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August 3, 2026

broadstreet.zone(191205); Summer is the best. Join Milwaukee Record and Wheel & Sprocket August 3-10 as we search the city and beyond for the Spirit Of Summer. When thinking of summer, one no doubt thin...

Welcome to August: Here’s what you’re doing this month

August 1, 2026

broadstreet.zone(159870); Though it feels like summer just started, we’ve now entered the last full month of the season. Summer isn’t going out with a whimper, though. Quite the opposite. Since this looks to b...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Buttons

August 1, 2026

broadstreet.zone(174293); Milwaukee Record is working in partnership with Urban Cat Coalition to help find loving homes for area cats. Each week, we—with generous sponsorship from Skilos, A Family Pet Store—pl...

Scenes from Eaux Claires 2026

July 31, 2026

In case you missed it, this past weekend saw the glorious return of the Eaux Claires festival in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. It was the first EC since 2018! How glorious of a return was it? Well, the Justin Vernon-c...

Business To Business: Milwaukee Record co-founder Tyler Maas appreciates Tiprint Inc.

July 31, 2026

A version of this article originally appeared on our Patreon. Want to support Milwaukee Record and get exclusive articles and podcasts? Click HERE. Thanks! Way back in 2023, I briefly tried to get a new Milw...

Behold the lineup for Milwaukee Film’s 70mm Film Series, coming soon to Oriental Theatre

July 31, 2026

Did you know that Milwaukee's historic Oriental Theatre is one of fewer than 20 cinemas in the entire country equipped to project 70mm films year-round? It's true! Seeing movies projected on 35mm film is rare e...

Survey: Scrap the July 3 drone show, use money for something else

July 31, 2026

Fireworks are great, but if you can't afford them and the only thing you can afford is a drone show, just forget the whole thing. That's the crystal-clear message of a new survey released this week, courtesy...

Milwaukee Music Roundup: July 2026

July 31, 2026

broadstreet.zone(159870); Looking for new music? Looking for new Milwaukee music? Then look no further than our monthly Milwaukee Music Roundup! LPs AND EPs OF NOTE Ash Circle - Surveillance: Live @ The Jamb...

Luxe serves stellar soul food on Milwaukee’s northwest side

Juan Miguel Martinez

July 30, 2026

I love a good humid summer afternoon on the north side of Milwaukee, including the drive there. It usually means I am about to experience a part of the city I don't usually get to, because my entire personal an...

MKE Music Rewind: The Championship, ‘Dance Casador!’ (2005)

July 30, 2026

broadstreet.zone(159870); In MKE Music Rewind we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014. In this installment: The Championship's 2005 album Dance...

Mandela Barnes suspends campaign for Wisconsin governor, says it’s ‘very clear’ who Democratic nominee will be

July 30, 2026

And then there were four. On Thursday, Mandela Barnes announced that he is suspending his campaign for Wisconsin governor. Barnes, the lieutenant governor of Wisconsin from 2019 to 2023, leaves David Crowley...

Embarking on a Milwaukee odyssey after seeing ‘The Odyssey’

July 30, 2026

Have you seen Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey yet? Yes, there's an actual film behind the endless discourse and scholarly shit-talking! And it's really, really good! See it now! Want to see it projected in glor...

Be3e’s debut record ‘NIGHTLIGHT’ is a maximalist hip-hop hyperpop fever dream

July 30, 2026

I'll be honest here: I'm not really equipped to "review" NIGHTLIGHT, a.k.a. the debut album from Milwaukee artist Be3e. It's a hyper-processed, hyperactive, and just plain hyper maximalist hip-hop hyperpop feve...

Bayfield County is officially Wisconsin’s best county

July 29, 2026

broadstreet.zone(160542); We have a winner! Following a nearly month-long competition that found a field of 64 of Wisconsin’s geographic land divisions facing one another in six heated rounds of voting, one co...

Here are the September through December “Milwaukee Record Club” themes

July 29, 2026

Since January, Wiggle Room (2988 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.) has allowed us to take over their turntables one night a month to play a three-hour set of music that adheres to a different chosen theme. In addition to p...

MKE INT Short Film Fest returns September 11-12 with giant spiders, ‘Voices Heard,’ more

July 29, 2026

Looking for a jam-packed local film festival to satiate your local film festival appetite this fall? Then look no further that the MKE INT Short Film Fest, set to return to the Avalon Atmospheric Theater Septem...

WMSE’s Local/Live: Fellow Kinsman

July 29, 2026

WMSE's local and live in-studio showcase, Local/Live, airs Tuesdays 6-7 p.m. You can find past episodes HERE, or on this handy Soundcloud playlist. milwaukeerecord · WMSE's Local/Live, July 28, 2026: Fello...

Aimee Mann brings ‘Bachelor No. 2’ back to life at Pabst Theater

CJ Johnson

July 28, 2026

Fresh off her well-received set at this past weekend's revived Eaux Claires Festival at Carson Park in Eau Claire, Aimee Mann hit the stage at The Pabst Theater on Monday night in great spirits, proclaiming "it...

Dirt McGirk, and 5 more (mostly) dead burner accounts from Milwaukee’s past