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First Impression: Lucky Joe’s Alchemy & Eatery

July 31, 2015

Add another one to the list. Following in the footsteps of Bel Air Cantina, Pizza Man, Red Dot, Hue, Camp Bar, and (soon) Benji’s Deli on the well-worn path of suburban expansion, Lucky Joe’s Alchemy & Eate...

Watch Pharaoh Mac & DMT’s “Same Time” music video

Tyler Maas

July 31, 2015

When we last wrote about Milwaukee rapper Pharaoh Mac and his producer partner DMT, they were easing us into summer with their airy, Greatest Lakes-featuring single “Drift,” the first song from the duo’s forthc...

50 Cent vodka signing at Oak Creek Woodman’s: A minute-by-minute recap

Matt Wild

July 30, 2015

Remember when the news broke that 50 Cent would be signing bottles of vodka at the Oak Creek Woodman’s? Of course you do. Remember when everyone asked, “Why is 50 Cent signing bottles of vodka at the Oak Creek ...

Death From Above 1979 comes to life at Turner Hall

Tyler Maas

July 30, 2015

It's been a while since Death From Above 1979 played in Milwaukee. To be more specific, it's been 10 and a quarter years since the Canadian "dance-punk" duo dropped by Mad Planet for a weeknight performance tha...

Check out Fox Face’s short, sweet self-titled EP

Tyler Maas

July 30, 2015

Do you have 10 minutes to spare today? Of course you do. In the amount of time it takes to prepare an omelet, get through most of Marc Maron's "WTF Podcast" intro or watch your weathered 8-Minute Abs VHS approx...

On The Record Episode 29: Juiceboxxx

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 29, 2015

You know him, you love him, and even if you don’t, you probably have an opinion about him anyway. Yes, this week host Matt Wild sat down and chatted with the one and only Juiceboxxx. The 28-year-old rapper has ...

First Impression: La Masa Empanada Bar

Tyler Maas

July 29, 2015

Last Saturday, as thousands of people were enjoying music, beverages, BMX demonstrations, and seeing The Lizard Guy in his natural habitat at the Brady Street Festival, one business was celebrating its soft ope...

The 15 best things my 14-year-old cousin said at Vans Warped Tour yesterday

Andrew Winistorfer

July 29, 2015

Vans Warped Tour rolled into Henry Maier Festival Park yesterday, and for the 20th year, it provided a place for teens dressed in ways that will embarrass them in 10 years to see bands no one over 25 has ever h...

I tented out inside Miller Park and it was fun and weird

Matt Wild

July 28, 2015

I have a shameful confession to make: I haven’t been to a single Brewers game this year. Yes, the team is mostly a mess and the season is a lost cause, but Miller Park is one of my favorite Milwaukee destinatio...

METZ brings Monday night mayhem to Cactus Club

Tyler Maas

July 28, 2015

METZ isn't a particularly difficult band to understand. Amid a modern music landscape that's rife with clunky sub-genre descriptors and acts haphazardly piling 10 pounds of influences into five-pound bags, the ...

Exclusive: Stream Tigernite’s larger-than-life self-titled debut

Tyler Maas

July 27, 2015

Before the modern era of music that finds it not at all unusual for a band’s first public outing to double as its album (or, more often, its digital download card) release show, there was a time when a record’s...

Brady Street Festival 2015: A minute-by-minute recap

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 27, 2015

Every summer weekend in Milwaukee is one that’s abound with activity and causes to celebrate, usually outside and in close proximity to live music and a beer stand. However, there are a select few days each sum...

Watch some videos of UFOs—a.k.a. the U.S. Army Golden Knights—flying over Milwaukee

Matt Wild

July 27, 2015

//In case you needed a reminder, this past Saturday was bonkers. In one 24-hour period, Milwaukee played host to the Riverwest 24, Brady Street Festival, the Milwaukee Air & Water Show, Milwaukee Brewf...

Todd Barry quietly kills at Turner Hall

Tyler Maas

July 25, 2015

For 27 years, beginning long before the term "alternative comedy" was in circulation, Todd Barry has managed to stand out in the world of stand-up with his dry, sardonic witticisms delivered in his patented sof...

Watch Twin Brother’s “Fire Fire Fire” music video, filmed at Club Garibaldi

Tyler Maas

July 24, 2015

Last August, Twin Brother came to true local music consciousness with its second album, Swallow The Anchor. By years end, the emotional opus to adolescence earned lofty placement on nearly every Milwaukee publi...

Inconceivable: The Princess Bride screening at Riverside Theater with Cary Elwes has been canceled

Matt Wild

July 24, 2015

The Princess Bride is one of those movies that isn’t just beloved by countless fans, it’s internalized. The absurdist quotes (“My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die,”) the plethora of l...

Tracklist: 62 things to do in the 62 remaining days of summer

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 23, 2015

As we slowly crawl into the dog days of summer, it’s tempting to simply stay inside, crank the AC, and watch Richie Rich on Netflix or whatever. But no! This is Milwaukee! Home of the insanely long winters and ...

Lineup, tickets for Dusty Medical 10th Anniversary Fest now available

Tyler Maas

July 23, 2015

Way back in 2005, long before everyone and their brother had their own record label, Mistreaters guitarist Kevin Meyer berthed Dusty Medical Records. Since the label's outset, Dusty Medical has released approxi...

Let’s remember the Cadillac Escalade that was swallowed by an East Side sinkhole in 2010

Matt Wild

July 23, 2015

Back in 2010, Milwaukee was hit with not one, but two nights of flash flooding in a single week. The night of July 15/16 saw basements and streets overflowing with rain, but it was the second night, July 22/23,...

High Dive coming soon to former Impala Lounge

Matt Wild

July 22, 2015

Since December 2014, the building at 701 E. Center St.—formerly Impala Lounge, and before that River Horse—has been empty. What was once a lively and quintessentially Riverwest-y Riverwest bar has been little m...