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Jimmy Flemion of The Frogs has been uploading musical gems to YouTube since 2021

February 24, 2025

In the history of Milwaukee bands that broke into the mainstream—albeit briefly—no group leaves a stranger mark than The Frogs. Brothers Jimmy and Dennis Flemion formed the aggressively lo-fi and subversive alt...

Watch Bob Uecker give a (wacky) tour of his home circa 1985

Matt Wild

February 24, 2025

It's been just over a month since Milwaukee/baseball/broadcasting/universe legend Bob Uecker passed away at age 90. Since then, we've been regularly revisiting the wealth of clips from Uecker's unique career: i...

The Keystones stay on the grind with synth-flavored “SHINJUKU”

Matt Wild

February 21, 2025

Everything's a grind, right? Eking out a living, maintaining our jobs, maintaining our relationships, releasing a new five-song EP that deals with the very concept of grinding and working and working some more ...

Avalon Theater will be one long smorgasbord at our March 19 screening of ‘Tremors’

Matt Wild

February 20, 2025

In a recent retrospective for The Reveal, Keith Phipps calls 1990's Tremors a "five-star three-star movie." "It doesn't aim as high as, say, Born On The Fourth of July, the 1989 holdover that topped the box off...

MKE Music Rewind: Canopies, s/t EP (2011)

Matt Wild

February 20, 2025

In MKE Music Rewind we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014. This week: Canopies' self-titled debut EP from 2011. If you dig into the archive...

Bug Moment goes supersonic on “Chaos Emerald”

Matt Wild

February 19, 2025

Last fall, Milwaukee's premier "emo-adjacent rock melancholia" group Bug Moment released a terrific new single, "Arbiter." The band followed it with the fantastic "Purple Guy." And now comes the dramatic (and t...

Food/Drink Roundup: That cursed space on Locust and Weil might be something else now

Matt Wild

February 19, 2025

Looking for a roundup of Milwaukee food and drink news? Then take a bite of our cleverly titled, bi-weekly Food/Drink Roundup! This week: • You know that restaurant space at 1000 E. Locust St.? That space ac...

Underly and Kinser, Brower and Bauman move on to 2025 Spring Election

Matt Wild

February 18, 2025

With results still technically unofficial, the winners of Tuesday's 2025 Spring Primary have emerged. In the race for State Superintendent of Public Instruction, incumbent Jill Underly and school choice and ...

A super-simple voting guide to Tuesday’s 2025 Spring Primary

Matt Wild

February 18, 2025

Are you ready to pay attention to politics again and vote, Milwaukee? Neither are we, but here we are. We kid, we kid. On Tuesday, February 18, Wisconsin will vote in the 2025 Spring Primary election. It's n...

2025 Milwaukee Film Festival reveals first films, will be at Oriental and Downer only

Matt Wild

February 18, 2025

The 2025 Milwaukee Film Festival is set to run April 24 – May 8. It will feature approximately 200 short and feature-length documentary and fiction films from around the world (and Milwaukee, of course). Advanc...

UWM’s “Slow Knowing” event series sounds like just the thing right now

Matt Wild

February 18, 2025

Modern life, you know? It's chaotic, it's awful, it's relentless. And it's really, really fast. So wouldn't it be nice to slow things down for a few moments and ponder the power and beauty of, well, slowness? Y...

Fuel Cafe on 5th Street has closed

Matt Wild

February 17, 2025

After nearly eight years of service, the Fuel Cafe at 630 S. 5th St. in Walker's Point has closed. The cafe/restaurant was empty on Monday, and a phone call led to voicemail. A thread on the Milwaukee subred...

Billy Judge Baldus scratches quirky itch on ‘Signature Moves’

Matt Wild

February 17, 2025

Jonathan Coulton. Jonathan Richman. Half Japanese. They Might Be Giants. If the mention of those artists makes you smile, read on. If it makes you recoil in horror, feel free to revisit the time we waited in li...

Four months of the Milwaukee Boat

Matt Wild

February 13, 2025

The Milwaukee Boat—a.k.a. the S.S. Milwaukee, the S.S. Minnow, the Minnow, Deep Thought, or just "The Boat"—has been stranded between McKinley and Bradford beaches for exactly four months. Incredible. You've...

Here are the dates for the 2025 Milwaukee Night Market, and that’s it

Matt Wild

February 13, 2025

Wednesday, June 11 Wednesday, July 16 Wednesday, August 13 Wednesday, September 10 Okay, okay, here's more, via a press release: Milwaukee Night Market, presented by Clover®, returns on June 11 for 202...

Hey! Here’s the 2025 Summerfest lineup!

Matt Wild

February 12, 2025

Well, here it is! The 2025 Summerfest lineup! For the 57th anniversary of the Big Gig! Dig in! Similar to recent years, Summerfest 2025 will take place over three consecutive Thursday-Saturday blocks: June 1...

2025 Midwest Gaming Classic will descend on Baird Center April 4-6

Matt Wild

February 12, 2025

Remember when the annual Midwest Gaming Classic was held at the Brookfield Sheraton? Remember when that seemed like a big convention? Remember when MGC moved to Milwaukee's oft-renamed downtown convention cente...

Here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (January 29 – February 11, 2025)

Matt Wild

February 12, 2025

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...

Joey Turbo is ‘Up Against The Wall’ on new solo album

Matt Wild

February 11, 2025

"This album was written and recorded at Promises, St. Luke's Hospital, St. Francis hospital, and my home over the course of the past two years." That self-penned blurb gives you just a hint of the turmoil su...

Skynyrd! State Fair!

Matt Wild

February 11, 2025

Lynyrd SKYNYRD will headline the Bank Five Nine Main Stage at the 2025 Wisconsin State Fair on Saturday, August 9. Tickets range from $70 - $90, and go on sale Friday, February 14 at 10 a.m. Other Main Stage...

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