WMSE’s Local/Live: Beauty Steps
WMSE's local and live in-studio showcase, Local/Live, airs Tuesdays 6-7 p.m. You can find past episodes HERE. Beginning in 2023, we're also collecting episodes on a handy Soundcloud playlist.
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Mike Viola talks producing, return to touring, starting “a new set of 10,000 hours”
The name Mike Viola may not immediately jump off the screen, but for anyone who’s paid attention to the last couple of decades of rock and pop music, it’s likely they have come into contact with his work. The v...
REYNA makes ‘Limonada’ on intimate, winning new EP
"When life hands you lemons, pour yourself some limonada."
That little sip of affirmation is the animating force behind Limonada, the new EP from long-running Milwaukee synth-pop act REYNA. The record finds ...
A partial list of costumes in a Milwaukee Halloween costume contest video from 2000
Don't you just love a good old fashioned Halloween costume contest? How about one held outside on a busy city street? How about one held in the year 2000? Well…
Yep, here's a 12-minute video of a deliriously...
Here’s the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile’s upcoming Milwaukee-area schedule, and that’s it
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19
11 a.m. - 2.pm.
Sendik's Market
7901 W. Layton Ave.
Greenfield, WI 53220
3-6 p.m.
Sendik's Market
5200 W. Rawson Ave.
Franklin, WI 53132
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20
11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Sen...
Mandatory Milwaukee: Taking out the window AC units because it’s gonna be cold for 8,000 months
Some Milwaukee things come and go, while some Milwaukee things become iconic. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: taking out the window AC units because it's gonna be cold for 8,000 months!
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WMSE will broadcast live from The Hop on October 25
If there are two things all Milwaukeeans and random Facebook commenters from Brookfield can agree on, it's A.) independent radio station WMSE 91.7FM rules, and B.) downtown streetcar The Hop rules. So what happ...
Oh, the places you’ll go with Social Cig’s “Wonderin'”
If all goes well, our lives are long. They're filled with love, loss, lessons learned, and lessons forgotten. They're filled with open roads and dead ends. But no matter where we find ourselves at any given mom...
Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Felix
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...
Stuff We Missed: West Allis is suing Burger King
Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week.
• You know that vacant Burger King on 106th and Greenfield in West Allis? The ...
25 things to do during the Packers bye
It’s cruel, really. Our beloved Green Bay Packers are but five weeks into the regular season and we already have to take a week off from watching them—right after an 11-day span between Week 4 and Week 5, no le...
Watching the river flow: 2,300 words about Bob Dylan’s October 12 show at Riverside Theater
Say what you will, Bob Dylan is a worker. After touring almost nonstop for more than 30 years as part of his "Never Ending Tour," he announced a slew of dates named after his acclaimed 2020 album Rough And Rowd...
Here’s Gold Steps’ pitch-perfect pop-punk cover of Taylor Swift’s “Blank Space”
Taylor Swift needs no introduction, but allow us to say that Milwaukee alt/pop/rock band Gold Steps rules. In the last year alone the group has released an EP on Revival Recordings, toured the U.S., played a to...
Listen to Steely Dan’s long-lost Schlitz jingle from the early ’70s
Want to hear a new Steely Dan song? Well, it's actually a 50-year-old song that was recently uncovered. And it's not so much a "song" as it is an extended jingle. Oh, and that 109-second composition is about Sc...
Crafty Cow introduces new menu items, all you can eat Friday chicken and fish fry specials
Though Crafty Cow has been making specialty burgers and tasty fried poultry preparations for the entirety of its near-decade-long existence, the restaurant—which has locations in Milwaukee, Oconomowoc, and Wauw...
Sip & Purr Cat Cafe will relocate to Brady Street in 2024
Popular East Side "drink some drinks and pet/adopt some cats" spot Sip & Purr Cat Cafe, located at 2021 E. Ivanhoe Pl. since opening in 2018, announced Thursday that it will high-tail it to Brady Street in ...
Barely Civil’s “Coasting, Mostly” could be a contender for Milwaukee song of the year
Back in early August, we—"we" meaning me, Milwaukee Record co-founder/editor Tyler Maas—boldly proclaimed Shontrail's "When I'm Alone I Get Real High" to be the front-runner for Milwaukee's song of the summer h...
The Great Milwaukee Can Koozie Swap & Bar Chip Bonanza is coming to Promises on November 4
Back in May, Milwaukee Record and Busch Light joined forces to host an unconventional event at Promises (538 W. National Ave.) based around the almighty beer sleeve. "The Great Milwaukee Can Koozie Swap" brough...
Bonnie Raitt pays tribute to John Prine, Paul Cebar, Hamm’s Beer at Riverside Theater
The first generations of rock and rollers didn't have long-term career plans; maybe they hoped they'd die before they got old, or maybe they figured on some day getting haircuts and getting real jobs. Now in th...
Barnacle Bud’s will transform into a “warm and inviting supper club” this December
If you're looking for Milwaukee's best outdoor bar and seafood restaurant that's tucked behind a bunch of warehouses and nestled on the banks of the Kinnickinnic River, it's hard to beat Barnacle Bud's (1955 S....