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Monthly Milwaukee Music Roundup: June 2018

June 30, 2018

Looking for new music? Looking for new Milwaukee music? Then look no further than our Monthly Milwaukee Music Roundup, stuffed with new records and notable singles released this past month. RECORDS OF NOTE Th...

Ugh. What a week. Here are some things that aren’t awful

Matt Wild

June 29, 2018

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• Well, it was another awful/idiotic week in America! What else is new? We won't ...

Let’s remember the Social Distortion Milwaukee riot of 1988

Matt Wild

June 29, 2018

Tonight, on day three of Summerfest 2018, living-legend punk band Social Distortion will headline the Harley-Davidson Roadhouse at 10 p.m. It'll surely be a lively, crowded show full of old (and new?) fans enjo...

234 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: Emerald City Catering & Events

Caleb Westphal

June 29, 2018

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday night fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here.One week you are eating a fish fry somewhere, and the next week the place is gone. Remembe...

Summerfest’s “Throwback Thursday” lineup at Harley-Davidson Roadhouse was Lit (and Alien Ant Farm and P.O.D.)

Tyler Maas

June 29, 2018

Though Summerfest officially started off in grand (and/or soul-searching) fashion on Wednesday, thousands upon thousands of people were convinced to kick off their Big Gig attendance with "Throwback Thursday," ...

Public Domain: Jayke Orvis performs “Shady Grove”

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 28, 2018

Milwaukee Record is proud to present Public Domain. The monthly video series features Milwaukee musicians setting up at Colectivo Coffee to adapt some of the world’s best-known songs in ways they’ve never been ...

Review: Nothing (formerly known as “Taped Music” and “Pre-Recorded Music”) at JoJo’s Martini Lounge

Tyler Maas

June 28, 2018

Yesterday signaled the beginning of another Summerfest. Now in its 51st year, the 11-day affair offers the same winning blend of live music, hedonistic festival fare, fireworks, and fun on Milwaukee's lakefront...

New East Side poke place is literally a stone’s throw from other East Side poke place. Let’s demonstrate

Matt Wild

June 28, 2018

Take a stroll around North Avenue on Milwaukee's East Side and you'll find a neighborhood almost completely made over. The empty storefronts and "For Lease" signs of a few years ago are mostly gone, replaced by...

Milwaukee now home to totally cool, totally illegal Bird scooters

Matt Wild

June 28, 2018

Wednesday morning, just as the virtual ink was drying on the umpteenth guide to all 8,000 Summerfest picnic tables or whatever, the Milwaukee media received a press release: Bird, an electric-scooter-share comp...

Hello. Joe Pera is performing in Milwaukee on August 11

Tyler Maas

June 28, 2018

Hello. We're Milwaukee Record and we're here to talk to you about about a comedian named Joe Pera. In a harsh and ever-worsening world, Pera's Adult Swim program, Joe Pera Talks With You, is a dash of positivit...

Tucked Away: African Garden gives Lincoln Avenue a taste of Somalia

Tyler Maas

June 27, 2018

UPDATE (2/22/19): After just over a year in business, African Garden appears to be closed. All exterior signage has been removed and windows are covered. Google Reviews also says the restaurant is "Permanently ...

Celebrate the first day of Summerfest with a bunch of cover band promo videos

Matt Wild

June 27, 2018

Summerfest, as we all know, is the "World's Largest Music Festival." And while that title is certainly well-earned, it obscures the fact that a good chunk of that music is provided by cover bands. Not that ther...

Bowling In Place #4: Brown Deer Lanes

Josh Hoppert

June 27, 2018

Milwaukeeans work hard and bowl harder. Follow this monthly series to learn more about your favorite bowling houses and some new ones you'll want to visit.On the drive north towards our fourth Bowling In Pl...

A guide to Milwaukee acts playing Summerfest

Tyler Maas

June 27, 2018

Today marks the start of another Summerfest. Now in its 51st year, the "Big Gig" has long been home to deep fried delicacies, prime people watching, and hundreds upon hundreds of musical acts from all around th...

Did the internet solve Eaux Claires’ mystery lineup?

Kellen O'Brien

June 26, 2018

In less than two weeks, thousands of music fans will journey to Eau Claire, Wisconsin for Justin Vernon's hometown festival, Eaux Claires (June 6-7). But the fourth installment of Eaux Claires is not your norma...

Here’s the MishMash Fest 2018 lineup

Tyler Maas

June 26, 2018

One event we failed to mention in our otherwise thorough and exhaustive Summer Festival Guide was MishMash Fest. Since The Fatty Acids unofficially christened the inaugural event with an amp fire back in 2011, ...

At Random is for sale (again)

Tyler Maas

June 26, 2018

Way back in the spring of 2015, Milwaukee Record broke the news that At Random (2501 S. Delaware Ave.) was for sale. The long-tenured Bay View cocktail bar was listed on a real estate site, with an asking price...

Slide into summer with Nice FM’s “Sunrise” comp

Matt Wild

June 26, 2018

When we last basked in the sun-kissed sounds of Nice FM, the Milwaukee-based production house and electronic label had released its "Night Swim" compilation—in the middle of winter. Now, seven months and many d...

MKE Music Rewind: Victor DeLorenzo, “Gonna Wanna”

Matt Wild

June 26, 2018

In our weekly MKE Music Rewind, we revisit a notable Milwaukee song that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014.Decades may pass and tastes may come and go, but the Violent Femmes...

The SummerRest: 40 non-Summerfest shows

Tyler Maas

June 25, 2018

Summerfest begins Wednesday, and will bring more than 800 acts to 13 stages—not even counting those weird side stages near the lake—and close to a million people through the gates for 11 days of music, activity...