Breaking and Entering hosted a hip hop showcase featuring Mad Static and MoCity at Summerfest’s WAMI Stage on Thursday. It was both rappers’ first time performing at Summerfest; friends, family, and music lovers gathered to attend in numbers. Mad Static has been performing and releasing music since the 2000s. He is known as co-host of the podcast “Beats, Rhymes and
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Breaking and Entering hosted an afternoon of Milwaukee music at The Ground Floor Stage at Summerfest on Saturday, featuring an eclectic mixed genre bill of Hanna Simone, Dashcam, Eli $tones and Scam Likely. Dashcam is the electronic project of Donny Jankowski; he launched it in 2014 out of participating in a long-term creative challenge called WeeklyBeats. “You had to make
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Bremen Cafe was powered by rock and roll Friday night as solo punk act Gorilla Knifefight, alternative rockers Secondhand Souls and grunge-stoner rockers Toadskin took the stage.
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Summer Soulstice Music Festival took place on Saturday on Milwaukee’s East Side with musical acts on four different stages throughout the day. Pop rock quintet Tigera took the Farwell Stage at 5:30PM, bringing an engaging and energetic performance to the burgeoning crowd. Tigera consists of vocalist Devon Huckstep, lead guitarist Ben Koshick, rhythm guitarist Alex Radish, bassist Cody Christian and
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The first Locust Street Festival since before the pandemic took place in Riverwest on Sunday, drawing a ton of enthusiasm, attendance and participation from the neighborhood. Ladybird took the Lakefront Brewery Stage on Pierce and Locust promptly at 3PM. Ladybird consists of vocalist-guitarist Pete Freeman, guitarist Sammy Pinback, bassist Josh Rardin and drummer Aidan Gouran. Blending alternative country with rock
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With a packed room of friends, family and community, it was an unforgettable evening of warmth and celebration.
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Quarters Rock n’ Roll Palace hosted a stacked bill Saturday night featuring Indianapolis-based electro-garage-punk artist Splat Gorek as well as local acts Paralyze, Bdwthr, Cyrus Chrome and Pay Dirt.
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Cactus Club hosted their annual 414 Day show on Friday night with a mixed-genre bill featuring Spider Creek, DarylAnne, Pulpa de Guayaba, Social Caterpillar and a secret opening set from Honey Creek. Pulpa de Guayaba comprises of vocalist Dominick Dear, guitarists Juan Alvarez and Luis Arellano, bassist Miguel Sanchez, drummer Marco Zavala and saxophonist/flutist Michael Ruth. Formed in late 2019,
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X-Ray Arcade hosted a packed show on Saturday night featuring local acts Meadowers, Barely Civil and Telethon performing alongside Cleveland-based Signals Midwest.
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Columbus-based noise/sludge/punk band Drunks With Guns made their first appearance in the state of Wisconsin at Bremen Cafe Thursday night, filling up the room with an excited crowd. Local bands Florida Brothers Band and Aluminum Knot Eye opened. Florida Brothers Band consists of vocalist Chris Loker, bassist Nate Metcalf and drummer Ross Miller. They are a punk band who have
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A powerhouse night of heavy music took place at Cactus Club Saturday night featuring local bands Algid Funeral and It Is Dead in addition to Chicago-based metal bands Nequient and Ready For Death. Algid Funeral comprises of vocalist/synth player Trevor Keay, guitarist Dillon Briggs, bassist Maria Froman and drummer John Karnowski. Formed in 2018, their sound can be described as
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Quarters Rock ‘n Roll Palace in Riverwest hosted on Friday night local indie rockers Oh Well, Ok alongside Chicago acts singer-songwriter Able Baker and psych-shoegaze band The Courts. Oh Well, Ok is the project of James Markwyn. Friday’s show featured Dean MacKenzie on bass and LoBi LoBianco on drums. Hailing from Waukesha, Markwyn began the project while at college in
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The Nile Club played their album release show at Linneman’s, with the help of Barf Lord, Shoobie and North Warren.
