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Soup Moat does not go quietly in final EP

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...

Florida Brothers Band returns with wrestling-inspired ‘Pick Your Sting’ EP

Tyler Maas

July 12, 2022

Back in 2017, we introduced you to an...unconventional Milwaukee project called Florida Brothers Band. In that article, we said the unusual, interesting, and utterly enjoyable group "crafts punk earworms that w...

Relax, reflect, and listen to Vectors Of Resonant Prescients’ new album, ‘Microfiche’

Tyler Maas

June 28, 2022

At this point, it might be easier to tell you what great local bands Kevin DeMars hasn't been in. The Milwaukee multi-instrumentalist's past and present body of work as a guitarist and drummer includes output i...

Stream GGOOLLDD’s shimmering new single, “Superstar”

Tyler Maas

June 3, 2022

Things have been uncharacteristically quiet over at the GGOOLLDD camp lately. Of course, a live music-shuttering global pandemic isn't exactly a recipe for productivity. But just because we haven't heard from t...

Guerrilla Ghost call on musicians in Milwaukee and beyond for ‘Reimagined Hellscapes’ remix record

Tyler Maas

May 3, 2022

By now you've hopefully had a chance to listen to Hell Is Empty And All The Devils Are Here, the album Milwaukee industrial hip-hop duo Guerrilla Ghost released April 15. If not, you should change that soon bec...

Stream a song from Valerie Lighthart’s new EP, ‘Pt. III: The Banshee’

Tyler Maas

April 20, 2022

Over the past nine months, we've shared selections from multi-talented Milwaukee musician, model, and photographer Valerie Lighthart's "By Moonlight" EP series. On Saturday, April 23, the trilogy will be comple...

Altruism and nihilism collide in Convert’s “Watch It Burn”

Tyler Maas

April 7, 2022

Last spring, we introduced you to Convert—a Milwaukee project featuring former and current members of Burning Sons, Get Rad, and Assault & Battery—by premiering a song called "Slow Choke." The track, from t...

Get ready for the new Avenues album and stream “Blood On The Moon”

Tyler Maas

November 10, 2021

Believe it or not, it’s been more than six years since Avenues released new music. Since putting out its Creep Show EP in 2015, the veteran Milwaukee punk quartet has toured avidly, earned some impressive suppo...

Eric Ash looks inward on vulnerable, hopeful “All I Can See”

Tyler Maas

October 29, 2021

If you're unfamiliar with the name Eric Ash, you might be aware of the Milwaukee multi-instrumentalist's output in a previous project called Alta, his current efforts as the violinist in Social Caterpillar, or ...

Get ready for Valerie Lighthart’s spellbinding new EP and stream “Burn The Witch”

Tyler Maas

October 15, 2021

When we last caught up with Valerie Lighthart back in late spring, the multi-talented Milwaukee musician, model, and photographer was preparing to release an EP entitled PT I: THE GODDESS. Since releasing that ...

Next Paperback Hero’s “Weather The Storm” finds optimism amidst ugliness

Tyler Maas

August 17, 2021

The last time we checked in with Nathan Honoré, the Milwaukee singer-songwriter—who performs under the Next Paperback Hero namesake—was fresh off the release of a music video for a single from his late 2019 EP ...