Milwaukee Music Roundup: August 2024
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LPs AND EPs OF NOTE
D.B. Rouse & the Blue Kazoo - Songs From The Song Shack Volume 14...
Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Nimbus and Cirrus
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...
Our “Roast Of Milwaukee” comes back to The Cooperage September 30
Milwaukee Record’s long-running "Roast Of Milwaukee" event is back! Like previous years, the event—which is done in association with the Milwaukee Comedy Festival—will feature a stacked cast of local comedians ...
The pigskin playlist is down to 8 tracks as our Packers Song Bracket continues
Earlier this week, the Green Bay Packers faced some tough decisions as the team was forced to reduce its roster to 53 players. Now we're the ones making some especially difficult cuts, with our field of 64 foot...
Yoshi does Milwaukee: A recap of the Nommelier’s “Wisconsin Beer Trip”
We've said it before and we'll say it again: One of the last/only good things left on the internet these days is Yoshi Beer Nommelier, an affable Japanese man (now based in New York) who reviews beers and malt ...
Historic Mitchell Marketplace brings fun to pedestrian alleyways September 7
While it's oftentimes overshadowed by many of Milwaukee's other causeways, thoroughfares, and main drags, Historic Mitchell Street is one of the city's most vibrant, amenity-laden, and historic—it's even in the...
Come to our ‘RoboCop’ screening at Avalon Theater. Thank you for your cooperation
Last night, we brought Kindergarten Cop back to the big screen for an extra special screening at Avalon Theater. We'll follow that up in September by screening another "Cop" film with a decidedly darker, gritti...
The City would like someone to redesign Red Arrow Park, please
Located at 920 N. Water St. in the heart of Downtown Milwaukee, Red Arrow Park has been a low-key urban gem since 1970. It's a meeting place. It's a public square. It's an ice skating rink. It's a rollerskating...
Let’s watch a Great TV Auction from 1987, when a Waukesha “dream home” went for $131,234
One of the great local losses of recent years is the loss of the Milwaukee PBS Great TV Auction. A hypnotically watchable and delightfully homegrown staple since 1969, the Great TV Auction was put out to pastur...
Here’s the lineup for Anodyne Coffee’s “Bean Plant Block Party”
Though Milwaukee's centuries-old connection to making beer is the basis of the city's "Brew City" nickname, the exceptional output of the area's wealth of coffee roasters has only helped bolster that reputation...
WMSE’s Local/Live: The Mighty Deerlick
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, August 27, 2024: The...
Here’s who’s playing the Rushmor Records Stage at Bay View Bash
While many of Milwaukee’s summer festivals, block parties, and other large scale happenings have already come and gone, one of the city’s best fests is still on the horizon. Bay View Bash will return to Kinnick...
Rat Bath reinvents itself, asks “Idk Guys…Does This EP Even Pass The Bechdel Test?”
It's a question that has stumped scholars for centuries: How do you follow up a "murder country rock opera" concept album about a star-crossed vampire and a time-traveler—itself a follow-up to a previous concep...
Tonight’s Chill On The Hill season finale canceled due to excessive heat warning
As summer continues racing to a close, many of Milwaukee's weekly music happenings are on the verge of hosting their last installments of the year. As it turns out, one of the city's biggest, best, and longest-...
Only 16 football-focused tracks remain in our Packers Song Bracket
And then there were 16! What started with a field of 64 football-focused songs made by fans of the Green Bay Packers (and organized by Jared Blohm) has quickly dwindled to a batch of just 16 remaining Pack trac...
Milwaukee County Parks announce closing dates for 2024 beer garden season
Last call! As folks in and around Milwaukee are getting ready to celebrate Labor Day this weekend, Milwaukee County Parks is preparing to close some of its beer gardens for the season. On Friday, Milwaukee Coun...
New Panera Bread coming to corner of North and Oakland
Is there any national eatery that inspires more excitement than Panera Bread? Well...
A new Panera Bread is coming to the corner of North and Oakland Avenues on Milwaukee's East Side. At 1800 E. North Ave., ...
Enjoy Every Fish Fry: The wait is long at The Station Pub & Grill in Pewaukee, but worth it
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Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow his never-ending adventures—sponsored by Miller High Life—HERE. This week, fish fry #555: The Station Pub & Grill...
At long last, Akarso gets the vinyl treatment with ‘Leave Quietly: 1997-1999’
We're now about two-thirds of the way through 2024 and it's already safe to say it's been an excellent year in Milwaukee music. Adding to the abundance of exceptional new local releases managed by Milwaukee mus...
Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Veranda
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...