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Odd Duck owners to open new Middle Eastern restaurant in Bay View

February 28, 2016

Since opening in 2012, Odd Duck has consistently set a high bar in Milwaukee's constantly evolving and increasingly top-notch restaurant scene. Now, Odd Duck owners Ross Bachhuber and...

Reading Carrie Schneider’s “Reading Women”

Marielle Allschwang

February 26, 2016

Last week, I was shown a photograph of Marilyn Monroe reading James Joyce's Ulysses. She is near the end, seemingly lost in Molly Bloom's punctuation-less, sensual reverie, immersed in the flows and throes ...

MKE SEX: The name game

Lucky Tomaszek

February 26, 2016

// Dear MKE SEX,This is kind of weird. I didn't used to think it was weird, but I guess maybe it is. I started seeing a new woman recently, and one day after sex we were taking a shower together. During t...

Hear Space Raft’s soaring new ‘Paper Airplanes’ 45

Tyler Maas

February 25, 2016

//To say Space Raft started strong would be a massive understatement. In late 2014, the band—which features current and former members of Whips, Call Me Lightning, Temper Temper, and Green Bay-based The My...

Liar’s Trial get dark on new album

DJ Hostettler

February 25, 2016

//On Friday, outlaw country combo Liar's Trial will celebrate an album release three years in the making, as Songs About Mama, Trains, Trucks, Prison & Gettin' Drunk finally sees the light of day after...

Tracklist: Milwaukee’s 15 best bar and restaurant puns

Tyler Maas

February 24, 2016

//Milwaukee could arguably be considered the nation's bar capital. Simultaneously, a cavalcade of new and exciting restaurants are popping up around town on a monthly basis, helping to bolster the city's c...

On The Record Episode 56: Author and Milwaukier Than Thou’s Adam Carr

Milwaukee Record Staff

February 24, 2016

//Nobody knows Milwaukee quite like Adam Carr. Born and raised in the city, he's taken his love of his hometown and made it into his livelihood. The Milwaukier Than Thou founder/photographer, civic activis...

Exclusive: Stream WORK’s new LP, ‘Doing The Lords’

Tyler Maas

February 24, 2016

//WORK is a tough band to pin down. With toes dipped in the divergent waters of punk, folk, and even on the surface country, the trio manages to subtly nod to a wide breadth of acts that range from Lucero ...

Jason Isbell soars, celebrates at sold-out Pabst Theater

Rachel Seis

February 24, 2016

//Jason Isbell has been through a lot since his first few solo outings at Milwaukee's Shank Hall nearly a decade ago. After being kicked out of the seminal alt-country band Drive-By Truckers—allegedly due ...

Damon Millard talks ‘Shame, Pain, And Love’ before album recording

Tyler Maas

February 23, 2016

//Though he currently lives in Reno, Nevada (at least until his roving stand-up career takes him to yet another city), comedian Damon Millard got his start in Milwaukee. When he was, as he says, "learning ...

Listen to the glorious debut single from Milwaukee’s Pharo

Matt Wild

February 23, 2016

//When he's not drumming for shimmering electro-pop juggernaut GGOOLLDD, Mark Stewart is busy making music of his own. What kind of music, you ask? Well, under his newly minted moniker Pharo, Stewart has j...

2016 Milwaukee Film Festival now accepting entries

Matt Wild

February 23, 2016

//Autumn may be a looong way off—hell, it's not even spring yet—but when it comes to the Milwaukee Film Festival, we're happy to skip ahead a few seasons. Here's why: Today, Milwaukee Film announced that i...

WC Tank duels with the devil in “27th And National” music video

Tyler Maas

February 22, 2016

//Between his directorial work on Busdriver, milo, and adoptahighway projects (among others), Milwaukee filmmaker Wes Tank can be routinely relied upon to put out some of the most innovative and visually s...

Scenes from Mama Tried’s Flat Out Friday

Dale Reince

February 22, 2016

//Photos and captions by Dale ReinceThe pits, underneath the grandstands of the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena, provide a staging area for racers and their bikes.John Dunbar, of team Slaughterhouse ...

Lizzo brings the party (and a message) to Turner Hall

Cal Roach

February 22, 2016

//The Brew City has seen a lot of Lizzo over the past year or so. The Minneapolis-based rapper (no, she's not on Rhymesayers, and no, she's not in Doomtree) impressed attendees as the unorthodox opening ac...

Yeah, Bro! Podcast Episode 44: Club Kids with Asher Gray

Milwaukee Record Staff

February 22, 2016

//Every Monday, we’ll be posting a new episode of Yeah, Bro! Podcast, the show where host/local gay treasure Jacob Bach talks about “gay things” with straight men. You can also stream our partner podcast o...

Creator of “Tiny Face Trump” talks Trump, “Little Face Mitt,” Guy Fieri

Matt Wild

February 19, 2016

//Back in 2012, Milwaukee-area funnyman Reuben Glaser achieved a small bit of Internet notoriety with "Little Face Mitt," a website devoted to Photoshopped images of then-presidential candidate Mitt Romney...

The Borg Ward is closed

Matt Wild

February 19, 2016

Late Thursday evening, the Borg Ward—Milwaukee's venerable all-ages club located at 823 W. National Ave. in Walker's Point—announced it was closed, effective immediately. In a letter posted to Facebook, org...

SNYD’s new mixtape pays tribute to Kobe Bryant

Tyler Maas

February 19, 2016

//On Monday, February 22, the Milwaukee Bucks will host the Los Angeles Lakers. Though a 22-32 team hosting an 11-44 team doesn't exactly have the makings of a meaningful game, the Bradley Center will be p...

Straight Outta Company Brewing: Jordan Lee previews Dre Day MKE

Tyler Maas

February 18, 2016

//Today marks the 51st birthday of Andre Young, who is better known throughout the world as Dr. Dre. The rap icon's influential career spans parts of four decades. Along the way, he's sold millions of albu...