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Stuff your stocking with a new video for Fuzzysurf’s power pop holiday banger

December 15, 2025

It's been quite a year for Fuzzysurf. Following a self-imposed two-year hiatus, the accomplished Milwaukee indie rock outfit released its sprawling and genre-hopping Chameleons double LP (one of our favorite lo...

Some restaurants, bars, and breweries Milwaukee lost in 2025 (and a plea to help in 2026)

Tyler Maas

December 12, 2025

First we gave you our favorite Milwaukee music of the year. Then came our favorite Milwaukee music videos and favorite Milwaukee Record stories of the year. Now comes a year-end article that's on the somber sid...

Brave You preps for new EP with “HYENAS” music video

Tyler Maas

December 12, 2025

When we last checked in with Brave You, the Milwaukee synth-punk project was chasing its 2022 album LIFER with a one-off single that had a critically acclaimed music video. More than two years removed from the ...

Come “Face To Face” with TNGNT’s new single

Tyler Maas

December 10, 2025

Earlier this week, we wrote about some of our favorite Milwaukee music of 2025 and named some of our favorite local music videos of the year as well. Even though we're taking time to look back on our favorite M...

Ice Bear Fest roars back to Third Space Brewing on January 31

Tyler Maas

December 9, 2025

It's still technically autumn and there's a good chance you've already had it with winter in Wisconsin. It's already snowed a bunch and we're looking at single-digit temps this weekend. Once winter officially a...

Season’s streamings: Enjoy some new Milwaukee-made holiday songs

Tyler Maas

December 9, 2025

Milwaukee musicians can be quite festive from time to time. Through the years, local bands and solo artists have amassed an extensive playlist of legitimately impressive, creative, catchy, and funny holiday son...

Comedian AJ Grill will perform during the Milwaukee Record Halftime Show on December 20

Tyler Maas

December 8, 2025

Football has a "next man up" mentality. It's a long, arduous season, so when someone is lost to injury, suspension, or any other personal matters that take them off the field, another player is waiting to take ...

Save Strange Town

Tyler Maas

December 6, 2025

Earlier this week, Milwaukee collectively mourned as we learned the shocking, awful news that Beans & Barley will be closing its doors on January 31, 2026. Three days later, another East Side dining establi...

Love it or hate it, here’s a guide to Malört Fest 2025

Tyler Maas

December 4, 2025

Back in October, we let you know that our friends at Busby's (3475 S. Kinnickinnic Ave., 414-249-4766) would be hosting its second annual Malört Fest from noon to midnight on Sunday, December 7 to coincide with...

Here’s the lineup for Neighborhood Theater Group’s “Ho Ho Holiday Movie Bash”

Tyler Maas

December 3, 2025

Now that Thanksgiving is behind us and the city is currently covered in snow, it’s safe to say it: the holidays are right around the corner. Along with their approach also comes another annual seasonal traditio...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Walking to the closest neighborhood bar on a snowy day

Tyler Maas

December 2, 2025

broadstreet.zone(77472); Some Milwaukee things come and go while some become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: walking to the closest neighborhood bar on a snowy day. In case yo...

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

Tyler Maas

December 1, 2025

broadstreet.zone(159870); Believe it or not, we’ve somehow already reached the last month of 2025. This year wasn’t particularly great. In fact it was pretty bad...and things will probably just get noticeably ...

MKE Music Rewind: Direct Hit!, ‘Brainless God’ (2013)

Tyler Maas

November 30, 2025

broadstreet.zone(159870); In MKE Music Rewind we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014. This week: Direct Hit!'s apocalyptic pop-punk masterpiec...

Alive And Fine will close “at the end of January”

Tyler Maas

November 29, 2025

On Thanksgiving weekend in 2016, Hover Craft co-founder and One Trick Pony mastermind Ashley Smith brought her ever-growing collection of amazing vintage clothing finds to 2652 S. Kinnickinnic Ave. and opened A...

Warm up with The Steph Lippert Project’s gorgeous new single, “Here Again”

Tyler Maas

November 26, 2025

Since its formation in 2021, The Steph Lippert Project has been a Milwaukee music mainstay, playing shows all around the city on a regular basis and being a fixture on local festival lineups. As prolific as the...

Ryan Necci talks new Buffalo Gospel album, long distance songwriting, 2026 plans

Tyler Maas

November 25, 2025

Even though Ryan Necci—the founding member, bandleader, and namesake of Ryan Necci And The Buffalo Gospel—now calls Tennessee home, we’ve continued keeping tabs on him since he left Milwaukee to start a career ...

Amorphic Beer to host 4th Birthday Party on December 6

Tyler Maas

November 25, 2025

Can you believe Amorphic Beer has only been around for four years? We can’t! Somehow—despite routinely releasing innovative and impressive beer, hosting a variety of events in its top-notch taproom (and its gor...

Nicholas Elert begins a new chapter of ‘Speculative Fiction’ with Phase Machines

Tyler Maas

November 24, 2025

Beyond being a guitar virtuoso who brought projects like Northless and Bad Grades to the next level, a skilled composer who has provided the score to a variety of film projects, and a sound engineer who has pro...

Help The Laughing Tap make improvements to its new location

Tyler Maas

November 24, 2025

Back in June, The Laughing Tap moved out of 706B S. 5th Street—where it had been hosting comedy shows since January 2020—and set its sights on a new location. In October, owners revealed where "Milwaukee's new ...

Classy Girl Cupcakes to close December 23

Tyler Maas

November 24, 2025

Since 2010, Classy Girl Cupcakes (825 N. Jefferson St., 414-270-1877) has been a mainstay in Milwaukee's Cathedral Square neighborhood with its elevated and inventive takes on cupcakes, cakes, cookies, and othe...

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