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Diet Lite will play Saturday’s installment of our Milwaukee Record Halftime Show

Tyler Maas
January 7, 2026
The Green Bay Football Team™ is in the playoffs! Not only does that mean "The Pack" lives on for another week, it also means our Milwaukee Record Halftime Show series will continue on at Cactus Club unti...

Talking new Milwaukee music with WUWM’s Lake Effect (December 2025)

Milwaukee Record Staff
December 11, 2025
Once a month, Milwaukee Record's Matt Wild sits down with WUWM's Lake Effect and discusses some of his favorite new Milwaukee records and songs. Listen to the latest installment HERE. This month, Matt dig...

Interdimensional shenanigans await in Diet Lite’s “Pack It Up” music video

Tyler Maas
September 19, 2025
After bursting onto the scene post-pandemic, Diet Lite became one of the city's most active and popular projects. In 2023, that rapid ascent to Milwaukee music prominence culminated with the release of Into The...

Diet Lite’s Max Niemann goes solo, hits the road with ‘The Fellow Travelers’

Matt Wild
October 14, 2024
One of the busiest and most beloved Milwaukee bands to make its name post-pandemic has been Diet Lite. The scruffy indie-rock outfit released the excellent Seems To Be The Way It Tends To Go in 2021, and follow...

Here’s a bunch of fantastic Milwaukee music that was released today

Matt Wild
September 6, 2024
We've all been there before: It's Friday afternoon, you're exhausted and feeling like you're maybe coming down with something, and you're days behind on writing about all the fantastic Milwaukee music that was ...

Diet Lite embarks on DIY tour in feature-length doc ‘Stumble Out The Gate’

Matt Wild
October 5, 2023
Milwaukee indie-rock band Diet Lite never half-asses it. The group's albums, videos, and live shows are all dialed to the max, full of life and energy and occasional crowd surfing. So when the time came to rele...

WMSE’s Local/Live: Diet Lite (Live from Anodyne)

Milwaukee Record Staff
August 2, 2023
WMSE's local and live in-studio showcase, Local/Live, airs Tuesdays 6-7 p.m. You can find past episodes HERE. Beginning in 2023, we're also collecting episodes on a handy Soundcloud playlist. milwaukeereco...

Diet Lite gets ‘Into The Pudding’ on new 18-song record

Matt Wild
May 17, 2023
Everyone always says they're busy, but Milwaukee garage-rock outfit Diet Lite has been really busy. Since releasing the delightful Seems To Be The Way It Tends To Go in 2021, the group has played more than 100 ...

Listen to us talk about new Milwaukee music with WUWM’s Lake Effect (April 2023)

Milwaukee Record Staff
May 2, 2023
Once a month, Milwaukee Record's own Matt Wild gets his NPR on by sitting down with WUWM's Lake Effect and discussing some of his favorite new Milwaukee records and songs. Listen to the latest installment HE...

Diet Lite hunts down stolen gear (with hilarious results) in short film, ‘This God Damn City’

Tyler Maas
October 10, 2022
In addition to being a downright great band, Diet Lite has a keen sense of humor and a knack for releasing music videos that are equal parts unique and hilarious. Last November, the Milwaukee garage rock trio t...

Diet Lite’s new album is very good, doctor-certified COVID-free

Matt Wild
March 17, 2021
The world is out of control. Up is down, left is right, dogs and cats living together, etc. About the only thing one can depend on these days is dependable bands putting out dependable music to help ease the de...
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