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Let’s translate the latest “Creational Trails” press release

May 8, 2014

Back in May 2013, the Greater Milwaukee Committee and a slew of overlapping and cryptically named local arts groups (ART Milwaukee, MiKE, beintween, probably 8,000 more) were awarded a $350,000 ArtPlace America...

The Disclaimer: Summer concert preview (non-Summerfest edition)

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 8, 2014

Every Wednesday at noon, WMSE’s Ryan Schleicher, Shepherd Express’ Evan Rytlewski, and Milwaukee Record’s Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called T...

Exclusive: Listen to Space Raft’s ridiculously great debut album

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 7, 2014

Few Milwaukee albums in recent history have drummed up as much pre-release hype than the self-titled debut from Space Raft. There are plenty of reasons for that: The band’s résumé is top-notch (members have don...

First Impression: Rocket Baby Satellite Café

Tyler Maas

May 7, 2014

It usually works the other way around. Traditionally, restaurants and bars test their mettle within Milwaukee's stringent city limits before casting franchise feelers to the suburbs. Bel Air Cantina opened in '...

Kyle Kinane slays in endearing Shank showing

Tyler Maas

May 7, 2014

Among comedy nerds, Kyle Kinane is already a modern deity of sorts. Since 2010, the suburban Chicago native’s popularity has seen a significant uptick, largely due to his hilarious debut album Death Of The Part...

New festival is the taco the town

Tyler Maas

May 6, 2014

The taco is a food that's deeply connected to Milwaukee's rich and distinct culinary tradition. With that in mind, Swarmm Entertainment Group—whose mission statement is "to ignite and fulfill the human imaginat...

Stream Sylvan Esso’s debut on NPR, immediately claim tangential Milwaukee connection

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 5, 2014

If you missed "Lend Me Your Voice," the Alverno presents performance regarding his role in various musical endeavors, Milwaukee ex-pat Nick Sanborn plays in a shitload of bands. As Decibully was fading (and aft...

Tracklist: 16 recommended Twitter unfollows

Tyler Maas

May 5, 2014

Twitter can be daunting. Literally every nanosecond of every day, somebody somewhere feels compelled to expend between one and 140 characters tweeting about something–anything–they want to express that particul...

Juiceboxxx video goes horribly right

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 5, 2014

One of the last times Juiceboxxx appeared on camera, it didn't go very well. While Milwaukee Record is firmly in the camp that blames technical difficulties for his ill-fated performance on TMJ4's "Wisconsin To...

Boney Fingers, GGOOLLDD, and mmoorree hop aboard Concert Cruise lineup

Tyler Maas

May 5, 2014

Early May is a trying time for Milwaukee music fans. On one hand, festivals, block parties, and the numerous other outdoor events that help make Milwaukee's momentary stint of warm weather special officially b...

Off Base: 11 Milwaukee Brewers beer pairings

Tyler Maas

May 2, 2014

As Milwaukee Beer Week nears its bleary and drunken conclusion, it’s only natural to turn our attention to the obvious connection between beer and the Milwaukee Brewers. After all, unless the Philly Phanatic wh...

New York Times (finally) gives this Vernon guy, cheese, PBR some press

Tyler Maas

May 1, 2014

In a piece posted today, a day a quarter of the way into the year 2014 Anno Domini, T Magazine—which is "The New York Times style magazine—informs its readers about this Justin Vernon fellow, who apparently mad...

Milwaukee’s best: Talking beer with local musician-bartenders

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 1, 2014

For many Milwaukee musicians, pursuing their passion isn’t enough to pay the bills—an additional day and/or night job is needed. (Note: This is true for most non-musicians, as well.) So what better gig to pursu...

Hamlet A.D.D. will make its Milwaukee premiere May 15 at the Oriental

Matt Wild

April 30, 2014

Earlier this month, we hipped you to the fact that Special Entertainment’s long-, long-, long-in-the-works feature film, Hamlet A.D.D., would finally see the light of day. Andrew Swant and Bobby Ciraldo’s surre...

Watch a terrifying dummy “cover” Jerry Lee Lewis’ “What Made Milwaukee Famous”

Tyler Maas

April 29, 2014

After getting some shit in the comments section from readers who didn't agree with our ringing anti-endorsement of an overrated alcohol-based marketing exercise (better known as "Schlitz"), we decided to take a...

Exclusive: Listen to the debut album from Antler House, Through The Dirt

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 29, 2014

Don’t feel bad if the name Antler House doesn’t sound familiar. Though the Milwaukee trio has been kicking around Riverwest cafes and basements just shy of two years, the band has only recently upped its show s...

Watch the Super 8 video for Altos’ “Never Named”

Matt Wild

April 29, 2014

Altos’ self-titled 2011 debut is a record that still hums and reverberates three years on, filling the air with a post-rock din that alternates between plainly gorgeous and deeply unnerving. It’s a record that ...

Michael Ian Black to return to Turner Hall June 11

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 28, 2014

Comedic Swiss Army knife Michael Ian Black has done it all. The funnyman is an alumnus of seminal sketch troupe The State; he accounted for 33.333 (repeating) percent of the incomparable and criminally underrat...

Tracklist: 10 beers* to avoid during Milwaukee Beer Week

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 28, 2014

Unofficially, every week of the year is Beer Week in Milwaukee. Between the staggering number of drinking establishments, ever-present standing among the drunkest cities in America on inane lists, rampant local...

Surgeons In Heat operational again, release two new cuts

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 28, 2014

Timeless power-poppers Surgeons In Heat have been fairly quiet since releasing their self-titled LP in 2012, which is well deserving of the No. 24 spot on our “50 best Milwaukee albums of the 2010s (so far)” li...

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