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Enjoy lyric videos for two of our current favorite Milwaukee songs

October 8, 2024

Remember that part in Twin Peaks where Cooper says "When two separate events occur simultaneously pertaining to the same object of inquiry, we must always pay strict attention"? Of course you do. Well, if the o...

HUMID delivers heavy, atmospheric shoegaze with ‘Pulverize’ LP

Matt Wild

October 7, 2024

Pulverize, the second full-length album from Milwaukee group HUMID, doesn't waste time. Opener "Infrared" begins with a bang—an instant wall of towering, bashing drums and swirling, distorted guitars—and keeps ...

Lady Gaga went to Culver’s with her Minnesotan fiancé

Matt Wild

October 2, 2024

Tuesday night, soon after Minnesota Governor Tim Walz went toe-to-toe with Ohio Senator JD Vance during the vice presidential debate, Lady Gaga appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! What's the connection? Well, Gaga's...

Great Job, Milwaukee! Condé Nast Traveler readers name Milwaukee 3rd best big city in U.S.

Matt Wild

October 1, 2024

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 and studies, as well as any time a national publi...

Hello. My name is The Hop. I recorded 49,573 rides in August 2024. Prepare to argue.

Matt Wild

September 26, 2024

Milwaukee's streetcar system, The Hop, recorded 49,573 rides in August 2024. That works out to an average of 1,599 rides per day. August 2024 ridership was up slightly from August 2023, when 47,552 rides were r...

Pizza Man set to open on Downer Avenue (again)

Matt Wild

September 26, 2024

Remember when Milwaukee pizza stalwart Pizza Man left its 10-year Downer Avenue home in March 2023? Remember when it then moved to the former Stubby's Gastrogrub space on Humboldt Avenue/Boulevard? Remember whe...

Yo La Tengo will play Harris/Walz fundraiser show October 17 at Anodyne

Matt Wild

September 25, 2024

You read the headline: legendary and forever-awesome indie-rock icons Yo La Tengo will play a fundraiser show for the Harris/Walz campaign on Thursday, October 17 at the Walker's Point Anodyne Coffee Roasting C...

I rappelled down the side of the 13-story Milwaukee Athletic Club for…reasons

Matt Wild

September 24, 2024

It's Friday and I'm in a small utility room near the top of the 13-story Milwaukee Athletic Club, watching Bango the Buck get a crash course in rappelling down a building. "This is an emergency mechanism," e...

Divided and tired Common Council votes to…keep talking about the “People’s Flag”

Matt Wild

September 24, 2024

Tired of talking about flags? Tired of talking about the so-called "People's Flag of Milwaukee"? Tired of talking about whether or not the "People's Flag" should be the official flag of Milwaukee? You're not al...

17 photos of the Halloween-decorated Streets of Old Milwaukee

Matt Wild

September 19, 2024

For the first time ever, Milwaukee Public Museum's beloved Streets of Old Milwaukee have been decorated for fall and Halloween. You should check 'em out! Stroll through the 1900s-era streetscape exhibit and ...

Food/Drink Roundup: Yep, ‘Bar Rescue’ is back in Milwaukee

Matt Wild

September 19, 2024

broadstreet.zone(154824); 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: Bar Rescue! Has it really been 10 years si...

Here are the spooky, groovy Shocktoberfest lineups for Avalon Theater and Times Cinema

Matt Wild

September 17, 2024

Are you already prepping for the Halloween season in mid-September? Of course you are. Are you looking forward to October, when the Halloween season really gets cooking? Again, of course you are. So without ...

Participants’ debut is a ‘Heavy’ collection of post-punk goodness

Matt Wild

September 17, 2024

Kudos to bands that stay true to their musical roots. Take new Milwaukee group Participants, for instance. When it came time for the band to record a seven-song debut of lean and impossibly catchy post-punk/ind...

WMSE 91.7: The Milwaukee Record Review

Matt Wild

September 17, 2024

Today, September 17, is 91.7 Day, a.k.a. WMSE Day! You know, because the date is 9/17, and because beloved independent Milwaukee radio station WMSE can be found on the radio dial at 91.7 FM. Think of it like Mi...

Watch ‘Taking The City By Storm: The Birth Of Milwaukee’s Punk Scene’

Matt Wild

September 16, 2024

Looking for a deep dive into Milwaukee's punk, new wave, and alternative musical past? Looking for a ridiculous wealth of footage and music from groups like The Haskels, Die Kreuzen, The Shivvers, Violent Femme...

Author Tea Krulos mixes horror and politics in ‘Political Monsters’ zine

Matt Wild

September 16, 2024

Spooky season is extra spooky this year. With both Halloween and the latest Most Important Election Of Our Lifetimes right around the corner, things couldn't be any more terrifying. So why not curl up to a zine...

Please enjoy this “midtempo industrial mutant pop” song featuring a bunch of Bob Uecker samples

Matt Wild

September 12, 2024

What can you say about Bob Uecker? The broadcasting/entertainment/Milwaukee legend is in the midst of his 54th season as the voice of your Milwaukee Brewers. He's 90 years old. He remains as sharp, witty, and l...

Streetcar update: 63,383 trips in July; ridership down during RNC

Matt Wild

September 11, 2024

Milwaukee's streetcar system, The Hop, recorded 63,383 trips in July 2024. Streetcar System Manager Andrew Davis-Lockward revealed the number Wednesday morning at a meeting of the Public Works Committee. The...

People rode those dockless electric scooters a LOT this year; Milwaukee nets $436K

Matt Wild

September 11, 2024

If it seems that folks have been zipping around on those darn dockless electric scooters a LOT this year, that's because, well, they have. At a Public Works Committee meeting on Wednesday, representatives fr...

City plans to transform closed “Swing Park” into “The Landing at Tannery Row”

Matt Wild

September 10, 2024

The currently closed and oft-controversial "Swing Park"—located beneath the Holton Street Bridge and next to the pedestrian Marsupial Bridge—may be transformed into a new community park known as "The Landing at...

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