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December 4, 2014

The massive year in Milwaukee music is drawing to a close. The quality and diversity of the city’s music scene was (at least somewhat) on display in the packed and sweltering confines of 88Nine'’s Walker’s Poin...

Listen to Canopies’ excellent new LP, Maximize Your Faith, via Spin

December 4, 2014

Advance tracks from Canopies’ debut full-length album, Maximize Your Faith, have been floating through the online ether for months now, teasing what will hopefully be a stunning effort from Milwaukee’s beloved ...

Skank and sulk through the season with Something To Do’s “Happy Holidays”

December 2, 2014

With Thanksgiving now in the rear view mirror and calendars turned to their final page, the holiday season is officially upon us. Right beside shopping, snowfall, inevitable weight gain, and the growing tension...

Come to Blackbird Bar December 5 for “From The Stage To The Booth” with Milwaukee Record

November 25, 2014

The second year of Blackbird Bar's "From The Stage To The Booth" DJ series has already seen beloved local bands like The Championship, GGOOLLDD, Heavy Hand, Canopies, and Fresh Cut Collective plopping down behi...

Christopher Schmidt wins Battle Royale IV title

November 24, 2014

Almost two weeks ago, approximately 30 comedians from Milwaukee (and a few from Madison) stacked their material against one another while participating in Caste Of Killers' fourth annual Battle Royale. After th...

Trapper Schoepp plays Paste’s “Live At Aloft Hotels” series

November 21, 2014

Milwaukee folk fixture Trapper Schoepp And The Shades has spent much of 2014 either on the road or in a Nashville studio with Brendan Benson recording a new album (that may or may not feature Marc Maron playing...

This Milwaukee Bucks/Rocky IV mashup will break you

November 18, 2014

If there’s one thing more protracted and arduous than the drama surrounding the Milwaukee Bucks—terrible teams, new owners, new arenas, terrible teams—it’s the endless montage scenes in Rocky IV. Chief among th...

Shirley Manson of Garbage will play the next Pablove Benefit Concert

November 17, 2014

For the past six years, Milwaukee’s annual Pablove Benefit Concert has assembled some of the area’s best musical acts on one stage in order to raise awareness and funds for pediatric cancer research. Co-founded...

Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes will close out MPM’s Sci-Fi Film Fest

November 13, 2014

The voters have spoken, and they’re voting for the “classics”: 1978’s Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes—a cautionary tale of what happens when the ketchup industry goes criminally unregulated—will close out the Mil...

Third annual Mad Planet Ugly Sweater Holiday Party lineup, date announced

November 11, 2014

After last week’s mid-term elections, the onslaught of annoying commercials subtly shifted from pointed political slam ads to overtly obnoxious televised, broadcasted, and subliminally planted reminders that th...

Buck up and listen to Owen cover The Promise Ring

November 10, 2014

Monday got you down? Perhaps you're a Chicago Bears fan. Maybe you woke up two hours late because your phone (which doubles as your alarm clock) was rendered useless in the middle of the night for no apparent r...

Journal Sentinel’s PolitiFact site is fact-checking Bob Seger songs now

November 10, 2014

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel readers are likely familiar with PolitiFact Wisconsin, a JS-affiliated fact-checking site that finally brings fact-checking to journalism. It’s a useful tool for determining the hones...

The Disclaimer: Milwaukee Magazine’s Dan Shafer talks Downtown

November 6, 2014

Every Wednesday at noon, Ryan Schleicher, Evan Rytlewski, and Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called The Disclaimer, so named because none of the ...

Cast your vote for the 2014 Radio Milwaukee Music Awards

November 5, 2014

Today, as you nurse your hangover caused by either celebrating your preferred political party’s performance last night, or coming to terms with your candidate falling short, please take some time to cast your v...

Vote now! (For MPM Sci-Fi Film Fest’s “biggest sci-fi turkey of all time”)

November 4, 2014

Last month, we informed you that nature had found a way, and Milwaukee Public Museum would be kicking off its new Sci-Fi Film Fest with Jurassic Park. The six-movie, six-week festival continues this Thursday an...

Trapper Schoepp to play Aloft Milwaukee Downtown this Thursday

November 4, 2014

Don’t let the recent dearth of news coming from the Trapper Schoepp & The Shades camp fool you—Schoepp and his band have been busy. The group just finished up a three-week tour with The Jayhawks, and a new ...

Beware of Cinnaminiatures’ Halloween release, Haunt’s Catsup

October 31, 2014

Milwaukee's self-annointed "premier, all girl, punk rock, holiday jam band" Cinnaminiatures are back and in the Halloween spirit. In honor of the spooky season, the unabashed novelty band released its chilling ...

Take a bite of the debut album from Brat Sounds

October 31, 2014

There are Milwaukee albums that arrive after months of anticipation (Space Raft, the upcoming Canopies), and there are Milwaukee albums that just show up on your doorstep, unannounced but thoroughly welcome (Si...

The Disclaimer: Jordan Lee talks Miltown Beat Down