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Field Report’s ‘Brake Light Red Tide’ is an accidental masterpiece

April 28, 2020

"We weren't working toward a specific goal or deadline. We weren't trying to make anyone happy. We weren't trying to shoehorn a song or vibe into an album that asks for it. We made ships in bottles, one at a ti...

My First Band: Christopher Porterfield (Field Report, DeYamond Edison)

Milwaukee Record Staff

December 13, 2019

Christopher Porterfield has experienced a great deal of the ups and downs the music industry has to offer. He's been signed, toured the continent, performed on national television, and shared the stage with som...

Christopher Porterfield talks about the long road to ‘Summertime Songs’

Tyler Maas

December 12, 2018

Field Report is on the tail end of a prosperous and busy year in which the band released a well-received album, toured throughout the country, garnered considerable radio play, welcomed in some new members, and...

Public Domain: Field Report performs “The Lost Chord”

Milwaukee Record Staff

January 31, 2017

Milwaukee Record is proud to present Public Domain. The video series features Milwaukee musicians setting up at Colectivo’s Prospect Avenue cafe to adapt some of the world’s best-known songs in ways they’ve n...

Chris Porterfield brings Black Lives Matter message to center court at Bucks opener

Brent Gohde

October 28, 2016

Christopher Porterfield loves America. And he loves the Milwaukee Bucks. So when the organization invited him to perform the national anthem on the season's opening night, Field Report's frontman was excited....

Hating Summerfest, loving Summerfest

Matt Wild

June 29, 2015

Sometimes you hate Summerfest. Sometimes you get to the grounds on a late Sunday afternoon and note that there are more people waiting to see Paris Hilton in four hours than there were to see Public Enemy all o...

Christopher Porterfield and Jon Phillip discuss the road to sobriety in episode 9 of On The Record

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 6, 2015

Milwaukee is known for its rich brewing history, its abundance of bars, the nationally recognized drinking prowess of its populace, and a variety of other alcohol-related aspects that help the city earn its "Br...

Let Field Report’s animated video for “Wings” take you to outer space

Tyler Maas

November 11, 2014

It’s been a hell of a year for music videos in Milwaukee. Local bands have really stepped things up of late to consistently churn out videos with rich production values, inventive and hilarious concepts, and an...

Field Report goes all in on Marigolden

Tyler Maas

October 21, 2014

You could hear it from the chapel steps.As the volume of the acoustic guitar and the lone singer’s wavering, vulnerable voice subsided, it was overtaken with thunderous applause of close to 500 people seate...

Exclusive: Chris Porterfield takes off mask in video for Field Report’s “Decision Day”

Matt Wild

October 7, 2014

Field Report’s second album, Marigolden, sees its official release today on Partisan Records. It’s a stunner. From bittersweet road song “Home (Leave The Lights On)” and electronic-tinged “Wings,” to somber pia...

Take a drive (and go bowling) with Field Report in video for “Home”

Matt Wild

September 8, 2014

If you aren’t caught up in the buildup for Field Report’s second album, Marigolden, you clearly aren’t paying attention to the Internet. Chris Porterfield and company have premiered songs from the record on sit...

Field Report album release show set for October 22 at Pabst Theater

Matt Wild

August 19, 2014

The last few weeks have seen the premieres of two new songs from Field Report’s ridiculously anticipated second album, Marigolden. There’s likely more to the come before the record’s October 7 release on Partis...

TIME streams Field Report’s “Home”

Tyler Maas

August 13, 2014

If there's one record Milwaukee is holding its collective breath and stomping its feet in eager anticipation of hearing, it's Marigolden, the 10-track follow-up to Field Report's stunning self-titled 2012 debut...

NPR posts version of Sylvan Esso’s “Wolf” from Alverno Presents “Lend Me Your Voice”

Tyler Maas

July 30, 2014

At the risk of Milwaukee Record becoming a full-on Sylvan Esso fan site, we've stumbled on a new version of the North Carolina band's song "Wolf" on NPR. This version is of particular local relevance, as the vi...

All-improvised Argopelter trusts its instincts

Tyler Maas

July 10, 2014

When Milwaukee trio Argopelter begins its debut performance this Saturday, it will be the first time anybody at Club Garibaldi—or anywhere else for that matter—will hear that particular song. And yes, “anybody”...

Field Report to release new album, Marigolden, October 7

Tyler Maas

June 24, 2014

If you’re anything like us, you’ve been waiting for Field Report to release the follow-up to its outstanding self-titled 2012 debut album (which earned the number two spot on our 50 best Milwaukee albums of the...

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