Plug in and disassociate. MODELING’s serving high-gloss synthpop for the romantically unwell.
FFO: Drab Majesty · TV Girl · Death's Dynamic Shroud ❤️☠️🖤
Expect riffs that punch, vocals that scream like your inner demons, and at least one dude doing windmills in the pit.
FFO: Knocked Loose · Jesus Piece · Bleeding Through ❤️☠️🖤
If you like your metal face-melting and your pits borderline apocalyptic, this is your church service.
FFO: Lorna Shore · Fit For An Autopsy · Vulvodynia ❤️☠️🖤
Pure goregrind goodness.
FFO: Exhumed · General Surgery · Impetigo ❤️☠️🖤
Venturer are set to celebrate their new album Time Machine Pt. 1 at our very famous arcade… if you miss out on this you’ll wish YOU could go back in time.
We’re talkin' punk photos with Santa (he might have a mohawk), gift shopping from rad vendors, a silent auction that’s anything but silent, and a toy drive to warm even the coldest little punk hearts all in support of Sojourner House.
The best emo party in Milwaukee returns to X-Ray Arcade!
Subspace are bringing a special afternoon of gaming to our very famous arcade!
Crank that energy to 11 and scream like it’s 2014!
FFO: Orchid · pageninetynine · Loma Prieta ❤️☠️🖤
Roxy Toxin’s throwing a birthday and you’re all invited to the boudoir.
Check out this special benefit for Milwaukee’s Street Angels and don’t miss this awesome shoegaze and grunge lineup!
Get your holiday shopping done the cool way, with 20 local vendors slinging goodies you won’t find at Target.
Someday you’ll smile again…someday soon! Sponsored by WMSE!
FFO: Alkaline Trio · The Get Up Kids · The Promise Ring ❤️☠️🖤
This one’s like a late night variety show got hit with a glitter cannon and lost its mind in the best way.
FFO: Nekromantix · Ghoultown · The Koffin Kats ❤️☠️🖤
Enough references to make your D.A.R.E. officer cry and tons of sick riffs.
FFO: Cannabis Corpse · Municipal Waste · GWAR ❤️☠️🖤
Cursive AND AJJ? Yeah, you already know you need to be at this one. Sponsored by our friends at WMSE!
FFO: The Appleseed Cast · mewithoutYou · Thursday ❤️☠️🖤
Indie folk that starts off feeling kinda breezy, then sucker punches you (just a little). It’s honest, it’s catchy, and it somehow makes falling apart sound kinda hopeful.
FFO: Oliver Hazard · Knox Hamilton · Briston Maroney ❤️☠️🖤
You know that one band your older cousin swore by while chain-smoking Parliaments and burning mix CDs in 2002? Yeah, they’re still at it (and still absolutely ripping.) Sponsored by WMSE!
FFO: Hot Water Music · Jawbreaker · Knapsack ❤️☠️🖤
Songs that sound like your childhood Wii got sold for $30 and your crush never texted back, but make it catchy.
FFO: Brave Little Abacus · The Front Bottoms · Modern Baseball ❤️☠️🖤
Original CKY vocalist Deron Miller is headed to our very famous arcade with 96 Bitter Beings!
Cheap Perfume is headed to our very famous stage! Don’t miss out!
The Team Bryce Foundation is bringing you a great gig for a great cause!
Slowcore that feels like it was recorded in a bedroom at 2AM.
FFO: Duster · Horse Jumper of Love · Crisman ❤️☠️🖤
Grab some buddies and show Shenanigans Trivia Co. what you know about this classic holiday comedy! We’ll have the pizza bagels — bring your own maple syrup!
Get ready to rock with Barely Civil, Mizzy and Known Moons while raising some funds for Anodyne workers first contract campaign.
Don’t be the Grinch. Bring a toy. Hit the floor. Repeat. Check out the toy list!
HEALIUM HOT YOGA is bringing us a riff-soaked yoga class … cuz you can't spell doom without OM.
You will now spend each moment between now and the show worrying! Every minute will be a universe of terror, a marathon of fear!
FFO: Direct Hit! · Iron Chic · PEARS ❤️☠️🖤
Freak on a Leash is back at X-Ray! You already know the deal-bust out those Tripp pants and let your freak flag fly.
