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Ladybird gets up to a little trouble in the “Short King Shuffle” music video

April 29, 2024

When we last checked in with Ladybird back in late March, the Milwaukee alt-country outfit was announcing its first proper LP, Amy Come On Home, by releasing a heartbreaking single from the forthcoming record e...

Your Turner Hall Tiki Takedown winners are…

Tyler Maas

April 28, 2024

Sunday, a few hundred folks put on their finest Hawaiian shirt, donned some colorful leis, and made their way to the Turner Hall Tiki Takedown. The fourth installment of the event brought great tunes by DJ E-Ri...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Noche

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 27, 2024

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: Kegel’s Inn catered fish fry to my wedding

Caleb Westphal

April 26, 2024

broadstreet.zone(156201); 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 #538: Kegel's Inn...at Caleb's we...

Vic and Gab will reunite as Vic And Gab, open for Vic and Gab as REYNA

Matt Wild

April 26, 2024

It's been nearly 10 years since sisters Victoriah and Gabriela Banuelos retired their indie-rock outfit Vic And Gab and transformed into the more pop-leaning REYNA. And while the latter project has produced som...

Star Wars™ Kemps® Blue Milk: The Milwaukee Record Review

Tyler Maas

April 26, 2024

A long time ago (last week) at a dairy company far, far away (Minnesota)...It is a period of monetization. Ad agencies, emailing from their Chicago headquarters, have won their first victory against the jad...

All things Milwaukee (and chaos) in ‘Top Chef’ Episode 6

Carmella D'Acquisto

April 25, 2024

Welcome back cheftestants! Last time on Top Chef, CHEF DAN JACOBS WON! Leading with the biggest news of the episode, yes, our hometown hero beat his colleagues to win the elimination challenge during last week'...

Scardina Specialties anchors Riverwest’s quietly commendable culinary scene

Tyler Maas

April 25, 2024

Milwaukee dining is in a constant state of change. Beloved establishments close or move. New restaurants open in their place or set up shop in newly-erected buildings. Different concepts are explored, trends ar...

Great Job, Wisconsin! We consider 2:44 p.m. “the green light for libations”

Matt Wild

April 25, 2024

Here at Milwaukee Record, we employ a sentient machine known as the Great Job, Wisconsin! Bot to keep track of the state's many appearances on dopey online lists and studies, as well as any time a national publ...

Frida Fest returns to Farmhouse Paint Bar & Hall July 13-14

Tyler Maas

April 25, 2024

Since 2019, Farmhouse Paint Bar & Hall (4511 S. 6th St., 414-404-5858) has played host to Frida Fest MKE. The event serves as "an annual celebration of the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo," whose surrealist, fem...

The Show on Riverwest Radio: Lucas Zelnick (featuring Lucas’s boo)

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 25, 2024

The Show is hosted by Kyle J. and Wave Chapelle. Everybody has a story to tell. Follow The Show on YouTube, X, Instagram, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.6'2'' comedian Lucas Zelnick, The Show's official stand-...

Bird City, Milwaukee County: Signs of life in Greenfield

Kyle Arpke

April 24, 2024

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...

Milwaukee composers Krol-Scharber discuss the triumphant theatrical return of ‘The People’s Joker’

Tyler Maas

April 24, 2024

When we last caught up with Krol-Scharber—the Milwaukee composing team made up of local music vets Justin Krol and Quinn Scharber—the duo was discussing its soon-to-air Super Bowl commercial for Busch Light. Du...

Food/Drink Roundup: That old scooter shop on Water might be a food truck park now

Matt Wild

April 24, 2024

broadstreet.zone(154824); Looking for a roundup of Milwaukee food and drink news? Then take a bite of our cleverly titled, bi-weekly Food/Drink Roundup! This week: a food truck park planned for that old scoote...

Unending Zoom brings impending doom in Something To Do’s “Sweet Caffeination” video

Tyler Maas

April 24, 2024

When we last checked in with Something To Do back in January, the veteran Milwaukee-Madison ska project had just put out a wine-fueled and sip and paint-inspired music video for a single from its album, Here Co...

WMSE’s Local/Live: Diamond Life

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 24, 2024

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, April 23, 2024: Diam...

10 unconventional Milwaukee-area yoga classes

Carmella D'Acquisto

April 23, 2024

Are you burnt out on your usual yoga classes, or looking for new ways to incorporate movement? Switch up your asanas and get into a new flow with one of these unconventional and/or unexpected Milwaukee-area yog...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Beer Gardens

Tyler Maas

April 23, 2024

Some outdoor drinking destinations come and go, while some become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: Beer Gardens!Milwaukee excels in a number of ways, but its beer and its par...

Alvvays returns to Pabst Theater for instantly iconic performance

Matt Wild

April 23, 2024

Back in March, indie-pop band Charly Bliss scored a semi-viral tweet about fellow indie group Alvvays: if a venue doesn't play "archie, marry me" before a three band indie rock bill you can report them to the c...

Here’s the full musical lineup for the 2024 Harley-Davidson Homecoming, July 25-28

Matt Wild

April 23, 2024

If you're looking for Milwaukee's most ridiculously packed weekend of summer 2024, look no further than July 25-28. There's German Fest July 26-28. There's the Riverwest 24 July 26-27. There's the Air & Wat...