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Immortal Girlfriend and Lorde Fredd33 channel ‘Black Panther’ on infectious “Midnight”

February 16, 2018

The long-awaited Black Panther opens today, and it's already being hailed as Marvel's first true masterpiece. Featuring a predominantly black cast and black creative team (white actors Andy Serkis and Martin Fr...

The Milwaukee Record Stage is returning to PrideFest

Tyler Maas

February 15, 2018

Last year's PrideFest—the 30th annual Milwaukee celebration—was the biggest and the best-attended one yet. In other words, it was awesome. Milwaukee Record was lucky enough to play a small part in the weekend. ...

On The Record Episode 121: All things Milwaukee Brewers with Kyle Lobner

Milwaukee Record Staff

February 15, 2018

Believe it or not, baseball season is just around the corner. Milwaukee Brewers pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training today, and Opening Day is just over six weeks out. After one of the most exciting ...

Check out Eric Thames’ huge fucking truck

Tyler Maas

February 15, 2018

The Brewers reported to Spring Training today. While it's exciting—especially with the busy offseason Milwaukee had—to know the regular season isn't too far out, fans are still in line for about seven weeks of ...

Christopher Novak brings love, appreciation, enthusiasm to Milwaukee music

Tyler Maas

February 14, 2018

If you go to enough concerts in Milwaukee, you've probably encountered Christopher Novak. The 25-year-old can routinely be seen at a variety of local shows—almost always camped out near the front of the stage—s...

Las Cafeteras bring the party, taste of L.A. to Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts

Matt Wild

February 14, 2018

"What's up with the Midwest and winter, dude?" Daniel French and his band, the East L.A.-based Chicano sextet Las Cafeteras, are currently on tour, deep in the Adirondacks Mountains, slowly making their way ...

Milwaukee Day was a clue on Jeopardy!

Tyler Maas

February 14, 2018

It's been quite a week for Milwaukee Day. Just one day after we announced Company Brewing would be making a beer to honor the upstart area code-based holiday, Milwaukee Day was referenced on an episode of Jeopa...

Spend two and a half minutes in heaven with Eric & Magill’s makeout-heavy “A Softer Sound” video

Tyler Maas

February 14, 2018

If there's a band with Milwaukee ties whose catalog is better tailored to Valentine's Day than Eric & Magill's is, we haven't heard them. Ever since former Camden bandmates Eric Osterman and Ryan Weber star...

Milwaukee is a lousy city for dating, apparently (but Madison is the best)

Matt Wild

February 14, 2018

It's Valentine's Day, so you know the drill: every rank-happy site from Thrillist to WalletHub is unleashing lists of the best cities to find love, the best cities to lose love, and the best cities to sit alone...

’18 And Life To Go: Herbal remedies aren’t what the doctor ordered, but they’re effective nonetheless

Tyler Maas

February 13, 2018

In the fairly short existence of Milwaukee Record, I’ve made a point to chronicle foolish adventures that have damaged my spirit, tested my eating endurance, and depleted both my physical and emotional well-bei...

Nickel&Rose release new music, video, prepare for second European tour

Matt Wild

February 13, 2018

Things have been busy for Nickel&Rose. Upright bassist Johanna Rose—the "Rose" of the folk-blues duo—just wrapped up her incredible GuthrieUNCOVERED show at Turner Hall, while guitarist Carl Nichols—the "Ni...

Company Brewing is making a Milwaukee Day beer

Tyler Maas

February 13, 2018

It's been less than 10 years since a group of friends realized Milwaukee's 414 area code had a striking resemblance to the numerals in April 14 (or 4/14) and turned that laughable coincidence into a full-blown ...

Von Trier’s grand re-opening party is Thursday and it involves complimentary beer and food

Matt Wild

February 13, 2018

The story so far: Back in August, Von Trier owners John and Cindy Sidoff announced they would be closing their beloved German bar and reopening it as an "upscale cocktail lounge." Milwaukee was not impressed, a...

8 (more) couples in Milwaukee bands

Tyler Maas

February 12, 2018

Love is in the air. Even if you don’t buy into the fabricated sham holiday that is Valentine’s Day, the sheer volume of mushy, emotional stuff permeating your senses the second week of each February causes even...

Listen to “Forest,” the first Greatest Lakes single since 2014

Tyler Maas

February 12, 2018

It's been a minute since we've heard from Greatest Lakes. Well, more accurately, it's been approximately a million minutes since we've heard from them. Back in 2014, the Milwaukee (by way of Kenosha) folk and i...

Fusion Poke is coming soon to the former Hotch

Matt Wild

February 12, 2018

Though news has been floating around since last December that a new poke place is coming to the building formerly occupied by Hotch, 1813 E. Kenilworth Pl., a few hot-pink, hand-drawn signs in the windows are m...

Crank up Moon Rats’ chrome-plated “Ride Or Die”

Matt Wild

February 12, 2018

Blasting down the highway on a smoke-spewing chopper. Thwarting the forces of evil by wielding an epic motor sword. Legend Of Zelda and Spaceballs references. Riffs upon riffs. They're all par for the course fo...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (Feb. 4-10)

Matt Wild

February 12, 2018

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...

Jens Lekman brings whimsy, melancholy, brilliance to The Back Room @ Colectivo

Tommy Ciaccio

February 10, 2018

In a funny way, it’s hard to imagine a more picturesque narration of a day in the dumb, erratic year that 2018 has already been. If it is to begin with the one-two punch of an hour-long government shutdown (the...

Once un-Herd of, there’s a fun new pro hoops team in Oshkosh

Nick Olig

February 9, 2018

Menominee Nation Arena in Oshkosh was packed with Wisconsin Herd fans at a nearly full capacity on Saturday, February 3. A daylong snowstorm caused a few patches of empty seats, but the rest of us were treated ...

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