Milwaukee Music Roundup: January 2024
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LPs AND EPs OF NOTE
Alley Eyes - After Dark
After Dark by Alley Eyes
Astronaut Husb...
The Bucks needed to recombobulate
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The Milwaukee Bucks are having a pretty weird season.
The te...
Here’s everything you need to know about Mitten Fest 2024
Over its 10-year run, Burnhearts Mitten Fest has earned the undisputed distinction of being Milwaukee’s favorite wintertime celebration. We’re pleased to report the sprawling block party and one-day escape from...
Try your hand at competitive Rock Paper Scissors at Company Brewing
Rock Paper Scissors: it's not just for children and for deciding who goes first in board games anymore.
That's right, Milwaukee has its own competitive Rock Paper Scissors league! Looking to throw down and m...
Do the “Mess Up” with Xposed 4Heads before Friday’s Power Pop Dance Party at Linneman’s
As the world continues to devolve into an inhospitable post-apocalyptic hellscape, only two things are certain: we're all doomed, and longtime Milwaukee new wave/goof-rock band Xposed 4Heads will provide the pr...
Festa Italiana will return to Summerfest grounds in 2024, move to late spring
For the first time since 2019, Milwaukee festival staple Festa Italiana will return to the Summerfest grounds in 2024. And there's more: the summertime staple will move to late spring, doing its thing the weeke...
50 things to do in Milwaukee during the 50 remaining days of winter
Doesn’t it seem like it's already been a long winter? Believe it or not, there are still 50...yes, FIFTY, days of Wisconsin winter ahead of us. Since the season isn't even half over and that's honestly a little...
Vanity Plates take to Mitchell Park Domes in “Posthumous Fame” music video
Since announcing its presence with 2018's excellent debut album, You Want To Move, Vanity Plates (the pet project of ex-Ugly Brothers vocalist Alex Shah) has endured a pandemic that shelved plans for a 2020 rel...
Shontrail and Sam Whitten are out all night and going “Thru The Rafters”
When we last checked in with Milwaukee musician Shontrail, he had just scored a certified Summer Jam with the infectious "When I'm Alone I Get Real High." The blissed-out electro banger was tailor-made to be bl...
Summer concert announcements: Brittany Howard, Heart, Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper
It's a busy morning for Milwaukee summer concert announcements, so let's get right to it...
First up is Brittany Howard! The powerhouse singer-songwriter (and Alabama Shakes frontwoman) will headline the BMO...
Party’s ogre! Shrekfest has come to an end
We're sad to inform you that after 10 years of celebrating "self-love and counterculture” that’s largely based around the Shrek film franchise, Shrekfest has come to an end. Organizers officially announced the ...
10 premium Milwaukee Bucks games to be aired on local TV stations
Don't have cable? Sick of TNT cutting away to other games during Bucks blowouts? Think Bally Sports and its awful app are just the worst? If you answered yes to any of those questions and you live in the greate...
Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Nora
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...
Enjoy Every Fish Fry: Stagecoach Inn in Fort Atkinson has perch with batter to drive for
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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 #525: Stagecoach Inn in Fort Atki...
Stuff We Missed: Brady Street Fest may change date because this summer is gonna be PACKED
Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. This week: Brady Street Fest changing its date?
• Summers in Milwaukee have al...
Astronaut Husband finds beauty and (meteor) salvation on ‘Off To Nowhere’
Milwaukee musician Alec Grefe lists Mazzy Star, Acetone, King Krule, and "a ton of other stuff" as his biggest musical influences. If you, too, enjoy those artists—and/or Elliott Smith, Iron & Wine, or Some...
Happy birthday, Bob Uecker
Updated from an original 2019 post. Happy birthday, Ueck!
The ultimate Brewer happens to be Bob Uecker, which is kind of odd since he never played a game for the team. Sure, today's birthday boy drove in eig...
We’re screening ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. The World’ at Avalon Theater
First off, thanks to everyone who came to last night's sold-out screening of Wild At Heart. It was a great time, but as awesome as it was, we feel like we've really 1UPed ourselves with next month's film select...
Babe’s Ice Cream to open for season February 29
Even though it's currently the dead of winter in the Northern Hemisphere and Milwaukee is just days removed from a long and brutal cold snap, we're sure many of you could go for some ice cream about now. We kno...
Numerous events and initiatives planned for “Year of Vel Phillips”
Vel R. Phillips (1924-2018) was a woman of many "firsts." The Milwaukee native was the first Black woman to graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School. She was the first woman and the first Bl...