First Impression: The Pub Club
Isn't it strange how a bar can have an identity? Depending on any combination of factors like the decor, the selection, the neighborhood, the clientele, the type of music that's played, and innumerable other in...
Traveling Beer Garden Tour to return in 2015
There's truly nothing like drinking outside. If you don't recall, "outside" is that place between your home and car that you run through while muttering obscenities about four months of the year. Fortunately, M...
Listen to three songs off The Bang Bang’s self-titled debut
Young Milwaukee-bred blues rockers The Bang Bang have quietly been kicking around town since playing their first show last April. Thus far, the quartet has been cutting its teeth by playing semi-regular gigs at...
MKEPunk’s Martin Defatte discusses his new WMSE show
Since 2009, MKEPunk.com has done an admirable job preserving out-of-print music spanning four decades, numerous genres, and all corners of the state. So far, the two-man staff of Martin Defatte and Jeremy Ampe ...
Here’s the unbelievable lineup for Arte Para Todos
Milwaukee music has been especially generous lately. Both Borg Warm and, ahem, Local Coverage showcased numerous local acts to raise thousands for Girls Rock Milwaukee earlier this month. Pablove 6 saw a flurry...
Chastity Washington: 20 years of laughter
Talk to virtually any Milwaukee comedian long enough and the name Chastity Washington will eventually come up. The proper noun will undoubtedly be sandwiched between flattering adjectives and glowing compliment...
Have a few drinks with area comics in new Web series
We've said it before, we'll say it again, and will continue to say it until it's not absolutely true: Milwaukee's stand-up comedy scene is chock full of talent, and you should start recognizing and supporting t...
Say hello to Blonder and stream “Yellow”
Do you guys remember Cousins? No, you say? That's cool, since the short-tenured band post-punk band called it quits roughly two months after releasing its entirely great first/final record...and 30th best Milwa...
Riverwest FemFest organizer Olivia Doyle talks about her inaugural benefit show
Though there’s certainly lots of room for growth and tons of progress that still must be made, there’s likely never been more female representation in Milwaukee music than there is right now. Despite the growin...
Watch Twin Brother’s video for “If Heart Was Enough”
Twin Brother’s emotionally-wrought and all-around wonderful 2014 album Swallow The Anchor was a coming of age record that vaulted the fringe Milwaukee folk act to greater local consciousness and near the top of...
Frank Caliendo leaves a good impression at Riverside Theater
Frank Caliendo has a unique career as a comedian. Not unlike an American Idol favorite or a late night talk show host, the impressionist's career is dependent on the work of other, usually more famous, people. ...
Preview, pre-order adoptahighway’s new album, A Fault
Earlier this week, our Tracklist on great local-on-local covers rightfully included compelling redressings of Faux Fir songs on behalf of Milwaukee's premier classically trained experimental electronic instrume...
Pablove 6 gives the gift of GGOOLLDD
If you read this site semi-regularly, take even a passing interest in Milwaukee music, or have turned on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee within the last hour, you assuredly already know GGOOLLDD. On the weight of its cr...
Phil Davidson aims to (re)start strong in Milwaukee comedy
Phil Davidson has moved around. Being the supportive husband of a news anchor, the Illinois native has lived in Boise, St. Louis, and most recently spent more than three years in Burlington, Vermont. While in t...
Listen to At Latl’s long overdue return EP, Best Friends
Unless you caught some of the band's sparing shows in 2011 or 2012, you haven't heard dick from mathy Milwaukee alt-rockers At Latl since 2010's Safe, Sound And Temporary. That came out four and a half years ag...
The longest brunch: Bottoming out on bottomless mimosas
Everybody loves brunch, right? Even the most hateful soul or jaded downer who vehemently abhors anything the vast majority of the population enjoys can’t resist the appeal of rolling out of bed naturally on a w...
Tracklist: 12 Milwaukee-on-Milwaukee covers
If you haven’t heard, Milwaukee Record is putting on a little show Friday, January 16. Essentially, the inaugural Local Coverage will feature some great local bands playing at Club Garibaldi as part of a Girls ...
First Impression: Red Lion Pub
In 2011, a little British pub called Three Lions Pub popped up in the northern part of Shorewood. A safe haven for soccer hooligans and an occasional karaoke host with traditional British food and a fun-loving ...
Extra Points: 7 dumb Packers-Cowboys storylines you’ll hear Sunday
Following the referee-assisted victory by the Dallas Cowboys last week, the storylines began to pile up. Close to 50 years removed from the unforgettable events of the Ice Bowl, the Dallas Cowboys will return t...
Johnny Beehner will appear on the Late Show with David Letterman January 16
Score another one for Milwaukee’s burgeoning stand-up comedy scene. On Friday, January 16, Johnny Beehner—a 15-year veteran of the stage and certified road comic—is scheduled to perform on the Late Show with Da...