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Milwaukee psych band Zang! goes bump in the night with “Banshee In The Forest”

October 31, 2023

Happy Halloween, Milwaukee! Do you enjoy spiking your Halloween festivities with something a little campy, something a little psych-y, and something that lightly goofs on Ghost Adventures? Then take a pull from...

It’s snowing

Matt Wild

October 31, 2023

It's snowing. Want more Milwaukee Record? Subscribe to our free weekly newsletter and/or support us on Patreon....

Here’s Flavor Flav singing the national anthem at a Bucks game, plus 3 random social media reactions for some reason

Matt Wild

October 30, 2023

Don't you just love those "Here's something that happened, plus some random reactions from random people on Twitter" stories? US TOO. This is one of those stories. So. Here's legendary Public Enemy hype man ...

Mötley Crüe will headline Summerfest on June 21, 2024

Matt Wild

October 30, 2023

It was 30 degrees when we woke up this morning and it's supposed to snow tomorrow so here's some info on a Summerfest headliner... Mötley Crüe will play American Family Insurance Amphitheater during the Big ...

New Kids On The Block (and Paula Abdul and DJ Jazzy Jeff!) will play AmFam Amphitheater August 24

Matt Wild

October 30, 2023

When you think of magical musical happenings, which magical musical happenings do you think of? Woodstock 1969. Wattstax 1972. Live Aid 1985. And, of course, New Kids On The Block's 1990 "Magic Summer Tour," wh...

Four new restaurants coming soon to Crossroads Collective

Matt Wild

October 26, 2023

If East Side food hall Crossroads Collective seems a little...empty these days, it's because it kind of is. A number of vendors have departed Crossroads in recent months, including Atwood Hwy BBQ Company and Th...

Here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (October 8-21)

Matt Wild

October 24, 2023

broadstreet.zone(154824); Depending on which news sources you follow, Milwaukee is going through either a "renaissance" or a "reinvention." However you want to define it, it's safe to say that Milwaukee is cur...

Oriental Theatre will soon feature a spiffy “new” (a.k.a. restored) 1925 Wurlitzer pipe organ

Matt Wild

October 23, 2023

Milwaukee Film's recent restoration of the Oriental Theatre has turned the stunning East Side movie palace into a really, really stunning East Side movie palace. But one element has been missing: the big ol' pi...

Jason Momoa vodka signing at the New Berlin Costco: A minute-by-minute report

Matt Wild

October 19, 2023

On Thursday, October 19, in the year of our lord 2023, actor Jason Momoa descended on Wisconsin to sign bottles of Meili Vodka, a brand co-created by Momoa and buddy Blaine Halvorsom. Two signing were held: the...

Explore unlikely world of Kenosha horror hosts in new documentary, ‘I’m Your Host’

Matt Wild

October 18, 2023

There's something weirdly comforting about horror hosts. Watching old black and white horror flicks in the middle of the night can be a lonely experience, but toss in a campy/corny host dressed like a vampire—t...

REYNA makes ‘Limonada’ on intimate, winning new EP

Matt Wild

October 17, 2023

"When life hands you lemons, pour yourself some limonada." That little sip of affirmation is the animating force behind Limonada, the new EP from long-running Milwaukee synth-pop act REYNA. The record finds ...

A partial list of costumes in a Milwaukee Halloween costume contest video from 2000

Matt Wild

October 17, 2023

Don't you just love a good old fashioned Halloween costume contest? How about one held outside on a busy city street? How about one held in the year 2000? Well… Yep, here's a 12-minute video of a deliriously...

Here’s the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile’s upcoming Milwaukee-area schedule, and that’s it

Matt Wild

October 17, 2023

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19 11 a.m. - 2.pm. Sendik's Market 7901 W. Layton Ave. Greenfield, WI 53220 3-6 p.m. Sendik's Market 5200 W. Rawson Ave. Franklin, WI 53132 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Sen...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Taking out the window AC units because it’s gonna be cold for 8,000 months

Matt Wild

October 16, 2023

Some Milwaukee things come and go, while some Milwaukee things become iconic. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: taking out the window AC units because it's gonna be cold for 8,000 months! ...

WMSE will broadcast live from The Hop on October 25

Matt Wild

October 16, 2023

If there are two things all Milwaukeeans and random Facebook commenters from Brookfield can agree on, it's A.) independent radio station WMSE 91.7FM rules, and B.) downtown streetcar The Hop rules. So what happ...

Oh, the places you’ll go with Social Cig’s “Wonderin'”

Matt Wild

October 16, 2023

If all goes well, our lives are long. They're filled with love, loss, lessons learned, and lessons forgotten. They're filled with open roads and dead ends. But no matter where we find ourselves at any given mom...

Stuff We Missed: West Allis is suing Burger King

Matt Wild

October 13, 2023

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. • You know that vacant Burger King on 106th and Greenfield in West Allis? The ...

Here’s Gold Steps’ pitch-perfect pop-punk cover of Taylor Swift’s “Blank Space”

Matt Wild

October 13, 2023

Taylor Swift needs no introduction, but allow us to say that Milwaukee alt/pop/rock band Gold Steps rules. In the last year alone the group has released an EP on Revival Recordings, toured the U.S., played a to...

Sip & Purr Cat Cafe will relocate to Brady Street in 2024

Matt Wild

October 12, 2023

Popular East Side "drink some drinks and pet/adopt some cats" spot Sip & Purr Cat Cafe, located at 2021 E. Ivanhoe Pl. since opening in 2018, announced Thursday that it will high-tail it to Brady Street in ...

Barnacle Bud’s will transform into a “warm and inviting supper club” this December

Matt Wild

October 11, 2023

If you're looking for Milwaukee's best outdoor bar and seafood restaurant that's tucked behind a bunch of warehouses and nestled on the banks of the Kinnickinnic River, it's hard to beat Barnacle Bud's (1955 S....

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