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April 2, 2024

Once a month, Milwaukee Record's own Matt Wild gets his NPR on by sitting down with WUWM's Lake Effect and discussing some of his favorite new Milwaukee records and songs.Listen to the latest installment HE...

“We’ll be spotlighting different albums from night to night.” They Might Be Giants prep “Big Show” tour

April 1, 2024

"We've always been really lucky with our audience in that they seem up for all the things we do."That's John Flansburgh, over the phone and in the midst of doing his laundry, talking about the long and fasc...

Joe Wais talks Bluegrass Whatevers series, the state of Wisconsin bluegrass, Nashville North

April 1, 2024

Wisconsin (and especially Milwaukee!) might not be the first location that comes to mind when you think about hotbeds for bluegrass music. However, Badger State-based bluegrass—along with stylistically neighbor...

Welcome to April: Here’s what you’re doing this month

April 1, 2024

April is typically a period of rebirth. Baseball season is back, the first full month of spring is upon us, and rampant festival announcements combine with extended daylight and occasional days of unseasonable ...

South Shore Terrace will open for the season on April 3

April 1, 2024

Spring has truly sprung. The weather is showing signs of being okay, Nite Owl is back in business, and the Marcus Center snow pile is doomed. Oh, and the South Shore Terrace beer garden (2900 South Shore Dr.) i...

The Black Keys will bring “International Players Tour” to Fiserv Forum on November 9

April 1, 2024

Hey! The Black Keys are coming back to Milwaukee!The band is set to bring its so-called "International Players Tour"—a tour in support of the new Ohio Players album—to Fiserv Forum on Saturday, November 9! ...

Milwaukee Music Roundup: March 2024

March 31, 2024

broadstreet.zone(159870); Looking for new music? Looking for new Milwaukee music? Then look no further than our monthly Milwaukee Music Roundup, brought to you by Mystery Room Mastering! LPs AND EPs OF NOTE ...

“Everywhere In Denver” wins our March Sadness bracket, is officially The Promise Ring’s best song

March 31, 2024

The people have spoken. Following a four-week competition that found a field of 64 songs by The Promise Ring facing one another in six heated rounds of voting, our March Sadness bracket has a winner. The Final ...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Dynamite

March 30, 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: Studz Pub in West Allis has authentic charm, big plates of fish

Caleb Westphal

March 29, 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 #534: Studz Pub in West Allis, Wi...

Robot Witch makes some changes in its ‘Make A Change’ EP

March 29, 2024

In late 2022, Robot Witch debuted a new, enlarged lineup with the release of a self-titled EP that found the outfit (mostly) setting aside its synthesizers in favor of a sound that incorporated elements of psyc...

Choose a champ in March Sadness: The Promise Ring song bracket

March 29, 2024

It’s all come down to this. Following a four-week competition that found a field of 64 songs by The Promise Ring facing one another in five heated rounds of voting, our March Sadness bracket has dwindled to jus...

Stuff We Missed: More Milwaukee food coming to a TV near you

March 29, 2024

Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. This week: more Milwaukee food on TV!• In case you did the impossible and missed it, Milwau...

Everything you need to know about the April 2 Spring Election in Milwaukee

Dan Shafer

March 29, 2024

Dan Shafer is the founder of The Recombobulation Area, an award-winning, reader-supported weekly column and online publication. Subscribe HERE.Going into this year, it might have seemed like this had the ch...

All things Milwaukee in ‘Top Chef’ Episode 2

Carmella D'Acquisto

March 28, 2024

The Top Chef gang was back Wednesday night with another jam-packed episode of fierce competition and Wisconsin lovin'. Last week we met 15 chefs who came to the dairy state to compete for first place and the ho...

We’re putting the band back together and screening ‘The Blues Brothers’ at Avalon Theater

March 28, 2024

How haven’t we screened The Blues Brothers yet? We’re not sure, but that omission won’t be an issue much longer. On Wednesday, April 10, Milwaukee Record will finally be putting the band back together, so to sp...

Turner Hall Tiki Takedown returns April 28

March 28, 2024

Following successful installments in 2019, 2021, and 2023, Turner Hall Tiki Takedown will once again be bringing warm vibes and cool cocktails back to the eponymous downtown ballroom this April. Yes, you can ta...

Ladybird previews new album with bittersweet single, “Audrey’s Garden”

March 28, 2024

It's been just over a year since Milwaukee alt-country outfit Ladybird released its wonderful self-titled EP. The follow-up to the band's 2021 debut, the record was filled with breezy love songs set on train lo...

Here are the businesses participating in WMSE’s 22nd annual Rockabilly Chili fundraiser