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MKE Punk saved from extinction, updated with new features and more releases

June 3, 2021

What's that old saying about not knowing what you've got until it's gone? Oh yeah, it's something like, "You don't know what you've got until it's gone."The sentiment relates to humanity's collective tenden...

Here’s the 2019 MKE Punk Fest lineup

Tyler Maas

June 27, 2019

Entering its ninth year, MKE Punk Fest as quietly grown from one or two glorified local shows to become a full-fledged festival. In 2017, the event made the move from spring to late summer, and this year's inst...

Here’s the 2018 MKE Punk Fest lineup

Tyler Maas

August 22, 2018

Entering its eighth year, MKE Punk Fest as quietly grown from one or two glorified local shows to become a full-fledged festival. Last year, the event made the move from spring to late summer, and will now incl...

Here’s the 2017 MKE Punk Fest lineup

Tyler Maas

June 22, 2017

Entering its seventh year, MKE Punk Fest as quietly grown from one or two glorified local shows to become a full-fledged festival. This time around, the event has moved from spring to late summer, and will now ...

MKE SEX: Funky spunk

Lucky Tomaszek

September 29, 2017

broadstreet.zone(49071); Dear MKE SEX,I have a new partner, things got hot, and we went there. Oral sex is my absolute fave, and I couldn't wait to get my mouth on him. (Don't worry—we got tested first.) I...

MKEPunk’s Martin Defatte discusses his new WMSE show

Tyler Maas

January 27, 2015

Since 2009, MKEPunk.com has done an admirable job preserving out-of-print music spanning four decades, numerous genres, and all corners of the state. So far, the two-man staff of Martin Defatte and Jeremy Ampe ...

MKE Music Rewind: Spanic Boys, “Face The Facts” (1991)

Matt Wild

March 16, 2023

In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014.In the history of Milwaukee artists who brushed up against mainstrea...

Here are 25 pictures of Red Maple MKE, a new bar that officially opens February 19

Tyler Maas

February 9, 2023

Starting Sunday, February 19, Red Maple MKE will officially be open for business. The new bar—located at 100 W. Maple Street in the former site of Ollie's on the southern edge of Walker's Point—is the second dr...

MKE Music Rewind: The Fendermen, “Mule Skinner Blues” (1960)

Matt Wild

January 19, 2023

In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014.First of all, yes, we may be stretching the definition of "MKE" for ...

Burnhearts’ Punk House Kegger to return December 1

Tyler Maas

November 22, 2022

While most Milwaukeeans know Burnhearts for its beloved annual Mitten Fest and Pabst Street Party celebrations or, you know, for being on the short list of great local beer bars every day of the year, the Bay V...

MKE Music Rewind: Compound Red, ‘Mr. Microcosm’ (1993)

Matt Wild

January 20, 2022

In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014.My introduction to live, local music came courtesy of a place called...

MKE Music Rewind: Yipes!, ‘Yipes!’ (1978)

Matt Wild

January 6, 2022

In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014.I was driving past Shank Hall a few weeks ago when I noticed the lon...

Last Rites brings punk shows, pinball, philanthropy to Walker’s Point

Tyler Maas

December 27, 2021

Walker's Point Music Hall was among the handful of Milwaukee-based venues unable to make it through the COVID crisis. However, the spirit, the focus, and even some of the staff from that shuttered business all ...

MKE Music Rewind: The Benjamins, ‘The Art Of Disappointment’

Rachel Seis

February 26, 2021

In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014.The first out-of-town destination I drove to after receiving my driv...

MKE Music Rewind: The Haskels, ‘Taking The City By Storm’

Matt Wild

February 11, 2021

In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014.The Haskels were way before my time. The legendary Milwaukee punk-ro...

MKE Music Rewind: Couch Flambeau, “Santa Claus Skips Cudahy”

Tyler Maas

December 23, 2020

In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014.In recent years, Milwaukee's collective catalog of holiday music has...

MKE Music Rewind: Trolley, “Born In ’77”

Matt Wild

November 17, 2020

In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014.There comes a point in everyone's life when certain math becomes...t...

MKE Music Rewind: Midnight Reruns, “King Of Pop”

Tyler Maas

September 28, 2020

In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014.Every decade seems to have a band or two that, in one way or another...

MKE Music Rewind: 5 O’Clock Charlie, ‘Not Enough Time’

Caleb Westphal

February 6, 2020

In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014.The third wave of ska crested in the mid-'90s, when bands like The M...

Here’s the music lineup and Three Floyds beer list for Burnhearts’ Punk House Kegger

Tyler Maas

November 5, 2019

While most Milwaukeeans know Burnhearts for its beloved annual Mitten Fest and Pabst Street Party celebrations or, you know, being on the short list of great local beer bars every day, the Bay View corner tap a...