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Get up to speed on the Wisconsin Herd before tonight’s Milwaukee “home” game

November 28, 2017

While the Milwaukee Bucks struggle to get out of a 1-3 skid, another Wisconsin-based professional basketball organization is off to an impressive start to their inaugural season. Yes, the Wisconsin Herd have am...

Brat Sounds gets ready for (seizure-inducing) closeup in “Born Loser” video

Matt Wild

November 28, 2017

It's been a minute since we last heard from Milwaukee's Brat Sounds—and an even longer minute since the release of the band's excellent 2015 album Born Loser. So what has former Dinny Bulca singer Scott Cary be...

8 Milwaukee County streets that sound like pharmaceutical brands, ranked

Josh Hoppert

November 27, 2017

Car brand names and pharmaceutical brand names are exactly the same. We're not the first ones to point this out. Spiriva, Sonata, Cymbalta, Elantra, Tercel and Enbrel could all be an anti-heartburn medication o...

King Crimson stands the test of time at Riverside Theater

Cal Roach

November 27, 2017

The only thing worse than a drum solo is a pre-written drum solo with an actual title. But what if instead of one drummer, there were three? That's how King Crimson opened Sunday's show at Riverside Theater: "D...

12 Milwaukee gifts to buy this Cyber Monday

Tyler Maas

November 27, 2017

Congratulations! If you’re reading this, you survived Thanksgiving, made it past Black Friday unscathed, and successfully navigated your way through regional retailers during Small Business Saturday. And now it...

Grab your beer goggles, because Milwaukee is “America’s Best City To Find Love”

Matt Wild

November 27, 2017

Here at Milwaukee Record, we employ a sentient machine known as the Great Job Milwaukee Bot to keep track of the city's many appearances on dopey online lists, as well as any time a national publication deigns ...

Black Friday is dumb, but at least there’s a Milwaukee Shake Shack opening soon

Matt Wild

November 24, 2017

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• Are you enjoying your Black Friday? Of course you're not. It's an awful day. ...

203 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: Moose Inn (Wautoma)

Caleb Westphal

November 24, 2017

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his record-in-the-making here.Each year in late November I have a tradition where I read books outside in the cold until I shiver...

Read Before Kickoff, Week 12: Packers vs. Steelers

Nik Kovac

November 24, 2017

After eleven weeks of football, the Pittsburgh Steelers are a top three team, and the Green Bay Packers are in free fall.Such is the current wisdom.Las Vegas predicts this Sunday night fight will only b...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Caroline’s Jazz Club hits all the right notes in Walker’s Point

Lauren Keene

November 22, 2017

Some places come and go, while some places become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. Join us as we revisit beloved and well-worn local staples with fresh eyes, and explore how they might figure...

12 things that Milwaukee can be thankful for in 2017

Matt Wild

November 22, 2017

Thanksgiving is a time for taking stock of the year gone by, for stuffing your face with family and friends, and for praying you'll get out of this thing alive without said family and friends saying anything ho...

See a band that’s definitely not Antler House play Antler House’s music in the “Thunderbird Country” video

Tyler Maas

November 22, 2017

Compared to last year, in which Antler House released its marvelous and emotional Across The Waves (that easily cracked our Best Milwaukee Albums Of 2016 list) before putting out two music videos, the indie-lea...

First Impression: Wisconsin Pizza Authority

Tyler Maas

November 21, 2017

If there’s one thing Milwaukee doesn’t need, it’s probably another pizza place. However, if there’s one thing Milwaukee will never get tired of eating, it’s probably pizza. Last month, we learned the city’s Eas...

On this day in 1995: Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong moons Milwaukee, gets arrested

Matt Wild

November 21, 2017

What is it with Milwaukee and famous arrests for disorderly conduct and indecent exposure? There was the time George Carlin was busted for performing his infamous "Seven Words You Can Never Say On Television" r...

Here are the “holiday” movies screening at Avalon Theater, Times Cinema, and Rosebud Cinema in December

Tyler Maas

November 21, 2017

If Andy Williams is to be believed, we’re getting close to the most wonderful time of the year. While Black Friday madness, frigid temperatures, and dreadful seasonal ditties like “It’s The Most Wonderful Time ...

Watch The Quilz crack the code behind “Robot Love”

Matt Wild

November 21, 2017

When we last heard from longtime Milwaukee musician Sage Schwarm, the former Codebreaker member was, well, releasing a "new" Codebreaker song. The song, "When The Lights Go Down," was described as something of ...

Stream: Hayward Williams proves he’s the genuine article on ‘Pretenders’

Tyler Maas

November 20, 2017

With six albums beneath his belt and having logged too much mileage to count through the years on American, European, and Australian tours, Hayward Williams is nothing short of a road-hardened veteran folk musi...

The Eastsider is closing, turning into a “wine/craft cocktail bar with a soccer twist”

Matt Wild

November 20, 2017

And the North Avenue changes just keep on coming: Today, venerable East Side bar The Eastsider, 1732 E. North Ave., announced it will soon go to that big North Avenue bar crawl in the sky. Yes, The Eastsider is...

Family of fare: 14 Milwaukee restaurants named after relatives

Tyler Maas

November 20, 2017

Thanksgiving is a time for food and a time for family. However, Turkey Day isn't the only day those two vital components of existence intersect. Here in Milwaukee, a handful of bars, restaurants, and bakeries b...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (November 12-18)

Matt Wild

November 20, 2017

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...