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Vans Warped Tour ’16 lineup is better than last year, still pretty bad

March 24, 2016

//Yesterday, when most of the city was navigating the flood of headliners announced for this year's Summerfest, the lineup of another annual Henry Maier Festival Park event was also made public. That's rig...

Aaron Rodgers talks aliens, religion on Pete Holmes’ podcast

Tyler Maas

March 23, 2016

//Aaron Rodgers isn't your typical quarterback. Not only is the future Hall of Famer capable of otherworldly things on the field, but his sense of humor, level of intelligence, and unconventional spiritual...

On The Record Episode 59: Milwaukee bars and drinking culture

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 23, 2016

//Milwaukee has no shortage of bars. Though going to and evaluating literally more than a thousand taverns, dives, pubs, and cocktail lounges is a tough an unenviable job (and honestly, it is), longtime On...

Times Cinema extends Hayao Miyazaki film series into “Anime April”

Tyler Maas

March 23, 2016

//After Avalon Atmospheric Theater & Lounge's recent Hayao Miyazaki film series—which we called a "slew of stunningly gorgeous, impossibly imaginative, and emotionally complex anime films"—was a resoun...

Here are the 10 most wonderful/ridiculous grounds stage headliners for Summerfest 2016

Matt Wild

March 23, 2016

//Do you like summer? Do you like music? Do you like bands that are both wonderful and ridiculous? Good, because then you'll be over the moon with the just-announced list of grounds stage headliners for Su...

First Impression: C-viche

Todd Lazarski

March 22, 2016

//From Odd Duck to Lazy Susan, Goodkind to Vanguard, to the re-saddled Palomino, many of the big-deal restaurant openings in Bay View over the past few years have mostly kept a pork-bellied hue of New-All-...

We’re showing ‘Major League’ at the Avalon

Tyler Maas

March 22, 2016

//Making no secret that 2016 will be a rebuilding campaign, the Milwaukee Brewers will begin the season April 4 with a team composed of unknown youngsters, unproven prospects, stopgap veterans, a star play...

WMSE will release a live Sylvan Esso 7-inch for Record Store Day 2016

Matt Wild

March 22, 2016

//Last year saw beloved Milwaukee indie radio station WMSE throw its hat in the Record Store Day ring with a live Field Report 7-inch—the station's first foray into vinyl. Now, WMSE is gearing up for Recor...

Yeah, Bro! Episode 48: Sex education with Lucky Tomaszek

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 22, 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...

Tracklist: 11 notable (active) comedians with Wisconsin roots

Tyler Maas

March 21, 2016

//On Saturday night, the South Milwaukee Performing Arts Center played host to Jackie Kashian, a now-Los Angeles based comedian and—with all due respect to NBA journeyman power forward Kurt Nimphius—probab...

Sheriff Clarke is “not encouraging” Trump supporters to “hit first,” except he totally is

Matt Wild

March 21, 2016

//Over the weekend, Milwaukee's favorite political troll who occasionally moonlights as a county sheriff, David Clarke, appeared on Fox And Friends to squeeze out his no-holds-barred, straight-shootin', co...

Sarah Silverman & Friends to headline PrideFest’s opening night

Tyler Maas

March 21, 2016

//Last Monday, PrideFest announced Blondie and GGOOLLDD would be closing out the weekend's festivities with a June 12 Henry Maier Festival Park performance. Today brings news that actress, comedian, and im...

Bill Murray wasn’t a fan of Wisconsin’s NCAA Cinderella story

Matt Wild

March 21, 2016

//March Madness continued to dole out the upsets Sunday night when No. 7 Wisconsin beat No. 2 Xavier via a last-second three-point shot from Bronson Koenig. The state rejoiced as the Badgers advanced to th...

Eric Young and old: 7 Milwaukee Brewers family connections

Tyler Maas

March 18, 2016

//Though this season's spring training appears to be an exercise in futility for the unabashedly rebuilding Milwaukee Brewers, it does give fans an opportunity to learn the many new names dotting the team'...

Pizza! Weed whackers! Outer space!: Enjoy the latest episode of Rock ‘N’ Roller Remote Controller

Tyler Maas

March 18, 2016

//What's better than Rock 'N' Roller Remote Controller? The Milwaukee-made program's endearingly lo-fi production value combined with local music and a dash of punk-tinged campiness has entertained a proud...

Josh Modell discusses his Milwaukee music roots on Vinyl Emergency podcast

Tyler Maas

March 18, 2016

//While he's no longer putting out records, Jim Hanke—ex El Oso, Twinstar—hasn't stopped talking about them. Back in January, Hanke launched Vinyl Emergency, a weekly podcast wherein he and another audioph...

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with “Real Pat McCurdy drinking song or fake Pat McCurdy drinking song?”

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 17, 2016

//Today is St. Patrick's Day, the annual celebration of all things Irish, all things green, and all things WOOO!!! YEEEAAAHHH!!! WOOO!!! Yep, a whole lot of folks are going to be buckling down and getting ...

The Jerks drink away St. Patty’s Day in “Irish Today”

Tyler Maas

March 17, 2016

//If the first true day of March Madness isn't quite enough to get you to call in sick to belly up to your neighborhood bar today, maybe the fact that it's also St. Patrick's Day is enough to do the trick....

Was The Spot 4MKE a boon or a bust? It depends on who’s reporting

Matt Wild

March 16, 2016

//Late last week, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel business reporter Tom Daykin broke the news that The Spot 4MKE, a highly touted "placemaking" project from Creative Alliance Milwaukee, had been put on "indefin...

Check out the incredible Arte Para Todos lineup

Tyler Maas

March 16, 2016

//Last year's inaugural Arte Para Todos—or "art for everyone"—benefit was an absolute success. Over the course of three nights, 70 acts from all corners of Milwaukee's musical spectrum combined to play sho...