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Tracklist: 10 ways Milwaukee is celebrating Record Store Day 2015

April 13, 2015

Originally started as a single-day rally cry for music lovers to get out and support traditional music retailers instead of buying digital music and/or ordering online, Record Store Day has quickly become an ex...

Milwaukee Record’s favorite moments from the 2015 Midwest Gaming Classic

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 13, 2015

Those blips, bloops, beeps, and sweeps (and/or creeps) emanating from I-94 this past weekend weren’t your imagination: they were the sounds of the 2015 Midwest Gaming Classic, once again held at the Sheraton Mi...

Exclusive: Stream four tracks off Airo Kwil’s re-invention, Dark Cinema

Tyler Maas

April 13, 2015

When we introduced you to Airo Kwil—the rapping alter ego of Calamity Janes and New Boyz Club drummer Will Rose—last November, the multifaceted emcee was putting the finishing touches on his first effort since ...

Warped perception: A guide to the worst Warped Tour lineup in recent memory

Tyler Maas

April 10, 2015

Earlier this week, the lineup for Warped Tour was announced. If that sentence makes you feel incredibly old, then you probably won't like hearing that Warped Tour is now 20 years old. Spawned in 1995 by Kevin L...

Awkward Terrible chips in on Classic’s concert series

Tyler Maas

April 10, 2015

If the name Awkward Terrible rings a bell, you probably recognize it from its normal place near the bottom of local show flyers and beneath a band or two on Facebook event listings. That should in no way sugges...

Exclusive: Listen to Surgeons In Heat’s excellent comeback album, Disaster

Matt Wild

April 9, 2015

For the past five years or so, Surgeons In Heat have had the distinction of being one of Milwaukee’s best bands and one of its most elusive. Following the release of two EPs in 2011 and 2012—both of which were ...

Where to go (in Milwaukee) and what to play on International TableTop Day

Rob Wieland

April 9, 2015

Now that March Madness has ended and the usual hopeful-yet-melancholy Brewers buzz has settled in, it’s time for the nerds to have their day. On Saturday, April 11, International TableTop Day will encourage gam...

Gary Zajackowski plans to bring laughs to Midwest Gaming Classic

Tyler Maas

April 9, 2015

During his four years on stage, Gary Zajackowski hasn't shied away from taking his material to strange, off-putting, and occasionally very alienating places. The unofficial wild card of Milwaukee comedy's body ...

Thurman Merman tackles tough topics with delicate sounds

Tyler Maas

April 9, 2015

Already a full-fledged member of Ugly Brothers, an occasional supporting player with Caley Conway And The Lucy Cukes and Holy Sheboygan (among other outfits), the co-organizer/co-founder of Bandsketball, in the...

LIVE at Club Garibaldi with Joseph Huber, Ramie Makhlouf, and Milwaukee Day in Episode 14 of On The Record

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 8, 2015

After recording the first 13 episodes of On The Record remotely, we decided to try something a little different with Episode 14. Our friends at Club Garibaldi in beautiful Bay View were kind enough to let us ta...

Bucks to propose arena complex that will cost…one BILLION dollars

Matt Wild

April 8, 2015

After months (years?) of speculation, false starts, idle threats, breathless updates, more speculation, ownership changes, and countless courtside Gruber sightings, it all comes down to this: At a press confere...

Poliça debuts new songs, kicks off 2015 tour at Cactus Club

Cal Roach

April 8, 2015

When Poliça played Turner Hall three years ago, it was still basically a popular novelty band: two drummers and charismatic lead singer Channy Leaneagh, whose trademark was everyone’s favorite vocal effect, Aut...

Foxygen exhales controlled chaos at Turner Hall

Matt Wild

April 8, 2015

Midway through Foxygen’s electrifying one-hour set at Turner Hall Tuesday night, fidgety frontman Sam France stopped the show in its tracks to make time for...some comedy. Rattling off groan-inducing gags about...

Reflecting on Milwaukee Record’s first year

Tyler Maas

April 7, 2015

On April 7, 2014, Milwaukee Record officially launched. In some ways, it's amazing a year has already elapsed since that day that found Matt Wild and I repeatedly messaging one another variations of "Holy shit!...

Uncovering 10 highlights in the highlight-filled career of Quincy Jones

Matt Wild

April 7, 2015

It’s simple: modern music would not be what it is today without Quincy Jones. The 82-year-old musician/producer/arranger/composer/entrepreneur/humanitarian has worked with everyone from Michael Jackson and Fran...

Kato Kaelin’s (unofficial) Milwaukee Brewers season preview

Tyler Maas

April 6, 2015

After a long, cold, and baseball-less six months, America's pastime is officially back in Wisconsin as the Milwaukee Brewers play their home opener at Miller Park today. This lovely day has become nothing short...

Hey Food Dude brings drive thru to you

Tyler Maas

April 6, 2015

Whether you work a third shift job, you drank too much to drive, or you're without wheels and just can't justify calling a Lyft to bring you to the Taco Bell drive thru at 1:30 a.m. on a Wednesday, Jeff Lampton...

Remembering the time Bob Uecker encountered a furry convention in Pittsburgh

Matt Wild

April 6, 2015

Legendary Milwaukee Brewers broadcaster Bob Uecker is, well, a legend. For more than 50 years (!), Uecker has been regaling radio listeners with top-shelf play calling and second-to-none anecdotes. And those an...

Kevin Hart matches the hype in first show of Riverside Theater run

Tyler Maas

April 3, 2015

Seeing how quickly tickets sold for what became a six-show Pabst Theater occupation by Dave Chappelle last September, the theater group decided to go ahead and immediately book six shows—at the even higher capa...

Attention beautiful people: It’s time to save the Uptowner

Matt Wild

April 2, 2015

When it comes to beloved Milwaukee neighborhood dive bars that stubbornly refuse to go gentle into that gentrified good night, the Uptowner is one of the finest. Located on the northwest corner of Center and Hu...