Milwaukee Music Roundup: July 2024
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LPs AND EPs OF NOTE
414bigfrank - Can Never Make Me Hate You
Allison Mahal - Touri...
Here’s the Milwaukee Record Halftime Show lineup!
This season is going to be fun. Jordan Love has confirmed he has the makings of a superstar and he just signed an extension. Josh Jacobs is in the mix! Green Bay's young offensive nucleus has solidified around ...
Coming this August to Oriental Theatre…creepy kids!
Back in May, Milwaukee Film celebrated Mother's Day with a monthlong program of "Cool Moms" films at the Oriental Theatre. In June, in honor of Father's Day, it was time for the "Hot Dads" to step up. So what's...
Highly ranked Packers fan Lil Wayne will play Fiserv Forum on October 19
A Lil Wayne show in Milwaukee may not be rare (like Mr. Clean with hair), but we're still pleased to report that the veteran rapper (and Green Bay Packers superfan) is scheduled to play Milwaukee's Fiserv Forum...
Dobie’s Steak House is closing
For more than 60 years, Dobie's Steak House (4136 S. Kinnickinnic Ave., 414-509-5807) has been the place to get steak and seafood in St. Francis. Sadly, the business will be closing this summer. The sudden and ...
Getting wings from Club Garibaldi and Vanguard on the same day: The Milwaukee Record Review
Today (July 29) is National Chicken Wing Day here in the US of A. Even though we recognize this is a totally made up "holiday" (that is also shared with such not-actually-real happenings as National Lipstick Da...
Here’s the 2024 Center Street Daze music lineup
Center Street Daze Festival—which began way back in 1997 and is organized by the Riverwest Business Association—will make its triumphant return to Center Street (between Holton and Humboldt) on Saturday, August...
Bunk Bed gets gory in VHS-horror-movie-inspired “Crowd And Judgement” video
What makes a low-rent horror movie from the past a good low-rent horror movie from the past? The kills, of course! Creative kills, gory kills, or kills where Jason just stuffs someone into a sleeping bag and sl...
Forgiveness bleeds in Maximiano’s “You Have A Heart In Me”
Ever since the early-2023 dissolution of their previous band, Crawlspace, singer-songwriter Maximiano Janairo (or simply Maximiano) has become a staple of the live Milwaukee music scene. Hell, there have been t...
Mol Sullivan stands still in Milwaukee-made “Cautiously” video
Milwaukee music fans may not be familiar with Mol Sullivan because, well, she's not from Milwaukee. Sullivan is a Cincinnati singer-songwriter whose catalog stretches back to the early 2010s. It was only in ear...
Milwaukee Record Cats Of The Week: Piper and Page
Milwaukee Record is working in partnership with Urban Cat Coalition—a local organization that’s dedicated to creating a no kill community by humanely reducing the cat population in the Milwaukee area through ta...
Bird City, Milwaukee County: Fox Point, and drinking coffee with a purpose
Bird City, Milwaukee County is a monthly column celebrating the 11 cities, towns, and villages that have achieved Bird City status within Milwaukee County. Citizens of these locations have made bird conservatio...
It’s not a tumor! It’s our ‘Kindergarten Cop’ screening at Avalon Theater on August 28
Last night, we screened Cruel Intentions at Avalon Theater and it was a great time. So how are we following up a 25th anniversary showing of that racy and scandalous teen drama? By screening Kindergarten Cop, o...
Meet A Brewer: Get to know Tim Kowalski from MobCraft Beer
In Milwaukee Record’s "Meet A Brewer" series, we aim to introduce you to some of the professionals behind the scenes who are responsible for making your favorite local beers. The recurring series continues with...
Open now: Taichi Bubble Tea, in the old Hotel Foster/Globe East space
Taichi Bubble Tea is now open at 2028 E. North Ave. It's the first Wisconsin location for the national bubble tea and ramen chain, and the 8,000th new bubble tea and ramen joint in Milwaukee (approximately). He...
Developer proposes tallest mass timber building in world, tallest building in Wisconsin for iconic snow pile site
The iconic Marcus Performing Art Center parking garage snow pile, beloved by millions of Milwaukeeans and diligently documented every winter and spring by us, may be on its way out. Permanently.
Long-simmeri...
Here are Shorewood Feast’s entertainment and vendor lineups
Think festival season is nearing its conclusion? Think again! Milwaukee and its surrounding suburbs still have literally dozens of festivals, block parties, and other civic celebrations in store between now and...
WMSE’s Local/Live: The Demix
WMSE's local and live in-studio showcase, Local/Live, airs Tuesdays 6-7 p.m. You can find past episodes HERE, or on this handy Soundcloud playlist.
milwaukeerecord · WMSE's Local/Live, July 23, 2024: The D...
We’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. More than 58,000 rides on The Hop in June 2024. We watched The Hop have its second-best month in four years. All those rides will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to argue.
Milwaukee's streetcar system, The Hop, reported 58,441 rides in June 2024. The number represents The Hop's highest monthly ridership since July 2023 (65,749), and its second-highest monthly ridership since Dece...
Mike Hanford talks Sloppy Boys, standup, Milwaukee before Cactus Club shows
Back in April, The Sloppy Boys played two sold-out shows at Cactus Club. Well, apparently one of the band's members had so much fun that he went ahead and booked some more shows at the very same venue. On Satur...