The 2026 Big Beat MKE beat battle will pit 16 Milwaukee-area music makers into head-to-head competition, with even more action than before.

As soon as CupcakKe started rapping “Deepthroat,” the crowd’s phones went up. The room was dark and packed with bodies. A few ...

The band condemned the Trump administration for using the song “Let Down” in a post showing victims of violent crimes that ...

Ken Barnes’ ‘Memories’ The unveiling of Ken Barnes’ Memories sculpture at Edmonds Waterfront Center drew a large crowd and plenty of excitement with visitors enjoying the new public artwork […] ...

Move over, Brat summer — it’s time for Brontë winter. Friday, Feb. 13, pop icon Charli XCX released “Wuthering Heights,” an album conceptualized after Emerald Fennell’s recent film adaptation of Emily ...

The Meet-up of Third Coast Percussion and Jlin artfully grooved up Campbell Hall; David Starkey peers into the navel of ...

In the 90s, symphonic metal was more a glittering garnish than a scene in itself, something bands from Therion to Celtic Frost would sprinkle on their music to make it sparkle. While the genre would ...

In 1991, when working on his rock-leaning album Dangerous, he collaborated with an unexpected and iconic guitarist, who may not have been a match made in heaven. In hindsight it worked out great for ...

Beat Switch Music Services has been operating quietly for the past 24 months, and now supports more than 20 independent ...

Social Distortion's Mike Ness on overcoming cancer to make new album 'Born to Kill,' the visceral reaction he has toward ICE, and loving Tom Petty.

Robert De Niro and Portland frog activists used spectacle and parody at “State of the Swamp” to protest Trump and MAGA ...

The Music Shoppe, a family-owned instrument sales and service center with three locations in Central Illinois, is celebrating ...