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Get ready for Blood’s new EP and stream “Stay Alive”

September 4, 2026

Way back in 2020, we introduced you to Blood by way of its debut album, Testamental. At the time, we referred to the so-called "goth rock" endeavor as the pandemic side project of Nicholas Schubert—then a membe...

Gear up for Fuzzysurf’s ‘Black Licorice’ and stream “Nobody’s Fool”

Tyler Maas

August 28, 2026

At the outset of last year, Fuzzysurf ended a self-imposed hiatus by releasing Chameleons, an ambitious, genre-jumping, and loosely conceptual double LP consisting of 20 sonically sprawling tracks that combined...

Nicholas Elert begins a new chapter of ‘Speculative Fiction’ with Phase Machines

Tyler Maas

November 24, 2025

Beyond being a guitar virtuoso who brought projects like Northless and Bad Grades to the next level, a skilled composer who has provided the score to a variety of film projects, and a sound engineer who has pro...

Blast off with Spacecrime’s out of this world album, ‘Sounds From The Milky Way’

Tyler Maas

November 21, 2024

For the past 15 years, John Brander—who releases music under the "Spacecrime" moniker—has crafted beats and produced futuristic, sample-tinged backing tracks for an abundance of emcees in Milwaukee and beyond. ...

Long-awaited Cassini Echoes debut is “a true exercise in patience”

Tyler Maas

October 29, 2024

At a time in which projects sometimes announce their existence with the release of a completed album or EP and musicians rush to record slapdash reactionary songs about topical subjects, it's becoming more rare...

Hot Science’s ‘Shaman’ EP is just what the doctor ordered

Tyler Maas

July 9, 2024

When we last checked in with Hot Science—the musical moniker of electronic artist Sam Sumner—in late 2020, the project was gearing up to put out Summoner, its third release in roughly a year's time. In the near...

Diamond Life shows its true colors on ‘Neon Dreams’

Tyler Maas

May 22, 2024

Last month, we introduced you to Diamond Life—an Italo Disco-inspired endeavor featuring Bonnie Drinkard of Detroit country-folk outfit The Drinkard Sisters and Milwaukee producer Martin Defatte, who makes up o...

Work up the motivation to stream North Warren’s “I’m So Lazy”

Tyler Maas

May 21, 2024

Having been called indie rock, being a reference point in discussions of the city's ongoing emo resurgence, and even being dubbed a power-pop project here and there, it's safe to say North Warren straddles a lo...

Listen to Wire & Nail’s first single in more than 4 years

Tyler Maas

May 1, 2024

Ever since forming back in 2017 on account of its members' shared love of outlaw country and classic rock, Wire & Nail has been a band that's synonymous with summertime in Milwaukee. Not only do they craft ...

Royal Mill finds companionship amid chaos in “Falls Apart”

Tyler Maas

January 16, 2024

If you've never heard of Royal Mill, allow us to get you up to speed. The self-described "existential indie rock" outfit quietly took shape during the pandemic before releasing its self-titled debut EP in early...

Soup Moat does not go quietly in final EP

Tyler Maas

November 21, 2023

The bad news: Soup Moat has called it quits and Milwaukee is now left without one of its best projects of the past 10 years. The good news: Even though the band—which found its footing with 2018's Harvester Of ...

Bernadette displays delicate darkness on ‘Panic Songs’

Tyler Maas

November 16, 2023

As half of goth-y Milwaukee post-punk duo Genau, Chris Belkofer has fashioned an expansive and impressive body of work that oftentimes delves into dreary and desolate territory. In some ways, that tone continue...

Listening Party looks on the bright side in new single, “It Ain’t So Bad”

Tyler Maas

August 3, 2023

We're in the midst of the summer of Listening Party. Over the first half of this summer, the veteran Milwaukee folk-rock outfit has performed at Summerfest, Bastille Days, Brady Street Festival, the Third Space...

The You Win !!! hit streak continues with new single, “Bloodsport”

Tyler Maas

May 26, 2023

Has it really been almost two years since we've heard new You Win !!! material? Even though the dark pop duo—consisting of Milwaukee musical mainstay Amanda Huff and producer William Gardiner (who releases musi...

Pay The Devil look back, forge ahead on ‘Turn To Gold’

Tyler Maas

April 13, 2023

Pay The Devil works at its own pace. As it turns out, that pace comes out to one album about every four years. Yes, the veteran Milwaukee folk/Americana amalgam released its first album, Wrong Side Of The River...

Wylie Jakobs trusts his instincts on quarantine-crafted ‘Seven Days’

Tyler Maas

April 12, 2023

Longtime Ahab's Ghost singer/guitarist Jake Wylie Hess has a knack for making the most of an unpleasant time. In early 2020, the Milwaukee musician—who performs and releases solo material under the "Wylie Jakob...

Producers reimagine Convert’s debut record in ‘Unrestrained Remix EP’

Tyler Maas

February 28, 2023

Convert is a band on the rise. Last April, the Milwaukee post-punk/goth rock hybrid—with former and current members of Burning Sons, Get Rad, Assault & Battery, and Cry Coyote in its ranks—released its debu...

Lake Drive delivers emo, rock, ballads on debut EP, ‘Wordplay’

Matt Wild

February 7, 2023

Milwaukee four-piece Lake Drive calls itself a "modern day hair band." That description may conjure up images of decadent acts like Poison, Ratt, and Skid Row, but Lake Drive is far from '80s cheese. On the ban...

Hot Coffin comes back swinging with new single, “Circle Game”

Tyler Maas

August 25, 2022

It's been quite some time since we've heard anything new from Hot Coffin. Since the Milwaukee rock and roll outfit—which features past members of Red Knife Lottery, Disguised As Birds, Sincebyman, and The Respo...

Stream a pair of songs from Brave You’s forthcoming album, ‘LIFER’

Tyler Maas

July 19, 2022

Every July, we here at Milwaukee Record put together a list of our favorite local music released that particular year (so far). And every year without fail, something comes along mere days after that article co...

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