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So long, South Shore Frolics: 5 more defunct Milwaukee summer festivals

May 23, 2018

Milwaukee, you may have heard, is the self-proclaimed "City of Festivals." Much like Michael Jackson crowning himself the "King of Pop," the title is well-earned: no city manages to cram so much action into fou...

Slow and steady wins the race on Paper Holland’s ‘Galápagos’

Tyler Maas

May 23, 2018

Paper Holland takes its sweet time. After releasing its debut album, Happy Belated, back in 2012, the band had a four-year break between records before eventually treating listeners to their Fast Food EP in ear...

“When I left, setting up shows here sucked”: Peter J. Woods talks Milwaukee’s ascendant noise scene

Dan Agacki

May 23, 2018

It would be impossible to discuss the last couple of decades of Milwaukee's experimental music scene without mentioning the name Peter J. Woods. From playing a major role at The Borg Ward to establishing Milwau...

A brief history of the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church

Catherine Jozwik

May 22, 2018

Shaped like a UFO, with a bright blue roof and eye-shaped designs, the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church (9400 W. Congress St., Wauwatosa) looks like it belongs in Roswell, New Mexico, or in some otherworldly ...

Watch an episode of Adult Swim’s ‘Joe Pera Talks With You’ that was filmed at a Milwaukee diner

Tyler Maas

May 22, 2018

Late Sunday night, a new series called Joe Pera Talks With You premiered on Adult Swim. The sub-15-minute show stars actor/comedian Joe Pera as a slow-talking, well-meaning middle school choir teacher living in...

Codebreaker unveils 26-track “best of” collection, plus unreleased “Sky Commander”

Matt Wild

May 22, 2018

Back in January 2017, Milwaukee's once mighty Codebreaker cracked six years of silence by releasing "When The Lights Go Down." The self-described "lost track" was a welcome reminder of the space-age future-disc...

Watch the hypnotizing video for Community Centaur’s cover of Radiohead’s “Idioteque”

Matt Wild

May 22, 2018

Last summer, the mysteriously monikered Community Centaur (a.k.a. Josh Evert of The Fatty Acids) released an equally mysterious version of Radiohead's "Idioteque." It was spooky, downbeat, and kind of great. "I...

Let’s come together and ID these folks from a 1993 Animal Crackers commercial

Matt Wild

May 22, 2018

Hey! Anyone remember Milwaukee-area pet store Animal Crackers? You know, the same Animal Crackers that had locations at Bluemound Plaza, Highland Plaza, and Southridge Plaza? The same Animal Crackers that had a...

Delay the start of your work week and look at some photos from Milwaukee Pug Fest

Tyler Maas

May 21, 2018

Did you know that metro Milwaukee was home to North America's largest pug festival? Now you do! Since 2005, Milwaukee Pug Fest has celebrated the so-ugly-they're-cute dog breed, while also advancing the interes...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Northpoint Custard is a summertime staple

Matt Wild

May 21, 2018

Some places come and go, while some places become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. Join us as we revisit beloved and well-worn local staples with fresh eyes, and explore how they might figure...

Here’s the 2018 Lakefront Festival Of Art lineup

Tyler Maas

May 21, 2018

Milwaukee Art Museum’s Lakefront Festival Of Art has always been one of the city’s classier summer festivals—no beer runs or zany street performers here! Still, per Milwaukee summer festival regulations, there ...

Gallery Bookstore is closing

Tyler Maas

May 21, 2018

Gallery Bookstore has been a quiet-but-consistent resource for used books in Bay View since 1983. After 35 years in business, the secluded neighborhood book shop's story is about to come to an end. The store—tu...

Here’s the Bay View Jazz Fest 2018 lineup

Tyler Maas

May 21, 2018

For the fifth straight year, the organizers behind Bay View Gallery Night, in association with Milwaukee Jazz Vision, are melding the massive 50-business artistic endeavor with Bay View Jazz Fest. Earlier this ...

Detenzione and Rio Turbo do Japan: A tour recap

Dan Agacki

May 18, 2018

From the last week of April through last week, Milwaukee's own Rio Turbo and Detenzione were on a Japanese tour together. Since it's a once in a lifetime opportunity for most Milwaukee bands (unless you're Holy...

Listen to Devil Met Contention “Take A Chance” with bold new sound

Matt Wild

May 18, 2018

Devil Met Contention needed a change. "We'd been playing the songs off of our last album for a while," says DMC frontman Ehson Rad. "We did some small tours in the Midwest for them, and then we recorded them...

228 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: Fireside Theatre (Fort Atkinson)

Caleb Westphal

May 18, 2018

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. For those who prefer the taste of fried fish over magic mushrooms, but would still like to enjoy...

We went to the Oak Creek IKEA opening at 5 a.m.: A minute-by-minute report

Josh Hoppert

May 17, 2018

At about 9 a.m. on Wednesday, May 16, 2018, IKEA opened a new store in Oak Creek, Wisconsin—the company's 48th store in the United States. We had been led to believe that, regardless of weather, the grand openi...

Jump into summer with a June 20 screening of ‘Hot Rod’ at Avalon Theater

Tyler Maas

May 17, 2018

The fine folks at Avalon Theater have been kind enough to let Milwaukee Record screen a different under-appreciated classic at the Bay View movie house every month lately. Last night, we followed up April's sol...

Here’s the lineup for the 2018 Summer Soulstice Music Festival

Matt Wild

May 17, 2018

For nearly two decades, the East Side's annual Summer Soulstice Music Festival has marked the first day of summer with music, food, drinks, and that one guy who always shows up carrying a giant lizard. On Satur...

After 12 years in session, Comet’s Beer School will end next month

Tyler Maas

May 17, 2018

In its 22-plus years in existence (and counting), The Comet Cafe has worn many hats. What started as a quaint and character-laden cafe that employed the city’s entire music scene has slowly turned into a local ...

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