Milwaukee Music Roundup: April 2022
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LPs AND EPs OF NOTE
Astronaut Husband - Angel Jar
Angel Jar by Astronaut Husband
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Here’s the lineup for Tonic Tavern’s “Gigs 4 Good” concert series
Last summer, The Tonic Tavern celebrated its 12th anniversary by spreading good will in the community following the most difficult year in the business’ history with a new charitable music series. "Gigs 4 Good"...
Pete Donnelly of The Figgs talks new material, Wisconsin love, and music as a life force
Since being founded by then-Milwaukee percussionist Jon Phillip in 2011, Good Land Records has released dozens of albums, EPs, and 7-inches from a wide variety of Midwestern musicians such as Direct Hit!, Joesp...
Coming to Downtown Milwaukee this summer: lunchtime music series, staycations, more
It's been nine long, hot, throbbing years since Downtown Milwaukee released a promotional video scored to a Peaches song about oral sex. "Cause I wanna take you downtown / Show you my thing, show you my thing" ...
Get ready for fast picking and bar hopping at this weekend’s Riverwest Bluegrass Bar Crawl
This weekend was already shaping up to be one for the ages in terms of Milwaukee entertainment options. If a bevy of local and touring musicians and comedians, as well as large-scale events like Midwest Gaming ...
Milwaukee Record Recommended: April 25 – May 1, 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...
Record Store Day: Say goodbye to The Exclusive, help Lilliput, enjoy DJ set from Spoon’s Britt Daniel
Record Store Day hype fluctuates from year to year—It's great! It's awful!—but there's no denying that for at least one Milwaukee record store, Record Store Day 2022 will be special.
On Saturday, April 23, t...
Here’s the 2022 Chill On The Hill lineup
For 15 years, Bay View Neighborhood Association’s Chill On The Hill brought music to Humboldt Park’s band chalet every Tuesday between the beginning of June and the end of August. Chill organizers made the diff...
Stream a song from Valerie Lighthart’s new EP, ‘Pt. III: The Banshee’
Over the past nine months, we've shared selections from multi-talented Milwaukee musician, model, and photographer Valerie Lighthart's "By Moonlight" EP series. On Saturday, April 23, the trilogy will be comple...
Here’s Downtown South Milwaukee’s 2022 “Music At The Market” lineup
Now that spring has fully arrived and we’re maybe not going to have any more snow for a few months , we can finally start to look forward to some of the fun outdoor activities that help make Milwaukee and its s...
Milwaukee Record Recommended: April 18-24, 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...
Michael Imperioli’s band is playing Cactus Club in August
If you live in or around Milwaukee and you're one of the millions of people who watched The Sopranos at some point in the past two years, we have some very exciting news to share. Michael Imperioli—the actor, w...
Brady Street Festival will return July 30
You wanted the return of Milwaukee summer festivals? You got the return of Milwaukee summer festivals. The latest fest to announce its imminent comeback is the always awesome Brady Street Festival. The long-run...
Milwaukee Record Recommended: April 11-17, 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...
Ryan Necci And The Buffalo Gospel pick up the pieces in “Lend Me Your Heart” music video
Even though Ryan Necci—the founding member, bandleader, and namesake of Ryan Necci And The Buffalo Gospel—now calls Tennessee home, we've continued keeping tabs on him since he left Milwaukee to start a career ...
New Milwaukee Music Friday: Large Print, Immortal Girlfriend, Negative/Positive, Kiings
Ever have one of those Fridays where not one, not two, not three, but four Milwaukee musical acts release new music? Well, today is one of those Fridays! Without further ado, let's listen to...
Large Print - I...
Festa Italiana canceled for third year in a row
For the third year in a row, Festa Italiana has been canceled. The popular summer festival previously canceled in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rose Anne Fritchie, Festa director and president ...
Altruism and nihilism collide in Convert’s “Watch It Burn”
Last spring, we introduced you to Convert—a Milwaukee project featuring former and current members of Burning Sons, Get Rad, and Assault & Battery—by premiering a song called "Slow Choke." The track, from t...
Center Street Daze will return to Center Street (obviously) August 13
And the "X summer festival will return after two years" news just keeps comin': Yes, the lil' street fest that could, Center Street Daze Festival, announced yesterday that it will return to Center Street (obvio...
Cozy Danger’s new music video is a “tribute to female badassery”
When we last checked in with Cozy Danger, the funk-tinged indie rock trio was partying with pooches in its "Where Are All My Dogs At" music video. This time around, they're paying "tribute to female badassery" ...