Tagged Cactus Club

Join author Steven Hyden at the first “Milwaukee Record Book Club” on June 24

April 29, 2016

//For those who don't know Milwaukee Record's backstory, this noble endeavor in mid-market entertainment journalism started as a result of A.V. Club Milwaukee's demise. Then-City Editor Matt Wild and frequ...

Listen to a “Hip-Hop Hates Cancer” mixtape before tonight’s show at Cactus Club

Matt Wild

April 29, 2016

//Tonight at the Cactus Club, some of the city's best hip-hop artists, both old and new, will perform for the fifth (and possibly last) installment of Milwaukee's "Hip-Hop Hates" series. Past installments ...

Here’s the lineup for the 2016 Milwaukee Psych Fest

Matt Wild

March 14, 2016

//Since 2013, Milwaukee musician Andrew Shelp has given the city a loud, fuzzed-out, and reverb-drenched gift every spring: Milwaukee Psych Fest. The multi-day shindig has become a welcome staple on the ci...

The Promise Ring will play a December 30 reunion show at Cactus Club

Tyler Maas

December 23, 2015

//For a band whose last release was in 2002 (the same year it broke up), The Promise Ring had a pretty active 2015. Maritime—which features two TPR expats in its ranks—put out its fifth (and arguably best)...

Jackass’ Preston Lacy does, uh, something at Cactus Club

Tyler Maas

November 6, 2015

//Ironically, comedy can oftentimes be a cruel and humorless industry. While the art of making others laugh can propel people to international notoriety, untold levels of wealth, and immense influence, the...

Search For The Perfect Packers Bar, Week 1: Cactus Club

Maggie Iken

September 14, 2015

// Growing up in Green Bay, my earliest sports memory is my mom going downtown in her Starter jacket for the Super Bowl XXXI parade. When the Packers win Super Bowls (note the plurality, Bears fans), the stat...

METZ brings Monday night mayhem to Cactus Club

Tyler Maas

July 28, 2015

METZ isn't a particularly difficult band to understand. Amid a modern music landscape that's rife with clunky sub-genre descriptors and acts haphazardly piling 10 pounds of influences into five-pound bags, the ...

Maritime announces new album, release date

Tyler Maas

June 24, 2015

It seems like its been an eternity since Maritime’s last record came out. Though the longtime Milwaukee indie rock dream team—which we think we’re legally obligated to mention is composed of members from Promis...

Poliça debuts new songs, kicks off 2015 tour at Cactus Club

Cal Roach

April 8, 2015

When Poliça played Turner Hall three years ago, it was still basically a popular novelty band: two drummers and charismatic lead singer Channy Leaneagh, whose trademark was everyone’s favorite vocal effect, Aut...

Here’s the lineup for the 2015 Milwaukee Psych Fest

Matt Wild

February 20, 2015

Since 2013, Milwaukee musician Andrew Shelp (Moss Folk) has given the city a loud, fuzzed-out, and reverb-drenched gift every spring: Milwaukee Psych Fest. The multi-day shindig has become a welcome staple on t...

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

Matt Wild

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...

Watch Temper Temper’s 2005 “Cactus Nights” appearance

Tyler Maas

December 18, 2014

We've said it before and we'll say it again: 2014 is/was Milwaukee music's finest year in recent memory. Before this especially fruitful annal in local music, we'd probably point to the early-to-mid 2000s as th...

Chris Chuzles breathes new life into Hot Coffin

Tyler Maas

November 20, 2014

This time last year, Chris Chuzles (second from left) was preparing to say goodbye to Disguised As Birds, the decade-old Milwaukee rock band he fronted. Not longer after the release of the band's outstanding sw...

Come out to Cactus Club October 29 for “Wednesday Night Off!” with Milwaukee Record

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 22, 2014

Wednesday nights can be slow for local music venues, what with the majority of shows falling on Thursday, Friday, or Saturday. Bay View’s venerable Cactus Club, however, has been filling the mid-week void with ...

Busdriver looks Milwaukee’s way on his “Motion Lines” music video

Tyler Maas

October 15, 2014

Milwaukee has really stepped up its music video game lately.With the number of talented directors and skilled filmmakers in town routinely putting striking visuals and innovative concepts to music, it’s onl...

Christopher Schmidt finds growth in versatility

Tyler Maas

October 8, 2014

If Milwaukee's comedy scene was a baseball team, Christopher Schmidt would be the trusty utility man—able to be slotted anywhere in the batting order, moved virtually everywhere on the diamond, brought in cold ...

Braid releases new album, will come to Cactus Club Oct. 3

Tyler Maas

August 6, 2014

After a swift and undeniable rise to mainstream prominence forced Sylvan Esso to move its September 5 show from Cactus Club to the more spacious confines of Pabst Theater, the intimate Bay View club somewhat ma...

Crocodiles take Cactus Club over the mid-week hump

Tyler Maas

July 31, 2014

It's hard to get people out on a Wednesday night. It's harder yet to get people into a cozy neighborhood bar/venue on a Wednesday in the middle of summer when people are either recovering from or preparing for ...