My all-Milwaukee Mile Of Music
As I’m prone to sliding into posts from time-to-time, I grew up in the Fox Cities. For almost 20 years of my life, I had an Appleton mailing address. It’s a great place, but there always seemed to be a lack of ...
A-side/B-side: Revisiting the Madison-Milwaukee disconnect
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.
Tyler Maas...
Tracklist: Brett Favre and 9 other WI sports figures we feel weird honoring
After years of debate, some hurt feelings, a brilliant career that ended on a sour and petty note, and a sext of what appears to be a baby's penis flanked by Crocs, the polarizing and oh-so-annoying debacle bet...
Postmodern dance, heavy metal, and venturing outside one’s comfort zones
This past Sunday, I went to the Lynden Sculpture Garden to see a retrospective performance from the Trisha Brown Dance Company, which kicked off Alverno Presents’ 2014-15 season. To say I knew nothing—and still...
Ryan Holman discusses comedic cross-pollination before Brady Street Festival
If you follow Milwaukee comedy, you almost certainly know who Ryan Holman is. The funnyman's relaxed witticisms are regularly put on display in monthly showcases, in opening slots for touring comedians at Comed...
Jack White at The Rave or: In defense of good artists playing bad venues
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...
Interpol will play Pabst Theater November 15
When the time comes for films to be set in the distant early-’00s (some might argue that time is now), music supervisors could do worse than toss an Interpol song on the soundtrack to quickly identify the bygon...
Joseph Huber goes it alone on The Hanging Road
Joseph Huber is a solitary craftsman.
The Milwaukee musician and woodworker works alone, unburdened by time or a clouded vision. Whether he’s constructing a song or a piece of furniture, Huber dismantles rec...
First Impression: Fore! Milwaukee
In January 2013, former coach, noted southeast Wisconsin instructor, and scratch golfer Tim Grogan took a financial swing and tried to wedge an indoor golfing range into the Third Ward. Not 18 months later, the...
Ed Kowalczyk Lives on at Miller Lite Oasis
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
“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. ...
Sylvan Esso’s Nick Sanborn talks breakout year, coming full circle
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)
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...
First Impression: Goodkind
If the concept of a musical supergroup can be ported over to the world of food and drink, then the newly opened Goodkind (2457 S. Wentworth Ave., 414-763-4706) certainly fits the all-star bill. Owned and operat...
Kumail Nanjiani fills and fulfills Turner Hall in Milwaukee debut
Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani has never been more popular than he is now. He’s a regular on the hilarious HBO series Silicon Valley, which just wrapped up its first season. He’s made a mark with recurr...
Let’s look at the very ’90s program for Lollapalooza ’94
Since 2005, venerable music festival Lollapalooza has taken over Chicago’s Grant Park for a two-day summer celebration of the world’s hottest musicians and the tank-top-and-neon-sunglasses-wearing fans that lov...
Tracklist: 11 Milwaukee restaurants we wish were still open
Milwaukee is in the throes of Downtown Dining Week. From June 5-12, “Milwaukee’s Favorite Feast” gives diners an incentive to try downtown restaurants, as 40 cafes, bars, bistros, grills, and gastropubs scatter...
Where to go (and what to see) at Friday’s Bay View Gallery Night
For the past few years, Made In Milwaukee’s semi-annual Bay View Gallery Night has taken the tried and true citywide art exhibition and whittled it down to a single neighborhood. By staging many of its exhibits...
Listen to new music from AUTOMatic, Yo-Dot
AUTOMatic and Yo-Dot are two of Milwaukee’s very best hip-hop acts, each cooly in control of their respective styles. Rapper A.P.R.I.M.E. and producer Trellmatic of AUTOMatic tend to favor jazzy, silky-smooth j...
Brett Newski is at home on the road
Brett Newski looks exhausted.
He’s stationed at a table in the upper level of a Bay View café, beside a pair of laptop-toting girls, near a man dressed in business attire who appears to be telecommuting, and...