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Jonathan Richman will play Marcus Performing Arts Center October 8

June 20, 2023

Bless you, Jonathan Richman. The legendary singer-songwriter has been a force of good and wide-eyed whimsy since the early 1970s, back when he was with The Modern Lovers. These days, his acoustic shows (usually...

The kids (still) dig nu metal

Joey Grihalva

June 19, 2023

Part essay, part interview, part concert review, this piece explores how much things have changed for teenagers over the last 20 years. It's also the first thing I've written (for the public) since the Klassik ...

MKE Music Rewind: ‘Hit Girls’ brings attention to three important, awesome Milwaukee bands

Tyler Maas

June 19, 2023

In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014. Typically, each of our MKE Music Rewind articles focus on one specia...

In case you blinked, here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (June 4-17)

Matt Wild

June 19, 2023

Depending on which news sources you follow, Milwaukee is going through either a "renaissance" or a "reinvention." Or maybe it's a "reboot" or a "reimagining." However you want to define it, it's safe to say tha...

26 photos (and 1 video) from Summer Soulstice 2023

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 18, 2023

The East Side was alive on Saturday for the 2023 Summer Soulstice Music Festival. Three stages, oodles of food trucks, and oodles of vendors took over various thoroughfares and side streets surrounding the inte...

The Show on Riverwest Radio: “Sugar” Shane Mosley

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 18, 2023

Hosted by Kyle & Chris, The Show can be heard every day on WXRW 104.1 in Milwaukee. We interview people with stories to tell. Follow The Show on Twitter, Instagram, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts. Legen...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Sunday

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 17, 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...

Puddler’s Hall is petitioning to get Phil Kessel to bring the Stanley Cup to Milwaukee

Tyler Maas

June 16, 2023

This past Tuesday, the Vegas Golden Knights won the first Stanley Cup in franchise history. Among the players on that championship-winning roster is journeyman right wing Phil Kessel. This season's Stanley Cup ...

A brief guide to the 8,000 things happening on Saturday

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 16, 2023

Every (non-pandemic) Milwaukee summer has one of those days—a day when it seems approximately 8,000 music festivals, block parties, food fests, and other shindigs are happening at once. For Milwaukee Summer 202...

Garden Home takes over Music Go Round Greenfield in “Past Life” video

Tyler Maas

June 16, 2023

In late 2021, Garden Home released postmortem. The two-track EP showed the post-hardcore project pulling no punches as it earnestly addressed feelings of remorse, confinement, and helplessness brought on by bot...

Great Job, Milwaukee! We’re apparently a good place for burgers, naked bike rides, luck

Tyler Maas

June 15, 2023

Here at Milwaukee Record, we employ a sentient machine known as the Great Job, Wisconsin! Bot to keep track of the state’s many appearances on dopey online lists, as well as any time a national publication deig...

Here’s the lineup for the 2023 Música del Lago series at Colectivo Lakefront

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 15, 2023

Is there a day of the week that doesn’t feature a free music series this summer? Our ever-growing guide to summer festivals, fairs, music series, and more says NO. Recently added to that guide is Colectivo’s...

Buffalo Nichols returns with something new/old, “You’re Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond”

Matt Wild

June 15, 2023

When we last caught up with Buffalo Nichols—a.k.a. Milwaukee musician Carl Nichols—he was playing at the Bruce Street Anodyne for WMSE's Local/Live. This was roughly a year after playing to a slightly bigger au...

Here’s the Live @ Aloft concert series lineup

Tyler Maas

June 15, 2023

Another day, another concert series announcement. Don't get us wrong! The steady influx of new (and free!) music happenings is great, but we must admit we're struggling to keep up. Yesterday, we posted the line...

You saw The Flaming Lips play ‘Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots’ at Riverside Theater. You loved it.

Matt Wild

June 14, 2023

The Flaming Lips released Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots in 2002, the year you turned 25. You loved that album. You were living in a dilapidated East Side manor with your girlfriend and six or seven roommates....

Brewed City: Dryhootch Coffeehouse

Tyler Maas

June 14, 2023

Milwaukee and its surrounding suburbs boast a wealth of great independent coffee shops, award-winning roasters, and other excellent area establishments where you can get a caffeine fix. We plan to celebrate som...

WMSE’s Local/Live: Delicious Monsters

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 14, 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...

Drake, Paramore, Sparks and 25 more standout (non-festival) summer shows

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 13, 2023

What’s this? A list of shows? A list of summer shows? Yep! After what seemed to be an endless winter that never truly gave way to spring, summer is finally on the horizon. The season officially starts June 21 t...

I created a tiny version of Fuel Cafe’s “Buttafuoco” sandwich for some reason

Tyler Maas

June 12, 2023

Back in the fall of 2020, I—no doubt hankering for a Fuel Cafe fix I hadn't been able to get for months—developed a copycat recipe for the renowned coffee shop/restaurant's beloved "Buttafuoco" sandwich. Even i...

25 pictures (and 1 video) of Locust Street Festival 2023

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 12, 2023

On Sunday, the beloved and long-running Locust Street Festival of Music and Art returned for its first official installment since 2019. The weather was...well, it was pretty crappy. Cold, wet, and windy, the da...

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