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Listen to Devil Met Contention “Take A Chance” with bold new sound

May 18, 2018

Devil Met Contention needed a change."We'd been playing the songs off of our last album for a while," says DMC frontman Ehson Rad. "We did some small tours in the Midwest for them, and then we recorded them...

228 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: Fireside Theatre (Fort Atkinson)

Caleb Westphal

May 18, 2018

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here.For those who prefer the taste of fried fish over magic mushrooms, but would still like to enjoy...

We went to the Oak Creek IKEA opening at 5 a.m.: A minute-by-minute report

Josh Hoppert

May 17, 2018

At about 9 a.m. on Wednesday, May 16, 2018, IKEA opened a new store in Oak Creek, Wisconsin—the company's 48th store in the United States. We had been led to believe that, regardless of weather, the grand openi...

Jump into summer with a June 20 screening of ‘Hot Rod’ at Avalon Theater

Tyler Maas

May 17, 2018

The fine folks at Avalon Theater have been kind enough to let Milwaukee Record screen a different under-appreciated classic at the Bay View movie house every month lately. Last night, we followed up April's sol...

Here’s the lineup for the 2018 Summer Soulstice Music Festival

Matt Wild

May 17, 2018

For nearly two decades, the East Side's annual Summer Soulstice Music Festival has marked the first day of summer with music, food, drinks, and that one guy who always shows up carrying a giant lizard. On Satur...

After 12 years in session, Comet’s Beer School will end next month

Tyler Maas

May 17, 2018

In its 22-plus years in existence (and counting), The Comet Cafe has worn many hats. What started as a quaint and character-laden cafe that employed the city’s entire music scene has slowly turned into a local ...

Water Taxi MKE launches this Saturday

Matt Wild

May 17, 2018

"Why Are There No Water Taxis On The Milwaukee River?" asked WUWM last summer. Well, now there are. Water Taxi MKE, the brainchild of Paddle Tavern co-founder Redmond Tuttle, launches this Saturday. For $5-$10,...

Spirit of Oriental Drugs will live on in Crossroads Collective food hall

Matt Wild

May 16, 2018

In a video from 1987, beloved East Side pharmacy Oriental Drugs is continually described as a "crossroads." "It's interesting," says one woman. "It's a crossroads. Everyone comes here at one time or another." O...

20 edgy album covers from Milwaukee music past

Tyler Maas

May 16, 2018

The album cover is a dying art form. Once relied upon to be a gateway to attract customer attention, album art seems more expendable than ever these days. Imagery that, until recently, was used to help sell rec...

Come to The Cooperage June 4 to watch our ‘Shot For Shot With Chefs’ series premiere

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 16, 2018

It's no secret that, in general, chefs are incredible drinkers. Between the long hours spent on their feet in hot kitchens, the chaotic work atmosphere, and the generally thankless aspects of the job, its hard ...

David Byrne lives up to his legendary status (obviously) at Riverside Theater

Cal Roach

May 16, 2018

In recent years, David Byrne has made more headlines for his activism than his music; based on his new solo album, American Utopia, this might be a good career development. Byrne has never shied away from makin...

Genesis strives to create, disrupt with downtown gallery and all-ages space

Tyler Maas

May 15, 2018

As we've mentioned before (a few times, actually), Milwaukee is hurting for all-ages opportunities in the city's music spaces. Between dated local ordinances and businesses weighing the economic ramifications o...

Listen to another single from Surgeons In Heat’s upcoming LP, ‘Bored Immortals’

Matt Wild

May 15, 2018

Back in February, we gave you a sneak peek of the upcoming Surgeons In Heat album, Bored Immortals. Here's what we had to say back then when we premiered the record's first single, "Why'd You Start?": This tim...

Liz Phair rules and she’s coming to Turner Hall October 12

Matt Wild

May 15, 2018

Liz Phair rules. Liz Phair's debut album, Exile In Guyville (which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year), rules. Liz Phair's pre-Guyville Girly-Sound tapes rule. The rest of Liz Phair's career ranges f...

Milwaukee chef writes open letter to industry “plagued with predators and vultures”

Tyler Maas

May 14, 2018

Recently, the culinary world was rocked by numerous allegations of abuse perpetrated by restaurateurs, chefs, and various others in positions of power in the dining industry. These troubling revelations have pu...

Here are pictures of people taking pictures of the second Milwaukee streetcar

Matt Wild

May 14, 2018

Monday morning, in an event akin to the release of The Godfather Part II, The Empire Strikes Back, or Ernest Saves Christmas, the SECOND of Milwaukee's new streetcars arrived downtown. Like its predecessor back...

Here’s who’s playing Locust Street Festival 2018

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 14, 2018

The annual Locust Street Festival of Music & Art is one of the city’s best street fests, celebrating all that is good, right, and drum circle-y in Riverwest. On Sunday, June 10, the 42nd installment of the ...

On The Record Episode 129: Erik Stolhanske (Broken Lizard, ‘Super Troopers’)

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 14, 2018

While you might not know Erik Stolhanske by name alone, you're surely aware of his work with Broken Lizard. The comedy troupe—of which Stolhanske is one-fifth—is responsible for such cult comedy classics as Sup...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (May 6-12)

Matt Wild

May 14, 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...

Marquette University did something unpredictable with its Twitter account

Matt Wild

May 12, 2018

It's graduation season, which means millions of graduating high school students are preparing for the real world, and millions of graduating college students are preparing for the real possibility of 20 years o...