Milwaukee Music Roundup: June 2024
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Looking for new music? Looking for new Milwaukee music? Then look no further than our monthly Milwaukee Music Roundup, brought to you by Mystery Room Mastering!
LPs AND EPs OF NOTE
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Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Ruthie
Milwaukee Record is working in partnership with Urban Cat Coalition—a local organization that’s dedicated to creating a no kill community by humanely reducing the cat population in the Milwaukee area through ta...
Enjoy Every Fish Fry: Fox & Hounds has fantastical architecture, all-you-can-eat fish
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Caleb Westphal hasn’t missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow his never-ending adventures—sponsored by Miller High Life—HERE. This week, fish fry #547: The Fox & Hounds Restau...
Okay Omen’s “Headlock” grabs hold and won’t let go
Ever since Okay Omen loudly announced its presence with a debut single and accompanying music video almost exactly two years ago, we've tried our best to keep tabs on the local emo outfit that features members ...
Milwaukee chef Ashley Turner will compete in new season of Food Network’s ‘BBQ Brawl’
It's high times for Milwaukee's food scene. The recently wrapped season of Top Chef was filmed in Milwaukee and Wisconsin, of course, and hometown hero Dan Jacobs made it all the way to the finals. So what's ne...
Here’s the 2024 Brady Street Festival lineup
Way back in February, we urged you to keep Saturday, July 20 open for one of Milwaukee's largest, longest-running, and all-around best summer block parties, Brady Street Festival. We hope you took our advice, b...
Meet A Brewer: Get to know Nate Bahr from Central Waters Milwaukee
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In Milwaukee Record’s "Meet A Brewer" series, we aim to introduce you to some of the professionals behind the scenes who are responsible for making your favorite local beers. The recu...
Take me back to Summerfest 2011: Alkaline Trio at U.S. Cellular Connection Stage
As strange as it sounds, I think one of my favorite aspects of Summerfest is just how not on the pulse of popular music it can be. There are a lot of moving parts involved with trying to book something for ever...
We’re screening 1999’s ‘Cruel Intentions’ at Avalon Theater July 24
It's summer, which means it's a perfect time to duck into the air conditioned confines of a movie theater and enjoy some steamy flicks. And flicks don't get much steamier (well, flicks we're able to screen, any...
Bird City, Milwaukee County: River Hills, Lynden Sculpture Garden, and residential birding
Bird City, Milwaukee County is a monthly column celebrating the 11 cities, towns, and villages that have achieved Bird City status within Milwaukee County. Citizens of these locations have made bird conservatio...
MobCraft announces entertainment lineup, beer list for 2024 “Weird Fest Block Party”
Ever since it launched 11 years ago, MobCraft Beer has been known to keep things unorthodox, unconventional, and yes, a little weird with inventive crowdsourced brewing creations and outstandingly off-kilter ev...
WMSE’s Local/Live: Kyndal J.
WMSE's local and live in-studio showcase, Local/Live, airs Tuesdays 6-7 p.m. You can find past episodes HERE, or on this handy Soundcloud playlist.milwaukeerecord · WMSE's Local/Live, June 25, 2024: Kynda...
I invented a “Happy Gilmore” cocktail. Here’s the recipe
Since we're screening Happy Gilmore at Avalon Theater on Wednesday, I figured now might be a good time to tell you about a drink I invented that's named after that wonderful 1996 sports comedy. Much like most o...
The Quilz unleash “Wild Cat”
We all have social media postings we wish we could take back. One random tweet that has haunted us for years was when we suggested the part in Stop Making Sense where Tom Tom Club plays "Genius Of Love" was a g...
Valley Fox shows it’s worth the wait with debut single “Roll On Mary”
You know the phrase "you just had the be there"? When it comes to Valley Fox, that saying has actually been fairly accurate to this point. Despite kicking around the city's music scene for a few years, managing...
They Might Be Giants delight hardcore fans with two-night “Big Show” at Pabst Theater
The last time They Might Be Giants rolled into Milwaukee (weeks before the initial COVID lockdowns of 2020), they were touring behind the 30th anniversary of their classic album Flood. While that two-and-a-half...
Ms. Lauryn Hill, The Fugees will bring Miseducation Anniversary Tour to AmFam Amphitheater
The headline says it all, folks. Ms. Lauryn Hill and The Fugees will bring an extension of their co-headlining Miseducation Anniversary Tour to Milwaukee's American Family Insurance Amphitheater on Friday, Augu...
Watch Bert Lauderdale report from the “Baby You Milwaukee” giant baby balloon art installation
On Friday, June 21, as Summerfest was in full swing at Henry Maier festival Park, a group was gathered at nearby Veterans Park to witness a spectacle that's, well, a little tough to put into words. A long-runni...
We tried 8 new food items at Summerfest (2024 edition)
Summerfest is back! One day is officially in the books, and there are eight more chances to enjoy loads of live entertainment, heaps of tasty treats, and all sorts of refreshments. As the 56th installment of th...
MATTHÚ traverses new territory on genre-bending “Lasso”
Back in late 2022, we introduced you to MATTHÚ. The project helmed by Kevin Bush—who is half of established sibling synthwave duo Immortal Girlfriend—instantly got on our radar by way of Montana, its exceptiona...