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Listen to the new Canopies single, “Getting Older”

May 28, 2014

Canopies' self-titled 2011 EP was only five songs long, but that was enough to land it at a lofty number four on our list of the 50 best Milwaukee albums of the 2010s (so far). A sparkling, dreamy, and ridiculo...

Lakeshore Chinooks season preview

Tyler Maas

May 27, 2014

It’s safe to say that baseball season is in full swing. The Brewers are about a third of the way through the year. Rickie Weeks has already experienced his hot streak that inevitably precedes his season-ending ...

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The Delphines: Hush

Matt Wild

May 27, 2014

The Delphines have always been a singles band. The A-side/B-side and EP formats seemed especially suited to the group, whose sly, sinewy, lo-fi garage rock was best enjoyed in short bursts, leaving an aftertast...

Help The Scarring Party fund its final album, End Times

Matt Wild

May 27, 2014

The Scarring Party has been mostly silent since its excellent 2010 album Losing Teeth, and Milwaukee has been a lot less creepy for it. The twisted “end-timey” outfit filled the early ’00s with a sinister blend...

Tracklist: 15 Milwaukee summer songs

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 26, 2014

Memorial Day marks the unofficial beginning of summer, and gives a tired and thankful country a day to unwind, eat some brats, and probably play some bags. We at Milwaukee Record will be doing just that, but be...

Brett Newski is at home on the road

Tyler Maas

May 23, 2014

Brett Newski looks exhausted.He’s stationed at a table in the upper level of a Bay View café, beside a pair of laptop-toting girls, near a man dressed in business attire who appears to be telecommuting, and...

Brewers translator Jay Hsu speaks for himself

Tyler Maas

May 22, 2014

Currently nursing a 17.61 ERA that includes 15 earned runs off 19 hits (five of which were home runs) and five walks, the Milwaukee Brewers have kept the use of reliever Wei-Chung Wang to a minimum so far this ...

Prepare for festival season with a new episode of “Run Of The Mil”

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 22, 2014

In case the sudden change in weather and our super-sized summer festival guide didn’t tip you off, it’s almost time for, well, summer festival season. Yes, for the next four months the Henry Maier Festival Grou...

A-side/B-side: Is this year’s Summerfest lineup any good?

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 21, 2014

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.Tyler Maas...

Direct Hit! overcomes the wrath of Brainless God

Tyler Maas

May 21, 2014

It could be argued that Direct Hit! is Milwaukee’s biggest band. The quartet routinely tours both throughout the U.S. and internationally in support of some of punk’s most notable modern acts. It has earned eve...

Aziz Ansari takes old themes new places at Riverside Theater

Tyler Maas

May 20, 2014

With three highly enjoyable specials, a regular role on a critically acclaimed network comedy, and a decade of stage-time beneath his (increasingly more expensive) belt, Aziz Ansari faces the difficult task of ...

Milwaukee Record’s 2014 summer festival guide

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 20, 2014

The Milwaukee calendar can be split into two sections: the bullshit part that everyone hates (a.k.a. winter), and festival season. Yes, for four months out of the year, Milwaukee is a joyous, wonderful place st...

Tracklist: 9 ways to entertain Milwaukee visitors this summer

Rachel Seis

May 19, 2014

Hot damn, summer’s on its way. After roughly 27 months of cowering in the bleakness of winter, it’s time for Milwaukee residents to emerge from the darkness, rub their bleary eyes, and focus on warmer days and ...

Celebrate our Summer Preview Week with goofy videos of people moshing at summer festivals

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 19, 2014

When people ask Milwaukeeans why they choose to live in such a cold, beer-drunk place, they’ll likely get a simple answer: SUMMER. Yes, following 8,000 years of soul-crushing winter, Milwaukee truly comes alive...

Deer Diary: 6 Milwaukee Bucks lottery losers

Tyler Maas

May 16, 2014

Following the worst season in franchise history and the sale of the team (which was approved this week, by the way!), the exciting new era of Milwaukee Bucks basketball begins with a game of chance. As one of 1...

Inspiration Studios breathes life into West Allis arts

Tyler Maas

May 15, 2014

For 70 years, 1500 S. 73rd Street in West Allis was an edifice shrouded in death, loss, and mourning. In 1930, Slattery & Skubal Funeral Home took root in the imposing brick building. In 2000, the funeral h...

Here’s the lineup for the 2014 Locust Street Festival

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 15, 2014

You’d never know it from the early-spring-like, Jesus-Christ-is-this-ever-going-to-end weather, but summer in Milwaukee is more or less here, and with it comes the buildup to the city’s countless festivals and ...

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Lisa Ridgely & The Fainting Room: Heart Hot

Matt Wild

May 15, 2014

Lisa Ridgely & The Fainting Room’s 2012 EP Wine In Bed was the kind of debut that garnered faint praise like “nice.” Its dark-hued Americana was pleasant enough to pass the time, but not quite bold enough t...

A-side/B-side: Does the Milwaukee music scene have a “glass ceiling”?

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 14, 2014

Sylvan Esso, GGOOLLDD, CoCoBees to play Burnhearts/Pabst Street Party

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 14, 2014

Over the last six summers, Burnhearts’ Pabst Street Party has taken over a block of Potter Avenue in Bay View for an entire day, while having the audacity to coincide with the behemoth Summerfest. The block par...