Milwaukee Music Roundup: April 2019
Looking for new music? Looking for new Milwaukee music? Then look no further than our monthly Milwaukee Music Roundup, stuffed with new records, notable singles, and more.
LPs AND EPs OF NOTE
Lex Allen - I.D....
Shank Hall has the cure for Summerfest withdrawal on Summerfest’s day off: Kiefer Sutherland
Summerfest, a.k.a. The World's Largest Music Festival, descends on Henry Maier Festival Park June 26-30, and July 2-7. Notice a gap there? The Big Gig takes a day off on Monday, July 1. Those picnic tables don'...
Here are the Johnson Controls World Sound Stage headliners for Summerfest 2019
If you hear a low rumbling coming from Milwaukee's lakefront, don't fret: it's just the sound of Summerfest, which is set to take over Henry Maier Festival Park June 26-30, and July 2-7. Who's playing in 2019? ...
Milwaukee Record’s 2019 Summer Festival Guide
Is there anything better than summer in Milwaukee? No, no there is not. For four months out of the year, Milwaukee becomes a warm and joyous place stocked with an improbable number of summer festivals, street p...
Here are the Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard headliners for Summerfest 2019
If you hear a low rumbling coming from Milwaukee's lakefront, don't fret: it's just the sound of Summerfest, which is set to take over Henry Maier Festival Park June 26-30, and July 2-7. Who's playing in 2019? ...
Sculptures honoring Milwaukee Road workers coming to Hank Aaron State Trail
Milwaukee loves a good sculpture and/or statue. There's the untold number of historical statues. There's that new City Hall sculpture. There's Sculpture Milwaukee. There's the Bronze Fonz. There's the upcoming ...
Miller High Life and Terrapin are releasing a brut IPA called “Hoppin’ Bubbly”
Despite being one of the most iconic and celebrated beer brands in Milwaukee, Miller High Life isn't afraid to shake things up from time to time. In recent years, "The Champagne Of Beers" has temporarily change...
Foals elegantly trot through its catalog in energetic performance at The Rave
Even though Foals hail from Oxford, England, the British band has been a somewhat frequent fixture in Milwaukee in recent years. The last few Foals outings in town have taken place at The Rave, and that trend c...
The Bucks lost and Brother Ron got his car towed
"… Babylon is nothing else than an infinite game of chance." –Jorge Luis Borges
The entire sports world stared at Milwaukee, for a while, through a camera's funnel cartography on Sunday afternoon. It felt ri...
5 things to watch in the Bucks-Celtics second-round showdown
The second-round playoff series between the Milwaukee Bucks and Boston Celtics is going to be a war. The preseason favorite to sit atop the post-LeBron Eastern Conference squares off against the top-seeded brea...
Dummerfest will return to Cudahy June 22, The Lawrence Arms announced as headliner
Back in June of 2015, a dozen (primarily) punk and hardcore bands hailing from five states came to The Metal Grill in Cudahy for an unforgettable day of all-ages fun known as Dummerfest. The festival returned t...
My First Band: Nick Woods (Direct Hit!, The Box Social)
Before Nick Woods was the singer, guitarist, and founding member of Direct Hit! and the co-owner of X-Ray Arcade, the punk rock front man and all-ages venue owner/operator was a suburban kid with an insatiable ...
277 Friday fish frys and counting: The Depot Tavern (Caledonia)
Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here.
Last summer, I attempted to go to The Depot Tavern in Caledonia (11402 County Road G; 262-835-2272...
Lie, cheat, and steal with Dirty Dancing’s new ticked-off single, “Winning”
If you're a semi-conscious human being living in the 21st century, you've probably felt it. A gnawing sense of dread. An unfocused black hole of despair. A weary feeling of resignation when faced with another d...
Here are the Summerfest 2019 headliners for the new Uline Warehouse Stage
If you hear a low rumbling coming from Milwaukee's lakefront, don't fret: it's just the sound of Summerfest, coming to Henry Maier Festival Park June 26-30, and July 2-7. Who's playing in 2019? Here's who’s pla...
I ate a CBD-infused brat and then I sat in a park and looked at stuff
Confession: I don't understand CBD. I mean, I know it's a thing, I know it's a thing that everyone is excited about, and I know it's a thing that everyone suddenly became experts on nine months ago. Still, I'm ...
Milwaukee Flag: Infinity War is approaching its Endgame
When we last checked in with the heroes and villains of Milwaukee Flag: Infinity War, the Milwaukee Arts Board had acquired the six Infinity Flags, snapped their fingers, and cut the number of Milwaukee flags d...
It’s not unusual: We’re screening ‘Mars Attacks!’ at the Avalon on May 22
If you missed last night's screening of The Brady Bunch Movie at Avalon Theater, we hope you had a nice trip to Sears instead. However, you missed out on the big reveal of the big preview for the big May screen...
Here’s the 2019 Chill On The Hill lineup
It's amazing that Chill On The Hill has only been around for 15 years. The concept of the mid-week Bay View occurrence is so simple: laying out on a blanket, imbibing food and beverages brought from home (or pu...
All I really need to know I learned from ‘Mr. Belvedere’
The following article originally appeared in the March edition of Colectivo Coffee's "Off The Record" print-only periodical/crossword puzzle. You can pick up "Off The Record" free of charge at all 13 Milwaukee-...