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Spoon to play Riverside Theater September 17

June 23, 2014

Ever since 1996, Austin-based band Spoon has released a new album of smart, angular indie rock nearly every other year, each one seemingly better than the last. (The 2005-10 run of Gimme Fiction, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga...

Exclusive: Stream Greatest Lakes’ new song, “Best Days”

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 20, 2014

With the summer season oh-so close, Milwaukee folk rockers Greatest Lakes want to ring in the season with the all-around upbeat and definitively summery stomper “Best Days.” The song is the first single from th...

Dust off those headshots and audition for The Fatty Acids’ new video

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 19, 2014

In addition to making our third favorite record of the 2010s (so far), synth-y scene staples The Fatty Acids are also responsible for some of our favorite music videos. The canon of Milwaukee music videos is ri...

The Disclaimer: Summerfest 2014 preview

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 19, 2014

Every Wednesday at noon, WMSE’s Ryan Schleicher, Shepherd Express’ Evan Rytlewski, and Milwaukee Record’s Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called T...

Decent! Turner Hall to screen Trailer Park Boys’ Countdown To Liquor Day July 25

Tyler Maas

June 17, 2014

With a brand-new season of the recently revived Canadian cult television show Trailer Park Boys headed to Netflix this fall, Turner Hall decided screening Countdown To Liquor Day—the 2009 TPB feature-length fil...

Investigative piece on Wisconsin iron mine to air on Al Jazeera America

Matt Wild

June 12, 2014

Since 2011, the controversy surrounding a proposed iron mine in northern Wisconsin’s Penokee mountain range has split the state into two camps: those who see the construction of the $1.5 billion open-pit mine b...

It’s all right! It’s okay! Mark Borchardt to star in new web series!

Matt Wild

June 12, 2014

It’s been 15 years (!) since Chris Smith’s documentary American Movie introduced the world to embattled Milwaukee filmmaker Mark Borchardt. That film famously tagged along with Borchardt and lotto-loving BFF Mi...

The Disclaimer: Nomad’s “favela” controversy, click-bait, short skirts, and Les Paul

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 11, 2014

Every Wednesday at noon, WMSE’s Ryan Schleicher, Shepherd Express’ Evan Rytlewski, and Milwaukee Record’s Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called T...

Tony Memmel to compete in VH1 contest

Tyler Maas

June 10, 2014

Star-making television contests are far from guarantees of fame and fortune for the winning musicians—just ask American Idol champs Fantasia Barrino, Ruben Studdard, and Lee DeWyze; or Making The Band participa...

Neil deGrasse Tyson coming to Riverside Theater December 11

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 9, 2014

Famed astrophysicist, popular Star Talk podcaster, and Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey host Neil deGrasse Tyson is going to drop some knowledge on Milwaukee in December. Months removed from Sunday’s Cosmos season f...

Fable & The World Flat crosses country in Sinnet remix

Tyler Maas

June 9, 2014

At the end of May, Fable & The World Flat’s Matthew Gorski moved to Los Angeles. Though the drummer’s departure certainly limits the sleek synth-rock project’s ability to play live, Gorski told us he and lo...

The Disclaimer: Favorite Milwaukee music of 2014 (so far)

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 5, 2014

Every Wednesday at noon, WMSE’s Ryan Schleicher, Shepherd Express’ Evan Rytlewski, and Milwaukee Record’s Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called T...

Bob Mould to play Turner Hall September 17

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 3, 2014

Over the course of 30-plus years, Bob Mould has become a triple threat. His work with Hüsker Dü defined the hardcore movement of the ’80s; his pop-minded Sugar provided an alternate soundtrack to the ’90s; and ...

The Disclaimer: Why aren’t there more shows at the BMO Harris Bradley Center?

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 29, 2014

Every Wednesday at noon, WMSE’s Ryan Schleicher, Shepherd Express’ Evan Rytlewski, and Milwaukee Record’s Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called T...

Down & Over’s comedy open mic is down, over

Tyler Maas

May 27, 2014

Last Friday night, Down & Over Pub hosted a special weekend stand-up showcase to celebrate the one-year anniversary of its weekly comedy open mic, the longest-running in Bay View. Saturday morning, the venu...

11 Milwaukee bands to drive 100 miles to join Mile 2

Tyler Maas

May 23, 2014

Last summer's Mile Of Music—the inaugural downtown Appleton music festival curated and co-founded by Fox Cities ex-pat Cory Chisel—was nothing short of a success. More than 100 bands from all corners of the cou...

Aaron Freeman—a.k.a. Gene Ween—to bring new band to Turner Hall

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 22, 2014

Following an infamous meltdown during a 2012 show in Vancouver, Aaron Freeman’s future looked bleak. Freeman—a.k.a. Gene Ween of the beloved cult act Ween—had seemingly finally let drugs and alcohol get the bes...

The Disclaimer: Critics save the MAM, TV news reports on rap, and African World Fest takes a break

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 22, 2014

Every Wednesday at noon, WMSE’s Ryan Schleicher, Shepherd Express’ Evan Rytlewski, and Milwaukee Record’s Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called T...

Pearl Jam to play BMO Harris Bradley Center October 20

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 21, 2014

Between columns about where a new Milwaukee arena should be located, and speculation over whom the Bucks should draft with the No. 2 pick to play the Bradley Center into sweet oblivion, BMO Harris Bradley Cente...

Marc Maron played guitar on a new Trapper Schoepp & The Shades song

Matt Wild

May 21, 2014

Stand-up comic Marc Maron is best known as the agreeably neurotic/TMI host of his insanely popular WTF podcast, as well as the star of his own IFC show, Maron. Fellow stand-ups are the most frequent WTF guests,...

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