Big musical theater kid energy meets alt-rock drama with this one!
FFO: The Hush Sound · Mitski · The Dresden Dolls ❤️☠️🖤
Sad Girl apocalypse-core comin’ in hot!
FFO: Poppy · Kim Petras · Grimes ❤️☠️🖤
Get ready for a night of Hip-Hop at our very famous arcade! Azthma’s record release party for Earborne with the legendary DJ Abilities and more!
You've heard of shoegaze, but what about skygaze?
FFO: Greywind · Washed Out · M83 ❤️☠️🖤
Skank it up, Cudahy, ska royalty is clocking in!
FFO: The Specials · Mustard Plug · Fishbone ❤️☠️🖤
Carrie Nation & The Speakeasy are headed to our very secret arcade! Don’t miss out!
Ever wish you could teleport back to the golden age of MTV? (Wow, that makes us feel old as HECK.) DJ Synthia’s got you covered with a night of synthpop, post-punk, and goth bangers, complete with the music videos you forgot you were obsessed with.
If “If I Were a Fish” lives rent-free in your brain and your playlists scream sad girl winter, we’ve got JUST the show for ya.
FFO: Corook · Odie Leigh · Rett Madison ❤️☠️🖤
Good cause. Dumb loud. No bad bands.
Don't be left to suffer outside the arcade (had to)… get your tickets asap!
FFO: Spite · Lorna Shore · Humanity's Last Breath ❤️☠️🖤
Koffin Kats are headed to our very famous stage!
One of the most legendary Chicago Punk bands of all time. Don’t miss The Effigies on our very famous stage. Sponsored by WMSE!
Milwaukee’s premier emo fest returns!
Cory Branon is headed to our very famous stage! Don’t miss out!
Jangly, haze-drenched indie rock that feels like it was written on the road (because, well, it was) and it’s dreamy as heck cranked through an amp.
FFO: Alvvays · Slowdive · DIIV ❤️☠️🖤
Matt Pryor of The Get Up Kids heads over to Anodyne! Don’t miss out!
FFO: The Get Up Kids · The New Amsterdams · Owen ❤️☠️🖤
Some artists sound like they’re channeling a ghost. Marissa Nadler sounds like she IS the ghost...plus the moonlight, the fog, and the flickering candle in the window.
FFO: Chelsea Wolfe · Emma Ruth Rundle · Weyes Blood ❤️☠️🖤
The Wedding Present are headed to our very famous stage with a special gift for you-a performance of their album “Seamonsters” performed in it’s entirety. Sponsored by WMSE!
Day Two of non-stop hardcore action.
Day One of non-stop hardcore action.
Ever lay on the floor overthinking your entire existence but make it aesthetic? That’s Noah Gundersen
FFO: Phoebe Bridgers · Kevin Devine · Manchester Orchestra ❤️☠️🖤
Punk rock for anyone who grew up bored in the suburbs and never quite outgrew the urge to scream about it.
FFO: The Offspring · Alkaline Trio · MxPx ❤️☠️🖤
Bruiser and Bicycle are headed to Sugar Maple! Don’t miss out!
One part Wisconsin, one part London, fully chaotic Los Angeles energy.
FFO: Walk The Moon · X Ambassadors · Against The Current ❤️☠️🖤
Graveripper and Sadistic Force are bringing a high-volume onslaught of gruesome blackened thrash to our very famous stage!
Unfortunately this one’s not happening. Refund incoming. From the band:
Due to a serious health issue, and after consulting with doctors, we have made the difficult but necessary decision to postpone the rest of our public demonstrations for twenty twenty-five.
We are actively working on rescheduling all existing dates for 2026.
Our sincerest apologies to all.
Get ready for a high-energy night of pop-punk and emo on our very famous floor!
Filthy garage punk straight from DC.
FFO: Stiff Richards · Wine Lips · Bad Nerves ❤️☠️🖤
Like the soundtrack to your villain arc but make it fashion.
