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Some questions (and answers) for last night’s glorious “Weird Al” show at Summerfest

July 5, 2015

“Weird Al” Yankovic is a national treasure. The wild-and-wacky song parodist has been lightly skewering popular music (and culture) for more than 30 years, turning radio hits of yesteryear into songs about food...

Local H and The Faint heat up chilly night at Summerfest

Matt Wild

July 2, 2015

If there’s one thing Summerfest does well—and let’s be honest, it does a lot of things well—it’s stock its overstuffed schedule with plenty of hidden gems. Take Wednesday night, for instance, which found Illino...

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...

Milwaukee Record’s requisite Paris Hilton at Summerfest review

Phillip Martinez

June 29, 2015

Interest was piqued Sunday night at Summerfest’s Harley-Davidson Roadhouse as crowds gathered and packed the bleachers and any available square foot of concrete awaiting the arrival of the EDM community’s black...

Public Enemy brings the noise (with help from Rusty P’s) on day two of Summerfest

Matt Wild

June 26, 2015

Early in the Rusty P’s warm-up set for Public Enemy Thursday night at Summerfest, DJ “Madhatter” Lee announced the group would be digging deep into their old albums for the next few songs. “And when you’ve been...

Belle And Sebastian, Courtney Barnett leave Pabst Theater dancing, wanting more

Matt Wild

June 22, 2015

There were multiple moments during Friday night’s Belle And Sebastian show at the Pabst Theater when it was possible to mistake the proceedings for a ribald comedy show instead of a rock concert. “One of the an...

Locust Street Festival 2015: A minute-by-minute recap

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 15, 2015

If the 39th installment of the Locust Street Festival of Music & Art & Sigmund Snopek proved anything—beyond the fact that even dogs are wearing MilwaukeeHome shirts these days—it was that bad weather i...

Olivia Chaney captivates at inaugural Back Room show at Colectivo Coffee

Phillip Martinez

June 15, 2015

Sunday night, prior to singing her beautifully crafted interpretation of a 13th century French poem, English folk-artist Olivia Chaney discussed the idea of harboring nostalgia for something you’ve never had or...

Postmodern Jukebox brings YouTube razzmatazz to Turner Hall

Rob Wieland

June 11, 2015

Novelty acts have it rough. Not only must they catch a popular song before it hits saturation, they have to come up with a clever riff on it, record it, and get it out to the public just long enough to have it ...

Father John Misty captivates Pabst Theater with energetic, endearing display

Phillip Martinez

June 1, 2015

Fancy footwork, mic-twirling, spastic movements, primal screams and Jim Morrison-esque theatrics aren’t what are typically seen at a concert of an artist rooted in folk music. Sunday night at the Pabst Theater,...

Jenny Lewis fucking killed it last night at Turner Hall

Matt Wild

May 20, 2015

Jenny Lewis fucking killed it Tuesday night at Turner Hall. The former Rilo Kiley frontwoman and critically acclaimed solo artist put on a confident, defiant, and masterful show worthy of any arena-packing r...

Tame Impala makes good on Riverside Theater sellout

Cal Roach

May 15, 2015

Tame Impala’s last visit to Milwaukee was for a very-sold-out performance at Turner Hall just over two years ago. The band was riding high on widespread accolades for its second LP, Lonerism, and as a live unit...

Some questions (and answers) for last night’s Bob Dylan show at Riverside Theater

Matt Wild

May 14, 2015

It’s telling that when it comes to Bob Dylan—hands-down the greatest singer-songwriter of all time—one needs to practically apologize for wanting to see him play live. Dylan, ever the confounding contrarian, do...

Chris Hardwick makes dick jokes for science at Pabst Theater

Rob Wieland

May 9, 2015

Scott Fitzgerald is famously misquoted as saying there are no second acts in American lives. Anyone can prove the folly of that quote by jumping onto the Internet where celebrities reinvent themselves as the su...

Janeane Garofalo turns digression into comedy gold at Turner Hall

Matt Wild

April 29, 2015

Bob Dylan famously bucked at the notion of being the voice of his generation. He was simply a song and dance man, the eternally grouchy singer-songwriter would tell reporters, not an icon or a prophet. To this ...

Sufjan Stevens faces death, finds life at Riverside Theater

Cal Roach

April 24, 2015

In a move that surprised no one, Sufjan Stevens followed up his Crazy Experimental Album (2010’s The Age Of Adz) with a Stripped-Down, Back-To-Basics Album (Carrie & Lowell, released a few weeks ago). The n...

Milwaukee Record’s favorite moments from the 2015 Midwest Gaming Classic

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 13, 2015

Those blips, bloops, beeps, and sweeps (and/or creeps) emanating from I-94 this past weekend weren’t your imagination: they were the sounds of the 2015 Midwest Gaming Classic, once again held at the Sheraton Mi...

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...

Foxygen exhales controlled chaos at Turner Hall

Matt Wild

April 8, 2015

Midway through Foxygen’s electrifying one-hour set at Turner Hall Tuesday night, fidgety frontman Sam France stopped the show in its tracks to make time for...some comedy. Rattling off groan-inducing gags about...

Bob’s Burgers LIVE! brings comedy, music, butts to Riverside Theater

Rob Wieland

March 23, 2015

Shows like Family Guy and The Simpsons are the anchors of Fox’s Sunday night of animation. Other shows have come and gone, but few have built a cult audience like Bob’s Burgers. The cartoon chronicle of the Bel...

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