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Nu metal lives on at X-Ray Arcade’s Freak On A Leash Friday

July 19, 2019

In the late '90s and early aughts, mainstream music was all the rage with a new form of heavy metal that—quite fittingly—was called "nu metal." Bands like Korn, Limp Bizkit, Slipknot, Crazy Town, and Linkin Par...

People continue to ride The Hop, but let’s figure out how to complain about it anyway (again)

Matt Wild

July 19, 2019

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed (formerly Off The Record, which is now the name of our print-only Colectivo publication) looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout th...

16 pictures of the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Wisconsin Avenue’s new Gateway Mural

Matt Wild

July 19, 2019

Back in March, Downtown Milwaukee announced an open call for the Gateway Mural Project. It was an initiative to bring a bit of color and action to the west-facing facade of 622 W. Wisconsin Ave., on the northea...

Don’t worry, there are plenty of rooms left at Sybaris for the 2020 Democratic National Convention

Matt Wild

July 18, 2019

Wednesday afternoon, the Milwaukee Business Journal published a story that was an instant frontrunner for Headline of the Year: "Milwaukee DNC 2020 hotel pickings slim, expensive—room left at Sybaris." The piec...

Batter up! We’re screening ‘A League Of Their Own’ at Avalon Theater

Tyler Maas

July 18, 2019

Last night, an enthusiastic audience joined us at Avalon Theater for the second sold-out UHF screening in as many years. While that's certainly a tough act to follow, we think you're going to have a ball at nex...

Let L’Resorts send your ears on an island getaway with “Separate Oceans”

Tyler Maas

July 18, 2019

Back in February, we formally introduced you to L'Resorts, the new "tropical-pop" project spearheaded by Lady Cannon namesake Martha Cannon and Jaill founding member Vincent Kircher. In the months since announc...

Listen to the new Arctic Sleep album, ‘Kindred Spirits,’ and watch the creation of its cover art

Matt Wild

July 18, 2019

Arctic Sleep doesn't make albums—it makes experiences. Take Kindred Spirits, the seventh full-length record from the local atmospheric metal outfit. It's the followup to 2014's Passage Of Gaia, and another spra...

A brief history of Brewers grand slam droughts (and how they ended)

Kyle Lobner

July 17, 2019

The Milwaukee Brewers' long grand slam crisis came to an abrupt end Tuesday night when Christian Yelich (who else?) plated four runs with one swing of the bat to blow open what eventually became a 13-1 win over...

Members of Iron Pizza, Canopies, and Appleseeds resurface in Tell Me

Tyler Maas

July 17, 2019

Last December, Iron Pizza called it quits after more than five years as a band. The synth-rock band with a proclivity for partying was a supremely fun and well-liked fixture at Riverwest and Bay View bar shows....

Here’s the Denim Park Summer ’19 Concert Series lineup

Tyler Maas

July 17, 2019

Though Milwaukee seems to have every weekend covered in terms of entertainment, it's always refreshing to see bands perform in the city's collection of weeknight concerts. Events like Chill On The Hill, Jazz In...

A Milwaukee guide to Mile Of Music

Tyler Maas

July 17, 2019

From August 1-4, a total of 10 Milwaukee (or Milwaukee-adjacent) bands and solo artists will make the 100-mile trek north on US 41—or I-43, if they want to take the scenic route—to partake in the fifth annual M...

I got married at Pizza Shuttle

MaryGrace Genova Borenstein

July 16, 2019

broadstreet.zone(71237); During a brunch at Honeypie in July of 2015, my boyfriend and I decided we wanted to get married. No, this wasn't a regular engagement. I never wanted an engagement ring, so I had him ...

Don’s Diner will serve “boozy ice cream” at ‘Stranger Things’-themed Scoops Ahoy pop-up

Tyler Maas

July 16, 2019

By now, most of you have certainly made you way through the entire third season of Stranger Things. For those of you who haven't, prepare for a small and mostly-insignificant spoiler: Steve Harrington works at ...

The final overbid: Milwaukee PBS is dropping the Great TV Auction

Matt Wild

July 16, 2019

Awful, awful news for fans of local public television and hypnotically watchable auctions: Milwaukee PBS plans to drop its long-running Great TV Auction, which has been a delightfully homegrown staple since 196...

Listen to a cut from The Hatchets’ Woody Guthrie concept album, ‘The Uncounted Blue Jillions’

Matt Wild

July 16, 2019

Milwaukee has a thing for Woody Guthrie. In February 2018, an all-star cast of Milwaukee musicians (led by Johanna Rose) paid tribute to the folk icon with the GuthrieUNCOVERED show at Turner Hall. In November ...

Here’s the performance schedule for the fourth annual Milwaukee Fringe Festival

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 16, 2019

Each August since 2016, Milwaukee Fringe Festival has showcased live acts from the worlds of theater, music, dance, and visual art. This year, between Saturday, August 24 and Sunday, August 25, close to 30 thea...

Hear Christopher Porterfield’s cover of a Paper Holland song for the band’s ‘Galápados’ companion album

Tyler Maas

July 15, 2019

Last June, Paper Holland released its long-awaited sophomore album, Galápagos, a meticulously-crafted batch of summertime-suited songs that cracked the top 15 on our list of 2018’s best Milwaukee records. On Ju...

Sweet Rings has abandoned plans to move into Kinnickinnic Avenue location

Tyler Maas

July 15, 2019

In early 2018, Bay View learned a new bakery would be moving to the former site of East Side Ovens at 2895-2899 S. Kinnickinnic Ave. In the year and a half since that news broke about Sweet Rings, owners Bobby ...

Ron Funches is fun and freewheeling in Turner Hall return

Tyler Maas

July 15, 2019

In August 2017, Ron Funches threw cookies and stole hearts at Turner Hall. In the roughly two years since that long-overdue stop in Milwaukee, the comedian and actor amassed tons of film and television credits,...

Watch the 1985 Great Circus Parade, hosted by Pat Sajak and Vanna White

Matt Wild

July 14, 2019

It's Sunday and it's beautiful outside, so let's keep this short and sweet: Here's the entire two-hour-plus Great Circus Parade from July 14, 1985, held in downtown Milwaukee and hosted by...Pat Sajak and Vanna...

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