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Cactus Club got packed up for a stacked bill Saturday night featuring Chicago-by-way-of-Milwaukee rapper-producer Myquale, Milwaukee collective Spider Creek and North Carolina-based hip hop artist MAVI.
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A wonderful night of music took place at Linneman’s in Riverwest on Friday night featuring Dandy L. Freling, Lyrid, and Hurd & Galante. It was Lyrid’s first show, and an attentive crowd filled the space with joy, warmth, and enthusiasm. Dandy L. Freling is a singer-songwriter whose country-folk style knows how to be both sensitive and catchy. Some of her
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It was a bitterly cold night on Friday, but that didn’t stop Aluminum Knot Eye and Primitive Broadcast Service from the rocking the house at Circle A. DJ Timothy Triplett kept the party going afterwards.
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The Basement Collective hosted a stacked bill at Cactus Club featuring Milwaukee bands HUMID, Overhand and Shamewave alongside Chicago-Rockford dark post-punk band Bleached Cross; the show was the first stop on a weekend tour Shamewave and Bleached Cross embarked together. HUMID are a shoegaze band consisting of vocalist-guitarist Matt Tomashek, guitarist Ben Schuelke, bassist Sam Gargulak, and drummer Cody Ratley.
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A new face in Milwaukee has hit the ground running with a new album, According to Us. Having just moved here back in August, the nineteen year-old DIY guy is itching to put himself out there. “I started doing music as a revenge story,” he says, having found creating to be an outlet for his frustration with not being taken seriously in school
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Midcoast Collective hosted their 19th edition at Cactus Club on Friday night featuring artists Flykiddxoxo, Clare McCullough, Ke1 and Dahlia. They raised money for Reproductive Justice Action Milwaukee, a grassroots organizations with ten demands: the repeal of Wisconsin State Statute 940.04, the complete separation of church and state, that law enforcement not enforce abortion bans, that Wisconsin law enforcement read
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Local acts BLOOD and West Nile Crows took the stage alongside Arkansas experimental electronic group Modeling at Cactus Club on Sunday night.
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Singer-songwriter Bryan Cherry and his band played a lively set at Ope Brewing Co in West Allis on Friday night. Bryan Cherry’s style encompasses funk, soul, R&B and rock; he is also a poet. He sings and plays guitar while his band consists of guitarist Sean Williamson, bassist Matt Turner and drummer Dan Dahl. “Turner and Williamson I’ve been playing
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High Dive hosted a packed house as Summer Birth and Large Print played killer sets alongside Minneapolis art rockers Products. Summer Birth consists of vocalist Zachary Ochoa, guitarist Ryan Mueller, bassist Mark Buescher and drummer Cary Elger. Their eclectic rock style is fresh and vivacious, taking influence from bands such as Big Thief and Parquet Courts. Formed during quarantine, the
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Mid Coasted hosted an Autumnal Equinox show at Cactus Club this past Thursday evening featuring Chino, Kevin Arroyo, Adorner, EMTN, T!ny, and Nimbus. They supported Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression (MAARPR), an organization that works with families of victims of police crimes to put an end to police misconduct, prison profiteering, political racism and economic injustice through organizing
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Linneman’s hosted a powerhouse night of power pop and pop punk Friday night with an all-local bill featuring The Unitaskers, Man Random and Clementine. Man Random consists of vocalist/guitarist Steven Baird, guitarist Matt Schmus, bassist Benjamin Meredith and drummer Nat Otto. Their lively power pop sound and style draws from a wide array of influences such as Weezer, The Smashing
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Bremen Cafe hosted a wonderful all-local bill on a rainy Sunday night this weekend – Pescatarian at Best, Bunk Bed, and Rainbow Cobra. Pescatarian At Best comprises of vocalist Benton Belzer, guitarists Mason West and Courtney Martel, bassist Liz Adkins, and drummer Nikki Nelson. Their unique indie pop sound has been described as “funk-adjacent post-punk.” Sunday’s show was missing Belzer
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