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This local auto detailing and carpet cleaning service’s ad is the best

April 20, 2016

//Local commercials can be pretty rough. If the low production value, stilted acting, and dreadful graphics aren't bad enough, the music—oh the music!—can be downright painful. Since most of society is con...

New Grand Avenue will be mostly office space, maybe a grocery store

Matt Wild

April 20, 2016

//Ever since a new ownership group took control of The Shops of Grand Avenue back in December 2015, speculation has been high as to what, exactly, that ownership group will do with the long-struggling down...

Now you can own the original soundtrack to Mark Borchardt’s ‘Coven’ (on vinyl!)

Matt Wild

April 20, 2016

//"Coven is a 35-minute direct-market thriller film shot on 16mm black and white reversal. It's an alcoholic, man, compelled to go to this group meeting by his one and only friend left. But they're not tha...

First Impression: Wauwatiki

Tyler Maas

April 19, 2016

//Wauwatosa nightlife is changing. After long existing as Milwaukee's quiet and kind of uptight neighbor, recent years have seen the suburb's dining and drinking identity improve mightily and grow exponent...

Prepare for new Tigernite EP with “Remember”

Tyler Maas

April 19, 2016

//Following Tigernite's impressive 2015, during which the group released a locally lauded debut record, opened for The Offspring, and hit the summer festival circuit hard, Milwaukee's favorite glam rock ba...

Quintessential Tour brings world-class winemakers Milwaukee’s way

Kyle Cherek

April 18, 2016

//There was a time when Milwaukee was derided for its lack of culinary depth. We were long on Germanic food, nailed knackwurst, eintopf, and kartoffelpuffer, but according to the national food press, short...

Saddle up and stream the new Dead Horses single, “All I Really Need To Know”

Tyler Maas

April 18, 2016

//Though they failed to take home a WAMI last night, it's not out of line to suggest that Dead Horses are among the most popular Wisconsin-bred bands right now. Between the trio's timeless and downright lo...

Here are your 2016 WAMI winners

Matt Wild

April 18, 2016

//The 36th annual Wisconsin Area Music Industry Awards (or WAMIs, if you're nasty) took over Appleton's Performing Arts Center Sunday night, and what a night it was. WebsterX, IshDARR, Midnight Reruns, Kii...

Yeah, Bro! Episode 52: Tim Higgins and a year of Yeah, Bro! Podcast

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 18, 2016

//Every week, we’ll 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...

On The Record Episode 61: The state of all-ages music in Milwaukee

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 15, 2016

//Ever since The Globe's last days and the end of the era of the Bay View and Shorewood legion halls doubling as makeshift venues, Milwaukee has struggled to foster and maintain an all-ages music scene. Wi...

‘Wisconsin Foodie’ eats through Bay View in latest episode

Tyler Maas

April 15, 2016

//It seems as if a new, exciting, and altogether delicious restaurant is opening up in Bay View on an almost monthly basis. To quote host Kyle Cherek, "You can't call it Bay View's renaissance, because it ...

MKE SEX: Dam the man! (And everyone else, too)

Lucky Tomaszek

April 15, 2016

//Often, when I do live "Ask the Sexpert" events, I find that questions from several different people will follow a theme. This happened again a few weeks ago:"Can you transmit HPV orally?""Is ther...

Supper Club Jazz honors the career of Miles Davis

Tyler Maas

April 14, 2016

//In September of 1991, following a long and incomparable run in which he released close to 50 studio albums (and more than 70 compilations and live records combined), launched the careers of an untold num...

Watch Lex Allen perform “This Is Our Year” for 88Nine Radio Milwaukee and Cream City Soundcheck

Matt Wild

April 14, 2016

//If you're looking to enjoy the best and brightest in live Milwaukee music but can't swing the late hours, 88Nine Radio Milwaukee's 414 Music Live is for you. The Thursday afternoon series has featured ev...

Here’s the venue-by-venue schedule for Tasty Fest 2016

Matt Wild

April 14, 2016

//Last month we revealed the rock-solid lineup for the inaugural Tasty Fest, a four-day, three-venue musical blowout coming this summer from local DIY label Tasty Tapes. Now, we're ready to dole out the fu...

Exclusive: Stream Heat Death’s dour, damn good ‘9 Steps To A Happier Life’

Tyler Maas

April 13, 2016

//Benjamin Franklin famously said, "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." This April 15, those inevitable forces will arrive in unison, as tax day will be chased with a ...

Direct Hit! breaks down fourth wall in “Chemical Ability” video

Tyler Maas

April 13, 2016

//Among of the most overdone music video tropes is the one in which a band is filmed rocking out in a dingy practice space. The singer lip-syncs along to the pre-recorded song with fabricated intensity as ...

Brett Newski exhales in anxious “Cigaretiquette” video

Matt Wild

April 13, 2016

//Milwaukee-by-way-of-the-world troubadour Brett Newski has done it all—penned tampon commercial jingles in Vietnam, angered Shaquille O'Neal as a young boy. It's enough to set anyone on edge. Perhaps that...

Here’s the shocking, inevitable connection between Gov. Scott Walker and Dustin Diamond

Matt Wild

April 12, 2016

//The state of Wisconsin was rocked by two big, ridiculous stories yesterday. The first involved Gov. Scott Walker suggesting folks could help him pay off his failed presidential campaign debt by purchasin...

Milwaukee Taco Fest is under fire for cultural appropriation

Matt Wild

April 12, 2016

//On Sunday, June 5, the third annual Milwaukee Taco Fest will set up shop at the Harley-Davidson Museum. Presented by SWARMM Events (creators of Milwaukee's Shamrock Shuffle), the fest aims to " together ...