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Milwaukee Record’s favorite Milwaukee music of 2023 (so far)

July 12, 2023

Believe it or not, 2023 is more than halfway over. Weird! What's not weird: the continued talent of the Milwaukee music scene. Here are just a few of our favorite 2023 Milwaukee releases—records, songs, videos—...

Please Don’t Destroy talk tour, Milwaukee plans, Bucks Summer League before Turner Hall show

Rick Katschke

July 12, 2023

Over the past two years, Please Don’t Destroy have been making must-watch digital shorts that have become a staple of Saturday Night Live. Now the trio—Ben Marshall, John Higgins, and Martin Herlihy—are about t...

WMSE’s Local/Live: Dramatic Lovers (Live from Anodyne)

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 12, 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...

I was a teenage(-ish) tour guide for Harley-Davidson

Rob Wieland

July 11, 2023

"Wah-wah-too-sah" "Whoa-wah-toe-suh" "Wuh-wuh-tuh-say" - Folks from around the world on the Harley-Davidson tour, attempting to pronounce "Wauwatosa" The Harley-Davidson plant that existed on 124th Street...

Summerfest: Attendance up 40% from 2022, will stick with three-weekend format in 2024

Matt Wild

July 11, 2023

If Summerfest seemed pleasantly—but not overwhelmingly—packed this year, that's because it was. On Tuesday, Summerfest announced that a total of 624,407 fans attended the nine-day 2023 Big Gig. While still down...

Dill Pickle Donuts and Alligator Ribs: 100 new foods coming to 2023 Wisconsin State Fair

Matt Wild

July 11, 2023

If our ongoing Wisconsin Fair Bracket hasn't gotten you sufficiently pumped for the 2023 Wisconsin State Fair, maybe this will do the trick. From August 3-13, folks can enjoy not one, not two, not 99, but 100 n...

Season 21 of Bravo’s ‘Top Chef’ will be filmed in Wisconsin

Matt Wild

July 11, 2023

It's a big day for Bravo's long-running and wildly popular Top Chef: not only has the show announced its new host (season 10 winner Kristen Kish, pictured above, taking over for Padma Lakshmi), but it has annou...

Shank Hall will apply for all-ages license, has new carpet

Matt Wild

July 11, 2023

We'd like to take this opportunity to share our personal thoughts about Milwaukee's Shank Hall: Shank Hall is the "best music venue in town." We feel this way because Shank Hall has spent the last 34 years h...

Make your picks in Round 2 of our Wisconsin Fair Bracket

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 10, 2023

broadstreet.zone(152652); And then there were 32! Following an opening Wisconsin Fair Bracket round that found more than 15,000 total votes being cast, our hand-selected field of 64 Wisconsin State Fair fixtur...

Bug Moment’s canceled Culver’s show now set for 4 Seasons Skate Park

Matt Wild

July 10, 2023

When life hands you lemons in the form of a canceled show at a beloved fast food restaurant, make lemonade—by moving that show to a beloved skate park. Last month, popular Milwaukee band Bug Moment—along wit...

Lou Barlow had something special in store at intimate URSA performance

Dan Agacki

July 10, 2023

Just short of five years since his last visit, Lou Barlow made his return to URSA in Bay View last Friday. The previous appearance had a “working out the kinks” feel, with minimal seating and plenty of folks mi...

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

Summerfest Weekend 3 Recap: The random indie-rock edition!

Matt Wild

July 9, 2023

At one point during the third and final weekend of Summerfest, I was considering buying a toe ring. At another I was screaming along to one of my favorite songs in the rain. At another I was being offered a spl...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Cookie

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 8, 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...

Sparks played Milwaukee? Sparks played Milwaukee! SPAAAAARKS!

DJ Hostettler

July 7, 2023

So, wait...did Sparks play in Milwaukee 40 years ago? The internet seems to think that they played Summerfest on July 3, 1983—almost 40 years eerily to the day. But I suppose we should forgive Russell Mael, the...

Days of Summerfest, ranked

Tyler Maas

July 7, 2023

As much as I hate to say it, another installment of Summerfest is almost fully in the books. Collectively speaking, Milwaukee Record has been at every day of the Big Gig so far this year and—barring something u...

Take me back to Summerfest 2001: Prince at the Marcus Amphitheater

Matt Wild

July 6, 2023

When Prince died in 2016 at the age of 57, he was hailed as a genius. This was the quirky, restless, uniquely creative mastermind behind Purple Rain, Sign O' The Times, oodles of hit songs, and hell, even that ...

The Bubbler will celebrate Wisconsin-made seltzers September 3

Tyler Maas

July 6, 2023

Wisconsin is a state that's known and lauded for its rich brewing history and beloved craft beer brands. We're all aware of that, but what many of you might not know is the Badger State also has a surprisingly ...

Enlightened Brewing Company’s Summer Block Party returns July 22

Tyler Maas

July 6, 2023

Originally started as an extremely small brewery in a glorified closet in the Lincoln Warehouse back in 2013, Enlightened Brewing Company's reputation and its footprint have both grown considerably in the years...

Bounce Milwaukee to close August 31

Tyler Maas

July 5, 2023

Since opening in 2014, Bounce Milwaukee has been a fun and inviting place for kids, parents, gamers, and countless others to spend time on the outskirts of Bay View. Through the years, it's also been an invalua...

MobCraft’s Weird Fest to feature the “World’s Smallest Island Party”

Tyler Maas

July 5, 2023

Last July, we tried to get you into the spirit for MobCraft's annual Weird Fest block party by writing something about that odd and extremely small intersection that's located right in front of the Walker's Poi...

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