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Restorations talk time away, new direction, Philadelphia’s music scene

October 9, 2018

Much has changed since the last time Restorations were on tour. Not long after the Philadelphia rock outfit's tour stop in Milwaukee in early 2015, the band took lengthy break, they parted ways with their label...

Listen to Pete Holmes talk about staying at Comedy Cafe’s “shitty ass” condo

Tyler Maas

September 13, 2018

About two and a half years ago, we wrote about Aaron Rodgers going on Pete Holmes' great You Made It Weird podcast and telling the comedian about the time he saw “a UFO” in New Jersey back in 2005. Since that ...

Of course we tried 7-Eleven’s weird new Crunch Berries Slurpee

Tyler Maas

July 11, 2018

Another day, another misguided and lazy piece of corporate marketing that's haphazardly cast out to consumers that are desperate for an unconventional and artificial distraction from a world that's quite litera...

New East Side poke place is literally a stone’s throw from other East Side poke place. Let’s demonstrate

Matt Wild

June 28, 2018

Take a stroll around North Avenue on Milwaukee's East Side and you'll find a neighborhood almost completely made over. The empty storefronts and "For Lease" signs of a few years ago are mostly gone, replaced by...

Hop Along talks latest album, new studio approach, growing expectations

Tyler Maas

June 6, 2018

Hop Along released its fourth album, Bark Your Head Off, Dog, in early April. Early reviews have been overwhelmingly positive, many of them calling the Philadelphia indie rock band's latest its most textured ef...

Let’s watch five decades of epic Channel 6 news promos

Matt Wild

May 29, 2018

Aside from actual time capsules, there are no better time capsules than old local TV news clips. The anchors! The music! The fashion! The star wipe graphics! In Milwaukee, WISN's ancient "Hello Milwaukee" news ...

Listen to Devil Met Contention “Take A Chance” with bold new sound

Matt Wild

May 18, 2018

Devil Met Contention needed a change. "We'd been playing the songs off of our last album for a while," says DMC frontman Ehson Rad. "We did some small tours in the Midwest for them, and then we recorded them...

7 Milwaukee companies that definitely won’t get naming rights to the new Bucks arena

Matt Wild

February 28, 2018

UPDATE (7/26/18): It's Fiserv Forum. UPDATE (4/23/18): The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel says the naming rights are "imminent," and that they will go to a "local company with a national presence." Here are s...

In case you blinked last week, here are all the new hostels they’re building in Milwaukee (Feb. 18-24)

Matt Wild

February 26, 2018

Depending on which news sources you follow, Milwaukee is going through either a "renaissance" or a "reinvention." Or maybe it's a "reboot" or a "reimagining," like that crappy Tim Burton version of Planet Of Th...

Gypsy Taco has a new name

Tyler Maas

February 17, 2018

Mitch Ciohon, the owner of award-winning taco purveyor Gypsy Taco (and a Gypsy Burger offshoot), announced he would be changing the name of his business last month. “It has come to my attention that the name ar...

Holy shit! Hot Snakes are coming to Cactus Club

Tyler Maas

January 3, 2018

We're just three days into the year and it's already been made abundantly clear 2018 is going to be better than 2017 was. How can we be so certain? That's simple. You see, Cactus Club just announced Hot Snakes ...

We fixed Scott Walker’s shitty Bitmojis

Tone Madison

November 2, 2017

The following piece by Chris Lay was originally published on Tone Madison. While working on the piece Tone Madison's Erica Motz wrote to celebrate...er, honor...I mean...maaaark(?) Scott Walker's 50th birthd...

25 bullshit things you can do during the Packers bye

Tyler Maas

October 24, 2017

With Aaron Rodgers potentially out for the remainder of the season and the Brett Hundley-led Packers in a two-game slide, both the team and its fans could use a break. The disappointing play of late doesn't mak...

In case you blinked, here are all the new $34M AI facilities they’re building in Milwaukee (October 15-23)

Matt Wild

October 23, 2017

Depending on which news sources you follow, Milwaukee is going through either a "renaissance" or a "reinvention." Or maybe it's a "reboot" or a "reimagining," like that crappy Tim Burton version of Planet Of Th...

Get to know Law/Less, Milwaukee’s newest punk project

Dan Agacki

October 19, 2017

In a time when seemingly all recorded music is readily available, it’s easy to get lost in the flood of sub-genres and micro-genres. Law/Less are a punk band. Call them street punk, UK82, or whatever half-baked...

New Pavement Records founders juggle rap, metal, jazz, senior year of high school

Steve Lampiris

August 23, 2017

Milwaukee-based record label New Pavement Records is owned and run by Nate Ruvin, JJ Agara. It was founded because Ruvin, the de facto spokesman for NPR, was "sick of waiting to get signed to a label." In ju...

Fine, let’s talk about the new Arcade Fire album

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 27, 2017

Every Wednesday at noon, Ryan Schleicher, Evan Rytlewski, and Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called The Disclaimer, so named because none of the ...

Settle in and enjoy The Directionals’ new 17-minute song/video, “Vashta Nerada”

Matt Wild

July 20, 2017

The ideal length for a pop song is somewhere in the neighborhood of three minutes. Why? Well, it's complicated. (Wired looks at the reasons behind the standard here.) And while extremely short or extremely long...

Huey Lewis And The News enchant Summerfest fans with timeless talent and charisma

Lauren Keene

July 8, 2017

For its 50th edition, Summerfest treated music history nerds to a mini museum located inside the festival grounds. The Summerfest 50 historical exhibit is jam-packed with fun facts about the festival's longtime...

Mandatory Milwaukee: American Science & Surplus is a treasure trove of weird, wacky shit

Lauren Keene

June 26, 2017

Some places come and go, while some places become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. Join us as we revisit beloved and well-worn local staples with fresh eyes, and explore how they might figure...

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