Milwaukee Music Roundup: February 2020
Looking for new music? Looking for new Milwaukee music? Then look no further than our monthly Milwaukee Music Roundup.
LPs AND EPs OF NOTE
American Bandit / Garden Home - The Valentine's Split
The Valentin...
Best Of The ’10s: The 10 best Milwaukee albums of 2018
Throughout November, Milwaukee Record is revisiting a full decade of Milwaukee music, assembling (and ranking) the 10 best Milwaukee albums of each year. The retrospective will wrap up in December with our list...
Best Of The ’10s: The 10 best Milwaukee albums of 2016
Throughout November, Milwaukee Record is revisiting a full decade of Milwaukee music, assembling (and ranking) the 10 best Milwaukee albums of each year. The retrospective will wrap up in December with our list...
NO/NO says goodbye with the excellent, bittersweet ‘Diagnostic’
Bands come and go. It's just the way things work: bands form; bands make their mark (or not); and, provided the guitarist isn't named Keith Richards, bands end. They flame out, fizzle out, or simply disappear. ...
Welcome to August: Here’s what you’re doing this month
Though it feels like summer just started, we’ve now entered the last full month of the season. Summer isn’t going out with a whimper, though. Quite the opposite. Though the vast majority of the city’s festivals...
54 things to do in Milwaukee during the 54 remaining days of summer
Though you’ve likely spent much of the summer to this point either complaining about it being too cold and overcast or too hot and muggy, it’s still comforting to know that of the 90-plus days in the season, 54...
The second annual Fat Fest will bring food, art, tunes to Bay View on August 17
Almost exactly two years ago, a block of Lenox Street in Bay View was blocked off to host the inaugural Bumstead Block Party. One year later, following Bumstead's transition into Crafty Cow and Hot Head Fried C...
Milwaukee Music Roundup: February 2019
Looking for new music? Looking for new Milwaukee music? Then look no further than our monthly Milwaukee Music Roundup, stuffed with new records, notable singles, and more.
LPs and EPs OF NOTE
Reggie Bonds - h...
And the 2019 WAMI nominees are…
Who's got WAMI fever? Wednesday morning, the folks behind the Wisconsin Area Music Industry awards unveiled the nominees for their 39th annual shindig, set for Sunday, April 14 at Turner Hall Ballroom. Covering...
Your Radio Milwaukee Music Awards winners are…
Following weeks of voting, band campaigning, and DJ deliberation, 88Nine named the winners of the 11th annual Radio Milwaukee Music Awards during an event at the listener-supported station's Pittsburgh Avenue h...
The 25 best Milwaukee albums of 2018
It's tempting to call it a day for "the album." After all, who has time to sit down and listen to an entire record? Hell, who has time to record one? And yet, year after year, "the album" remains something that...
Oh for god’s sake, just vote today, Milwaukee
Today is the 2018 midterm election. All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives, and 35 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate are up for grabs. Whether you're a Democrat or a Republican, ...
Vote next Tuesday, and then check out these free #iVoted shows
Perhaps you've heard about a big election coming up next week. Perhaps you've been implored by friends and strangers alike to vote in said election. If not, let us join the chorus: On Tuesday, November 6, 2018,...
Jukeboxes of Milwaukee: Side A
Drop the coin right into the slot / You gotta hear something that's really hot
Developed during the first part of the twentieth century, and originally known as "automatic phonographs," jukeboxes came into t...
Do the “Pierce Street Boogaloo” with the Hughes Family Band
Milwaukee music is great, but there's something special about Milwaukee music that's about Milwaukee. Songs like Lorde Fredd33's "Reflections" can call attention to the city's ills, while songs like Maritime's ...
The best Milwaukee albums of 2018 (so far)
Believe it or not (we choose not), 2018 is more than halfway over. With that in mind, we thought it was a perfect time to listen to some music and celebrate the year's first six months by rounding up the best M...
Monthly Milwaukee Music Roundup: May 2018
Looking for new music? Looking for new Milwaukee music? Then look no further than our Monthly Milwaukee Music Roundup, stuffed with new records and notable singles released this past month.
RECORDS OF NOTE
Bu...
20 Milwaukee songs for Summer 2018
Memorial Day is a time to pause, give thanks to all those who have served our country, and maybe watch a parade or something. It's also a time to celebrate the unofficial beginning of summer. Summer! Is there a...
Let’s talk about Gloss Records and Gloss Weekend 3
Every Wednesday at noon, Ryan Schleicher, Evan Rytlewski, and Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called The Disclaimer, so named because none of the ...
Milwaukee media’s IKEA “sneak peeks,” ranked
Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.
• On Tuesday, OnMilwaukee got a "first look" at the new IKEA store in Oak Creek...