FFO: The Pretty Reckless · Royal & The Serpent · PVRIS ❤️☠️🖤
One minute you’re laughing at a lyric, the next you’re genuinely into the groove and wondering how you ended up in a full-blown singalong. It’s loud, it’s loose, and it doesn’t take itself too seriously. Just show up, grab a beer, and let things get a little weird.
FFO: Tenacious D · Andrew WK · Flight of the Conchords ❤️☠️🖤
Hope your therapist is on speed dial, 'cause this one's gonna dig up some feelings you forgot you buried.
FFO: Fossil Youth · Modern Chemistry · Movements ❤️☠️🖤
Weakened Friends is all big riffs, sing-alongs, and the kind of energy that makes you want to start a band with your best friends. Loud, fun, and impossible not to vibe with.
FFO: Mannequin Pussy · Slothrust · illuminati hotties ❤️☠️🖤
Skip the TV Party tonight… Black Flag is headed to our very famous stage. Don’t worry, we’ve got a Six-Pack waiting for you!
FFO: Circle Jerks · Dead Kennedys · Minor Threat (but really, do we even need this section?)
❤️☠️🖤
Fuzz-caked stew of alt and sludge. Gramma are headed to MKE Ultra!
FFO: Jigsaw Youth · The Jins · Kangaroo Court ❤️☠️🖤
This ain’t your average bang-your-head-and-go-home gig. This is sorcery-level musicianship.
FFO: Orchid · Lord Dying · Yob ❤️☠️🖤
Vintage surf vibes with a side of go-go chaos. Catch the wave or get wrecked!
FFO: La Luz · The Ventures · Shannon & The Clams ❤️☠️🖤
Imagine staring into the void, but the void shreds. Rivers of Nihil are headed to Falcon Hall for a blistering night of technical death metal!
FFO: Fallujah · Black Crown Initiate · Obscura ❤️☠️🖤
Goth Barge and Subspace are bringing a spooktacular party to our very famous arcade! Wear your best costume!
It's been a minute, but SteMartaen is back with Pancake Tacos, Chik'n Waffle Sandwich, a bomb line up of Breakfast Sandwiches, Loaded Brunch Nachos & so much more! Pre-orders are recommended but not required.
Come for the boos, stay for the BooOooOobies. C’mon, girls just wanna have fun!
VORTXZ is rolling up from Houston with indie rock, alt grit, and Rock en Español that’ll rattle your fillings. Don’t miss them at Falcon Hall in Riverwest!
FFO: Zoé · The Strokes · Café Tacvba ❤️☠️🖤
Patrick Wolf makes emotional, genre-fluid art pop that somehow sounds like both a breakup and a renaissance fair. He’s been out of the game for a minute, but the new stuff’s got the same moody magic people got hooked on in the MySpace era.
FFO: Rufus Wainwright · ANOHNI · Owen Pallett ❤️☠️🖤
SoCal sugar-rush pop punk energy!
FFO: The Linda Lindas · Beach Bunny · Paramore ❤️☠️🖤
Long Island heart. Hardcore roots. All guts, no gimmicks.
FFO: Taking Back Sunday, Silent Majority, The Movielife 💔☠️🖤
This band’s here to dice your brain with sugary-sweet riffs and juicy prog grooves. It’s technical and it’ll leave seeds stuck in your teeth (metaphorically… probably).
FFO: Polyphia · Covet · CHON ❤️☠️🖤
From the outer edges of the fuzziverse comes Kal-El, Norway’s heavy-hitting doom ‘n’ roll export. For fans of fuzz, Sabbath worship, and soundtracks to space battles you (probably) didn’t survive.
FFO: Monolord · Kadaver · Red Fang
HEALIUM HOT YOGA PRESENTS another spirited session of punk rock yoga!
YouTube freestyles that made your favorite rapper look lazy, and his live show brings the same fire.
FFO: NF · Joyner Lucas · Hopsin ❤️☠️🖤
We DO NOT tolerate racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, or harassment of any kind. We intend to provide a safe space for everyone.
5036 S PACKARD AVENUE
CUDAHY, WI 53110
(414) 998-0665
HOURS: If it’s on our calendar, we’re open at the listed door time. If there’s nothing posted on a given date, we’re probably closed. Check regularly for updates!
