Music

November 22, 2021

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...

Meet Peroxide and get ‘Twisted In The Wild’

November 19, 2021

Why bother beating around the bush? Let's just get right into it. So, there's a band called Peroxide that put out an album without any warning today. That album, Twisted In The Wild, is awesome. Peroxide's d...

Remembering what Milwaukee music venue websites looked like 10, 20 years ago

November 16, 2021

First of all, yes, we know that the Linneman's website design seen above was alive and well until 2016 or so. It was/is simply too beautiful to not use as the main picture. Anyway, let's remember what Milwau...

Supertentacles grapples with self-doubt on “Turtle Shell”

November 16, 2021

After amassing a few albums of material with Antler House and starting a band called Yum Yum Cult, Milwaukee musician Sean Anderson decided to go back to school to hone his recording skills. Anderson quit his j...

Milwaukee Record Recommended: November 15-21, 2021

November 15, 2021

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...

Spoy brings the noise, skronk on debut album, ‘From The Three’

November 11, 2021

We're fast approaching two years of this shit. Two years. Are things getting better? Is the worst behind us? Probably. Have the past two years scarred our collective psyche, scrambled our collective brains, thr...

Get ready for the new Avenues album and stream “Blood On The Moon”

November 10, 2021

Believe it or not, it’s been more than six years since Avenues released new music. Since putting out its Creep Show EP in 2015, the veteran Milwaukee punk quartet has toured avidly, earned some impressive suppo...

Black Challenger lights up the night with cinematic ‘Radiance’

November 10, 2021

When we last checked in with Milwaukee dark-synth project Black Challenger, 2020's Vigilance was included in our favorite records of the year. "Go figure that one of our favorite Milwaukee records of 2020 sound...

Milwaukee Record Recommended: November 8-14, 2021

November 8, 2021

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...

Billy Strings goes electric (and acoustic, and electric again) in sold-out Riverside Theater show

Cal Roach

November 4, 2021

Bluegrass is one of the most popular genres of music that still has fierce gatekeepers and rules—all of which Billy Strings has made his name disregarding. The attitude is evidently paying off. While most to...

Listen to “I Don’t Even Dance,” the first Camden single in more than 20 years

November 2, 2021

Way back at the tail end of the last millennium, four Milwaukee musicians joined forces to form Camden. During its brief-but-commendable run, the indie-tinged emo outfit toured with Death Cab For Cutie and The ...

Milwaukee Record Recommended: November 1-7, 2021

November 1, 2021

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 Music Roundup: October 2021

October 31, 2021

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 ...

Eric Ash looks inward on vulnerable, hopeful “All I Can See”

October 29, 2021

If you're unfamiliar with the name Eric Ash, you might be aware of the Milwaukee multi-instrumentalist's output in a previous project called Alta, his current efforts as the violinist in Social Caterpillar, or ...

Chaos and beauty duke it out on WebsterX’s singular ‘1 Of 1’

October 29, 2021

There's a definitive ring to the title of WebsterX's new record, 1 Of 1. It suggests something rare, something confident, something permanent. It also suggests something new: 1 Of 1 may be the Milwaukee rapper'...

Credentials work it out in video for “Body Builder’s Lament”

Cal Roach

October 28, 2021

Milwaukee band Credentials may just be hitting the public radar, but they've been kicking around for a few years. A collection of demos appeared on Bandcamp in May of 2019, and the group played a handful of sho...

Get in the Halloween spirit with Fox Face’s “Johnson Death Farm” video

October 28, 2021

Fox Face is a band that's made for Halloween. The Milwaukee garage rock quartet's catalog features songs like "Boogie Man" and "Haunt You." Hell, they even have an EP called Teen Wiccan. So it's only natural th...

Wes Tank raps Jack Prelutsky’s ‘It’s Halloween’ in kid-friendly music video

October 27, 2021

Last year, Milwaukee-based musician, producer, actor, and videographer Wes Tank went viral by rapping Dr. Seuss books over beats made by Dr. Dre. Those early-pandemic videos garnered millions of YouTube views, ...

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