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August 27, 2015

On Saturday, August 29, glistening electro-pop outfit Dream Attics will mark its impending relocation to Austin, Texas by playing a goodbye show at Linneman’s. Milwaukee bands packing up shop and heading elsewh...

Craig Finn of The Hold Steady is coming to Cactus Club October 23

July 27, 2015

Whether it’s on account of budding music manager Ben Perlstein’s local roots, Partisan Records’ undeniable affinity for Wisconsin, or some combination of the two, Milwaukee has recently been privy to a great de...

Eaux Claires festival celebrates Midwest music, points to something greater

Cal Roach

July 20, 2015

The organizers of the inaugural Eaux Claires festival did their homework. The first year of a large-scale event like this is usually a logistical nightmare; who could forget the 12-hour interstate backup welcom...

The SummerRest: 15 non-Summerfest recommendations

June 23, 2015

With tonight’s Rolling Stones show, Summerfest has (unofficially) arrived. The Big Gig gets into full swing come Wednesday, bringing more than 800 acts to 11 stages—not even counting those weird side stages nea...

Is the Bucks arena deal on “life support”?

June 19, 2015

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • Hot off pondering the great teenage-Redditor question of why a woman can hit ...

Welcome to June: Here’s what you’re doing this month

June 1, 2015

Though July comes close to matching it, there’s simply no month in Milwaukee that’s more jam-packed with entertainment than June. Festival season officially kicks off with PrideFest, which gives way to Polish F...

Milwaukee Record’s 2015 summer festival guide

May 12, 2015

Is there anything better than summer in Milwaukee? No, no there is not. For four months out of the year, Milwaukee becomes a warm and joyous place stocked with an improbable number of summer festivals, street p...

Here’s the lineup for the 8th annual Burnhearts/Pabst Street Party

May 4, 2015

Each summer of Burnhearts’ existence, the Bay View beer bastion has simultaneously celebrated summer and one of the most iconic (formerly) Milwaukee-made beers with the annual Burnhearts/Pabst Street Party. The...

Watch Maritime’s local love letter, “Milwaukee”

April 14, 2015

Not including some live Whips covers we put out, Maritime hasn't had a release since 2011's great Human Hearts. The veteran indie rock band's forthcoming record is currently in the mixing stage, but as yet anot...

Welcome to April: Here’s what you’re doing this month

April 1, 2015

Though we won't discount the possibility of experiencing one last volley of snowfall this month, April is typically a period of rebirth. Baseball season begins, the first full month of spring is upon us, and ra...

Here are the top 10 most wonderful/ridiculous Summerfest 2015 headliners

March 24, 2015

Do you like summer? Do you like music? Do you like bands that are both wonderful and ridiculous? Good, because then you’ll be over the moon with the just-announced list of grounds stage headliners for Summerfes...

Dream Attics resurface with new single, “You Had Me”

March 11, 2015

Has it been nearly a year since we last heard from Dream Attics, the monumentally chill, spaced-out electro experiment from Nick Tovarek and Shane English? Yep, it has. But lest you think the duo simply floated...

Bon Iver, The National highlight full Eaux Claires music festival lineup

February 11, 2015

The lineup for the upcoming Justin Vernon/Aaron Dessner-curated Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival has been slowly trickling out over the past week like melting ice from the Chippewa River (cue Bon Iver son...

The big questions and simple answers of Jon Mueller’s “Death Blues: Ensemble”

January 27, 2015

The story goes like this: In 2011, Jon Mueller was walking through the streets of New Orleans. The post-Katrina city was buzzing, full of life, optimistic—despite the fact that another hurricane was all but ine...

Tracklist: 12 Milwaukee-on-Milwaukee covers

January 12, 2015

If you haven’t heard, Milwaukee Record is putting on a little show Friday, January 16. Essentially, the inaugural Local Coverage will feature some great local bands playing at Club Garibaldi as part of a Girls ...

Pele will play its first Milwaukee show in over a decade April 18 at Cactus Club

January 8, 2015

Legendary Milwaukee post-rock outfit Pele disbanded in 2004, but its influence on local music remains strong to this day. Members of the instrumental three-piece (Jon Mueller, Chris Rosenau, Matt Tennessen) hav...

The 25 best Milwaukee Record stories of 2014

December 22, 2014

On April 7, 2014, Milwaukee Record launched with a story entitled—appropriately enough—“Welcome to the Milwaukee Record.” Since that time, we’ve published over 600 stories, reached over one million readers (yes...

The 15 best Milwaukee concerts of 2014

December 15, 2014

There was a time, not too long ago, when Milwaukee was on the “don’t-bother-playing” list for big-ticket touring acts, and regularly lost big-ticket shows to Madison and Chicago. Now, anyone claiming the latter...

The 15 best Milwaukee music videos of 2014