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Colin Quinn will headline this year’s Milwaukee Comedy Festival

July 13, 2018

When the lineup was announced for the 13th annual Milwaukee Comedy Festival last month, the impressive and eclectic list of stand-up comedians, improvisers, and sketch troupes taking part in the five-day, 13-sh...

Wilson Center announces full festival schedule, including local lineup

Josh Hoppert

July 13, 2018

This August 16-18, the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts will welcome guitar players and guitar fans from all over the world to take part in the sixth annual Wilson Center Guitar Festival. The 2018 event ...

The best Milwaukee albums of 2018 (so far)

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 12, 2018

Believe it or not (we choose not), 2018 is more than halfway over. With that in mind, we thought it was a perfect time to listen to some music and celebrate the year's first six months by rounding up the best M...

Here’s what’s coming to (and departing from) Crafty Cow’s and Hot Head Fried Chicken’s menu this weekend

Tyler Maas

July 12, 2018

After originally opening as Bumstead Provisions—a restaurant, deli, liquor store, and provisional shop—in late 2016, the two attached Bay View storefronts at 2671-75 S. Kinnickinnic Ave. have taken many forms. ...

Please don’t move to Milwaukee, sings Milwaukee musician in response to that Vogue article

Matt Wild

July 12, 2018

This article is from 2018.We're entering Day 3 of every Milwaukee man, woman, and child sharing that Vogue article on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. You know the article: "Why Milwaukee Is the Midwest's ...

The Grand Ave. Rocky Rococo is closed and oh god, what’s the point anymore?

Matt Wild

July 11, 2018

We're not exactly sure when it happened (some say it's been a month), and we're not exactly sure why it happened (okay, we have a pretty good idea), but the Rocky Rococo in the Shops of Grand Avenue has closed....

The 5 best trade deadlines in Milwaukee Brewers history

Kyle Lobner

July 11, 2018

One of the busiest transaction seasons on the Major League Baseball calendar is, historically speaking, a relatively recent phenomenon.From 1922 until 1985, the American and National Leagues—then operating ...

“C’mon, movie, what are we doing here?” An interview with We Hate Movies co-host Stephen Sajdak

Matt Wild

July 11, 2018

Throw a stone and you'll hit 8,000 "bad movie" review shows on the internet. These shows range from the good (Milwaukee's own Red Letter Media) to the unwatchable (insert random YouTuber here). Near the top of ...

The Pretenders deliver full-force set at Riverside Theater

Lauren Keene

July 11, 2018

Summerfest 2018 ended its 11-night run on Sunday, and one might think Milwaukee audiences are completely out of concert-going energy. Well, it turns out they aren't–at least, not yet. On Tuesday night, Riversid...

Of course we tried 7-Eleven’s weird new Crunch Berries Slurpee

Tyler Maas

July 11, 2018

Another day, another misguided and lazy piece of corporate marketing that's haphazardly cast out to consumers that are desperate for an unconventional and artificial distraction from a world that's quite litera...

“I never left music. I was always creating”: An interview with L.A. punk legend Alice Bag

Dan Agacki

July 10, 2018

Alice Bag speaks with a loving bluntness. She’s not afraid to say what’s on her mind, though she always seems to find the silver lining. From her days fronting first-wave L.A. punks, The Bags, appearing in Pene...

Here’s who’s playing the Milwaukee Record Stage at Bay View Bash

Tyler Maas

July 10, 2018

Last month, we announced that Milwaukee Record was getting its very own stage at this year's Bay View Bash. The news also came with an announcement that the Milwaukee Record Stage would be headlined by none oth...

Soup Moat gets sludgy, seedy, silly on terrific ‘Harvester Of Likes’

Matt Wild

July 10, 2018

The penultimate track of Soup Moat's third full-length album, Harvester Of Likes, is called "Porn In The Woods." A tribute to the small-town, pre-internet phenomenon of finding a stash of weathered Playboys und...

6 things I learned at my first Radiohead concert

Damon "Jank" Joy

July 10, 2018

That's right. This was my first Radiohead concert experience. The last few times they've come remotely close to Milwaukee, life got in the way. Not this time. I'm a die-hard fan and the bucket list had to be fu...

Some dude “rescued” hundreds of old photos from Northridge Mall and they’re amazing

Matt Wild

July 10, 2018

What is it about dead malls that fascinates us so? More specifically: What is it about Northridge Mall that fascinates us so? Hardly a month seems to go by without another group of "urban explorers" puttering a...

Eaux Claires closes in on itself with collaborative, insular fourth installment

Cal Roach

July 9, 2018

Imagine being at the first day of a festival, right as the gates open—actually wanting to be there, an hour before anything even starts. That's the kind of faith and devotion Justin Vernon and Aaron Dessner are...

Platinum Boys take Chicago in candid clip for “Oblivious/Obvious”

Matt Wild

July 9, 2018

Those good-time rapscallions in the Platinum Boys are at it again. The hard-partying Milwaukee band is in the midst of a week-long summer tour that includes a show at Junker's in Cincinnati on Monday, a show at...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (July 1-7)

Matt Wild

July 9, 2018

Depending on which news sources you follow, Milwaukee is going through either a "renaissance" or a "reinvention." Or maybe it's a "reboot" or a "reimagining," like that crappy Tim Burton version of Planet Of Th...

Let’s watch old videos of Milwaukee poet Matt Cook explaining Milwaukee history

Matt Wild

July 9, 2018

Milwaukee has some serious—and some seriously weird—history. From its indigenous roots to its European settlement to the time we all had to boil our water because of that Cryptosporidium thing, the Brew City ha...

Soccer Mommy sends Summerfest home in style with solid afternoon showing

Tyler Maas

July 9, 2018

While Summerfest manages to pull of the annual miracle of booking at least a few things to suit all tastes in its lineup of 800 acts playing the grounds' 12 stages, the festival isn't exactly known for helping ...