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February 27, 2015

If you’re somehow still oblivious to this weekend’s ridiculously great Arte Para Todos festival, it’s time to get with the program. This Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, 70 of the best musical acts Milwaukee has t...

Exclusive: Stream Platinum Boys’ “Ride Free” and watch the LP teaser video

February 23, 2015

Since announcing its presence in 2013, Milwaukee classic rock quartet Platinum Boys—which features members of The Fatty Acids and Rio Turbo among its ranks—has been a refreshing part of local music with memorab...

Download our Local Coverage concert

February 10, 2015

Last month, Milwaukee Record put on a little benefit concert with a unique twist. The inaugural Local Coverage saw eight Milwaukee acts that hail from various corners of the city and nooks of the musical spectr...

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

February 2, 2015

February can be a strange month in Milwaukee music. Traditionally, bookers are still dealing with the occasional show-free Friday or Saturday that’s known to plague venues between late December and most of Janu...

Here’s the unbelievable lineup for Arte Para Todos

January 26, 2015

Milwaukee music has been especially generous lately. Both Borg Warm and, ahem, Local Coverage showcased numerous local acts to raise thousands for Girls Rock Milwaukee earlier this month. Pablove 6 saw a flurry...

Tracklist: 6 things to take your mind off a Packers-less Super Bowl

January 19, 2015

Yesterday’s Green Bay Packers loss to the Seattle Seahawks was the kind of game that could only be described thusly: crushing, upsetting, heartbreaking, horrendous, pathetic, stupefying, un-fucking-believable. ...

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

January 5, 2015

January is an exciting time: a time of renewal, a time of promise, and a time when we inevitably refuse to make New Year’s resolutions because we’ve been burned in the past and that shit never works anyway. It’...

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Soul Low: Kind Spirit

January 5, 2015

If there were a war for Milwaukee’s most affable band—an exceedingly polite and well-mannered war, mind you—the victor would undoubtedly be Soul Low. On 2013’s excellent UNEASY, the young group offered up eight...

Tracklist: 12 things you’re doing New Year’s Eve

December 29, 2014

Though it's billed as a night of celebration, New Year's Eve can actually be quite a stressful ordeal. Between the crowded bars, escalated Lyft and Uber fees, knowing you're going to fuck up the date on your Ja...

Here’s your monthly Local Coverage reminder

December 12, 2014

Can you remember all the way back to mid-October? Barack Obama was President. Milk, bread, and gasoline were all sold for approximately as much as they are now, and a plucky young publication announced a benefi...

The 15 best Milwaukee music videos of 2014

December 11, 2014

This year was an incredibly bountiful year in Milwaukee music. Meanwhile, the utter success of the 2014 Milwaukee Film Festival suggests the city is coming into its own, both in the ability of locals to capture...

Canopies maximize their scope with Maximize Your Faith

December 9, 2014

“There are a million bands and a million songs. We were in no hurry to do something mediocre.” The five members of Canopies are huddled around a back table at Burnhearts, and guitarist-songwriter Nolan Treol...

Listen to Canopies’ excellent new LP, Maximize Your Faith, via Spin

December 4, 2014

Advance tracks from Canopies’ debut full-length album, Maximize Your Faith, have been floating through the online ether for months now, teasing what will hopefully be a stunning effort from Milwaukee’s beloved ...

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

December 1, 2014

December is a time for celebration. As publications prepare to roll out their lists of best albums, concerts, and more artistic efforts brought forth during the last 11 months, the calendar year’s cold conclusi...

Third annual Mad Planet Ugly Sweater Holiday Party lineup, date announced

November 11, 2014

After last week’s mid-term elections, the onslaught of annoying commercials subtly shifted from pointed political slam ads to overtly obnoxious televised, broadcasted, and subliminally planted reminders that th...

Milwaukee Record presents “Local Coverage” January 16

October 15, 2014

Milwaukee’s music scene can be somewhat insular at times. Think about how many times you see the same three to four bands or rappers booking shows at that one venue in their own neighborhood. Conversely, how of...

Tracklist: 10 especially ambitious Milwaukee music videos

October 6, 2014

// No modern band has done more with the music video medium than OK Go. With its genius use of things like treadmill choreography, Rube Goldberg-like mechanisms, paint, and other artsy accoutrements, the L....

Caught on tapes: Milwaukee’s place in Cassette Store Day

September 25, 2014

The vinyl resurgence is no secret. However, as audiophiles returned to the forgotten format in droves, most leapfrogged over another musical medium that stood squarely between wax and mp3s on the recorded music...

Watch Sylvan Esso’s Milwaukee-made video for “Dreamy Bruises”