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The SummerRest: 13 non-Summerfest show recommendations

June 28, 2016

//Summerfest begins tomorrow, bringing more than 700 acts to 10 stages—not even counting those weird side stages near the lake—and an estimated 900,000-plus people through the gates for 11 days of music, a...

30th anniversary screening of ‘Blue Velvet,’ more announced for 2016 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild

June 28, 2016

//By our count, the 2016 Milwaukee Film Festival is roughly three months away. That's three months of anticipation, mental planning, and more anticipation. Oh, and don't forget announcements: Today, Milwau...

Summer Soulstice 2016: A minute-by-minute, soul-searching recap

Matt Wild

June 27, 2016

//This past Saturday, the Summer Soulstice Music Festival celebrated its 16th year on the East Side. This fall, I'll celebrate my 20th. By all living-in-Milwaukee logic (not to mention all good sense), I s...

Exclusive: Suit up for Devil Met Contention’s debut full-length, ‘Fuel The Lights’

Matt Wild

June 27, 2016

//Devil Met Contention cut a distinctive figure in the Milwaukee music scene. Catch them live and it's impossible to miss their impeccably styled suit-and-tie aesthetic, cribbed straight from the dress cod...

Great Job, Milwaukee! We’re the 8th best city for Fourth of July celebrations

Matt Wild

June 27, 2016

//Here at Milwaukee Record, we employ a sentient machine known as the Great Job, Milwaukee Bot (similar to OnMilwaukee's Jeff Sherman Bot 8000) to keep track of the city's many appearances on dopey online ...

Yeah, Bro! Episode 62: Leather with Jake Shaw

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 27, 2016

//Every week, we’'l be posting a new episode of Yeah, Bro! Podcast, the show where host/local gay treasure Jacob Bach talks about "gay things" (usually) with straight men. You can also stream our partner p...

12 standout summer comedy shows

Tyler Maas

June 24, 2016

//We're just days into another Milwaukee summer and life is good. Between now and the end of September, the city will be alive with festivals, block parties, weekly music series, and conditions conducive t...

Model-turned-poet Elyse Cizek bares her soul in ‘NUDITY’

Tyler Maas

June 24, 2016

//Lots of people want to write a book. For Los Angeles (by way of Milwaukee) model Elyse Cizek, it became nothing short of a need. During a particularly depressing Milwaukee winter, she applied her raw emo...

South Shore Frolics’ “Blow Up The Beach” fireworks finale has been un-canceled

Matt Wild

June 24, 2016

//The South Shore Frolics have been a Bay View staple for more than six decades, treating residents to an old-fashioned parade, an old-fashioned fireworks display, and other old-fashioned summer festival a...

MKE SEX: Erectile dysfunction and improv theatre

Lucky Tomaszek

June 24, 2016

// Hello MKE SEX,How do you bring up to a partner that he may have erectile dysfunction and you want him to do something about it because nobody is having fun? You know, taking into account a most fragile...

Direct Hit! mixes opportunity with execution on ‘Wasted Mind’

Tyler Maas

June 23, 2016

//Down Appleton Avenue on Milwaukee's far northwest end sits what appears to be an abandoned building. You'd miss it if you weren't looking for it. You might miss it if you were. Next door is Midpoint Mote...

15 (mostly extinct) East Side institutions on that North Ave. “Compass” sculpture

Matt Wild

June 22, 2016

//Near the corner of North and Cambridge avenues on Milwaukee's East Side stands a curious piece of public art. A 22-foot-tall light pole juts out from a median in the middle of the road, its body adorned ...

On The Record Episode 70: Crowdfunding and the music industry with Brett Newski

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 22, 2016

//Having played more than 200 shows last year and continually booking both cross-country and cross-continental tours between rock-solid releases, Brett Newski's work ethic is indisputable. However, before ...

Wake up with Tenement’s cover of Squeeze’s “Black Coffee In Bed”

Tyler Maas

June 22, 2016

//With an intense work ethic and an outstanding catalog to boot, Tenement's recent Rolling Stone distinction of being one of "10 Great Modern Punk Bands" absolutely holds weight. The Appleton (and Milwauke...

First Impression: Lost Valley Cider Co.

Tyler Maas

June 21, 2016

//Much like the rampant expansion craft brewing has experienced recently, the world of hard ciders is bursting with exponentially more brands that are creating exciting and new concoctions in effort to kee...

Watch Reuben Glaser troll an Appleton Trump rally

Matt Wild

June 21, 2016

//When we last talked with Reuben Glaser, the Milwaukee-area funnyman was contemplating the meaning of life via his "Tiny Face Trump" meme—a creation similar to, but sadly not as successful as, his "Little...

Great Job, Milwaukee! The New York Times thinks we’re a “cursed sports city”

Matt Wild

June 20, 2016

Vincent VanGREAT’s persistence produces results in ‘UnGREATful’

Tyler Maas

June 20, 2016

//This time last year, longtime SAFS Crew producer Vincent VanGREAT was planning to release his debut solo release, UnGREATful, which would bring the beat maker to the forefront and allow him to sing and r...

Built To Spill plays to unconventional strengths at Turner Hall

Cal Roach

June 20, 2016

//The definition of "indie rock" may have changed over the years, but the sound of the music has not. Take everything in your iTunes library assigned to that genre, make a giant playlist and hit shuffle: s...

Milwaukee comes together to help Orlando

Tyler Maas

June 18, 2016

//Tonight, Wisconsin state representative JoCasta Zamarripa, District 12 alderman José Pérez, and others will meet in a Walker's Point park a week after 49 lives were lost in the Pulse Orlando shooting, a ...