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July 31, 2020

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 ...

The best Milwaukee albums of 2020 (so far)

July 15, 2020

Believe it or not, 2020 is more than halfway over. Thank god. With that in mind, we thought it was a perfect time to round up the best Milwaukee albums of 2020 (so far). For our non-ranked mid-year list (which ...

Milwaukee Music Roundup: May 2020

May 31, 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 Lex Allen - The Offering The Offering by Lex Allen Big Al And T...

Ways to support Milwaukee musicians during Bandcamp’s “Fee Free Friday”

May 1, 2020

Let's just cut right to the chase, shall we? Today—Friday, May 1—Bandcamp is waiving its fee for all sales, meaning artists get 100 percent of sales. Figuring musicians and independent labels could probably use...

Celebrate our city with a Long Line Riders cover of “Milwaukee, Here I Come”

April 14, 2020

If you've never had the pleasure of hearing Long Line Riders during the band's relatively short run to this point, the six-piece outfit—which features past and current members of Space Raft, Fox Face, Phylums, ...

Best Of The ’10s: The 10 best Milwaukee albums of 2014

November 21, 2019

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...

Platinum Boys return with “Happens All The Time,” from upcoming ‘Raw Romance’ LP

October 24, 2019

In these troubled and tumultuous times, the city of Milwaukee—nay, the entire world—needs the Platinum Boys more than ever. The hard-rocking, hard-partying group has been a fixture of the local scene since 2013...

Better Xmas song: Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” or Wham!’s “Last Christmas”?

November 27, 2018

It's a question as old as time (or, more accurately, as old as the mid-1990s): Which is the better Christmas song, Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You," or Wham!'s "Last Christmas"? Both tunes have ...

The ape girl! She’s alive! See the documentary November 11 at Sugar Maple!

November 8, 2018

Take a stroll through a carnival or a state fair and you may stumble across a remnant from the past. There, tucked away behind the Ferris wheel and the game where you sink ping pong balls in fish bowls, is the ...

MKE Music Rewind: Temper Temper, “Trust Me”

Sahan Jayasuriya

October 31, 2018

In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit a notable Milwaukee song that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014. Milwaukee bands often have limited lifespans, barely existing long ...

Here’s the lineup for Rush-Mor’s Bay View Bash stage

July 26, 2018

Earlier this month, we unveiled the lineup for the brand new Milwaukee Record Stage at this year's Bay View Bash. Our announcement was just an appetizer for the entertainment happening on six stages. Though we ...

MKE Music Rewind: Call Me Lightning, “We Be Dragons”

July 13, 2018

In our weekly MKE Music Rewind, we revisit a notable Milwaukee song that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014. Call Me Lightning is one of the reasons I moved to Milwaukee. As...

Relive the 2018 Summer Soulstice Music Festival with these photos

June 25, 2018

Beautiful weather. Beautiful people. A beautiful neighborhood that may have more axe-throwing cat-and-poke bars than sit-down-and-just-have-a-drink bars these days, but a beautiful neighborhood nonetheless. The...

Here’s the lineup for the 2018 Summer Soulstice Music Festival

May 17, 2018

For nearly two decades, the East Side's annual Summer Soulstice Music Festival has marked the first day of summer with music, food, drinks, and that one guy who always shows up carrying a giant lizard. On Satur...

Milwaukee Record’s favorite moments from Arte Para Todos 2018

April 30, 2018

In its first three years, Arte Para Todos raised approximately $60,000 for Milwaukee school art programs through the selfless efforts of musicians and visual artists bringing their talents to dozens of local ba...

Calliope returns with psychedelic, end-of-the-world ‘Chapel Perilous’

March 26, 2018

Early on in Chapel Perilous, the third psyched-out full-length album from Milwaukee's Calliope, things slow down. "The Dunes" is a three-minute-plus drone of noise and feedback, with wisps of riffs and hints of...

Here’s the lineup for Arte Para Todos 2018

March 12, 2018

In its first three years, Arte Para Todos raised approximately $60,000 for Milwaukee public school art programs through the selfless efforts of musicians and visual artists bringing their talents to dozens of l...

Thanks for making Local Coverage 2018 great, Milwaukee!

January 25, 2018

Last Friday, Milwaukee Record hosted our fourth annual Local Coverage show at Turner Hall. There, a diverse cast of eight Milwaukee acts took the stage to perform (approximately) 15-minute sets of another proje...

Here’s everything you should know about Local Coverage 2018