Tag: Gloss Records

Lie, cheat, and steal with Dirty Dancing’s new ticked-off single, “Winning”

April 26, 2019

If you're a semi-conscious human being living in the 21st century, you've probably felt it. A gnawing sense of dread. An unfocused black hole of despair. A weary feeling of resignation when faced with another d...

Soup Moat gets sludgy, seedy, silly on terrific ‘Harvester Of Likes’

Matt Wild

July 10, 2018

The penultimate track of Soup Moat's third full-length album, Harvester Of Likes, is called "Porn In The Woods." A tribute to the small-town, pre-internet phenomenon of finding a stash of weathered Playboys und...

Let’s talk about Gloss Records and Gloss Weekend 3

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 17, 2018

Every Wednesday at noon, Ryan Schleicher, Evan Rytlewski, and Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called The Disclaimer, so named because none of the ...

The Delphines will reunite May 19 for the third annual Gloss Weekend

Matt Wild

May 2, 2018

On Saturday, May 19, seminal Milwaukee band The Delphines will reunite for a one-night only show at Mad Planet. The previously hinted-at headlining performance will be part of Gloss Records' third annual Gloss ...

Gloss Weekend returns for third year May 17-20, promises “surprise headliner”

Matt Wild

April 24, 2018

For the past four years, Gloss Records has been responsible for producing and promoting some of the finest groups and artists Milwaukee has to offer. The small-run vinyl and cassette label has worked with every...

Get lost in Dashcam’s “Blue Eyes,” featuring NO/NO’s Cat Ries

Matt Wild

May 18, 2017

Anyone else remember USA Up All Night? You know, that old USA Network show from the '90s where they showed old B-movies from the '80s? Hosted by Gilbert Gottfried and Rhonda Shear? Yeah, that show was great. An...

Here’s the lineup for the second annual Gloss Weekend

Tyler Maas

April 19, 2017

Following a successful inaugural weekend-long event last spring to commemorate the cassette label's first year in business, Gloss Records decided to bring "Gloss Weekend" back for a second year. From May 19-21,...

Exclusive: Stream The Fatty Acids’ “Strangers / In Your House,” from the upcoming ‘Dogs Of Entertainment’

Matt Wild

January 10, 2017

There comes a point in every long-running band's career when listeners (and writers) start tossing around words like "veterans" and "fixtures." Ready or not, The Fatty Acids have arrived at that point. Over the...

Exclusive: Stream Dashcam’s smoldering “Fire Escape,” featuring GGOOLLDD’s Margaret Butler

Matt Wild

December 13, 2016

Thanks to the success of shows like Stranger Things and films like Drive, the gauzy, retro-future sounds of the 1980s are enjoying a surge in popularity not seen since, well, the actual 1980s. In Milwaukee, t...

Lorde Fredd33 dies by the sword in bloody video for “SOS”

Matt Wild

June 7, 2016

// We may have included Lorde Fredd33's haunting "SOS" on our recent summer playlist, but the song's video, released today via These Days, is anything but warm and sunny. In the Kiran Vee-directed clip, the...

Bite into the bizarro video for Iron Pizza’s “The End”

Matt Wild

April 22, 2016

// Milwaukee's Iron Pizza occupies a warped, whacked-out wavelength where every broken thrift shop kiddie keyboard is an instrument to be treasured, and where songs like "Stoopid Drugged Up Monkees" exist. ...

Prepare for Arte Para Todos with the ‘2016 Festival Compilation’

Tyler Maas

April 11, 2016

// Last month, we unveiled the incredible and genre-jumping collection of more than 100 Milwaukee bands, rappers, DJs, and visual artists that compose the lineup of the second annual Arte Para Todos. By now...

Gaze upon the glorious lineup for Gloss Records’ Gloss Weekend

Matt Wild

April 5, 2016

// Milwaukee is currently home to many DIY record labels, and one of the best is Gloss Records. Founded in February 2015 by Harrison Colby (NO/NO) and Joe Peterson (Rio Turbo, Platinum Boys), Gloss has spen...

Soul Low opens up, unplugs, looks ahead before rare acoustic show

Tyler Maas

February 17, 2016

// Soul Low is in a strange place right now. Following its biggest year to date, the band currently looms in a self-described "vinyl purgatory" that finds it sitting on new material and staying relatively q...

Surprise! GGOOLLDD put out a record

Tyler Maas

December 14, 2015

// By this point, you've hopefully crossed most the names off your holiday shopping list. Between area retailers offering a heft of great gifts, awesome recent events like Urban Garage Sale and Hover Craft,...

On The Record Episode 22: Milwaukee record labels

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 10, 2015

Besides a few exceptions, the days of a band or rapper being “discovered” and inked to a record deal on a major label are long gone. Lately, musicians and other music aficionados are taking a much more active r...

Exclusive: Listen to two glam-tastic songs from Rio Turbo’s upcoming self-titled album

Matt Wild

March 10, 2015

Somewhere between a scuzzy basement party and a VIP champagne room resides Milwaukee’s preeminent party-pop outfit Rio Turbo. Led by the tireless, occasionally clothed Joe Peterson (who also does time as bassis...

Gloss Records founders see the big picture with small-run releases

Tyler Maas

February 20, 2015

Like many other aspects of the now semi-oxymoronic catch-all that is the modern “Music Industry,” a record label doesn’t necessarily hold the same weight it once did. Instead of waiting desperately for somebody...

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