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Tucked Away: Filis Cafe brings big taste to a little place in Cudahy

June 15, 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...

We dropped by ‘The Morning Blend’ to talk about poop

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 15, 2018

We've sung the praises of the Milwaukee County Transit System in these pages before. The bus is great, the bus is easy, and the bus has amazing drivers. But did you know that MCTS is also a useful tool for teac...

Someone paid $25,000 for a signed Prince guitar that probably wasn’t owned or played by Prince

Matt Wild

June 15, 2018

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • The BMO Harris Bradley Center is in its final days. The soon-to-be-replaced are...

232 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: Walleye Weekend (again)

Caleb Westphal

June 15, 2018

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday night fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. This past week I traveled to my hometown, Fond du Lac, for Walleye Weekend, which is a...

Here’s the lineup for Cafe Hollander’s new Patio Performance Series

Tyler Maas

June 15, 2018

If there's one thing Milwaukee loves more than live music, it's live music played outdoors. Even though the city is already chock full of festivals, block parties, and a variety of other festivities, it hasn't ...

The catnap coziness of all the cats at the new Sip & Purr cat cafe, ranked

Erin Frank

June 14, 2018

Back in May, as we left Milwaukee Film's monthly member screening at the Oriental Theater, we noticed a small crowd assembled in the dusk on the sidewalk of Ivanhoe Place, the relatively quiet block that connec...

Marielle Allschwang explains themes of family and identity behind new song “Marcus & Ramona”

Matt Wild

June 14, 2018

Mention the name "Marielle Allschwang" and you're mentioning a member of some of the best groups in Milwaukee. The singer-guitarist counts Hello Death and Collections Of Colonies Of Bees as two of her gigs; on ...

“I’ll say this album is 99.9% sample-free”: Capturing the futuristic hip-hop sounds of Spacecrime

Catherine Jozwik

June 14, 2018

Milwaukee native John Brander has been making cleverly titled hip-hop instrumental music with a futuristic feel for 15 years. Five years ago, he teamed up with fellow instrumentalist/DJ and artist Zach Chappell...

Happy Flag Day! Here’s a diamond pendant that kind of looks like Milwaukee’s boring unofficial flag

Tyler Maas

June 14, 2018

Happy Flag Day! As regular readers of this site probably know, this important patriotic holiday also doubles as the official birthday for Milwaukee's unofficial new flag. Exactly two years ago, the winner of th...

Here’s who’s playing Nomad Nacional’s World Cup Fanzone

Tyler Maas

June 14, 2018

Today marks the beginning of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Though far from the action on the pitch in Russia, many Milwaukee area bars are getting in on the World Cup fun with a variety of drink specials, thematic f...

11 Milwaukee soccer bars perfect for enjoying the World Cup

Kevin Mueller

June 13, 2018

broadstreet.zone(66112); Even though the U.S. Men's National Team failed to qualify for this year's World Cup in Russia, that doesn't mean Milwaukee isn't going to have one massive soccer party anyway. Our col...

11 Milwaukee burgers fit for Randy’s Cheeseburger Picnic

Tyler Maas

June 13, 2018

Though Milwaukee dining is evolving, expanding, and improving at an incredible clip, the city still hasn't shaken its obsession with the almighty burger. And why would we? Milwaukee is blessed with an endless a...

With a new single and tell-all documentary, it’s the summer of Coo Coo Cal

Matt Wild

June 13, 2018

Has it really been 15—no, make that nearly 17—years since the release of Coo Coo Cal's Disturbed? Yep. In September 2001, the Milwaukee rapper (a.k.a. Calvin Bellamy) released his sophomore album on Tommy Boy R...

Hop Along takes Turner Hall on a joyride in Milwaukee debut

Tyler Maas

June 13, 2018

It's been a year of new experiences for Hop Along. In April, the Philadelphia quartet released Bark Your Head Off, Dog, the band's most anticipated album to date. The newfound attention—first set into motion by...

Milwaukee Record is getting a stage at Bay View Bash!

Tyler Maas

June 12, 2018

Even though it's still technically spring, Milwaukee's long and incomparable summer festival season officially kicked off last weekend with PrideFest and Locust Street Festival. With those two mainstays now in...

Buffalo Gospel digs up old footage for its ominous “Homeless” video

Tyler Maas

June 12, 2018

Buffalo Gospel has a way of crafting classic country songs that still deserve a place on the playlists of modern listeners. Fittingly, the band's timeless sound lends itself well to public domain footage. About...

Zoinks! Edgar Cantero and Milwaukee Record will talk ‘Meddling Kids’ June 14 at Boswell Book Company

Matt Wild

June 12, 2018

For readers of a certain age and sensibility, Edgar Cantero's Meddling Kids will go down as easy as a bowl of sugar-choked cereal on a Saturday morning. In the summer of 1977, a group of Scooby-Doo-esque teen d...

Watch Brett Newski play a show at Walmart, get kicked out

Matt Wild

June 12, 2018

Love him or refuse to listen to him, Brett Newski is a man of the people. Dude will do anything, play anywhere, and pull whatever stunt is needed to bring his bright-eyed indie rock to the masses. Travel the wo...

MKE Music Rewind: Sugar Stems, “Love You To Pieces”

Matt Wild

June 12, 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. Is there a subgenre of rock music more elusive than power pop? Prob...

Locust Street Festival 2018: A waterlogged and increasingly sporadic minute-by-minute recap

Matt Wild

June 11, 2018

Let's just get this out of the way: the weather was pretty lousy for Locust Street Festival of Music & Art 2018. It was cold (low 50s), it was cloudy (the sun was entirely absent), and it rained for a good ...

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