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New look Static Eyes set sights on new horizons

October 22, 2015

No matter what widely circulated memes, dated musician jokes, and frequent placement behind everyone but the drummer may lead you to believe, the bass player is an integral part of a band. Aside from rounding o...

Exclusive: Revel (and wallow) in the old-school country of Doghouse Flowers’ ‘Cold Comfort’

Matt Wild

October 22, 2015

There exists a grey zone between radio-friendly mainstream country and critic-friendly alt-country. For all intents and purposes, let’s call that zone, well, “country.” Milwaukee’s Doghouse Flowers occupy that ...

On The Record Episode 40: TMJ4 anchor/reporter Bridget Shanahan

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 21, 2015

For the “lordy, lordy, look who’s 40” episode of On The Record, Tyler and Matt sit down and chat with TMJ4 anchor and reporter Bridget Shanahan. An Illinois native, Shanahan has worked in a number of different ...

Plug in and listen to BLAX’s “The Headphone Experiment Volume 1”

Tyler Maas

October 21, 2015

Since moving back to The Good Land from New York in 2013, Fresh Cut Collective co-founder Adebisi Agoro—who raps under the stage name BLAX—has worked hard to regain his footing in the hip-hop scene he’d tempora...

The Ex and Ken Vandermark join forces at…the Sugar Maple

DJ Hostettler

October 21, 2015

For those unfamiliar with the sort of experimental jazz and noise shows that take place in the tiny brick cube that is the Sugar Maple’s back room, the news that legendary anarcho-punks The Ex were kicking off ...

Video: We conduct a blind taste test to find the least terrible Wisconsin-made pumpkin beer

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 20, 2015

The Halloween season is a glorious time of year, filled with beautiful fall weather and spooky tidings of great joy. But there’s a dark underbelly to the season, one that lurks beneath every caramel apple and...

Midnight Reruns’ latest is a ‘Force’ to be reckoned with

Tyler Maas

October 20, 2015

While the band's unpolished, distorted, and often self-deprecating songs routinely put its name in close proximity to the term "slacker," Midnight Reruns aren't lazy. In fact, they work really hard. Lately, the...

Twin Brother’s “Bury Me Dear” is black, white, and sad all over

Tyler Maas

October 20, 2015

Back in June, Milwaukee folk quintet Twin Brother played an extra special show at Club Garibaldi. Not only was it one of the band's first outings as a five piece and a homecoming for frequent show partner Old E...

Tracklist: 15 Milwaukee Halloween shows

Tyler Maas

October 19, 2015

Yeah, we know there's still one weekend sitting between now and Halloween, but with the holiday falling on a Saturday, there seems to be even more awesome concerts, comedy shows, and other entertainment ameniti...

Search For The Perfect Packers Bar, Week 6: Points East Pub

Maggie Iken

October 19, 2015

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 Week 1, Week 2, We...

The Fatty Acids use best parts of old footage for “Worst Part” video

Tyler Maas

October 19, 2015

On top of The Fatty Acids' energetic live shows and steady wave of increasingly great records (including Boléro, which we called the third best Milwaukee album of the 2010s last year), the synth-pop outfit is k...

Hello Death and friends go crazy with “Prince Uncovered” for Alverno Presents

Matt Wild

October 19, 2015

If you’re angling to include Prince in the Great American Songbook, situating him alongside such tintype legends as Stephen Foster, you’re eventually going to have to contend with lyrics like “I sincerely want ...

Here are the Wisconsin theaters participating in the “Star Wars Marathon Event” December 17

Matt Wild

October 19, 2015

On December 18, 2015, millions of voices will suddenly cry out in orgasmic glee when Star Wars: The Force Awakens opens in theaters. And why not? Fans have been waiting on pins and needles for the J.J. Abrams-d...

First Impression: Sal’s Pizza

Matt Wild

October 16, 2015

If you tweak the old expression “May you live in interesting times” to “May you live in interesting pizza times” (and why wouldn’t you want to do this?), Milwaukee surely fits the bill. The last few years have ...

Rx Drugs cure Joe Crockett’s creative ailments

Tyler Maas

October 16, 2015

For more than a decade, Joe Crockett served as the unmistakable voice and bandleader of locally-lauded folk band The Championship. At the tail end of that time, though, the gaps between shows grew wider as Croc...

Jesse Eisenberg will appear at Boswell Book Company in October

Matt Wild

October 16, 2015

Boswell Book Company is known for a lot of things: being a breath of fresh, independent air in the world of bookselling; proudly continuing the homegrown traditions of its predecessor, Harry W. Schwartz; and br...

Milwaukee Record presents Local Coverage 2016

Tyler Maas

October 15, 2015

This past January, Milwaukee Record hosted the inaugural Local Coverage at Club Garibaldi. The benefit found eight different Milwaukee acts across the age, neighborhood, and stylistic board covering one another...

Wait, did Marlon Wayans convince Greg Monroe to sign with the Bucks?

Tyler Maas

October 15, 2015

Yesterday, ESPN.com posted an article by Brian Windhorst called "How the Bucks landed Greg Monroe" that detailed, well, how the Bucks landed Greg Monroe. The piece is a great insider's glimpse into the NBA's fr...

Stream Old Earth’s European single, “Pretty Steep”

Tyler Maas

October 15, 2015

It's been about a year since Oak Creek native Todd Umhoefer, the mad genius behind experimental folk project Old Earth, up and moved, taking his moving and criminally under-appreciated tunes to the artistic enc...

On The Record Episode 39: John Axford

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 14, 2015

Despite playing for four other teams since the Milwaukee Brewers traded him in 2013, John Axford has maintained a great relationship with his first Major League city. The current Colorado Rockies reliever remai...