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Get ready for Riverwest FemFest with the benefit’s first comp

January 8, 2016

//Ever since the crazy-good lineup for the second annual Riverwest FemFest was announced in September and the four-night schedule for that dizzying, delightful lineup was set in stone in November, our exci...

Here’s the Burnhearts Mitten Fest 2016 lineup

Tyler Maas

January 7, 2016

//It's the most wonderful time of the year. No, we're not talking about Christmas, New Year's or the city's steady string of summer festivals. Rather, the unofficial title of Milwaukee's favorite day belon...

Let’s look back on 2015 with Milwaukee’s favorite troll, Sheriff David Clarke

Matt Wild

January 7, 2016

//How's your 2016 going so far? Good? Kind of shitty? We hear you. How about 2015? Sure, we may be a full week into the new year, but that doesn't mean it's too late to look back and take stock of the year...

Michael Gerlach builds beautiful things as King Courteen

Tyler Maas

January 7, 2016

//Michael Gerlach builds beautiful things from nothing. As a woodworker, he transforms razed relics from Milwaukee's industrial past into things like furniture and visual art. As King Courteen, the 22-year...

Soul Low’s “OMG STD” music video will stick with you

Tyler Maas

January 7, 2016

//If there's one thing the lovable lads in Soul Low do almost as well as consistently write great, fun, and beyond-their-years songs, it's consistently release great, fun, and beyond-their-budget music vid...

On The Record Episode 49: Milwaukee improv

Milwaukee Record Staff

January 6, 2016

//Believe it or not, Milwaukee is a true blue improv city. Though nearby Chicago boasts the internationally renowned likes of Second City and Improv Olympic, New York is the birthplace of Upright Citizens ...

Phylums get caffeinated, animated in “Cold Coffee” video

Tyler Maas

January 6, 2016

//While no stranger to Milwaukee ears in live settings, it took Phylums a remarkably long time to get around to that whole "release a debut LP" thing. After being literally years in the making, the audio o...

Greg Bach talks Throwback Thursday, ‘The Simpsons’

Tyler Maas

January 6, 2016

//When we last caught up with Greg Bach (excluding the time he drove us to Chicago to try to get drunk at a Taco Bell), the late-blooming comedian was making up for lost stage time by performing as much as...

Tucked Away: Triskele’s

Tommy Ciaccio

January 5, 2016

//Between beloved and well-established local staples and a steady wave of new bars and restaurants popping up in and around Milwaukee almost every week, worthwhile dining and drinking gems can occasionally...

Hear Jaill’s new song, “Paint Me Scary”

Tyler Maas

January 5, 2016

//Way back in late 2013, Jaill spent an intense two-week session living and recording at an Austin, Texas studio. After lengthy label uncertainties and vinyl delays, those songs finally saw the light of da...

Keep the holidays alive with Xposed 4Heads’ all-purpose holiday song, “Sing Along Again”

Matt Wild

January 5, 2016

//Having trouble returning to the real world after a seemingly endless and (hopefully) drunken holiday break? Of course you are. Happily, there's a solution: Keep the holidays alive all year long with Xpos...

David Cross is coming to Pabst Theater on March 15

Tyler Maas

January 5, 2016

//At a time that finds America's ideological gap widening at an alarming clip and the upcoming election only fueling the flames of political divide, the country needs a good laugh. Enter David Cross. Over ...

Tracklist: 12 things Milwaukee needs to accomplish in 2016

Milwaukee Record Staff

January 4, 2016

//If there was a dominant storyline for Milwaukee in 2015, it was this: Milwaukee is changing. From the streetcar system to the Bucks arena, from Downtown development to condos, condos, condos luxury apart...

Welcome to January: Here’s what you’re doing this month

Tyler Maas

January 4, 2016

//It wasn't too long ago that January was pretty much a vacant, blustery tundra of Milwaukee entertainment options. Between frigid conditions, uncertainties regarding Packers playoff seeding, and the post-...

Search For The Perfect Packers Bar, Week 17: Bremen Cafe

Maggie Iken

January 4, 2016

//In Search For The Perfect Packers Bar, Milwaukee Record contributor and Green Bay native Maggie Iken sets out to find the best Packers viewing experience Milwaukee has to offer. Catch up with previous we...

Watch GGOOLLDD “Dance Through The Winter” in new music video

Tyler Maas

January 4, 2016

//Over the course of the last two months, the synth-pop purveyors in GGOOLLDD put out a brand new EP, surprised Milwaukee with an unannounced 12-inch vinyl release, and filmed a music video. Before tonight...

First Impression: Cudahy Burger Joint

Tyler Maas

December 31, 2015

//Don't sleep on Cudahy. Along with West Allis, the city holds the undesirable distinction of being southeast Wisconsin's punching bag, despite its "Generations Of Pride" motto and, frankly, not being all ...

Carson Leet moves forward in Milwaukee comedy

Tyler Maas

December 31, 2015

//On New Year's Eve, as one calendar year gives way to another, it's hard to avoid looking back on the previous 365 days and take stock of where your life is now compared to a year earlier. At this point l...

The 15 best comedy shows we saw in 2015

Milwaukee Record Staff

December 29, 2015

//It's safe to say that Milwaukee has become a true blue comedy town. Once city touring talent passed over and a place utterly lacking any semblance of a local scene, Milwaukee comedy has quickly shifted f...

First Impression: Kickapoo Coffee

Monica Reida

December 29, 2015

//Milwaukee has seen an increase in recent years of coffee shops treating coffee like something to be savored, like a gourmet food item, similar to cheese or wine. From Stone Creek Coffee opening a high-co...