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Jack White at The Rave or: In defense of good artists playing bad venues

July 22, 2014

Walk into the Cactus Club and you’ll see a silk-screened 12” record created by Milwaukee artist Von Munz promoting The White Stripes’ first out-of-state show, November 13, 1999, in which they opened for The Mis...

We saw an experimental band at Treats Tavern at 6:30 a.m.

Tyler Maas

July 21, 2014

Most weekends in Milwaukee, the bounty of performances by local acts and touring talent forces music fans to face difficult decisions in regard to which of the many shows going on throughout the city at any giv...

Tracklist: 14+ instances of “LeBron-ing” in Wisconsin sports

Tyler Maas

July 14, 2014

Unless you rely on Milwaukee Record as your only source of sports-related news (which you shouldn’t do), you’ve surely learned of LeBron James’ somewhat surprising decision to opt out of his contract with the r...

8 (mostly) dead websites from Milwaukee’s past

Matt Wild

July 7, 2014

It’s been said the Internet is written in ink, not pencil. Nothing ever truly disappears from the ol’ World Wide Web, even (and some might say especially) the embarrassing stuff. Thanks to handy tools like the ...

An entirely local day at Summerfest

Tyler Maas

July 3, 2014

Wednesday’s Summerfest lineup scared up a wealth of immensely popular and internationally known talent (and DJ Pauly D) that included the likes of Dave Matthews Band, Ludacris, Bonnie Raitt, Joan Jett, the Wail...

A-side/B-side: Let’s talk about Wisconsin’s indoor smoking ban, four years later

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 2, 2014

In A-side/B-side, two Milwaukee Record writers tackle important city issues in an informal, crosstalk style. Insults are hurled, feelings are hurt, and everyone learns something in the end. Maybe. Matt Wild:...

Ed Kowalczyk Lives on at Miller Lite Oasis

Tyler Maas

July 2, 2014

You missed it the first time you thumbed through the Summerfest schedule. It’s okay. Virtually everybody missed it. Eventually, people either stopped dismissing the the oddly arranged smattering of consonant...

Cash grab or unfinished business? Examining Outkast’s (temporary?) return

Andrew Winistorfer

July 1, 2014

“If you don’t know us by now,” Andre 3000 yells, from underneath his alien sunglasses and silver wig as his horn section vamps behind him, “You probably never will.” In that moment, the crowd comes unglued. ...

Tracklist: 14 weird moments from Summerfest 2014 (so far)

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 30, 2014

And on the sixth day, Summerfest rested. Yes, today is Summerfest’s day off, a day for relaxation, contemplation, and probably a good delousing. Nearly half of the Big Gig ’14 is behind us, with only six more ...

Off Base: A bevy of bad Brewers bobbleheads

Tyler Maas

June 27, 2014

People love bobbleheads. The Milwaukee Brewers were among the first teams in Major League Baseball to realize that an oversized, spring-mounted head propped atop a tiny body translated into butts in seats. For ...

Celebrate our 200th post with 100 MORE things to do in Milwaukee

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 27, 2014

On May 13, 2014, we celebrated our 100th post with 100 highly specific things to do in the greatest city on Earth: Milwaukee. Now, just over a month later, we’ve arrived at our 200th post, which means it’s time...

Sylvan Esso’s Nick Sanborn talks breakout year, coming full circle

Matt Wild

June 26, 2014

Nick Sanborn and Amelia Meath of Sylvan Esso have just landed at Milwaukee’s General Mitchell International Airport. “A preemptive apology: We might have to stop and restart this interview,” Sanborn says. “We’r...

Review: Pre-Recorded Music at JoJo’s Martini Lounge (Summerfest)

Tyler Maas

June 26, 2014

Without fail, it’s on the schedule every year. No, not I’m not referring to “Joan Jett & The Blackhearts” or “Wayne & Wingnut - Red Hot Chili Puppets”—though they are, too. Along with more than 700 band...

Milwaukee Record’s Summerfest guide…guide

Tyler Maas

June 25, 2014

It’s here. After 50-plus weeks away from the lakefront, Summerfest has returned. By now, you’ve already figured out the performers you’re absolutely going to see, and committed those stages and set times to mem...

Milwaukee Record’s Summerfest survival tips

Tyler Maas

June 24, 2014

Face it, Summerfest can be expensive and annoying. Short of avoiding it altogether, there’s no hope of fully evading the soul-dulling pang that flanks the (arguably) worthwhile enjoyment the massive Milwaukee f...

Tracklist: 11+ shows taking on Summerfest

Tyler Maas

June 23, 2014

Like most Milwaukeeans, we have a love-hate relationship with Summerfest. We love the immense assemblage of national and local talent the Big Gig brings, the exponential rise in our PizzaCone consumption, the f...

Summer Soulstice 2014: A minute-by-minute recap

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 23, 2014

The East Side’s annual Summer Soulstice Music Festival is meant to ring in the first day of summer with music, food, drinks, and that one guy who always shows up to this thing carrying a giant lizard. All of th...

15 shows to look forward to this summer (non-Summerfest edition)

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 19, 2014

It’s finally here! Following an especially brutal Wisconsin winter and a bipolor spring season, summer makes its long-awaited return this weekend. Sure, we’ve had to endure more than a few “it’s not the heat, i...

Decent! Turner Hall to screen Trailer Park Boys’ Countdown To Liquor Day July 25

Tyler Maas

June 17, 2014

With a brand-new season of the recently revived Canadian cult television show Trailer Park Boys headed to Netflix this fall, Turner Hall decided screening Countdown To Liquor Day—the 2009 TPB feature-length fil...

Breadfest is back with more bands, venues, days in second year (UPDATES)

Tyler Maas

June 17, 2014

Last year, the inaugural Breadfest brazenly took on Summerfest and saw 21 bands that were either in the Breadking DIY music collective or just other Big Gig snubs take part in a two-day, six-venue festival in R...

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