Music

July 14, 2022

Believe it or not, the holidays are right around the corner. Soon, summer-suited patio playlists will give way to yuletide standards you're sure to hear as you roam department stores in desperate search of the ...

Frankie And The Witch Fingers work up a sweat in Cactus Club return

Catherine Jozwik

July 14, 2022

Scrappy power-psych/garage rockers Frankie And The Witch Fingers served up a heady concoction of heavy-hitting tunes during a sold-out Wednesday night show at the Cactus Club. Before the headliner took the s...

Milwaukee Record’s favorite Milwaukee music of 2022 (so far)

July 13, 2022

Believe it or not, 2022 is more than halfway over. Weird! What's not weird: the full-fledged return of live music and the continued talent of the Milwaukee music scene. Here are just a few of our favorite 2022 ...

Juiceboxxx is dead. Long live RUSTBELT.

July 13, 2022

One of the most fascinating developments in the long and winding career of New-York-by-way-of-Milwaukee musician Juiceboxxx has been his willingness to question his own life choices. "Have I wasted all my life ...

Florida Brothers Band returns with wrestling-inspired ‘Pick Your Sting’ EP

July 12, 2022

Back in 2017, we introduced you to an...unconventional Milwaukee project called Florida Brothers Band. In that article, we said the unusual, interesting, and utterly enjoyable group "crafts punk earworms that w...

Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band will play Fiserv Forum March 7, 2023

July 12, 2022

Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band will play Milwaukee's Fiserv Forum on March 7, 2023. Hell yeah. Tickets go on sale Wednesday, July 27, at 10 a.m. CT. Want to get tickets right away at 10 a.m. on the ...

Milwaukee Record Recommended: July 11-17, 2022

July 11, 2022

Our fat-free, dolphin-safe Milwaukee events calendar is chock-full of things to do, but only a handful of events are worthy of the lofty honor of "Record Recommended" (patent pending). Here are our recommendati...

Clementine carries the emo torch with excellent new single, “Lucinda”

July 11, 2022

Milwaukee has a thing for emo. Back in the '90s, groups like The Promise Ring and Hey Mercedes put the city on the emo map; these days, Telethon, Versio Curs, Live Tetherball Tonight, and many more carry the bi...

Crossing off some things on our “Big Gig Bucket Lists”

July 8, 2022

Summerfest! Music, food, beer, bleachers, and more! About that "more" part: There's a ton of stuff to do at Summerfest, and a ton of time-honored stuff at that. You know, like riding the Skyglider or whatever. ...

The Mars Volta will come to The Rave/Eagles Club on October 9

July 8, 2022

The Mars Volta will come to The Rave/Eagles Club on Sunday, October 9. That's it! That's the article. Okay, I guess there's a little more information. This just-added event will be the only Midwest show tack...

Stuff We Missed: The return of Milwaukee Metalfest, streetcar stuff, more

July 8, 2022

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. • Do you miss Milwaukee Metalfest? Of course you do. There hasn't been a Milwa...

Record Recommended: Summerfest Weekend 3

July 6, 2022

Summerfest! Like last year’s edition, "The World’s Largest Music Festival" is mixing things up in 2022 by staking out three Thursday-Friday-Saturday blocks instead of the traditional 11-day run. In an effort to...

Watch Wanda Chrome & The Leather Pharaohs kick out the jams for WMSE’s “Local/Live”

July 6, 2022

Veteran Milwaukee rock 'n' roll bands don't get much more "veteran" and "rock 'n' roll" than Wanda Chrome & The Leather Pharaohs. The gleefully loud, gleefully growling group fronted by Cliff and Marie Ulsb...

Milwaukee Record Recommended: July 4-10, 2022

July 5, 2022

Our fat-free, dolphin-safe Milwaukee events calendar is chock-full of things to do, but only a handful of events are worthy of the lofty honor of "Record Recommended" (patent pending). Here are our recommendati...

Is Summerfest’s three-weekend format better or worse than the old format?

July 5, 2022

In A-side/B-side, two Milwaukee Record writers tackle various city issues in an informal, crosstalk style. Insults are hurled, feelings are hurt, and everyone learns something in the end. Maybe. Tyler Maas: ...

Mere Of Light reaches out and touches “The Wood Between The Worlds” in new video, EP

July 1, 2022

Back in the somehow less-fraught year of 2021, Milwaukee was introduced to Mere Of Light—a.k.a. the ethereal and mystical bedroom-folk project of musician Elise McArdle. The five-track Fell Tales was filled wit...

Take me back to Summerfest 1984: “Weird Al” Yankovic at the Rock Stage

June 30, 2022

I don't have the numbers in front of me, but I've seen "Weird Al" Yankovic approximately 78 times. From county fairs and tiny clubs to fancy ballrooms and performing arts centers, I've seen Al everywhere. Hell,...

Milwaukee Music Roundup: June 2022

June 30, 2022

Looking for new music? Looking for new Milwaukee music? Then look no further than our monthly Milwaukee Music Roundup. (Want to hear us discuss a few selections on WUWM’s Lake Effect? Click HERE.) LPs AND EPs ...

Record Recommended: Summerfest Weekend 2