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Tracklist: 8 couples in Milwaukee bands

February 9, 2015

Love is in the air. Even if you don't buy into the fabricated sham holiday that is Valentine’s Day, the sheer volume of mushy, emotional stuff permeating your senses the second week of each February causes even...

Exclusive: Stream Breadking’s winter compilation, Coal

Tyler Maas

February 9, 2015

As anyone who was at Mitten Fest Saturday can attest, spring is on its way. Still, despite the slowly rising temperatures, the increased amount of daylight, and Brewers pitchers and catchers mere days from repo...

Milwaukee Record’s favorite moments from Mitten Fest 2015

Milwaukee Record Staff

February 9, 2015

Three years ago, beloved Bay View bar Burnhearts concocted a crazy scheme: stage an outdoor block party in the dead of winter. Even crazier was the fact the from the get-go, Mitten Fest was an instant success, ...

The Replacements will play The Rave May 2

Matt Wild

February 9, 2015

Legendary rock band The Replacements split up in 1991, walking away from a career that, while never fully embraced by the mainstream, could only be described as incalculably influential. Against all odds, front...

Sebastian Maniscalco matches the hype at Turner Hall

Tyler Maas

February 9, 2015

"Who am I shooting tonight?" a photographer asked a Turner Hall security guard at the top of the stairwell about 20 minutes before showtime Friday. Even among ardent followers of stand-up, the woman's question ...

We talk food with Milwaukee Magazine dining critic Ann Christenson in Episode 5 of On The Record

Milwaukee Record Staff

February 6, 2015

Milwaukee Magazine dining critic Ann Christenson has been covering the city’s restaurant scene since 1997. If there’s anyone who knows where to eat (and where not to eat) in Milwaukee, it’s her. Matt and Tyler ...

WAMI releases people’s choice ballot, sets awards show date

Tyler Maas

February 6, 2015

Wisconsin Area Music Industry (better known as "WAMI") has recognized the accomplishments of in-state musicians for the last 34 years. For almost as long, people have bemoaned the organization—sometimes with go...

Watch Milwaukee freak out over a Marilyn Manson concert in 1999

Matt Wild

February 5, 2015

//This Saturday, shock-rock icon Marilyn Manson will do his Marilyn Manson thing at The Rave. Manson—a.k.a. Brian “Brian Isn’t A Very Spooky Name” Warner—is currently touring behind a new and well-reviewed...

New VISIT Milwaukee video highlights beer, not those totally necessary UW System cuts

Matt Wild

February 5, 2015

A new VISIT Milwaukee promotional video was released yesterday, highlighting an aspect of Milwaukee culture that usually doesn’t get a lot of attention: beer. It’s a lovely video, featuring lovely images of jus...

Get to know Towers, Mitten Fest’s (relative) mystery band

Tyler Maas

February 5, 2015

In about a year's time, Milwaukee rock quintet Towers has gotten off the a quick start with a cluster of shows. However, if you showed up late to any of the young band's gigs, you probably missed the perpetual ...

Painted Caves learn to trust their instincts after life-altering trip to India

Cal Roach

February 4, 2015

Remember last November, that initial bitter cold attack of winter? That was about the time the members of Milwaukee’s Painted Caves hopped on a plane, flew to India, and headlined an outdoor music festival in t...

Boone & Crockett asks comics to pull humor from the ashes

Tyler Maas

February 4, 2015

Last month, there was an electrical fire in an old Bay View home. Fortunately all three residents and their pets made it out alive and well. Unfortunately, the flames and smoke damage claimed the majority of th...

Here’s the lineup for the inaugural Milwaukee Paranormal Conference

Matt Wild

February 4, 2015

We live in a world where science—to borrow a phrase from Carl Sagan—acts like a candle in the dark. It’s a world where technology, logic, and reason burn bright amongst the shadows of superstition and fear. Tho...

I went to Dave & Buster’s and played the new ‘Star Wars: Battle Pod’ arcade game

Matt Wild

February 3, 2015

I was born in 1977, the year the first Star Wars film was released. I’m confident that when I die, even if I live to be 100, there will be another Star Wars film lighting up theaters or looming on the horizon, ...

There’s a suspicious Summerfest-sized hole in “Weird Al” Yankovic’s 2015 tour schedule

Matt Wild

February 3, 2015

According to Summerfest’s ever-ticking countdown clock (think of it like those “death clocks,” but with less death and more picnic-table dancing), there are four months, 20 days, 23 hours, 48 minutes, and 26......

First Impression: Meraki

Todd Lazarski

February 3, 2015

On first glance, there isn’t a lot to distinguish Meraki, the new venture from Chad Meier, former chef at Blue Jacket. It’s doing the same thing, in the same neighborhood, as most of the rest of the Milwaukee r...

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

Tyler Maas

February 2, 2015

February can be a strange month in Milwaukee music. Traditionally, bookers are still dealing with the occasional show-free Friday or Saturday that’s known to plague venues between late December and most of Janu...

Streetcar rape, chicken sacrifices, and 5 more Milwaukee scare stories of 2015

Matt Wild

February 2, 2015

//The world is a vast and wonderful place, full of people, places, and experiences just waiting to be discovered. Every day holds the possibility of a new beginning; every hour, minute, and second ripe wit...

Ald. Nik Kovac’s explanation of winter parking rules will hurt your brain

Matt Wild

February 2, 2015

Is there any Milwaukee politician cooler than Ald. Nik Kovac? Probably not. The longtime 3rd District alderman is a staunch supporter of the city, a champion of the arts, the host of the weekly Packerverse radi...

Lineup for Turner Hall’s Milwaukee Day show announced

Tyler Maas

February 2, 2015

Originally founded after a realization that Milwaukee’s area code (414) contains the same sequence of numerals as the date April 14, Milwaukee Day has quickly blossomed from a noble celebration of civic pride t...