Music

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

June 29, 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...

Relax, reflect, and listen to Vectors Of Resonant Prescients’ new album, ‘Microfiche’

June 28, 2022

At this point, it might be easier to tell you what great local bands Kevin DeMars hasn't been in. The Milwaukee multi-instrumentalist's past and present body of work as a guitarist and drummer includes output i...

Milwaukee Record Recommended: June 27 – July 3, 2022

June 27, 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...

Milwaukee’s “Wu-Tang realtor” reviews Saturday’s Wu-Tang show at Summerfest

June 26, 2022

Milwaukee realtor Jon Frost made headlines this spring with his "Low mortgage rates are Temporary. WU-TANG IS FOREVER" billboard. When we learned Wu-Tang Clan was scheduled to headline Summerfest on June 25 (wi...

Enjoying Summerfest despite [gestures broadly at everything]

June 25, 2022

On Friday morning, my partner in crime/business, Tyler Maas, sent me a message: "Well, the country has (officially) somehow become even worse. If you want to have our 27,000th day of no promos, that's fine with...

Take me back to Summerfest 1990: Depeche Mode at Marcus Amphitheater

Vince Morales

June 23, 2022

Every year when the Summerfest lineup is announced, I look at it with anticipation. I don't even know what I'm looking for, but I know that Summerfest matters to me and that it can often deliver something I wan...

Hear the first single from Peter Mulvey and SistaStrings’ upcoming album

June 23, 2022

In late 2020, prolific singer-songwriter Peter Mulvey and the incomparable instrumentalists in SistaStrings (a duo made up of Monique and Chauntee Ross) co-released Live At The Cafe Carpe, a live album the acco...

Record Recommended: Summerfest Weekend 1