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Make our “Milwaukee Daylist” playlist your official Milwaukee Day soundtrack

April 12, 2024

Sunday, April 14 marks another "Milwaukee Day" here in the Cream City. This holiday, which originated about 15 years ago as an inside joke between friends who realized Milwaukee’s 414 area code had a striking r...

Valerie Lighthart’s “Backwoods” video brings high fashion to “a vacuum of rural isolation”

Tyler Maas

April 11, 2024

When we last checked in with Valerie Lighthart, the multi-faceted Milwaukee musician was adding to her "By Moonlight" EP trilogy output by releasing a music video for her single "Monster," which we described as...

Lilliput Records has big plans for this year’s Record Store Day

Tyler Maas

April 10, 2024

During last year’s Record Store Day festivities, Lilliput Records—an independent record retailer owned and operated by former Exclusive Company managers in the same property (1669 N. Farwell Ave.) that its pred...

Royal Mill weathers cold conditions with warm companionship on “Winter In The South”

Tyler Maas

April 10, 2024

When we last checked in with Royal Mill back in January, the self-described "existential indie rock" outfit was chasing its self-titled 2023 debut EP with "Falls Apart," a exceptional single that earned the dis...

A guide to Milwaukee Day (or “414 Day”) 2024 events and deals

Tyler Maas

April 9, 2024

About 15 years ago, a group of friends realized Milwaukee’s 414 area code had a striking resemblance to the numerals in April 14 (or 4/14) and decided to turn that coincidence into a full-blown local holiday. S...

10 Milwaukee artists that had songs on motion picture soundtracks

Tyler Maas

April 9, 2024

This week marks the beginning of the 2024 Milwaukee Film Festival. The citywide celebration of cinema runs April 11-25. During that lengthy span of film-focused programming, Record Store Day will bring music lo...

Here’s the lineup for Harley-Davidson Museum’s Thursday Bike Night concert series

Tyler Maas

April 6, 2024

With warm weather finally making its presence known, Milwaukee will soon be filled with the signature spring and summer sounds of motorcycles and live music played on outdoor stages. Every Thursday between the ...

Meet Diamond Life and check out the duo’s “I Can’t Believe It!” music video

Tyler Maas

April 5, 2024

Sometimes unlikely pairings make for the best combinations. Joining such dynamic duos as hot honey on pizza, fried chicken and waffles, and bacon with pretty much anything is a new musical merger that brings to...

Meet A Brewer: Get to know Tyler Killips of Enlightened Brewing Company

Tyler Maas

April 4, 2024

broadstreet.zone(160166); In Milwaukee Record's "Meet A Brewer" series, we aim to introduce you to some of the professionals behind the scenes who are responsible for making some of your favorite local beers. ...

Here’s the full vendor list for our High Score 4/20 Market

Tyler Maas

April 2, 2024

Milwaukee Record is proud to present the inaugural High Score. This "4/20 Market" will feature a wide variety of local and regional vendors who offer botanical, plant-infused products with "added ingredients" t...

Joe Wais talks Bluegrass Whatevers series, the state of Wisconsin bluegrass, Nashville North

Tyler Maas

April 1, 2024

Wisconsin (and especially Milwaukee!) might not be the first location that comes to mind when you think about hotbeds for bluegrass music. However, Badger State-based bluegrass—along with stylistically neighbor...

Robot Witch makes some changes in its ‘Make A Change’ EP

Tyler Maas

March 29, 2024

In late 2022, Robot Witch debuted a new, enlarged lineup with the release of a self-titled EP that found the outfit (mostly) setting aside its synthesizers in favor of a sound that incorporated elements of psyc...

We’re putting the band back together and screening ‘The Blues Brothers’ at Avalon Theater

Tyler Maas

March 28, 2024

How haven’t we screened The Blues Brothers yet? We’re not sure, but that omission won’t be an issue much longer. On Wednesday, April 10, Milwaukee Record will finally be putting the band back together, so to sp...

Turner Hall Tiki Takedown returns April 28

Tyler Maas

March 28, 2024

Following successful installments in 2019, 2021, and 2023, Turner Hall Tiki Takedown will once again be bringing warm vibes and cool cocktails back to the eponymous downtown ballroom this April. Yes, you can ta...

Pick up a jar of our new hoops-inspired gummy flavors

Tyler Maas

March 27, 2024

For the past year, Kind Oasis—a local CBD, hemp, Delta 8 and Delta 9 retailer located on Milwaukee’s East Side—has made a line of Milwaukee Record-branded 69 mg Delta 8 gummies. After a few months and hundreds ...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Blue Moon is an out-of-this-world flavor with a Cream City connection

Tyler Maas

March 26, 2024

Some ice cream flavors come and go, while some become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: Blue Moon. Having spent the majority of my life in Wisconsin, I'm often surprised to lea...

Nite Owl’s 2024 season begins today

Tyler Maas

March 26, 2024

With longer days, a steady wave of festival announcements, and the Brewers season starting in just a few days, it's beginning to feel a lot like spring in Milwaukee...even if the weather is crummy. The season t...

Marcus Performing Arts Center announces 2024-2025 Broadway season, MPAC Presents Jazz and Dance series

Tyler Maas

March 25, 2024

Milwaukee’s famed Marcus Performing Arts Center has it all: A snow pile! Rapidly-spinning advertising cubes! World-class musicals! Though the multi-faceted venue ably wears a lot of different hats, let’s focus ...

PrideFest announces 2024 headliners

Tyler Maas

March 25, 2024

Back in February, Milwaukee Pride Inc.—the parent organization of PrideFest—announced Wisconsin’s largest LGBTQIA+ event would return to Henry Mair Festival Park and help kick off the city’s festival season Jun...

Third Ward Beer Garden at Catalano Square announces first half of 2024 live music schedule

Tyler Maas

March 25, 2024

If there's something the greater Milwaukee can't have too many of, it's beer gardens. Our abundance of designated places where folks can enjoy a beverage, snacks, and maybe even live entertainment in an outdoor...

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