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Former Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett on missing Milwaukee politics: “It’s all yours, baby!”

November 14, 2022

Does former Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett—who held the city's top position from 2004 to 2021, only to suddenly resign mid-term and accept a position as the United States Ambassador to Luxembourg—miss his old gig?...

My First Band: Charlie Parr

Milwaukee Record Staff

November 11, 2022

broadstreet.zone(81112); This week's guest is Charlie Parr. Over the course of his 30-year career, the Duluth-based guitarist and singer has released more than a dozen albums, played thousands of shows all ove...

Stuff We Missed: Lakefront Brewery will ditch bottles, go “all cans” in February

Matt Wild

November 11, 2022

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. • Remember that part in Beck's "Where It's At" where he says "Bottles and cans...

Drift off, fall in love with Sleepy Gaucho’s “Best Drug”

Matt Wild

November 11, 2022

It's been a long week. Winter has arrived. Twitter is a mess. A maddening election cycle has finally come to an end. The guy who voiced Batman on the forever-awesome Batman: The Animated Series is dead. What to...

Stout Fest returns to MobCraft on December 10

Tyler Maas

November 11, 2022

Days with temperatures in the 70s are yesterday's news (literally). Shorter days are now here and colder days are ahead, which means that it's almost dark beer's time to shine! Yes, porters, stouts, and all thi...

Revamped Hacienda Taproom & Kitchen now home to some of East Side’s best food, drinks

Matt Wild

November 10, 2022

It's a quiet Wednesday on the East Side, but inside Hacienda Taproom & Kitchen—née Hacienda Beer Co.—something is happening. Amidst pockets of folks sipping beer at the bar and a handful of tables taking pa...

Finding some positives in a downright terrible Packers season

Tyler Maas

November 10, 2022

The Green Bay Packers are bad. This season has been bad. Unless things drastically change in the next three weeks (against three opponents with winning records, mind you), the chances of a Packers postseason ar...

Iron Grate BBQ will close November 20

Tyler Maas

November 9, 2022

After eight years in business, Iron Grate BBQ is calling it quits. Today, the Bay View-adjacent restaurant's owner/chef Aaron Patin announced in an email to its online mailing list that Iron Grate will be closi...

“Be humble and don’t suck.” A conversation with Doug Carrion of Field Day

Dan Agacki

November 8, 2022

With seemingly every band that's ever sniffed a stage getting back together, there's a lot to think about in regards to legacy. Where some try to pick up where they left off, others try to touch on a previous s...

Smoking Popes drummer Mike Felumlee yearns for simpler times in new solo single

Tyler Maas

November 8, 2022

In addition to being the longtime drummer of Smoking Popes and the founder of the Live From The Rock Room music video series, Mike Felumlee is also an accomplished solo artist. Over the past 20 years, the Milwa...

9 Milwaukee places to relax or break stuff, should you need to do such things in the upcoming days

Matt Wild

November 8, 2022

Apropos of nothing, here are 9 places in Milwaukee (and the surrounding Milwaukee area) where you can relax or break stuff! (This list is far from exhaustive, so let us know YOUR favorite place to relax or brea...

Vote!

Milwaukee Record Staff

November 8, 2022

It's Election Day for the 2022 General Election! Vote! Polls are open 7 a.m. - 8 p.m.! Vote! You already know who you're voting for (and partisan candidates will be labeled "Democratic" or "Republican" on...

In case you blinked, here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (October 23 – November 5)

Matt Wild

November 7, 2022

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," like that crappy Tim Burton version of Planet Of Th...

Guerrilla Ghost cap off most accomplished year yet with ‘Dying’

Tyler Maas

November 7, 2022

It's safe to say Guerrilla Ghost is having itself a year. Back in April, the politically-pointed industrial hip-hop duo composed of vocalist Bad Graphics Ghost and producer Tron Jovi released its excellent thir...

Watch Billy Corgan snacking somethin’ during Smashing Pumpkins’ recent Milwaukee show

Matt Wild

November 7, 2022

Full disclosure: We didn't attend Smashing Pumpkins' October 30 show at Fiserv Forum. We like Smashing Pumpkins and all, but, we dunno. We saw the band—or, should we say, we saw Billy Corgan and some other folk...

East Side street between Hooligan’s and Crossroads Collective could become public plaza

Matt Wild

November 4, 2022

With talk still bubbling about partially closing Brady Street to vehicular traffic, another East Side street could soon become a traffic-less public plaza: Ivanhoe Place. Specifically, a half-block of East Ivan...

My First Band: Chris No. 2 (Anti Flag)

Milwaukee Record Staff

November 4, 2022

broadstreet.zone(81112); This week's guest is Chris Barker, who you probably know better as "Chris No. 2." The longtime Anti Flag bassist has been an integral member of the iconic and important Pittsburgh punk...

MATTHÚ explores acoustic and electronic expanses on outstanding debut EP, ‘Montana’

Tyler Maas

November 4, 2022

As half of established sibling synthwave duo Immortal Girlfriend, Kevin Bush has been a fixture on stages at local venues and area festivals, he's composed music that's been used on television, and he has been ...

Good Soup MKE is open and already living up to its name

Tyler Maas

November 3, 2022

Even though these past few days have been unseasonably warm, fall is here, winter is on the way, and colder days are ahead. Thankfully, Milwaukee has some truly great soup spots to help warm your soul and nouri...

Everything you need to know about ‘A Whole New Ballgame’—an extremely short-lived ’90s sitcom set in Milwaukee

Tyler Maas

November 3, 2022

A version of this article originally appeared on our Patreon. Want to support Milwaukee Record and get exclusive articles and podcasts? Click HERE. Thanks! I'm a person who has a tendency to get lost down ra...

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