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On The Record #140: Sports with Ramie Makhlouf

October 12, 2018

Though sports is always a relevant topic (especially in Wisconsin), each autumn seems to bring about a competitive crescendo of sorts. But it's never been quite like this. The Brewers are in the NLCS and have t...

Film Girl Film Festival opens tonight with documentary on sci-fi novelist Ursula K. Le Guin

Matt Wild

October 12, 2018

There has never been a better time to be a filmmaker in Milwaukee. This weekend sees the opening of the John Ridley-backed No Studios, a filmmaking and artistic hub located in the Pabst Brewery Complex. Next we...

There’s finally (finally!) a song about Front Row Amy

Matt Wild

October 11, 2018

If you're not familiar with longtime Milwaukee Brewers superfan "Front Row Amy" (real name Amy Williams), you haven't been paying attention to Brewers baseball—or the internet. She's the woman who's been holdin...

We’re bringing Brendan Kelly to Cactus Club on January 11

Tyler Maas

October 11, 2018

Brendan Kelly is the best. While you certainly know and love the Chicago punk legend and former Slapstick and Broadways member's modern-day work in The Lawrence Arms, The Falcon, and on his hilariously bleak...

Here’s everything you need to know about Beet Street 2018

Tyler Maas

October 11, 2018

Though rain put a damper on last year’s festivities, Beet Street Harvest Festival is, thankfully, coming back for a third year. Spearheaded by Cactus Club and in association with Goodkind and Palomino, the Satu...

Radiograffiti showcase will feature national electronic acts, DIY synth builds, more

Matt Wild

October 11, 2018

For nearly a decade, Milwaukee-based label Radiograffiti has been a glitchy godsend for those who prefer their music electronic, challenging, and outside the mainstream. Headed by electronic musician Tyler St. ...

MKE Music Rewind: Like Like The The The Death: “Holy Ghosty”

Matt Wild

October 11, 2018

In our weekly MKE Music Rewind, we revisit a notable Milwaukee song that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014. There are great albums that work as unified wholes, able to be list...

Get into the Halloween spirit with some top-notch Lake Drive Halloween decorations

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 11, 2018

Do you like fall? (Yes.) Do you like Halloween? (Of course.) Do you like elaborate outdoor Halloween decorations? (Yes, of course). Then please enjoy these photos, courtesy of Wendy Schreier, of some ghoulishly...

Love And Pain transcend geography to explore the darker side of guitar pop

Sahan Jayasuriya

October 10, 2018

Milwaukee is home to many musicians, engineers, and producers who focus their efforts on working primarily with artists within the city itself. Those seeking to apply their talents to helping artists on a natio...

Bay View neighbors honor fallen city inspector Greg Zyszkiewicz with “Zombies for Ziggy”

Catherine Jozwik

October 10, 2018

To honor the memory of a beloved neighbor who loved Halloween, residents of Pine Avenue in Milwaukee's Bay View neighborhood are decorating their blocks, Walking Dead-style, for the month of October. City in...

Help finally bring ramen to Milwaukee by donating to the Ramen Nom Icon crowdfunding campaign

Matt Wild

October 10, 2018

Take yourself back to the fall of 2017. Donald Trump was president. The LEGO Ninjago Movie was in theaters. Milwaukee was in the grip of ramen fever. Yes, long before the poke craze, the axe-throwing craze, and...

How would a Brewers World Series appearance impact Ed Sheeran’s Miller Park concert?

Tyler Maas

October 9, 2018

Update: According to Piet Levy of Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Ed Sheeran's Miller Park concert will be rescheduled if the Brewers make the World Series. He spoke to Tyler Barnes, Brewers vice president of commu...

“If the ghost shows again, we are all going to fight together”: The Pfister Hotel All-Star Ghost Team

Tea Krulos

October 9, 2018

October is a time for baseball and spookiness, and nowhere on Earth do the two collide quite like Milwaukee's Pfister Hotel. The historic hotel, completed in 1893 by Charles Pfister, has long been rumored to be...

Restorations talk time away, new direction, Philadelphia’s music scene

Tyler Maas

October 9, 2018

Much has changed since the last time Restorations were on tour. Not long after the Philadelphia rock outfit's tour stop in Milwaukee in early 2015, the band took lengthy break, they parted ways with their label...

Now you’re shooting with power: Milwaukee photographer documents city with Game Boy Camera

Matt Wild

October 9, 2018

In the era of hi-res smartphone cameras and even higher-res professional cameras, Milwaukee has never looked better. Poke around online and you'll find oodles of gorgeous pictures of the city we love. But for o...

Relive the Brewers’ 2011 postseason with the ridiculous “(We Are) The Brew Crew”

Matt Wild

October 9, 2018

Last week, we hipped you to the wonderful/ridiculous "Christian Yelich," a 2018 Milwaukee Brewers postseason anthem that sports the line "Let 'em hate 'cause we got the juice / Poppin' bottles with Bob Ueck." S...

Tucked Away: Milwaukee’s original pizzeria lives on (under a giant coffee cup) at Caradaro Pizza Club

Tyler Maas

October 8, 2018

Between beloved and well-established local staples and a steady wave of new bars and restaurants popping up in and around Milwaukee almost every week, worthwhile dining and drinking gems can occasionally get lo...

5 things Milwaukee County residents can do before the November midterm election

Matt Wild

October 8, 2018

broadstreet.zone(32806); Our weekly Tracklist is brought to you by the 2018 Milwaukee Film Festival The 2018 midterm election is set for Tuesday, November 6. It's gonna be a big one: All 435 seats in the Un...

Blind Fiction takes a long, hard look at mental health in “Ignorance Is Bliss”

Tyler Maas

October 8, 2018

A lot has changed since Timothy Charles And The Blind Fiction released its self-titled album in 2016. Since then, the blues rock trio consisting of the eponymous singer-guitarist and drummer Nick Lang (or Buffa...

Remembering the time Biff from ‘Late Night With David Letterman’ sang the national anthem at County Stadium

Matt Wild

October 8, 2018

Take yourself back to the summer of 1989. George H.W. Bush is the president. The Milwaukee Brewers are playing .500 baseball in Milwaukee County Stadium. Late Night With David Letterman is one of the hippest sh...

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