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Music, culture, gentle sarcasm.

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

Milwaukee Record Staff
August 1, 2018
Though it feels like summer just started, we’ve now entered the last full month of the season. Summer isn’t going out with a whimper, though. Quite the opposite. Though the vast majority of the city’s festivals...

Mile Of Music and 11 more non-Milwaukee music festivals worth the trip

Milwaukee Record Staff
July 30, 2018
broadstreet.zone(66838); Summer in Milwaukee is the best; summer in the Midwest is even better. Join Milwaukee Record and Miller High Life as we search the city and beyond for the Spirit Of Summer. From Aug...

On The Record #135: Milwaukee Comedy Festival

Milwaukee Record Staff
July 30, 2018
Originating long before the city had anything even resembling a sustainable comedy community, Milwaukee Comedy Festival has grown and evolved in kind with Milwaukee's humor scene. From August 1-5, the Milwaukee...

Let’s talk about Josh Hader (again) and the “People’s Flag” (again)

Milwaukee Record Staff
July 26, 2018
Every Wednesday at noon, Ryan Schleicher, Evan Rytlewski, and Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called The Disclaimer, so named because none of the ...

Public Domain: Trapper Schoepp performs “Fare Thee Well (Dink’s Song)”

Milwaukee Record Staff
July 26, 2018
Milwaukee Record is proud to present Public Domain. The monthly video series features Milwaukee musicians setting up at Colectivo Coffee to adapt some of the world’s best-known songs in ways they’ve never been ...

On The Record #134: Milwaukee beer with Kathy Flanigan

Milwaukee Record Staff
July 25, 2018
This isn't our first podcast about beer and it probably won't be the last. The reason for the topic repetition is simple: Milwaukee brewing is continuing to grow, change, evolve, and improve. Recently, Milwauke...

Relive Vans Warped Tour’s final Milwaukee stop with these photos

Milwaukee Record Staff
July 24, 2018
Like it or lump it, Vans Warped Tour has been an important tool for bringing a pastiche of punk, hardcore, ska, and metalcore to music fans throughout the country every summer. Late last year, Warped Tour found...

Scenes from today’s World’s Largest Coffee Break in downtown Milwaukee

Milwaukee Record Staff
July 24, 2018
Milwaukee is currently neck-deep in Downtown Employee Appreciation Week, a five-day blowout filled with events, games, and lunchtime specials for the more than 83,000 folks who work downtown. On Tuesday morning...

Let’s talk about the Bucks arena, Oriental Theatre, Summerfest, and those Josh Hader tweets

Milwaukee Record Staff
July 19, 2018
Every Wednesday at noon, Ryan Schleicher, Evan Rytlewski, and Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called The Disclaimer, so named because none of the ...

Let’s wrap up Summerfest and talk about those blasted Bird scooters

Milwaukee Record Staff
July 12, 2018
Every Wednesday at noon, Ryan Schleicher, Evan Rytlewski, and Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called The Disclaimer, so named because none of the ...

The best Milwaukee albums of 2018 (so far)

Milwaukee Record Staff
July 12, 2018
Believe it or not (we choose not), 2018 is more than halfway over. With that in mind, we thought it was a perfect time to listen to some music and celebrate the year's first six months by rounding up the best M...

Here’s the 2018 Center Street Daze Festival music lineup

Milwaukee Record Staff
July 6, 2018
In 2014, stung by a few years of lousy late-summer/early-fall weather, the organizers of Center Street Daze decided to move their fest up to early August. The new date paid off, and what was once a bittersweet ...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Summerfest, of course

Milwaukee Record Staff
July 4, 2018
Some places come and go, while some places become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. Join us as we revisit beloved and well-worn local staples with fresh eyes, and explore how they might figure...

Relive the 11th annual Burnhearts/Pabst Street Party with these photos

Milwaukee Record Staff
July 2, 2018
Saturday, as Summerfest was in full swing and Milwaukee was easing into a long holiday weekend, hundreds of people gathered on Potter and Logan avenues in Bay View for the 11th annual Burnhearts/Pabst Street Pa...

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

Milwaukee Record Staff
July 2, 2018
Where has the summer gone? Okay, okay, so there’s still a ton of summer left, but the bleakness of autumn will be upon us before you know it. Thus, it’s important to use your limited summer entertainment allotm...

We tried 8 new “food items” at Summerfest

Milwaukee Record Staff
July 1, 2018
A few weeks before the start of Summerfest 2018, the Big Gig released a list of new vendors and "food items." The announcement didn't quite approach the time-honored ridiculousness of the Wisconsin State Fair's...

Monthly Milwaukee Music Roundup: June 2018

Milwaukee Record Staff
June 30, 2018
Looking for new music? Looking for new Milwaukee music? Then look no further than our Monthly Milwaukee Music Roundup, stuffed with new records and notable singles released this past month. RECORDS OF NOTE Th...

Public Domain: Jayke Orvis performs “Shady Grove”

Milwaukee Record Staff
June 28, 2018
Milwaukee Record is proud to present Public Domain. The monthly video series features Milwaukee musicians setting up at Colectivo Coffee to adapt some of the world’s best-known songs in ways they’ve never been ...

We apparently made the MCTS “Pooper Bus” a thing

Milwaukee Record Staff
June 28, 2018
Earlier this month, Milwaukee Record's own Matt Wild stopped by the set of TMJ4 chat show The Morning Blend to talk about poop. To be more specific, he talked about how a gift from the Milwaukee County Transit ...

Relive the 2018 Summer Soulstice Music Festival with these photos

Milwaukee Record Staff
June 25, 2018
Beautiful weather. Beautiful people. A beautiful neighborhood that may have more axe-throwing cat-and-poke bars than sit-down-and-just-have-a-drink bars these days, but a beautiful neighborhood nonetheless. The...
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