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May 2, 2024

The 2024 Milwaukee Film Festival drew a total of 32,624 attendees, Milwaukee Film announced Thursday. MFF2024 ran April 11-15 at the Oriental Theatre, Downer Theatre, Avalon Theater, and Times Cinema. It includ...

Tintoretto rerecorded its entire catalog and will release it on vinyl for the first time ever

May 2, 2024

These days, here in the middle of the ongoing vinyl resurgence, it's becoming fairly common for bands to reissue old albums that were long out of print or to immortalize material that previously only lived in C...

Talking new Milwaukee music with WUWM’s Lake Effect (April 2024)

May 2, 2024

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. Listen to the latest installment HE...

Jazz At The Vine music series returns to Humboldt Park with more shows in 2024

May 1, 2024

Last month, the 2024 Chill On The Hill lineup was announced. Exactly two weeks later, another Humboldt Park music series has made its lineup known. Following two successful years at The Vine in 2022 and 2023, J...

Listen to Wire & Nail’s first single in more than 4 years

May 1, 2024

Ever since forming back in 2017 on account of its members' shared love of outlaw country and classic rock, Wire & Nail has been a band that's synonymous with summertime in Milwaukee. Not only do they craft ...

Welcome to May: Here’s what you’re doing this month

May 1, 2024

May in Milwaukee usually serves as the calm before the storm that is summer festival season. By this time next month, we’ll be inundated with block parties, weekly concerts, and a massive wave of occurrences be...

City seeking someone to demolish rest of former Northridge Mall by fall 2025

May 1, 2024

Last month, roughly five years after raze orders were first issued, and roughly 21 years after it closed, Northridge Mall began to fall. FINALLY. City contractor HM Brandt, Inc. began knocking down the exter...

Jenny Lewis performing at Summerfest's American Family Insurance House in 2023

Here’s the 2024 lineup for Summerfest’s intimate American Family Insurance House

May 1, 2024

You've already memorized the 2024 Summerfest lineup, right? Well, commit a few more names and dates to memory, because the Big Gig just released the lineup for its American Family Insurance House. Fun! The c...

WMSE’s Local/Live: Schneck, Peplin, Kuzniar Organ Trio

May 1, 2024

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, April 30, 2024: Schn...

We assembled a Brewers roster made up of ‘Star Wars’ characters

Nick Olig

April 30, 2024

Not a long time ago in our galaxy, some content came into our view. In a moment of phone distraction, it floated onto our screen like wayward space junk. It’s hard to say where it came from. Might have been an ...

Here are the 2024 lineups for Lake Park’s Musical Mondays and Wonderful Wednesdays

April 30, 2024

Milwaukee summers are stuffed with outdoor events both big (Summerfest) and small (are they doing something at Kaszube's Park again this year?) Falling somewhere in the middle are two Lake Park music series: Mu...

Milwaukee Music Roundup: April 2024

April 30, 2024

broadstreet.zone(159870); Looking for new music? Looking for new Milwaukee music? Then look no further than our monthly Milwaukee Music Roundup, brought to you by Mystery Room Mastering! LPs AND EPs OF NOTE ...

Milwaukee Record’s 2024 guide to summer festivals, fairs, music series, more

April 29, 2024

broadstreet.zone(160542); Happy summer festival season, Milwaukee! It's going to be a BUSY one. Looking for a no-nonsense, just-the-dates-and-locations list of all the area festivals, fairs, music series, and ...

Boone & Crockett, Milwaukee Riverkeeper, Central Waters team up on Duckweed Lager

April 29, 2024

Who doesn't love a brewery collaboration? Great things can happen when local breweries join forces with one another, with other area organizations, or with scrappy entertainment publications to put new and inte...

Daniel James revives Daniel James Gang solo project, says hello to “Misery”

April 29, 2024

Back in January 2023, longtime Milwaukee glam/punk/power/sleaze-pop group Indonesian Junk called it quits. "It's been a great 8 1/2 years playing with Mike, Johnny, and all of the other amazing people who have ...

Ladybird gets up to a little trouble in the “Short King Shuffle” music video

April 29, 2024

When we last checked in with Ladybird back in late March, the Milwaukee alt-country outfit was announcing its first proper LP, Amy Come On Home, by releasing a heartbreaking single from the forthcoming record e...

Your Turner Hall Tiki Takedown winners are…

April 28, 2024

Sunday, a few hundred folks put on their finest Hawaiian shirt, donned some colorful leis, and made their way to the Turner Hall Tiki Takedown. The fourth installment of the event brought great tunes by DJ E-Ri...

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