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December 13, 2019

Milwaukee Record launched on April 7, 2014. Since then, we've published nearly 6,000 stories, reached millions upon millions of internet-weary eyeballs (we're currently in the midst of a record-breaking year), ...

My First Band: Christopher Porterfield (Field Report, DeYamond Edison)

December 13, 2019

Christopher Porterfield has experienced a great deal of the ups and downs the music industry has to offer. He's been signed, toured the continent, performed on national television, and shared the stage with som...

310 Friday fish frys and counting: Guzzlers Sports Lounge (West Allis)

Caleb Westphal

December 13, 2019

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. The plan was to get a fish fry at a place called Korbellys. The problem? Well, Korbellys hasn't ...

Brat Sounds wear their hearts on their sleeves on ‘Bad Luck’

December 13, 2019

"I don't want to see 30 / I don't want to get married / I just want to stay hungry / I just want to stay bold." That's Brat Sounds singer Scott Cary in the opening seconds of "See Thirty," a standout track f...

A Milwaukee motorist made their Pontiac Bonneville into a Packers and Bears rivalry car

December 12, 2019

broadstreet.zone(72581); For reasons we can't fully understand, people like to use their vehicles as a way to tell the world more about themselves. With the use of accessories like stickers, decals, window cli...

Catch up on some of 2019’s best local music with the Silver City Sampler

December 12, 2019

In case you missed our various recent reminders, Milwaukee music is an incredibly good place. Though there’s no shortage of Best Of lists and awards that help recognize the recorded efforts of Milwaukee musicia...

Here are the November ridership numbers for The Hop, and that’s it

December 12, 2019

A total of 52,998 people rode the Milwaukee streetcar, The Hop, in November 2019. That's an average of 1,767 per day. The lightest day of traffic was, unsurprisingly, Thanksgiving, when only 645 people rode the...

Reminder: Take the bus this New Year’s Eve, because it’s free

December 12, 2019

Let's keep this simple: This New Year's Eve, for the 32nd year in a row, Miller Lite is teaming up with the Milwaukee County Transit System (and Beer Capitol Distributing) to provide free bus rides on all MCTS ...

The 15 best Milwaukee music videos of 2019

December 11, 2019

As demonstrated in our recent rundown of the 25 best Milwaukee albums of 2019 (not to mention our list of 15 standout Milwaukee EPs from 2019), a dizzying amount of great music was made and released in our fair...

Roman Reigns and Daniel Bryan are coming to Fiserv Forum and nothing else matters

Vince Morales

December 11, 2019

WWE makes its return to Milwaukee for a live taping of SmackDown at the Fiserv Forum this Friday. WWE's most recent visit to Milwaukee was in March for a non-televised event, and a lot has changed in the compan...

Leave room on your best albums list for Social Caterpillar’s ‘Start A Fire That Sings You A Song’

December 11, 2019

Earlier this week, we posted our list of the 25 best Milwaukee albums of 2019. Of course, we put a great deal of time, thought, and effort into the article each year. We stand behind our picks, but despite our ...

15 standout Milwaukee EPs of 2019

December 10, 2019

Does a year-end best-of list really need an introduction? No, no it does not. So, without further ado, here's our (non-ranked) list of 15 standout Milwaukee EPs (typically featuring five tracks or fewer) of 201...

Help support Riverwest Radio by joining in on a live, 13-hour “chant for prosperity”

December 10, 2019

Riverwest Radio (104.1 FM) is a Milwaukee treasure. Born out of the Occupy movement back in 2011, the 24-hour freeform station is home to dozens of interesting, creative, and often bizarre programs helmed by Mi...

The 25 best Milwaukee albums of 2019

December 9, 2019

Does a year-end best-of list really need an introduction? No, no it does not. So, without further ado, here it is, Milwaukee Record's list of the 25 best Milwaukee albums (featuring six tracks or more) of 2019....

Milwaukee made an appearance on last night’s episode of ‘Supergirl’

December 9, 2019

Look, we're not going to pretend to have any idea what's going on in the so-called Arrowverse. The CW Network's shared small-screen universe of Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, Legends Of Tomorrow, and Batwoman is ...

Check out the hideous, incredible holiday jerseys the Wisconsin Herd wore Saturday

December 9, 2019

It's been an unmatched year for new logos and alternate uniforms of Wisconsin sports franchises. First, the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers made news (and thousands upon thousands of dollars in the process) when they...

Behold Nomad World Pub’s new large-scale, interactive, Pandora-equipped mural

December 9, 2019

Hot on the heels of that Giannis/Yelich/Rodgers triple Wisconsin MVP augmented reality bobblehead puzzle set comes another piece of Milwaukee art that features some hi-tech bells and whistles. On Monday, Nomad ...

How long can you watch Saturday Night Live’s “Wisconsin Women” sketch before turning it off?

December 9, 2019

Unlike the typical Saturday Night Live sketch, let's keep this mercifully brief: On Saturday night, SNL ran a sketch called "Wisconsin Women." It featured Kate McKinnon, Cecily Strong, and host Jennifer Lopez p...

My First Band: Andrew Winistorfer (Vinyl Me, Please)