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Wisconsin State Fair announces Darius Rucker for newly named Bank Five Nine Main Stage

November 19, 2024

Summerfest has been doing the whole "announce headlining acts more than six months in advance" thing lately, so why not the Wisconsin State Fair? Yep! Longtime country superstar (and Hootie & The Blowfis...

Order your Milwaukee Boat shirt NOW

Matt Wild

November 18, 2024

You asked, we listened: Behold our Milwaukee Boat shirt, available now at Milwaukee Merch! If you haven't been following the saga of the Milwaukee Boat, here's a quick rundown: On October 13, the owners of...

New Panera on corner of North and Oakland will open November 19

Matt Wild

November 18, 2024

The Milwaukee dining scene was sent reeling this summer when we reported that a Panera Bread was opening on the high-profile corner of North and Oakland avenues, 1800 E. North Ave., on the city's east side. And...

Reluctantly crouched at the starting line, engines pumping and thumping in time, Summerfest announces Cake at BMO Pavilion

Matt Wild

November 18, 2024

Got Summerfest fever? Well, the 2025 edition may be seven months away, but that hasn't stopped the Big Gig from announcing a handful of headliners. The first two were peak Summerfest: Lainey Wilson (modern cou...

Get weird and wiggly with new Scrimshaw record, ‘Whisk My Soupy’

Matt Wild

November 18, 2024

How does one describe long-running Milwaukee band/recording project Scrimshaw? In the past, we've called the group a "delightfully weirdo art-rock band" that occupies a world "where Dr. Demento rules the radio,...

Irving Place Records preps ‘Notes From The Underground Vol. 1: Milwaukee’

Matt Wild

November 16, 2024

If you're looking for a snapshot of the Milwaukee music scene circa the 2020s, well, you've come to the right place. But what if you want to listen to a snapshot of the Milwaukee music scene circa the 2020s, pr...

Here’s the 2024-25 Bucks City Edition uniform, which “celebrates Bucks fans throughout Wisconsin”

Matt Wild

November 14, 2024

It's here! The 2024-25 Milwaukee Bucks City Edition uniform! And, once again, it "celebrates Bucks fans throughout Wisconsin"! The new uniform is the fourth and final alternate uniform "intended to highlight...

MKE Music Rewind: Slurr, ‘Mime Bash’ (1993)

Matt Wild

November 14, 2024

In MKE Music Rewind we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014. This week: Slurr's Mime Bash from 1993. For folks of a certain age, "What was th...

Linkin Park will play Fiserv Forum in August 2025

Matt Wild

November 14, 2024

It's been, um, a busy 2024 for recently rebooted nu metal band Linkin Park. (The "2023-present" section of the band's Wikipedia page should catch you up.) And it looks like it's going to be a busy 2025, too. ...

Here’s the jam-packed schedule for Milwaukee Krampusnacht 2024

Matt Wild

November 13, 2024

Since 2017, Milwaukee Krampusnacht has celebrated the half-goat/half-demon Krampus—a.k.a. a figure from Alpine folklore who punishes naughty children and acts as a foil to the do-gooding Saint Nicholas. The ann...

Food/Drink Roundup: “Digital food hall” planned for former Blackwoods Brothers on KK

Matt Wild

November 13, 2024

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: digital food halls! • You know the former Blackwood Brothers Restaura...

Black Elephant will reunite for Cooperage show, celebrate 20 years of ‘Eat This Album’

Matt Wild

November 12, 2024

Dial the ol' Wayback Machine to the early '00s and you'll likely run into one of Milwaukee's most popular hip-hop groups of the day, Black Elephant. "They grinded harder than just about any other act," Radio Mi...

14 photos of Northwestern Mutual’s new convenience store, plus some streetcar and public art photos for good measure

Matt Wild

November 11, 2024

If the 17 "first look" articles from other media outlets didn't tip you off, Northwestern Mutual opened a new convenience store in Downtown Milwaukee on Monday. The so-called Mutual Market is located in the lob...

Today in peak Summerfest announcements: The Avett Brothers, June 26 at BMO Pavilion

Matt Wild

November 11, 2024

Spin Doctors. REO Speedwagon. Atmosphere. Cheap Trick. Luke Bryan Zach Combs Brian Luke Zach or whatever. These are just a few examples of (perfectly wonderful!) artists that seem to play Milwaukee's annual Sum...

Celebrate new book about Malört (!) at Bryant’s Cocktail Lounge November 14

Matt Wild

November 8, 2024

Like all things legendarily awful, Jeppson's Malört is having a moment. Recent years have found the not-for-the-faint-of-heart Chicago spirit (ironically?) worming its way back into drinking pop-culture—in Chic...

And the “major concert at American Family Field” is…Billy Joel and Sting!

Matt Wild

November 7, 2024

Yesterday, Milwaukee—nay, the world—was occupied with only one thing. Okay, two things, the second being what the "major concert announcement at American Family Field" would be. And now we know: it's Billy Joel...

Domes Reimagined plan gains budget approval from Milwaukee County Board

Matt Wild

November 7, 2024

Back in September, advocacy group Friends of the Domes presented a plan to repair and subtly "reimagine" Milwaukee's long-troubled Mitchell Park Domes. On Thursday, two months after the plan was first presented...

Choose your favorite all-too-timely song on Night Crickets’ ‘How It Ends (?)’

Matt Wild

November 7, 2024

"Could be heaven, but we blew it once again." "It's richer than rich, poorer than poor. The children are fodder. That's the story of war." "The world seems like a sewer, an insane, crazy place." "The w...

Let’s guess what the “major concert announcement at American Family Field” will be tomorrow

Matt Wild

November 6, 2024

UPDATE (11/7/24): And the "major concert announcement at American Family Field" is... "The Milwaukee Brewers and FPC Live will make a major concert announcement at American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wis. on...

Listen to Bunk Bed’s restless full-length debut, ‘Roughhousing’

Matt Wild

November 6, 2024

What's in a name? When it comes to Milwaukee indie-/art-/math-rock outfit Bunk Bed, quite a lot. The group emerged in 2022, releasing the two-song Top Bunk, Bottom Bunk. Both songs ("Crowd And Judgement," "B...

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