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...
Milwaukee mouthfeel: 2016 drinking, dining, and patio recap
While so many have already declared 2016 to be a down year in, well, years to be alive, at least Milwaukee can take solace in knowing there has maybe never been a better time to eat or drink delicious things ...
Download the Local Coverage 2016 concert
Way back on January 15, 10 acts from all corners of Milwaukee music came together at Turner Hall to do something special. Milwaukee Record's second annual Local Coverage benefit brought a varied mix of bands ...
Members of Decibully, Maritime, and The Promise Ring are ready to resurface as Dramatic Lovers
A band's first show usually isn't that big of a deal. However, when the project that's debuting includes members of three of the more accomplished Milwaukee projects in recent memory, that first show is rende...
Milwaukee Bucks logo formally opposed by Jägermeister
UPDATE (12/13/16): According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the Bucks and Jägermeister have settled their logo tiff.
Talk about "shot blocking."
As first reported by Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, the ...
Revisit Milwaukee’s recent nightlife past with 15 years of Info* Magazine ads
Next week, Info* Magazine will publish its 15th anniversary issue. Since late 2001, the free lifestyle publication has offered readers a glossy glimpse into a side of Milwaukee that many didn't realize was ev...
Moon Curse’s “Beneath The Waves” video is a drunken nightmare at sea
Roughly one year ago, Moon Curse broke three years of relative silence with the release of The Spirit Remains, a five-song salvo of ’70s-tinged stoner rock. Save for a few live outings that included Mitten Fe...
Beloved Johnson’s Park dinosaur statue just sold for $11 at auction
Back in its heyday, Johnson's Park had a Go Kart track, bumper cars, batting cages, a water slide, an arcade, and two 18-hole miniature golf courses that were decorated with massive ceramic statues of a varie...
Mike Mangione is releasing live videos for every song on his forthcoming EP
Between his penchant for both philosophical and spiritual matters, the all-around uplifting presence he exudes, and the impressive guests he routinely books on his great "Time & The Mystery" podcast, peop...
Inside Milwaukee’s green rooms: Pabst Theater, Riverside Theater, Turner Hall
While countless people flock to Milwaukee's numerous clubs, theaters, arenas, concert-equipped coffee shops, and other performance spaces every year, only a select few are allowed to peer behind the scenes. U...
Montell Jordan will perform a halftime show at Friday’s Bucks game
This is how we do it. It's Friday night and I feel alright. The party is here at the BMO Harris Bradley Center. Or at least it will be when Montell Jordan performs at halftime of the December 9 Milwaukee Buck...