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Milwaukee Record’s comprehensive guide to Mama Tried

February 19, 2018

Later this week, throngs of local riders and motorcycle enthusiasts who have been cooped up since fall and whose choppers have been in storage for months will enjoy a brief escape from the cold, dark, dull bike...

Gypsy Taco has a new name

Tyler Maas

February 17, 2018

Mitch Ciohon, the owner of award-winning taco purveyor Gypsy Taco (and a Gypsy Burger offshoot), announced he would be changing the name of his business last month. “It has come to my attention that the name ar...

The Milwaukee Record Stage is returning to PrideFest

Tyler Maas

February 15, 2018

Last year's PrideFest—the 30th annual Milwaukee celebration—was the biggest and the best-attended one yet. In other words, it was awesome. Milwaukee Record was lucky enough to play a small part in the weekend. ...

Check out Eric Thames’ huge fucking truck

Tyler Maas

February 15, 2018

The Brewers reported to Spring Training today. While it's exciting—especially with the busy offseason Milwaukee had—to know the regular season isn't too far out, fans are still in line for about seven weeks of ...

Christopher Novak brings love, appreciation, enthusiasm to Milwaukee music

Tyler Maas

February 14, 2018

If you go to enough concerts in Milwaukee, you've probably encountered Christopher Novak. The 25-year-old can routinely be seen at a variety of local shows—almost always camped out near the front of the stage—s...

Milwaukee Day was a clue on Jeopardy!

Tyler Maas

February 14, 2018

It's been quite a week for Milwaukee Day. Just one day after we announced Company Brewing would be making a beer to honor the upstart area code-based holiday, Milwaukee Day was referenced on an episode of Jeopa...

Spend two and a half minutes in heaven with Eric & Magill’s makeout-heavy “A Softer Sound” video

Tyler Maas

February 14, 2018

If there's a band with Milwaukee ties whose catalog is better tailored to Valentine's Day than Eric & Magill's is, we haven't heard them. Ever since former Camden bandmates Eric Osterman and Ryan Weber star...

’18 And Life To Go: Herbal remedies aren’t what the doctor ordered, but they’re effective nonetheless

Tyler Maas

February 13, 2018

In the fairly short existence of Milwaukee Record, I’ve made a point to chronicle foolish adventures that have damaged my spirit, tested my eating endurance, and depleted both my physical and emotional well-bei...

Company Brewing is making a Milwaukee Day beer

Tyler Maas

February 13, 2018

It's been less than 10 years since a group of friends realized Milwaukee's 414 area code had a striking resemblance to the numerals in April 14 (or 4/14) and turned that laughable coincidence into a full-blown ...

8 (more) couples in Milwaukee bands

Tyler Maas

February 12, 2018

Love is in the air. Even if you don’t buy into the fabricated sham holiday that is Valentine’s Day, the sheer volume of mushy, emotional stuff permeating your senses the second week of each February causes even...

Merriment Social’s “March Madness Burger Series” returns with a charitable twist

Tyler Maas

February 12, 2018

It's almost that time of year again! March Madness is just around the corner, and its arrival also signals the beginning of other competitions that coincide with the culturally transcendent college basketball t...

Listen to “Forest,” the first Greatest Lakes single since 2014

Tyler Maas

February 12, 2018

It's been a minute since we've heard from Greatest Lakes. Well, more accurately, it's been approximately a million minutes since we've heard from them. Back in 2014, the Milwaukee (by way of Kenosha) folk and i...

Stream No No Yeah Okay’s long-awaited sophomore EP, ‘Cabal’

Tyler Maas

February 9, 2018

No No Yeah Okay formed in 2014 and quickly endeared Milwaukee to its indie-leaning electronic style by way of 2015's Dual, which garnered its fair share of local airplay, streams in the hundreds of thousands, a...

WMSE will release an Abby Jeanne 7-inch for Record Store Day 2018

Tyler Maas

February 7, 2018

Since 2015, local radio institution and chili competition curator WMSE has helped spread the good will and wonder of Record Store Day with a limited-edition release of a 7-inch from a Milwaukee (or Milwaukee-re...

20 ways to celebrate and/or avoid Valentine’s Day

Tyler Maas

February 7, 2018

Some of you are in a serious relationship, or at least involved in a budding romance. Others are happily (or perhaps miserably) single. No matter where your love life lands, the same thing holds abundantly true...

Buckle up and stream Slow Walker’s new single, “Ride”

Tyler Maas

February 6, 2018

We've said it before, but it still holds true: There's nothing slow about Slow Walker. Since the band's 2011 start, they've averaged one album or EP per year. Their continually-expanding catalog is full of fast...

Abby Jeanne talks breakout 2017, “Fire In February” residency, what’s next

Tyler Maas

February 5, 2018

Abby Jeanne capped off a breakout 2017 with her “Electric New Year” show, an unofficial culmination of a year in which the owner of Milwaukee’s most captivating voice released her well-received debut album, ear...

Eagle Park Brewing will relocate to Like Minds Brewing site

Tyler Maas

February 5, 2018

If you've been paying attention to the various craft breweries that have been popping up in Milwaukee with regularity of late, Eagle Park Brewing is surely on your radar. The brewery and taproom, owned by Jake ...

Holy Shit! once booked a tour around trying out for ‘The Price Is Right’

Tyler Maas

February 2, 2018

Both tonight and on February 5, Riverside Theater will host a live rendition of The Price Is Right. The touring show gives people all over the country an opportunity to watch and participate in some of the game...

Milwaukee drag star Trixie Mattel survives to compete another week on ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars’

Tyler Maas

February 2, 2018

Milwaukee-born drag queen Trixie Mattel achieved international notoriety as a contestant on season seven of RuPaul‘s Drag Race, where she finished in sixth place. Since the reality show put her on the map in 20...

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