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April 22, 2015

Last weekend, while partaking in Record Store Day festivities, I was sipping a sample of Ale Asylum Hopalicious—now in cans, by the way (I'M A COMPANY MAN!)—outside Bullseye Record and Comet Cafe. There, I was ...

Burnhearts owner BJ Seidel and Enlightened Brewing’s Tommy Vandervort talk beer in Episode 16 of On the Record

April 22, 2015

We're smack dab in the middle of Milwaukee Beer Week! Though every week is unofficially beer week in a place proudly dubbed "Brew City" by its populace, this particular eight-day run finds close to 100 local ba...

I watched The Morning Blend for a week and I feel pretty good about that

April 21, 2015

//I have a not-so-scandalous confession to make: I don’t watch a lot of TV. Not in an “I don’t even own a TV” kind of way, but more in an “Eh, I watch a few shows on Netflix and that’s about it” kind of wa...

First Impression: Van Buren’s Whiskey Bar And Grill

April 21, 2015

With the recent wave of theme bars, lounges, dance club/pizza restaurant hybrids (RIP, Crisp!), and national beer bar franchises (Don't RIP, World Of Beer!) sprouting up on and around the already night life-equ...

Here’s the lineup for the 2015 Summer Soulstice Music Festival

April 21, 2015

For 15 years, the East Side’s annual Summer Soulstice Music Festival has celebrated the first day of summer with music, food, drinks, and that one guy who always shows up to the thing carrying a giant lizard. O...

Tracklist: 10 celebrities who did time in Milwaukee

April 20, 2015

As Wisconsin’s largest city, Milwaukee plays host to its fair share of touring musicians, top-tier comedians, professional athletes, and other pop culture figures of note. That said, it’s also the type of city ...

Here’s the list of the 2015 WAMI winners

April 20, 2015

Last night, the 35th annual Wisconsin Area Music Industry (a.k.a. “WAMI”) Awards came to Turner Hall. Those who shelled out $35 to attend—or an unthinkable $59.99 or $99.99 for single and couple VIP passes, res...

Funtown Mountain Wondershow to bring carnival-style insanity to Club Garibaldi

Rob Wieland

April 20, 2015

Wisconsin Dells once boasted dozens of weird roadside attractions before it erected a strange mix of water parks and human Habitrails masquerading as hotels. Many Milwaukeeans have an affinity for such guilty p...

Midwest Real’s Michael Phillip talks pot and podcasting in Episode 15 of On The Record

April 17, 2015

On this week’s episode of On The Record, Tyler and Matt sit down with Michael Phillip, creator and host of the popular Midwest Real podcast. Midwest Real describes itself as “an indie podcast and blog with an u...

Our kingdom for more details on why the Puddle Of Mudd dude was arrested at the airport

April 17, 2015

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• It was a confusing week for Milwaukee, with homegrown holidays and petitions ...

Off base: A Milwaukee Brewers-themed Follow Friday

April 17, 2015

Yeah, we know it's early, but through nine games, the Milwaukee Brewers haven't exactly done much on the diamond worth highlighting. With a dreadful 2-7 record, the makeshift franchise is not only mired in last...

Rage against the dying of the light and help bring back Mayor Barrett’s mustache

April 16, 2015

Tuesday’s Milwaukee Day festivities notwithstanding, it has been a phenomenally shitty week for our fair city. Violence has spun out of control, people are being killed, children are being shot, higher educatio...

Born in a barn: Holy Sheboygan set to unveil its farm-grown EP

April 16, 2015

Originated in Appleton as a project in which Lawrence University art students incorporated unconventional instruments, mixed media, and percussion provided by actual garbage into their eclectic, genre-jumping s...

“You can’t go from zero to being Merge”: The end (?) of Latest Flame Records

DJ Hostettler

April 16, 2015

Latest Flame Records head honcho Dan Hanke is looking as relaxed as ever. He’s got a lot going on right now—he’s working on buying a house, his excellent band Like Like The The The Death is writing a new record...

A-side/B-side: What Milwaukee things do you consider irreplaceable?

April 15, 2015

In A-side/B-side, two Milwaukee Record writers tackle important city issues in an informal, crosstalk style. Insults are hurled, feelings are hurt, and everyone learns something in the end. Maybe. Matt Wild: I...

Steven Look goes back to basics with King Eye & The Squirts

April 15, 2015

For more than a decade, Steven Look's voice could be heard bolstering beyond-their-years indie rock projects The Meteah Strike and, later, Fable & The World Flat. Following a two-release 2013 from Fable, th...

We (used to) eat people: Old Milwaukee, new Milwaukee, and Milwaukee Day

April 14, 2015

A few days ago, while scrolling through my Facebook feed and pondering the existence of “National Siblings Day,” I came across a post by my friend Matt Massive. Massive, you may remember, was one of the archite...

Watch Maritime’s local love letter, “Milwaukee”