10. Jared James Nichols: Hailing from East Troy, near the hometown of guitar pioneer Les Paul, the Nashville blues rocker will put the Les Paul guitar bearing his name up for sale two days before his hometown show. Watch him shred and you’ll see why he deserves this honor. 8 p.m., Nov. 16, Shank Hall, 1434 N. Farwell Ave. $20 at the box office and online at shankhall.com.
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9. Sexyy Red: Only Ice Spice has had a bigger breakthrough in hip-hop than Sexyy Red, the St. Louis rapper who went viral with her blatantly explicit single “Pound Town” in early 2023 and spent the rest of the year. spent a year collaborating and/or touring with stars like Drake, Nicki Minaj and SZA (who recently revealed Red’s pregnancy). 8 p.m., Nov. 2, The Rave, 2401 W. Wisconsin Ave. $48 to $153 at box office and therave.com.
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8. Soul Low: Releasing five albums in seven years, Soul Low has established themselves as one of Milwaukee’s most distinctive and daring rock bands, paving the way for a fertile new wave of like-minded local acts like Bug Moment, Social Cig, Diet Lite and others. . . After breaking up in 2018, Soul Low are reuniting for two shows to do something they’ve never done before: perform the band’s excellent debut album, Uneasy, in its entirety. 8 p.m., Nov. 25 and 26, Cactus Club, 2496 S. Wentworth Ave. $20 at cactusclubmilwaukee.com for the November 26 show. The November 25 show is sold out.
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7. Buffalo Nichols: Known as a master guitar player before showcasing his stunning vocals and songwriting skills as part of the Milwaukee duo Nickel & Rose, Carl Nichols found a national audience after signing with Fat Possum Records as blues artist Buffalo Nichols, including performance. on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. All of this happened while he was living in Texas, but Nichols is back in Milwaukee and celebrating the more ambitious release of Fat Possum, his second album from Buffalo Nichols, The Fatalist, which he self-produced. 8 p.m., Nov. 10, Turner Hall Ballroom, 1040 N. Phillips Ave. $18 to $20 at the door, at the Pabst Theater box office (144 E. Wells St.) and at pabsttheater.org.
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6. Grace Weber: Having realized her long-promised potential as an R&B singer-songwriter by teaming up with the creative team behind Chance The Rapper for her superb 2021 album “A Beautiful Space,” the Milwaukee native has maintained the high standards she has set for herself. on the new album. her next album, “Paperflower”, brought her a performance at one of the most magnificent venues in her hometown. 7:30 p.m., Nov. 9, Pabst Theater, 144 E. Wells St. $20 to $75 at box office and online at pabsttheater.org.
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5. Angel Olsen: As music reviewers released their lists of favorite albums of 2022, Angel Olsen’s “Big Time” came up again and again, and for good reason. It took the singer-songwriter a while to get to Milwaukee during the album cycle, but the patience would be rewarded with the brighter, more traditional country songs from those album sessions, released this year on the Forever Means EP. 8 p.m., Nov. 30, Turner Hall Ballroom, 1040 N. Phillips Ave. $35 to $40 at the door, at the Pabst Theater box office (144 E. Wells St.) and at pabsttheater.org.
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4. Kesha: Few major artists have had a more tumultuous career than Kesha in recent years, given her years-long legal battle with producer Dr. Luke. It inspired some painful, powerful music, but finally this year, Kesha seems to want to celebrate how she got through the ordeal and had fun with fans, renaming her tour “Only Love” in light of this new mindset. 8 p.m., Nov. 11, Eagles Ballroom, The Rave, 2401 W. Wisconsin Ave. $225 at therave.com.
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3. Jonas Brothers: Joe Jonas faced a lot of backlash on social media after his difficult split from wife and actress Sophie Turner. But it’s been a banner year for his band and his brothers, who released their best album to date, the ’70s pop-rocker “The Album,” and are playing shows in the vein of Taylor Swift’s “The Eras Tour” that embraces them discography and a duration of about three hours. 7 p.m., Nov. 20, Fiserv Forum, 1111 N. Phillips Ave. $74.95 to $524.95 at box office and fiservforum.com.
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2. Tool: The hard rockers have been slow to make music—13 years have passed between their last two albums, and only one new song has been released since 2019’s Fear Inoculum. But the meticulous perfectionism is evident in their sprawling epics, their releases and, in turn, their concerts, which become nothing less than events for the dedicated fans that brought the Milwaukee tour to a virtual sold-out halt. 7:30 p.m., Nov. 1, Fiserv Forum, 1111 N. Phillips Ave. $193 to $455 at box office and fiservforum.com.
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1. Peso Pluma: Bringing Bad Bunny-esque cool to regional Mexican music – and almost single-handedly making the genre one of the fastest growing genres of the year in terms of growing audiences – Peso Pluma will finally play one of the most anticipated shows in Milwaukee. year in a market rarely visited by Latin music stars, after a show scheduled for September was postponed at the last minute due to threats allegedly made before a planned concert in Tijuana. 8 p.m., Nov. 4, Fiserv Forum, 1111 N. Phillips Ave. $200 to $595 at box office and fiservforum.com.
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