First Impression: Bowls Restaurant
Though it will always be among the few accessible luxuries of modern life, dining out comes with a certain level of acceptance and an inevitable amount of settling. With the decision to leave home or the workpl...
Here’s the lineup for Triple Eye Industries Fest 2
Today, in the era of Name-Your-Price digital downloads, 99 cent iTunes singles, and abject saturation in the music industry, owning a record label isn’t exactly the glamorous and financially lucrative endeavor ...
Here’s who’s performing in the second annual Milwaukee Fringe Festival
Last August, the inaugural Milwaukee Fringe Festival showcased more than 50 live acts from the worlds of theater, music, dance, and visual art in Pere Marquette Park, Marcus Center’s Wilson Theater at Vogel Hal...
Standout moments from Milwaukee Record’s entirely local day at Summerfest
Though Summerfest books bands from all corners of the country and brings in a fair amount of international talent, the Big Gig has recently gone about narrowing the disparaging gap between its hometown talent a...
Milwaukee’s (and probably Earth’s) premier Chumbawamba tribute band is calling it quits
Way back in 2015, we introduced you to Chimp Eats Banana. The unorthodox outfit calls itself “Milwaukee’s premier Chumbawamba cover band” and focuses its tribute set on the nonsensically-named British band's pr...
Jon Waldbauer helps bring laughs to Summerfest with ComedySportz
In addition to being "The World's Largest Music Festival," Summerfest also offers a bevy of other attractions that complement the 11 days worth of music ("Taped" or otherwise). One of the longest-running non-mu...
Join Milwaukee Record (and Ted Perry) at the 3rd annual Roast Of Milwaukee
Back in 2015, we decided to help informally kick off the Milwaukee Comedy Festival by asking eight comedians to take the stage at Bremen Cafe and gently (or, in some cases, straight-up viciously) make fun of th...
Death From Above 1979 is rowdy, rusty in Summerfest debut
Each and every year, there's a select few Summerfest bookings that are capable of coaxing even the most jaded among us to shed their "Bummerfest" shirt and their long-held sentiments for enough time to begrudgi...
Great Job, Milwaukee! We’re (still) the 8th best city for Fourth of July celebrations
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, as well as any time a national publication deigns...
Kato Kaelin won the 50/50 raffle at today’s Brewers game
It's July 3 and the Milwaukee Brewers are in first place. The surprising performance of a young squad many assumed was in the midst of a full-on rebuild has brought tons of bandwagon fans out of the woodwork fo...
Sabrosa Cafe & Gallery will open this week
Last August, Milwaukee learned that former Taqueria Aztec chef Francisco Sanchez and business partner Ruben Piirainen were planning to open Sabrosa Cafe & Gallery at 3216 S. Howell Avenue, in the former sit...
Giannis Antetokounmpo gets shout-out on new Public Enemy record
Things are pretty good for Giannis Antetokounmpo right now. Last season, the Bucks star signed a $100M extension, the proceeded to earn an All-Star spot and lead Milwaukee to the playoffs. Along the way, he ran...
The Metal Grill has closed
Last weekend, a near-sellout crowd packed The Metal Grill to see the likes of Off With Their Heads, Negative Approach, PEARS, Toys That Kill, The Copyrights, Direct Hit!, and more during Dummerfest. Less than a...
Review: Taped Music at JoJo’s Martini Lounge (Summerfest)
Wednesday signaled the official beginning of Summerfest, an 11-day affair that will bring hundreds of musical acts and close to a million people to Milwaukee's lakefront. Though the Big Gig has pulled out all t...
A guide to Milwaukee acts playing Summerfest
Today marks the start of another Summerfest. Celebrating its 50th, “The Big Gig” has long been home to deep fried delicacies, prime people watching, and hundreds upon hundreds of musical acts from all around th...
Let Foundation Tiki Bar’s second floor “Captain’s Quarters” be your accommodations for (or escape from) Summerfest
Earlier this year, we called Foundation Tiki Bar "a tropical treasure in a not-so-tropical town." Given the Riverwest mainstay's bamboo and fishnet decor, its island-influenced house music, and its world class ...
Lakefront’s “My Turn” lets staff pour themselves into their work
During its 30-year run, Lakefront Brewery has earned a reputation as one of Wisconsin's oldest, largest, and most renowned craft breweries. Though the upstart operation has become a must-visit tourist destinati...
Crafty Cow to celebrate Don Majkowski for some reason
Remember Don Majkowski? It's okay if you answered no to that question. For those unfamiliar, the "Majik Man" was the Packers quarterback in the late '80s and early '90s—and a Pro Bowler nonetheless!—until an in...
UW-Milwaukee alum Ben Kissel combines killers and comedy on Last Podcast On The Left
Despite the serious and, at times, disgusting nature of the show's subject matter, Last Podcast On The Left is one of the most popular and beloved comedy podcasts around. Each week, three co-hosts discuss the b...
Here’s the 2017 Skyline Music Series lineup
When we posted our handy Summer Festival Guide back in May, one major omission was COA's Skyline Music Series. It's not that we didn't feel the event that has entertained thousands of folks at the Selig-Joseph-...