A guide to Milwaukee acts playing Summerfest

Tyler Maas
// Tomorrow marks the start of another Summerfest. Entering its 49th year, "The Big Gig" has long been home to deep fried delicacies, prime people watching, and hundreds upon hundreds of musical acts. While S...

Record Recommended: April 18-24

Milwaukee Record Staff
// Our fat-free, dolphin-safe Milwaukee calendar is chock-full of things to do, but only a handful of events contained therein are worthy of the lofty honor of "Record Recommended" (patent pending). Here ar...

Check out the incredible Arte Para Todos lineup

Tyler Maas
// Last year's inaugural Arte Para Todos—or "art for everyone"—benefit was an absolute success. Over the course of three nights, 70 acts from all corners of Milwaukee's musical spectrum combined to play sho...

Here’s the Burnhearts Mitten Fest 2016 lineup

Tyler Maas
// It's the most wonderful time of the year. No, we're not talking about Christmas, New Year's or the city's steady string of summer festivals. Rather, the unofficial title of Milwaukee's favorite day belon...

Hear Jaill’s new song, “Paint Me Scary”

Tyler Maas
// Way back in late 2013, Jaill spent an intense two-week session living and recording at an Austin, Texas studio. After lengthy label uncertainties and vinyl delays, those songs finally saw the light of da...

WC Tank finds new direction with Vanishing Points

Tyler Maas
Last fall, Milwaukee rapper, filmmaker, and visual artist Wesley Charles Tank—aka “WC Tank”—released Almost Forever, a five-song EP the eccentric art-rapper wrote and self-produced in its entirety, along with s...

Breadfest 2015: A day-by-day recap

Milwaukee Record Staff
We’d start this piece with a hearty bread-related joke of some kind, but the singers of the various bands that performed at the third annual Breadfest already cracked every possible one. A less expansive affair...