Here’s Balzac’s new fall menu
Over the last 12 years, Balzac has given the East Side an extra dash of class with an excellent wine selection, contemporary cocktails, and outstanding small plate options. Not wanting to rest on its laurels, t...
2017-18 Milwaukee Bucks promotional giveaways, ranked
With Packers season in full swing and the Brewers extending their postseason hopes to the regular season's final days, it's hard to believe that another Milwaukee Bucks season in right around the corner. Yes, i...
Hover Craft 2017 announces vendor lineup
Since 2009, Hover Craft has brought some of the most skilled local artists, crafters, retailers, and others residing beneath the broad “maker” umbrella together to bring Milwaukee-made goods to area consumers d...
It’s apparently “Drink Beer Day” or whatever, so here’s a review of every new Milwaukee brewery
Though it's quite possible you missed it with all of today's Packers analysis, everyone making almost identical jokes about Hugh Hefner's passing, and any number of new fodder being fed into the never-ending po...
Telethon goes long on ambitious, excellent concept album, ‘The Grand Spontanean: A Tale Told In Five Acts’
If you're anything like we were two weeks ago, you've never heard of Telethon. Evidently, the Milwaukee pop-punk quintet has managed two albums in its relatively brief existence and has stayed squarely under th...
You can watch ‘The Shining’ on The Vanguard’s patio tonight
All work and no sausage makes Jack a dull boy.
All work and no sausage makes Jack a dull boy.
All work and no sausage makes Jack a dull boy.
All work and no sausage makes Jack a dull boy.
All work and no sa...
Come to our Local Coverage draft (and Re-Porter beer release) October 9
We're proud to officially announce that Milwaukee Record's annual Local Coverage concert is returning this winter. Join us at Turner Hall on Friday, January 19 to watch nine Milwaukee acts covering one another ...
We ate Taco John’s with Har Mar Superstar
Har Mar Superstar is known and loved for a variety of reasons. The soulful Minneapolis singer-songwriter has earned critical acclaim and won awards with his own project, he's written songs for the likes of Jenn...
Comet Cafe will be featured on Travel Channel’s ‘Food Paradise’
Comet Cafe is no stranger to positive attention. Adding to the oodles of local awards and praise from national publications the venerable East Side bar and restaurant has accumulated in its 20-plus years in bus...
First Impression: Sushi Go
It's safe to say the food truck trend is in full swing in and around Milwaukee. Most every outdoor event in town now includes an edible component provided by mobile restaurants. Moreover, food trucks are someti...
Twin Brother returns with reinforcements on ‘Alone In Austin’
Following a fruitful 2014 in which Twin Brother released its emotive coming of age record, Swallow The Anchor, the band that began as a folk trio started to move in a different direction. Amid departures, shift...
Bo & Airo hits the mark with “4GLDK9$”
When we last wrote about Bo & Airo, we were introducing you to the dynamic hip-hop duo consisting of bass prince Bo Triplex (Bo Triplex And His Beautiful Band, New Age Narcissism) and drummer/rapper Airo Kw...
Hungry Sumo could open tonight and will “for sure” be open tomorrow
In less than three weeks, Bay View will go from having zero dedicated sushi restaurants to boasting a whopping two sushi joints. Today, just 19 days after Sushi Go opened on the corner of Kinnickinnic and Oklah...
Midwest Gaming Classic will move to Wisconsin Center in 2018
In 2001, two guys started a small show "to celebrate the Atari Jaguar" at a Boy Scout Service Center that drew about 100 gaming enthusiasts. Since that unheralded outset, the event—which was later named Midwest...
Great Job, Milwaukee? We’re the 34th most fun city in America
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...
Come to (or sign up to be a vendor at) our Broken Up Band Bazaar
Way back in April, Milwaukee Record decided to help raise funds for Arte Para Todos by throwing our first "Broken Up Band Bazaar" event. For a few hours on a spring Saturday, dozens of people came out to Black ...
Beet Street returns to Bay View October 14
Last October, a two-block chunk of Bay View was transformed into a fall utopia. The inaugural Beet Street Harvest Festival—a collaboration between Goodkind, Palomino, and Cactus Club—brought live music, kegged ...
Skin to win: The tale of the NFC Championship tattoo bet
As much as camaraderie is a special part of sports, trash talking between rivals also makes the gameday experience even more fun and interesting for fans. In January, one proud Packer Backer and an Atlanta tran...
Black Bear Soda will live on after Black Bear Bottling closes
On Wednesday, we acknowledged the closure of the Black Bear Bottling plant in Oak Creek and, in doing so, mourned the loss of the 90-year-old Black Bear Soda brand in both written and audio formats. It seems th...
Jay Som kind of wonderful in The Back Room @ Colectivo
Wednesday night, thousands of indie rock enthusiasts flocked to Pabst Theater to take in a sold-out performance by stage veterans, Spoon. Meanwhile, a couple hundred people converged in the comparably more cozy...