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Red Hot Chili Peppers and Pink are playing Summerfest 2017

November 14, 2016

Winter is just around the corner and we're all going to die, but that isn't stopping Summerfest from announcing some headliners seven months (!) in advance of its big 50th (!!) anniversary. This morning, foll...

AUTOMatic goes the distance on the excellent, irresistible ‘Marathon’

Matt Wild

November 10, 2016

By design or fate, AUTOMatic has always been interested in the long game. The emcee/producer duo of APRIME and Trellmatic has been a fixture of Milwaukee hip-hop since 2007, releasing three full-length albums...

It’s Election Day, so f*ck it, let’s just watch the City of Festivals Parade from 1987

Matt Wild

November 8, 2016

Let's be honest: short of Bob Uecker running shirtless down Wisconsin Avenue, or Sheriff Clarke declaring himself Emperor and issuing Order 66 (a distinct possibility, depending on how things pan out), nothin...

“This feels like something with longevity”: Close Up of the Serene, Precognition celebrate one-year anniversary

Matt Wild

November 4, 2016

Max Holiday has a hard time standing still. Since moving to Milwaukee from Appleton in 2010, Holiday has self-recorded a handful of lo-fi garage-pop songs as Young Holidays, created a band around that name, d...

Milwaukee is considering a “five feet rule” for strip clubs

Matt Wild

November 3, 2016

Remember a few weeks ago, when the umpteenth downtown strip club was proposed for Milwaukee? Remember when you learned it wasn't just any strip club, but a "Roaring '20s-themed gentlemen's club"? Remember whe...

In case you blinked this week, here’s all the shit they’re changing in Milwaukee

Matt Wild

November 3, 2016

Depending on which news sources you follow, Milwaukee is going through either a "renaissance" or a "reinvention." Or maybe it's a "development boom" or a "construction boom." Or maybe it's a "reboot" or a "re...

Check out these historic “then and now” pictures of Riverwest

Matt Wild

November 2, 2016

Like Milwaukee itself, the Riverwest neighborhood is in a state of constant change. What was once new is now old (or gone), and what was once grand is now a gas station (or gone). And what better way to exper...

MAM’s “Haunted Screens” delves deep into dark world of German Expressionist cinema

Matt Wild

October 27, 2016

Earlier this month, during the 2016 Milwaukee Film Festival, Boston's Alloy Orchestra returned to the Oriental Theatre to perform a live music accompaniment to Fritz Lang's 1927 classic Metropolis. Lang's sil...

Watch a short film about “Brother Ron” and his crazy Jesus Car

Matt Wild

October 27, 2016

If you've lived in Milwaukee for longer than 30 seconds, you've likely spotted "Brother Ron" and his sign-covered "Jesus Car." Yes, Ronald C. Stanis has been cruising the Milwaukee streets for approximately 35 ...

Stream WebsterX’s first new single in a year, “Blue Streak”

Matt Wild

October 25, 2016

Has it really been a full year since we've heard a new single from WebsterX? Well, if "Kinfolk," released on October 8, 2015, is indeed the last new track from the tireless Milwaukee rapper, then yes, it has ...

Take a sip of the new REYNA song, “Kill Me”

Matt Wild

October 25, 2016

Since shedding their former Vic and Gab trappings and reimagining themselves as REYNA, sisters Victoriah and Hannah Gabriela Banuelos have been slowly releasing new music, all in anticipation of, well, a high...

“The thing was in the doorway!” 7 ridiculous “haunted Pfister Hotel” videos, ranked

Matt Wild

October 24, 2016

Remember back in the day, back when folks weren't carrying high-definition cameras and video cameras in their pockets, when supposed real-life "hauntings" involved flying beds, bleeding walls, demonic voices, a...

There’s a petition to replace Joe Buck with Bob Uecker for the World Series broadcasts

Matt Wild

October 23, 2016

If you couldn't tell from all the noise coming from the south last night, the Chicago Cubs are headed to the World Series—their first trip in 71 years. On Tuesday, October 25, the unlikely Cubs will take on t...

It’s Friday, which means there’s another plan for a downtown strip club (er, a “Roaring ’20s-themed gentlemen’s club)

Matt Wild

October 21, 2016

If you've been growing anxious over the lack of daily (hourly?) news about yet another proposed downtown Milwaukee strip club, never fear: today, the Milwaukee Business Journal has the scoop on the umpteenth ...

Harley-Davidson wins “coolest” Wisconsin product award, announces 225 layoffs on same day

Matt Wild

October 19, 2016

Tuesday, in an awkward moment not seen since that time some dude got "Jon Bovi" tattood on his arm, Milwaukee-based Harley-Davidson found itself the subject of two very different headlines. In one, Harley-Dav...

Watch Reuben Glaser draw Mike Pence in 20 lines (and bring about the destruction of humanity)

Matt Wild

October 19, 2016

When we last checked in with Milwaukee-area funnyman Reuben Glaser, the proud creator of the 2012-era "Little Face Mitt" meme was trolling a Donald Trump rally in Appleton. (Before that, he was trying to sell...

Great Job, Wisconsin! People wonder why we’re so “cold,” “humid,” and “drunk”

Matt Wild

October 18, 2016

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 dei...

Xposed 4Heads’ “Save All Monsters” is a graveyard smash

Matt Wild

October 18, 2016

When we last checked in with Xposed 4Heads, the on-again, off-again, three-decades-and-counting Milwaukee goof-rock band was celebrating the holidays—all the holidays—with a wacky tune called "Sing Along Agai...

Phox is going on “indefinite hiatus,” will play Pabst Theater in February

Matt Wild

October 17, 2016

There was a moment when Wisconsin-based Phox was on the verge of becoming the "next big thing." The band's 2014 self-titled debut was a gorgeously rendered collection of dreamy, heavy-lidded folk-pop highligh...

Hey you guys! Sheriff Clarke is totally going to beat up Daniel Bice by the bike racks after school!

Matt Wild

October 17, 2016

Over the weekend, professional internet troll, hat-wearer, television pundit, podcast host, speaker, and, oh yeah, Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke made headlines when he tweeted it was "pitchforks and t...

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