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My First Band: Mary Joy (Fox Face, The Olives, Saebra & Carlyle)

May 24, 2019

If you live in or around Wisconsin and you like punk and garage rock, you're probably familiar with Mary Joy's work in Fox Face. The Dirtnap Records band has toured Europe, played SXSW, and has rightfully earne...

Riverwest FemFest begins Sunday. Listen to the 2019 comp now

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 24, 2019

Since 2015, Riverwest FemFest has been an annual celebration and platform for femmes, trans, GNC, women, non-binary, and POC artists. Beginning May 26 and running through June 2, the philanthropic endeavor retu...

Milwaukee Record Recommended (May 20-26)

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 20, 2019

Our fat-free, dolphin-safe Milwaukee events calendar is chock-full of things to do, but only a handful of events are worthy of the lofty honor of "Record Recommended" (patent pending). Here are our recommendati...

Here are more than 100 patios for your sitting pleasure

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 20, 2019

broadstreet.zone(66112); Welcome to Food/Drink Week at Milwaukee Record, brought to you by Milwaukee’s new favorite import, Bofferding. From May 13 through May 20, belly up and enjoy a fresh smattering of rest...

My First Band: Stacey Dee and Jennie Cotterill (Bad Cop/Bad Cop)

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 17, 2019

Though the members have all been involved in a variety of projects through the years, Bad Cop/Bad Cop seems like a case of the right band with the right people happening at the right time in life. The Fat Wreck...

Shot For Shot With Chefs: Watch us get drunk and become best friends with Gregory León of Amilinda

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 16, 2019

broadstreet.zone(66112); Welcome to Food/Drink Week at Milwaukee Record, brought to you by Milwaukee’s new favorite import, Bofferding. From May 13 through May 20, belly up and enjoy a fresh smattering of rest...

Trailer Park Tavern will open next week

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 14, 2019

Back in February, we broke the news that Palm Tavern had been sold and that the venerable Bay View beer bar would close to allow the property's new owners to do "some retooling." It turns out the "retooling" wa...

Milwaukee Record Recommended: (May 13-19)

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 13, 2019

Our fat-free, dolphin-safe Milwaukee events calendar is chock-full of things to do, but only a handful of events are worthy of the lofty honor of "Record Recommended" (patent pending). Here are our recommendati...

My First Band: Deanna Belos (Sincere Engineer)

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 10, 2019

In the roughly year-and-a-half span since her project, Sincere Engineer, released Rhombithian—the band’s debut album—on Red Scare Industries, Deanna Belos has earned heaps of attention and praise from music pub...

Join us at Colectivo’s Lakefront Cafe for another summer of “Friday Nite Music”

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 9, 2019

Colectivo Coffee has a wide variety of cafes spread across metro Milwaukee (and a few in Madison and Chicago), each with its own look, feel, and unique personality. However, as far as location and view are conc...

Milwaukee Record Recommended (May 6-12)

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 6, 2019

Our fat-free, dolphin-safe Milwaukee events calendar is chock-full of things to do, but only a handful of events are worthy of the lofty honor of "Record Recommended" (patent pending). Here are our recommendati...

Check out the beer list for Milwaukee County Parks’ Traveling Beer Garden

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 6, 2019

Do you like drinking? Do you like drinking outside? Do you like drinking in places you wouldn’t normally expect a lot of (legal) drinking, like public parks? Then you’re in luck, because Milwaukee County’s ever...

My First Band: Josh Caterer (The Smoking Popes, Speedstick)

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 3, 2019

Few have heard of Josh Caterer's first band—Speedstick—but after a name change and a swap of drummers, that band, now known as "The Smoking Popes," quickly made a name for themselves in the early '90s Chicago p...

Let’s say goodbye to The Disclaimer

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 2, 2019

Every Wednesday at noon, Ryan Schleicher, Evan Rytlewski, and Matt Wild TOOK to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest WAS called The Disclaimer, so named because none of the...

Here are the Klement’s Sausage & Beer Garden headliners for Summerfest 2019

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 2, 2019

If you hear a low rumbling coming from Milwaukee’s lakefront, don’t fret: it’s just the sound of Summerfest, which is set to take over Henry Maier Festival Park June 26-30, and July 2-7. Who’s playing in 2019? ...

Come to The Cooperage May 13 for a ‘Shot For Shot With Chefs’ episode premiere, featuring Gregory León of Amilinda

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 1, 2019

broadstreet.zone(66112); Last June, Milwaukee Record debuted the pilot episode of a series called Shot For Shot With Chefs. The first installment of the booze-fueled and food-focused web series featured haples...

Welcome to May: Here’s what you’re doing this month

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 1, 2019

May in Milwaukee usually serves as the calm before the storm that is summer festival season. By this time next month, we’ll be gearing up for block parties, weekly concerts, and a massive wave of occurrences be...

We dropped by ‘The Morning Blend’ to talk about Friday’s Stomata and B~Free show at the Wilson Center

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 30, 2019

On Friday, May 3, get ready to sit comfortably or dance beautifully in The Harris Theater at the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts in Brookfield. Milwaukee's own Jay Anderson will return from New Orleans ...

Milwaukee Music Roundup: April 2019

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 30, 2019

Looking for new music? Looking for new Milwaukee music? Then look no further than our monthly Milwaukee Music Roundup, stuffed with new records, notable singles, and more. LPs AND EPs OF NOTE Lex Allen - I.D....

Milwaukee Record’s 2019 Summer Festival Guide

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 29, 2019

Is there anything better than summer in Milwaukee? No, no there is not. For four months out of the year, Milwaukee becomes a warm and joyous place stocked with an improbable number of summer festivals, street p...

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