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When choosing between two competing Krampusnacht celebrations, choose the original

October 17, 2022

Since 2017, Milwaukee Krampusnacht has celebrated the half-goat/half-demon Krampus—a.k.a. a figure from Alpine folklore who punishes naughty children and acts as a foil to the do-gooding Saint Nicholas—with a f...

Here’s the name of the first Summerfest headliner for 2023, and that’s it

Matt Wild

October 17, 2022

Zac Brown Band...

My First Band: NNAMDÏ

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 14, 2022

broadstreet.zone(81112); This week's guest is NNAMDÏ. The Chicago-based singer, rapper, producer, and multi-instrumentalist has put out a ton of great music since 2020 (including his acclaimed new Sooper Recor...

Two weeks after dropping bus mask requirement, MCTS reinstates bus mask requirement

Matt Wild

October 14, 2022

Beginning today, masks are required on all Milwaukee County Transit System buses. Again. The news comes two weeks after MCTS dropped its previous mask requirement. And yeah, let's be honest, no one had been fol...

R.I.P. Milwaukee musician, ‘American Movie’ co-star Mike Schank

Matt Wild

October 13, 2022

Milwaukee musician Mike Schank, best known as the co-star of the 1999 documentary American Movie, has died. A friend confirms to Milwaukee Record that Schank "passed away early this morning in his mother's arm...

Author Luke Geddes talks ‘TV Grime’ zine, the highs and lows of classic Halloween television

Tyler Maas

October 13, 2022

Milwaukee author Luke Geddes is an accomplished scribe whose books have earned praise from trusted voices at respected publications like the New York Times, NPR, and Publishers Weekly. In addition to being an a...

Great Job, Milwaukee! Studies show we hardly swear and barely smile

Tyler Maas

October 13, 2022

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

In The Cooperage on October 16, everything will be fine for “Inside A Dream: The Music Of David Lynch”

Matt Wild

October 13, 2022

There's a sublime moment in the first season of Twin Peaks where Special Agent Dale Cooper and Sheriff Harry S. Truman walk into the Double R Diner. "Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret," Cooper s...

Culver’s CurderBurger is back, so here’s a two-minute video of a Culver’s CurderBurger

Matt Wild

October 12, 2022

It's official: Beginning today, Culver's CurderBurger—a.k.a. the Deluxe ButterBurger topped with a cheese curd "crown" that started out as an April Fools' Day joke but then became a one-day-only reality but the...

Nomad World Pub announces FanZone 2022 for unprecedented autumn World Cup

Tyler Maas

October 12, 2022

Nomad World Pub owner Mike Eitel has been hosting World Cup parties at (and outside of) his Brady Street bar since 1998. Though that will continue this year, Nomad is being hit with an unfamiliar obstacle: the ...

Zack Pieper’s “Ghost-Its” are currently haunting the windows of Lion’s Tooth

Matt Wild

October 12, 2022

Milwaukee writer/musician/poet/artist Zack Pieper has rung in the past eight Halloween seasons with his delightful "Ghost-Its" installations. Armed with thousands of post-it notes and a lot of patience, Pieper ...

Bag of beef, Duncan Sheik, booze, and knives: Rapid reviews of things we were sent

Tyler Maas

October 12, 2022

Every now and then, a company or an agency hired to do PR for a company will offer to send us something to try. Sometimes I'll say yes and, if there's a natural fit for our audience, I'll write about it. Other ...

Reminder: You have one week to register to vote online or by mail

Matt Wild

October 12, 2022

The 2022 General Election is set for Tuesday, November 8. Perhaps you've seen some ads about it on your television, your computer, or your phone? Or maybe in your mailbox and/or waking nightmares? Soul-deadenin...

Brat Sounds say goodbye with ‘Nothing,’ look back on past albums

Matt Wild

October 11, 2022

To hear bandleader Scott Cary tell it, Milwaukee indie-rock staple Brat Sounds began not just as a natural extension of his previous group, Dinny Bulca, but as a personal "ploy for musical control." "I felt ...

Hover Craft announces 2022 vendor lineup

Tyler Maas

October 11, 2022

Since 2009, Hover Craft has brought skilled local artists, crafters, retailers, and others residing beneath the broad "maker" umbrella together to bring Milwaukee-made goods to area consumers during the holiday...

Nightmare On Center Street to bring scary good fun to Company Brewing October 29

Tyler Maas

October 11, 2022

There's no shortage of great Halloween-adjacent events taking place in and around Milwaukee this year (stay tuned for more on that soon), but one of the longest-running and altogether best holiday happenings in...

Common Council approves $1,000 fine for harassing election workers

Matt Wild

October 11, 2022

With four weeks to go until the November 8 General Election, the Milwaukee Common Council has taken a small step in protecting election and poll workers throughout the city. Because you KNOW this election is go...

The most memorable moments of the 2022 Milwaukee Brewers season: Part 2

Kyle Lobner

October 10, 2022

It ended sooner than many had hoped or expected, but the 2022 MLB season still left behind plenty of memories—good, bad and weird—that will live on in the annals of Brewers franchise history. In the second part...

Diet Lite hunts down stolen gear (with hilarious results) in short film, ‘This God Damn City’

Tyler Maas

October 10, 2022

In addition to being a downright great band, Diet Lite has a keen sense of humor and a knack for releasing music videos that are equal parts unique and hilarious. Last November, the Milwaukee garage rock trio t...

My First Band: Chris Gethard

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 7, 2022

broadstreet.zone(81112); This week's guest is Chris Gethard. Though Gethard isn't a musician, he is a cult comedy legend, the namesake of The Chris Gethard Show, an actor (who you might know from films like Do...

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