Milwaukee Music Roundup: June 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
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Celebrate the first day of Summerfest 2019 with videos from the hard rockin’ Summerfest 1994
Today, the 26th day of the sixth month in the year of our Lord 2019, is the first day of the 52nd edition of Summerfest (presented by American Family Insurance). From June 26-30, and July 2-7, the "World's Larg...
Kwik Trip’s Glazers donut potato chips are very strange, pretty good
Kwik Trip—or "Kwik Star" if you're nasty and/or from Iowa—is, rightfully, a point of upper Midwestern pride. Through the years, the regional gas station has taken great measures to set itself apart from its con...
A guide to Milwaukee acts playing Summerfest
Tomorrow marks the start of another Summerfest. Now in its 52nd year, the “Big Gig” has long been home to deep fried delicacies, prime people watching, and hundreds upon hundreds of musical acts from all around...
Harley-Davidson Museum’s new “Daredevils” exhibit is Evel and much more
There's no disputing the fact that everyone reading this article has seen and has been thoroughly inspired by the 2007 film Hot Rod. We all owe our moustaches, our countless broken bones, and our affection for ...
Your down-and-dirty guide to getting in free (almost) every day of Summerfest 2019
Summerfest! It runs June 26-30, and July 2-7! It's at Henry Maier Festival Park—a.k.a. the Summerfest grounds! General admission tickets usually cost $15 or $23! Not bad! Like Mad magazine always says: cheap!
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Here’s the Brady Street Festival lineup
Brady Street isn’t exactly the first place you’d think of when it comes to seeing live music in Milwaukee, but for one day every July, the nine-block thoroughfare on the city’s East Side that's best-known for i...
In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (June 16-22)
Depending on which news sources you follow, Milwaukee is going through either a "renaissance" or a "reinvention." Or maybe it's a "reboot" or a "reimagining," like that crappy Tim Burton version of Planet Of Th...
Relive the 2019 Summer Soulstice Music Festival with these photos
Remember a few years ago, when the East Side was lousy with empty bars, empty buildings, and gone-out-of-business businesses? Yeah, it's not really like that anymore. If you needed proof, this past Saturday's S...
The SummerRest: 37 non-Summerfest shows
Summerfest begins Wednesday, and will bring more than 700 acts to 10 stages—not even counting those weird side stages near the lake—and close to a million people through the gates for 11 days of music, activity...
Here are some dumb pictures from the best Dummerfest to date
Last Saturday, while thousands flocked Summer Soulstice on Milwaukee's East Side and Lakefront Festival Of Art outside Milwaukee Art Museum, a few hundred folks made their way to a Cudahy venue for a different ...
Dear Milwaukee sportscasters: Stop shaming strangers (and children) on social media
Sunday afternoon, 41,237 people enjoyed watching the Milwaukee Brewers defeat the Cincinnati Reds 7-5 at Miller Park. Among those 41,000-plus people was local sports radio person Bill Michaels, who most decided...
If you like Nineteen Thirteen’s new EP, ‘If You Like It, It’s Good,’ it’s good
Nineteen Thirteen is a group that's more normal than its lineup suggests, and one that's much, much weirder. On one hand, the duo of Victor DeLorenzo and Janet Schiff produces surprisingly accessible music, esp...
The National, Walk The Moon, more are playing intimate shows at Hacienda Beer Co.
Summerfest 2019 is just around the corner. Like, it starts this Wednesday, folks. It'll be your chance to see acts like The National, Walk The Moon, Neon Trees, Taking Back Sunday, Young The Giant, The Head And...
My First Band: Cedric LeMoyne (Alanis Morissette, Gnarls Barkley, Rose Of The West, Remy Zero)
You probably recognize the bass lines of Cedric LeMoyne in songs by Alanis Morissette and Gnarls Barkley. You might be aware of his work with his new band, Milwaukee's own Rose Of The West. However, LeMoyne's f...
19 pictures of the new Uline Warehouse Stage at Summerfest, plus 1 picture of a red-winged blackbird at Lakeshore State Park
Thursday morning, Summerfest officials unveiled the new and much-improved Uline Warehouse Stage. It's pretty neat! The northern-most stage now sports an expanded footprint, expanded production capabilities, an ...
No more Mr. Passive Resistance: We’re bringing ‘UHF’ back to Avalon Theater July 17
Put down your remote control. Throw out your TV Guide. Put away your jacket. There's no need to go outside. Well, there is a need to go outside on Wednesday, July 17. Yes, that's the night we're teaching poodle...
A guide to Dummerfest 2019, the biggest and dumbest one yet
After two awesome Dummerfest installments that brought bands like Off With Their Heads, Negative Approach, 88 Fingers Louie, The Copyrights, PEARS, Meat Wave, Masked Intruder, Direct Hit!, and many more to The ...
21 standout (non-festival) summer shows
Summertime musical entertainment in Milwaukee typically finds a home at the city's 8,000 street fests, or, you know, that whole Summerfest thing. But look beyond the temporary street stages and the sea of dance...
Rappy Hour brings old school hip-hop and classic music videos to The Vanguard every Thursday
Aside from serving up some of the finest and most innovative sausages in Milwaukee (or anywhere, for that matter), The Vanguard is probably best-known for the unique things they show on the restaurant's two TVs...