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On The Record Episode 80: Fall show preview with Joey Grihalva

September 21, 2016

Thursday marks the first day of autumn. Along with the reduced sunlight, the changing leaves, the first frost, and pumpkin entering nearly every consumable product also comes a new and exciting wave of fall...

Dispatches from the Feline Groovy Cat Show

Tyler Maas

September 20, 2016

Milwaukee was abuzz with activity last weekend. After years away, Rock The Green made its triumphant return to, uh, rocking the green. Bay View Bash emphatically ended the city's summer festival season. Bot...

We tried four Fargo Brewing Company beers before tonight’s screening of ‘Fargo’ at the Avalon

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 20, 2016

On Tuesday, September 20, Milwaukee Record and WMSE’s Tiny Film Invasion will present a 20th anniversary screening of the Coen brothers' stone-cold classic Fargo. Yes, the "based on a true story," not-at-al...

Exclusive: Listen to three songs from Sugar Ransom’s bittersweet ‘Hopefiend’

Matt Wild

September 20, 2016

The title of Sugar Ransom's sophomore album, Hopefiend, can be read two ways. One implies something nefarious, a villain who preys on hope and the hopeful. The other is more upbeat, if only slightly, suggesti...

Giannis Antetokounmpo celebrates $100M extension in most Giannis Antetokounmpo way possible

Tyler Maas

September 20, 2016

Yesterday, news surfaced that 21-year-old Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo had agreed to a four-year, $100M contract extension. Though that contract is unthinkably high by civilian standards, Antetokounmpo ...

12 reasons to get excited for the 2016 Milwaukee Film Festival

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 19, 2016

broadstreet.zone(32806);From Thursday, September 22, through Thursday, October 6, the 2016 Milwaukee Film Festival will descend upon the city like a benevolent cinema behemoth (think Godzilla, but friendlie...

Coo Coo Cal’s ‘Disturbed’ is 15 and local hip-hop is in a great place

Tyler Maas

September 19, 2016

Yesterday marked the 15th anniversary of the release of Coo Coo Cal's Disturbed. The sophomore record by the Milwaukee rapper (a.k.a. Calvin Bellamy) was his one and only release on Tommy Boy Records, just ...

How did Kato Kaelin feel about last night’s Packers game? Glad you asked

Matt Wild

September 19, 2016

Hey! Remember Kato Kaelin? If you're a People v. O. J. Simpson fan, you probably know him as Simpson's former floppy-haired houseguest. If you're a Green Bay Packers fan, you probably know...

Listen to the new AUTOMatic single, “Talkin Bout Love”

Matt Wild

September 19, 2016

Has it really been four years since AUTOMatic released its last full-length album, Art Imitates Life? Yes, yes it has. Not that the Milwaukee hip-hop duo has been laying low: APRIME and Trellmatic released ...

Inside Black Cat Alley, the East Side’s new “street art destination”

Matt Wild

September 18, 2016

On Sunday, September 18, the East Side's new "street art destination," Black Cat Alley, celebrated its grand opening. The two-block alley, located between Kenilworth Blvd. and Ivanhoe Place between the Orie...

Beet Street extends Milwaukee’s festival season into autumn

Tyler Maas

September 16, 2016

Most years, Bay View Bash signals an unofficial end to Milwaukee's glorious festival season. Fortunately, that won't be the case this year. Thanks to a trio of Bay View businesses, a new block party will ke...

I went to NEWaukee’s Night Market and it was nice

Matt Wild

September 16, 2016

Wednesday night, as I surveyed the action of my very first NEWaukee Night Market from the balcony of the desolate Shops of Grand Avenue food court, a woman asked me what, exactly, my beef had been with the ...

MKE SEX: Sex, masturbation, and pregnancy

Lucky Tomaszek

September 16, 2016

broadstreet.zone(49071); Dear MKE SEX,I'm a single woman and I'm about halfway through my first pregnancy. In the first few months I was so sick and tired that I never even thought about sex. Right after I...

“Sin Bad Wig” and 20 more punny Milwaukee music mergers

Tyler Maas

September 15, 2016

Saturday night, High Dive will play host to a bill featuring both Sin Bad and Bad Wig. Punny coincidences like this weekend's "Sin Bad Wig" show aren't entirely unheard of in Milwaukee music. Bo Triplex occasio...

Positive momentum: Above The Clouds celebrates 15 years

Joshua Miller

September 15, 2016

Lindsey Kelly has loved dancing since she was a teenager. Growing up just off of 32nd and Silver Spring, she has kept a budding fascination with the art form. At first, her family's financial situation made...

Go back to the 18th century in Dad’s video for “17th Century”

Matt Wild

September 15, 2016

Born in the 1970s, hip-hop has become the dominant musical art form of the early 21st century. Fought between the years 1775–1783, the Revolutionary War has become the defining event in the early history of...

The “Milwaukee Fuck It List”: My city through my mom’s eyes

Tyler Maas

September 14, 2016

I love my mom. Any good that resides within me is the direct result of something she, my dad or my stepfather instilled in me. As lame as it probably makes me sound, she's one of my best friends on this dum...

Watch the hilariously deadpan Milwaukee-made feature film ‘The College Girl’

Matt Wild

September 14, 2016

College is a thrilling gateway into adulthood and freedom, a means of declaring one's independence, and a shot at reinvention and discovery. Yes, a new school year comes complete with the promise of new exp...

On The Record Episode 79: Mike Mangione

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 14, 2016

Mike Mangione is a pretty interesting guy. The namesake and bandleader of Mike Mangione & The Union and Marquette alumnus moved to Los Angeles with his sights set on making it in the music business unti...

Doors Open, Adventure Rock, and the ever-changing face of Milwaukee

Matt Wild

September 13, 2016

I'm scaling a 30-foot indoor rock climbing wall—in jeans and a button-up, because I'm an idiot—and all I can think about is empty space. Air, grass, an open field, an unobstructed view. A break from the mon...