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Strange Fruit Music Festival set to return for second year

August 21, 2017

Last fall, ever-busy Milwaukee musicians Jay Anderson and Chauntee Ross launched the inaugural Strange Fruit Music Festival. Inspired by the then-recent killings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, the thre...

Watch the Uni-Fi Records crew channel “Macho Man” Randy Savage in NSFW “Grimey” video

Matt Wild

August 18, 2017

Yesterday, when we rounded up five new Milwaukee music videos, we apparently rounded up too soon. Today, the ever-busy Uni-Fi Records crew has dropped a doozy of a clip for a doozy of a song, the decidedly NSFW...

Here’s a friendly reminder that Everclear is playing the Milwaukee County Zoo this Saturday

Matt Wild

August 17, 2017

Today is Thursday. Tomorrow is Friday. The day after that is Saturday. That's the day Everclear is playing the Milwaukee County Zoo. Consider this a friendly reminder. Yes, the ubiquitous '90s band will rock...

Beck played Milwaukee for the first time in 20 years and it was almost too perfect

Matt Wild

August 17, 2017

Some fun facts: An entire generation of music fans has come of age since Beck last played Milwaukee in 1997. The city has built a ton of new shit, the country has elected three different presidents, and the end...

Let’s ask the Uecker 8-Ball about the changing face of Milwaukee’s East Side

Matt Wild

August 16, 2017

This past Sunday, all attendees at the Milwaukee Brewers/Cincinnati Reds game at Miller Park were gifted a truly incredible trinket: a Bob Uecker-themed magic 8-ball. Falling on the scale of promotional-item co...

There’s already a petition to keep Von Trier the way it is

Matt Wild

August 15, 2017

Less than six hours after news dropped that venerable East Side bar Von Trier will soon ditch its German theme and transform into an "upscale midcentury cocktail lounge," there's already a petition asking Von T...

18 gratuitous Milwaukee references in the 1995 Charles Bronson TV movie ‘Family Of Cops’

Matt Wild

August 15, 2017

When one thinks of movies made in Milwaukee, the usual suspects come to mind: Major League, American Movie, maybe that one with Bernie Mac. There are others, of course, but none more Milwaukee-tastic and obscur...

Von Trier will close, re-open as an “upscale cocktail lounge”

Matt Wild

August 15, 2017

It's been, oh, 30 seconds since yet another seismic change hit the North Avenue bar district on Milwaukee's East Side. And while today's news isn't the complete shuttering of a longtime staple (R.I.P. Hotel Fos...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (August 6-12)

Matt Wild

August 14, 2017

Depending on which news sources you follow, Milwaukee is going through either a "renaissance" or a "reinvention." Or maybe it's a "reboot" or a "reimagining," like that crappy Tim Burton version of Planet Of Th...

Watch IshDARR dominate Summerfest 2017 in video for “Sanity”

Matt Wild

August 14, 2017

This past Fourth of July, Milwaukee rapper IshDARR became the first local hip-hop artist to nab a headlining slot at Summerfest. He didn't disappoint: The show was absolutely packed, the energy was insane, and ...

Buckle up, Milwaukee, for the world’s first “alternative polka festival”

Matt Wild

August 11, 2017

When out-of-town travel writers pen glowing reviews of Milwaukee, they almost always mention how our city is much more than its "beer-and-brats" reputation. (Which is true, though we do love our beer and brats....

Soul Low would like you to ‘Cheer Up,’ please

Matt Wild

August 10, 2017

Drop the digital and/or physical needle on Soul Low's third full-length album, Cheer Up, and you're lulled into a false sense of serenity. A one-minute string instrumental opens the proceedings, evoking the orn...

Great Job, Milwaukee! The Washington Post thinks we’re pretty swell

Matt Wild

August 9, 2017

Here at Milwaukee Record, we employ a sentient machine known as the Great Job, Milwaukee! Bot to keep track of the city's many appearances on dopey online lists, as well as any time a national publication deign...

Buy a Milwaukee man’s incredible retro Nintendo collection for $29,900

Matt Wild

August 9, 2017

If you're the kind of person who has spent approximately 8,000 hours blowing into a beat-up copy of Ninja Gaiden, if you're the type of now-grown gamer who uses the "Konami code" during sex, if you're the exact...

A couple had sex in the State Fair bleachers, and FOX6 talked to a mom and son unwittingly sitting in the same bleachers a few days later

Matt Wild

August 8, 2017

Over the weekend, no doubt hot and bothered from a day of photo-finish pig races and suggestive deep-fried foodstuffs, a man and woman had sex at the Wisconsin State Fair. Not only that, but the man and woman w...

UWM Union Cinema’s fall schedule includes David Lynch retrospective, Hollywood blockbusters, more

Matt Wild

August 8, 2017

The UWM Union Cinema has been a hidden-not-really-hidden gem of Milwaukee's East Side since 1972. Located inside the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Student Union, the unassuming theater has long served as a ...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Kopp’s and frozen custard go hand in hand

Matt Wild

August 7, 2017

Some places come and go, while some places become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. Join us as we revisit beloved and well-worn local staples with fresh eyes, and explore how they might figure...

Take a virtual stroll through the East Side’s Black Cat Alley

Matt Wild

August 7, 2017

Black Cat Alley has been a thing for nearly a year, but it's still common to find folks who are unfamiliar with the East Side's "street art destination." Located between Kenilworth Boulevard and Ivanhoe Place b...

Reitman and Mueller’s 1983 “Brew Ha Ha” TV special: a minute-by-minute recap

Matt Wild

August 3, 2017

Throughout the 1980s, the 1990s, and into the 2000s, Milwaukee's early morning airwaves were ruled by two names: Reitman and Mueller. Bob Reitman was already a radio veteran when he was paired with relative new...

Celebrate the first day of the 2017 Wisconsin State Fair with some Giant Slide videos

Matt Wild

August 3, 2017

Today marks the glorious first day of the 2017 Wisconsin State Fair. From August 3-13, thousands upon thousands of proud Wisconsinites will flock to the State Fair Grounds in West Allis to take in all the sight...

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