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July 31, 2023

Looking for new music? Looking for new Milwaukee music? Then look no further than our monthly Milwaukee Music Roundup. LPs AND EPs OF NOTE Alley Eyes - Float Away Float Away by Alley Eyes Apollo Vermout...

Milwaukee Record Cats Of The Week: Amy and Leonard

July 29, 2023

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...

If you could never leave one Milwaukee street, which would you pick?

July 28, 2023

In A-side/B-side, two Milwaukee Record writers tackle various city issues in an informal and hypothetical crosstalk style. Tyler Maas: I have a question for you, Matt. I must admit, it's kind of a strange on...

Milwaukee fish fry expert Caleb Westphal reflects on 500 (!) consecutive Friday fish frys

July 28, 2023

"It just kind of snowballed. I moved down here in the beginning of 2012, and it dawned on me later: 'Wow, there are probably more fish frys here in Milwaukee, at least Friday night ones, than anywhere else in t...

Honey Creek shows growth on shimmering ‘Self Preservation’ EP

July 28, 2023

Back in April, we reintroduced you to the new and improved Honey Creek by way of the band's "Burnt Bitter" music video, which depicts members of the Milwaukee pop-punk project symbolically doing away with past ...

We’re down to just 4 things in our Wisconsin Fair Bracket

July 28, 2023

broadstreet.zone(152652); Following four rounds of competition, a tournament that started with a field of 64 Wisconsin State Fair fixtures has now been reduced to just FOUR remaining things. Roasted Corn feast...

Float Milwaukee to host Float Fest street party August 25

July 28, 2023

Even though we’ve now knocking on the door of August, there’s still a lot of summer fun left. Adding to large-scale event undertakings like Wisconsin State Fair, Milwaukee Irish Fest, and Bay View Bash is a ste...

We’re screening ‘Jaws’ at Avalon Theater on August 23

July 27, 2023

Y'all know Milwaukee Record. Know how we earn a livin'. Music, culture, gentle sarcasm, monthly movie screenings at the Avalon Atmospheric Theater. We're screening Jaws at the Avalon on Wednesday, August 23, bu...

Industrial Musical aficionado Steve Young is coming to The Cooperage on August 31

July 27, 2023

If you're aware of Industrial Musicals—an obscure subgenre that basically combines Broadway-style numbers with sales jargon you’re likely to hear in a boardroom—in any capacity, you've almost certainly heard of...

“Cory The Riverwest Sandwich Fixer” keeps Original Fuel Cafe favorites alive in his kitchen

July 26, 2023

When The Original Fuel Cafe quietly closed during the pandemic, it left a noticeable hole in Riverwest, and it also suddenly left Milwaukee without some of its most iconic sandwiches in the process. Under new o...

Check out The Vanguard’s new menu items

July 26, 2023

Earlier this week, we announced The Vanguard would be saying goodbye to 11 of its menu items. Even though some popular fare—most notably the delicious likes of the Lodi, Tarkan, and Weylin's Way—have either bee...

WMSE’s Local/Live: Bug Moment

July 26, 2023

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. milwaukeereco...

Wasted lives and pop-music salvation: Inside Rustbelt’s “Oh My God Here It Comes Now” video

July 25, 2023

It's been one year since New-York-by-way-of-Milwaukee musician John Chiaverina called it a day on his long-running Juiceboxxx project. "Juiceboxxx was an exercise in believing in myself despite everything," Chi...

It’s all hands on deck for Brave You’s “Sold Out Reunion Tour” video

July 25, 2023

When we last caught up with Brave You almost exactly a year ago, the Milwaukee synth-punk project was treating listeners to a couple singles from LIFER, the band's first album since adding two new members. Sinc...

A lot of people rode that darn streetcar during the big Harley/Bastille weekend

July 25, 2023

Despite the ire of Republicans in the state legislature and the withering opinions of dudes on Facebook who list "School of Hard Knocks" as their education, a whole lot of folks rode the Milwaukee streetcar a f...

Mac’s Bark Park is a playground for pooches

July 25, 2023

Following an incredible run of mostly beautiful weather here in Milwaukee, we're starting to enter "the dog days of summer." Temps are expected to be in the 80s for the next few days, and while there's still a ...

Only 8 things remain in our Wisconsin Fair Bracket

July 24, 2023

broadstreet.zone(152652); Following three weeks and just as many rounds of fair-focused competition, a tournament that started with a field of 64 Wisconsin State Fair fixtures has now been reduced to just eigh...

The Vanguard will say goodbye to 11 menu items this week

July 24, 2023

Since opening nearly nine years ago, The Vanguard has established itself as the pinnacle of tubed meat delicacies in Milwaukee. Even though the Bay View bar and restaurant has a winning mix of specialty sausage...

Here’s everything you need to know about Brady Street Festival