Midwest Diner has closed
Though Midwest Diner is open 24 hours Tuesdays through Sundays, the venerable restaurant typically locks its doors and turns off its open sign until 6 a.m. Mondays. Today was no different, except that once 6 ...
Welcome to January: Here’s what you’re doing this month
It wasn’t too long ago that January was pretty much a vacant, blustery tundra of Milwaukee entertainment options. Between frigid conditions, uncertainties regarding Packers playoff seeding, and the post-holid...
21 reasons to vote Giannis Antetokounmpo to the NBA All-Star Game
In case you haven't paid much attention to the Milwaukee Bucks lately, it's worth noting this Giannis Antetokounmpo guy is pretty good at basketball. Through 32 games, the 6'11'' forward-center hybrid is lead...
Ashley Altadonna and The Glacial Speed go into the unknown in ‘New Wilderness’
A lot has happened since the last time Ashley Altadonna put out an album. As Altadonna's band, New Blind Nationals, was coming to an end in 2004, she shifted focus to filmmaking, she started dating the woman ...
Antler House’s “Real Things” video visits agonizing, artificial places
Anyone who has heard Antler House can attest to the Milwaukee trio's uncanny ability to craft gorgeous indie-leaning folk songs that also manage to deliver a swift and brutal kick to the heart. When one of th...
A certified sommelier’s guide to bargain basement wine
With New Year's Eve on the horizon, the probability of there being at least one more holiday gathering on your itinerary, and the likelihood of occasional dinner parties thereafter, you're bound to find yours...
Nickel&Rose check in from Europe, release new music video
Back on November 1, Milwaukee musicians Johanna Rose (New Boyz Club, Ruth B8r Ginsburg, Thistledown Thunders) and Carl Nichols (Painted Caves, RAS Movement) packed up their instruments, passports, and a few o...
Watch Lex Allen go fly a kite in the latest Cream City Soundcheck
In addition to capturing high quality performance footage, Cream City Soundcheck has the uncanny ability to show viewers a side of an artist they've never seen before, while simultaneously highlighting a plac...
Milwaukee Record’s New Year’s Eve entertainment guide
It's been a rough year, Milwaukee. Still, between all the celebrity deaths, frightening political developments, and various other sources for internet outrage, at least a few decent things happened. Come Satu...
Devils Teeth prepares for Local H opening slot, a busy 2017
Unless you've happened upon one of the nine-month-old band's first two under-publicized live outings, you've likely never heard Devils Teeth. However, the new garage rock trio boasts a lengthy and impressive ...
Yule love Tenement’s new holiday EP
It should be noted that any time we document Milwaukee contributions to the seasonal song canon, it's with the previously-unexpressed sentiment that the efforts are good...for holiday music. On the whole, Chr...
Miller High Life releases limited edition champagne bottles
For more than a century, Miller High Life has been marketed as "The Champagne Of Beers." Now, that assertion is more accurate than ever. Recently, Miller's flagship brew was made available in special collecto...
More Milwaukee-made songs worth stocking on your holiday playlist
Milwaukee musicians can be quite festive from time to time. Through the years, local bands and solo artists have amassed an extensive playlist of amazingly tolerable holiday songs. This December was no differ...
6th Annual Holiday Hip-Hop Party joins forces with Arte Para Todos
For the last six years, Joey Grihalva's Holiday Hip-Hop Party has served as a means of providing the city with quality holiday-adjacent entertainment that raises funds for a noble cause along the way. The ann...
Watch Sylvan Esso play “Radio” on ‘The Tonight Show’
Compared to the band's breakout 2014 and a 2015 that found the duo touring and playing major music festivals with regularity, this year has been a fairly quiet one for Sylvan Esso. Though the Durham, North Ca...
Here are Milwaukee’s most popular dog names of 2016
With under two weeks left in 2016, so many have already weighed in on their favorite albums, music videos, books, articles, foods, and films of the year. By this point, what facet of everyday existence could ...
Cheap Trick is playing at UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena (after an Admirals game) March 10
When we examined the best and strangest promotions of the 2016-17 Milwaukee Admirals season back in October, we weren't aware the promo schedule was incomplete. In the subsequent months, the AHL franchise add...
Riverwest FemFest 2017 releases first comp, weekend passes
Believe it or not, Riverwest FemFest 2017 (January 18-22) is just a month away. Up to this point, the third-year benefit for Milwaukee Coalition For Justice and Milwaukee Women’s Center has released its treme...
Here’s everywhere you can buy Milwaukee Record’s “Re-Porter” beer
Have you heard the news? Milwaukee Record has its own beer. It's pretty damn good, and we aren't the only ones who think so. Since its December release, the spiced rye porter we brewed in collaboration with C...
The Phoenix Cocktail Club will rise in Cathedral Square on New Year’s Eve
This December 31, many people in Milwaukee will bid farewell to 2016 with a drink in hand. Over in Cathedral Square, The Phoenix Cocktail Club (785 N. Jefferson St., 414-539-5918) will be saying a long-overdu...