Tagged Best Of

Listen to us talk about our favorite Milwaukee music of 2022 with WUWM’s Lake Effect

Milwaukee Record Staff

January 4, 2023

Once a month, Milwaukee Record's own Matt Wild gets his NPR on by sitting down with WUWM's Lake Effect and discussing some of his favorite new Milwaukee records and songs. For January, he took it one step furth...

The best Milwaukee-area fish frys of 2022

December 30, 2022

Besides the limited-in-scope physical exams I had prior to getting jobs in 2015 and 2021, I haven't had a physical in about 20 years. I'm 36 and have eaten fried fish every Friday for nine years. It was time to...

Milwaukee Record’s 25 most-read articles of 2022

Milwaukee Record Staff

December 15, 2022

Even though more than two weeks still remain in 2022, we feel it's time to look back at the year that was. Earlier this week, we did that by highlighting some of our favorite local music (and music videos) of t...

Milwaukee Record’s favorite Milwaukee Record stories of 2022

Milwaukee Record Staff

December 14, 2022

Milwaukee Record launched on April 7, 2014. Since then, we've published more than 9,000 stories and reached millions upon millions of internet-weary eyeballs. As always, our output this year was all over the ma...

Milwaukee Record’s favorite Milwaukee music videos of 2022

Milwaukee Record Staff

December 13, 2022

Yesterday, we shared our favorite Milwaukee music of 2022; today, it's our favorite Milwaukee music videos 0f 2022. Settle in and enjoy some funny, weird, creative, and impressive clips. Collections Of Colonie...

Milwaukee Record’s favorite Milwaukee music of 2022

Milwaukee Record Staff

December 12, 2022

It was the year things kinda-sorta-not-really-but-mostly got back to "normal." It was also an incredibly strong year for Milwaukee music! Here are our favorite Milwaukee LPs, EPs, songs, and more released in th...

Milwaukee Record’s favorite Milwaukee music of 2022 (so far)

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 13, 2022

Believe it or not, 2022 is more than halfway over. Weird! What's not weird: the full-fledged return of live music and the continued talent of the Milwaukee music scene. Here are just a few of our favorite 2022 ...

Milwaukee Record’s favorite Milwaukee Record stories of 2021

Milwaukee Record Staff

December 16, 2021

Milwaukee Record launched on April 7, 2014. Since then, we've published nearly 8,000 stories and reached millions upon millions of internet-weary eyeballs. Like the year itself, our output in 2021 was all over ...

Milwaukee Record’s favorite Milwaukee music videos of 2021

Milwaukee Record Staff

December 14, 2021

Yesterday, we shared our favorite Milwaukee music of 2021; today, it's our favorite Milwaukee music videos 0f 2021. Settle in and enjoy some funny, weird, creative, and downright impressive clips.B~Free – "...

Milwaukee Record’s favorite Milwaukee music of 2021

Milwaukee Record Staff

December 13, 2021

Last year, we put our annual "25 Best Milwaukee Albums" list to bed and opted for a looser and more personal year-end concept. We think it went well! So, once again, here are some of our favorite Milwaukee LPs,...

Milwaukee Record’s favorite Milwaukee music of 2021 (so far)

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 8, 2021

Believe it or not, 2021 is more than halfway over. Weird! What's not weird: the return of live music and the continued talent of the Milwaukee music scene. Here are just a few of our favorite 2021 Milwaukee rel...

Favorite Milwaukee Music We Forgot To Include In Our Year-End Favorites: Red Stuff, ‘Bless Us’

January 6, 2021

In 2020 we dropped our usual year-end "25 Best Milwaukee Albums" list and went with something less stuffy. "Milwaukee Record's favorite Milwaukee music of 2020" contained lists of our favorite LPs and EPs, but ...

10 good things to happen in Milwaukee during this awful year

Milwaukee Record Staff

December 29, 2020

This year will surely go down as one of the worst of our lifetimes. We'd say the worst, but we're honestly not sure how 2021 will turn out. Though the past nine-plus months have been racked with unthinkable tra...

Milwaukee Record’s favorite Milwaukee Record stories of 2020

Milwaukee Record Staff

December 16, 2020

Milwaukee Record launched on April 7, 2014. Since then, we've published nearly 7,000 stories and reached millions upon millions of internet-weary eyeballs (we're currently in the midst of another record-breakin...

Milwaukee Record’s favorite Milwaukee music videos of 2020

Milwaukee Record Staff

December 15, 2020

Even though 2020 has been so unusual/unprecedented/awful, a dizzying amount of great music was made and released in our fair city this year. And—surprise, surprise—a wealth of great music videos were released, ...

Milwaukee Record’s favorite Milwaukee music of 2020

Milwaukee Record Staff

December 14, 2020

Because 2020 has been so unusual/unprecedented/awful, we're putting our year-end "25 Best Milwaukee Albums" list on hold and opting for something more loose and personal. Despite the pandemic, there was a LOT o...

Tune in to Milwaukee Record’s “Best Of The Worst Year” livestream on December 17

Milwaukee Record Staff

December 9, 2020

What a year, right? Ugh.Anyway, we'll spare you the year-end wallowing and instead give you this: On Thursday, December 17, from 6-9 p.m., we'll be streaming our first (and hopefully last) "Best Of The Wors...

The best Milwaukee albums of 2020 (so far)

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 15, 2020

Believe it or not, 2020 is more than halfway over. Thank god. With that in mind, we thought it was a perfect time to round up the best Milwaukee albums of 2020 (so far). For our non-ranked mid-year list (which ...

The best Milwaukee-area fish frys of 2019

December 20, 2019

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. In April 2017, he began writing a weekly column documenting and reviewing his never-ending fish fry adventures. Here are his top places he visited in 2...

The 25 best Milwaukee Record stories of 2019

Milwaukee Record Staff

December 13, 2019

Milwaukee Record launched on April 7, 2014. Since then, we've published nearly 6,000 stories, reached millions upon millions of internet-weary eyeballs (we're currently in the midst of a record-breaking year), ...