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January 5, 2023

Now that we're a few days into January, it's possible cracks are starting to show on some of your New Year's resolutions. If one of your goals—whether it's just for this month or for a longer period of time—inv...

MKE Music Rewind: ’93QFM Hometown Music Project III’ (1988)

January 5, 2023

In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014. Milwaukee radio station WQFM 93.3 went through numerous format chang...

Get in the winter spirit with our new “Snow Pile” T-shirt

January 4, 2023

If you read Milwaukee Record with any regularity (or follow us on social media), chances are you've encountered more than a few pictures of a certain downtown snow pile. Yes, we've been tracking this ever-fluct...

The 7 Green Bay Packers starting quarterbacks of the last 30 seasons, ranked

January 4, 2023

Last week, we expressed our long-overdue appreciation for former Packers quarterback Don Majkowski, whose time as Green Bay's starter abruptly ended early into the 1992 season. Since the beginning of the follow...

Help Milwaukee service industry veteran Eric Gutbrod open his own bar in Washington Heights

January 4, 2023

am an expert in beer, the business of beer, and the history of beer." So reads the LinkedIn page of Eric Gutbrod, a familiar and welcome presence in Milwaukee's beer and service industry scene. Over the past 2...

Listen to us talk about our favorite Milwaukee music of 2022 with WUWM’s Lake Effect

January 4, 2023

Once a month, Milwaukee Record's own Matt Wild gets his NPR on by sitting down with WUWM's Lake Effect and discussing some of his favorite new Milwaukee records and songs. For January, he took it one step furth...

Watch some highlights from the 2022 season of WMSE’s Local/Live

January 4, 2023

Pound for pound, one of the best showcases for local music is WMSE's weekly Local/Live program. Every Tuesday at 6 p.m., a Milwaukee artist drops by the station's downtown studio, plays some songs live on the a...

7 Milwaukee things to look forward to in 2023

January 3, 2023

A new year represents new beginnings, new opportunities, and new ways that things can crash and burn and leave us begging to shuffle off this mortal coil once and for all. BUT LET'S NOT FOCUS ON THAT LAST BIT. ...

Midweek Music migrates south to Crafty Cow’s Bay View location this winter

January 3, 2023

Early last month, we wrapped up another autumn installment of our Midweek Music concert series at Crafty Cow's Wauwatosa location. Instead of making you wait until spring before the series continues, Crafty Cow...

Terrible Job, Wisconsin! Insurance site says we’re the 4th-worst driving state (which seems low)

January 3, 2023

Back in 2021, we wrote about Milwaukee's nasty habit of passing on the right, a.k.a. the "Milwaukee Slide," a.k.a. "lol it's called 'baselining' you out-of-touch doofuses." And though the "Milwaukee Slide" / "b...

Pho Spot MKE coming soon to 3rd St. Market Hall

January 3, 2023

The bustling 3rd St. Market Hall—a.k.a. the wildly successful food hall located on the first floor of the old Shops of Grand Avenue, 275 W. Wisconsin Ave.—will soon be even more bustling. According to licens...

Here’s the full text of Gov. Tony Evers’ second inaugural address

January 3, 2023

Governor Tony Evers was sworn in on Tuesday for his second term as the 46th governor of the state of Wisconsin. The event took place during Wisconsin's 2023 Inauguration Ceremony in Madison. Former Wisconsin go...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Thinking about doing the Polar Bear Plunge and then finally doing it

January 2, 2023

Some Milwaukee things come and go, while some Milwaukee things become iconic. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: finally doing the Polar Bear Plunge! Near the end of 2021, I wrote about ...

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

January 2, 2023

It wasn’t too long ago that January was pretty much a vacant, blustery tundra of Milwaukee entertainment options. Between frigid conditions, uncertainties regarding Packers playoff seeding, and the post-holiday...

Upper East Bar set to reopen under new ownership

January 2, 2023

East Side corner bar Upper East Bar (1732 E. North Ave.) has been closed for a few months, but that may soon change. License applications filed with the city indicate a new ownership group called Premier Clo...

The Jazz Estate will reopen in February with new cocktail program, “limited live music”

January 2, 2023

East Side staple The Jazz Estate (2423 N. Murray Ave.) recently finished up its annual monthlong series of The Commercialists playing the music of A Charlie Brown Christmas. The club is now taking January off, ...

Social Cig finds Jurassic love in colorful “Hot Red” video

January 2, 2023

We'll be the first to admit that we've been sleeping on Social Cig. The Parker Schultz-fronted indie-rock project had a big 2022, releasing the full-length CHEESEHEAD, receiving plenty of local acclaim, and pla...

Video game YouTuber Dunkey tops our Wisconsin-Born Celebrity Bracket, baybeeee

January 1, 2023

The people have spoken: wildly popular video game YouTuber Dunkey is the top Wisconsin-born celebrity. Bigger and better than Gene Wilder, Orson Welles, Heather Graham, Latrell Sprewell, Les Paul, Georgia O'Kee...

Milwaukee Record’s Cat Of The Week: Midnight