music of 2020" contained lists of our favorite LPs and EPs, but ...
Greet the new year with Mere Of Light and the wistful “Moon From A Well”
Entering a new year is a lot like waking up in the morning: it's best done slowly, quietly, and, if at all possible, without doomscrolling through Twitter. With that in mind, please let new Milwaukee project Me...
Ranking Milwaukee-themed polka songs by the number of times they say “Milwaukee”
Back in December, Milwaukee-area polka king Mike Schneider released a video for his delightful "Christmas Kielbasa." The song ended up getting stuck in our heads for approximately three weeks. Go figure.
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Rexxx goes to the toppermost of the poppermost in video for “Animal”
Back when the Beatles were a struggling band playing dingy clubs and ratty ballrooms, John Lennon would cheer the group on with a rallying cry. "Where are we going, fellas?" Lennon would ask. "To the top, Johnn...
Milwaukee Music Roundup: December 2020
Looking for new music? Looking for new Milwaukee music? Then look no further than our monthly Milwaukee Music Roundup (a list compiled via our own archives and other resources like Bandcamp, 88Nine Radio Milwau...
MKE Music Rewind: Couch Flambeau, “Santa Claus Skips Cudahy”
In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014.
In recent years, Milwaukee's collective catalog of holiday music has...
18 more Milwaukee-made holiday songs
Over the course of a few Decembers of Milwaukee Record‘s existence, we’ve rounded up a mess of amazingly tolerable local songs that are helping to improve the largely unsatisfying holiday music genre. (You can ...
Brush up on some of this bad year’s best Milwaukee music with the 2020 Silver City Sampler
Even though 2020 has been so unusual/unprecedented/awful, a wealth of great music was still made and released in our fair city this year. Though there’s no shortage of Best Of lists that help recognize the reco...
Get Fudgy’s new 30-song double LP by donating to Milwaukee nonprofit Pathfinders
When we last heard from Fudgy, the far-flung group of musicians led by Milwaukee's Justin Kern (other members hail from Buffalo, Seattle, Los Angeles, and Minneapolis) was offering its latest 7-inch record in e...
Milwaukee Record’s favorite Milwaukee music videos of 2020
Even though 2020 has been so unusual/unprecedented/awful, a dizzying amount of great music was made and released in our fair city this year. And—surprise, surprise—a wealth of great music videos were released, ...
Please enjoy Mike Schneider’s wholesome holiday polka jam, “Christmas Kielbasa”
We've sung the praises of Mike Schneider in these digital pages before. The titular leader of the Mike Schneider Band has been a local polka fixture since the 1990s, winning a slew of awards and just generally ...
Milwaukee Record’s favorite Milwaukee music of 2020
Because 2020 has been so unusual/unprecedented/awful, we're putting our year-end "25 Best Milwaukee Albums" list on hold and opting for something more loose and personal. Despite the pandemic, there was a LOT o...
Is Taylor Swift’s ‘evermore’ about Wisconsin’s Dr. Evermor?
In a year marked by loss, some individual stories didn't get the attention they otherwise might in less pandemicky times. April 2020 began with news of Wisconsin sculpture artist Tom Every's death. Yes, that sa...
Boy Lonely is begging you to “Mask Up, Baby”
As we settle into month 8,000 of the New Normal, isn't it about time we make mask-wearing not just mandatory, but sexy? Boy Lonely thinks so.
Who's Boy Lonely? He's Milwaukee musician Casey Seymour, who spli...
I spent the night in Cactus Club’s green room (and you can too)
Last week, Gov. Tony Evers announced that $15 million in COVID-19 Live Music and Entertainment Venue Grants had been awarded to a total of 96 Wisconsin venues. Of those 96 establishments, 11 of them are based i...