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Listen to ‘My Life In A Boombox,’ the impressive debut from 16-year-old rapper Shaddye

April 19, 2018

Milwaukee hip-hop is experiencing a renaissance. Almost 20 years after Coo Coo Cal put the city on the charts, an undeniable wave of new talent is bringing attention back to Milwaukee. Homegrown rappers like Is...

Here’s the 2018 Skyline Music Series lineup

Tyler Maas

April 19, 2018

This afternoon, COA Youth & Family Centers released the lineup for its Skyline Music Series, which finds musical acts performing under the bandshell at the Selig-Joseph-Folz Amphitheater in Kadish Park each...

Wisconsin’s only White Castle now has a vegan slider and it’s actually pretty awesome

Tyler Maas

April 18, 2018

Who doesn't love a fast food promotion? We know we can't resist the limited-time opportunity to indulge in unconventional franchise fare like Taco Bell's Kit Kit Quesadilla, the Arby's Venison Sandwich, McDonal...

Crafty Cow, Hot Head Fried Chicken, and New Belgium Brewing will host a Bay View block party called Fat Fest

Tyler Maas

April 18, 2018

Last June, a block of Lenox Street (just off Kinnickinnic Ave.) in Bay View was blocked off to host the inaugural Bumstead Block Party. Collections Of Colonies Of Bees, Klassik, Mark Waldoch, Surgeons In Heat, ...

Bill Murray and friends bring the classics to life in delightful Riverside Theater show

Matt Wild

April 18, 2018

"This is where people usually walk out." So joked Bill Murray early on in his highly unlikely, utterly unexpected, and thoroughly charming musical stage show with cellist Jan Vogler and friends Tuesday night...

Listen to Nastos’ latest, ‘Inherited Dreams’

Tyler Maas

April 18, 2018

Back in 2016, we introduced you to Nastos. Since then, the side project of Piles bassist Nolan Truttschel released an album and two EPs, recruited a band to accompany him, and put Piles in his rear view mirror ...

9 nominees for the (nonexistent) Wisconsin Sports Poster Hall of Fame

Nick Olig

April 17, 2018

Few things are as subjective or nostalgic as posters. A blown-up snapshot and all that it stands for may conjure a million different reactions in people. Posters are like charming ghosts from a childhood bedroo...

First Impression: Pizza Di Famiglia

Tyler Maas

April 17, 2018

Bay View isn't exactly hurting for pizza. Even with the recent loss of Little DiMarinis, the neighborhood is still bursting with a wide variety of pizza purveyors to suit almost any 'za craving. Places like Dom...

18-foot-tall bronze Sculpture Milwaukee piece will be permanently installed outside City Hall

Matt Wild

April 17, 2018

Tuesday morning, the Milwaukee Common Council unanimously approved a gift of an 18-foot-tall, 9,200-pound bronze sculpture from Sculpture Milwaukee, which will be permanently installed outside City Hall. Instal...

Remembering the time the Milwaukee Bucks almost moved to Minnesota

Matt Wild

April 17, 2018

Tonight at 7 p.m., the Milwaukee Bucks meet the Boston Celtics for Game 2 of the first round of the 2018 NBA Playoffs. Yes, the Bucks are down one game, but no matter what happens over the course of the next we...

10 ways Milwaukee is celebrating Record Store Day 2018

Tyler Maas

April 16, 2018

Love it or hate it, it’s safe to say Record Store Day is here to stay. What started as an honest-to-goodness movement to encourage listeners to get out and support independent music retailers who were suffering...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (April 8-14)

Matt Wild

April 16, 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...

Here’s the outstanding Washington Park Wednesdays lineup

Tyler Maas

April 16, 2018

While Milwaukee currently looks like some type of arctic hellscape, we're trying to stay positive by remembering summer isn't too far away. We are still doing summer this year, right? Assuming the snow melts in...

It’s miserable outside, so, what the hell, let’s watch a guy go metal detecting in Washington Park

Matt Wild

April 16, 2018

You don't need us to tell you that it's miserable outside and that this amount of snow and cold in the middle of April is an affront to all that is good and temperate in the world. But perhaps you do need us to...

Disgraced video game champ Billy Mitchell was at the Midwest Gaming Classic, made a “statement”

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 15, 2018

Of all the weird and wonderful things we saw at this weekend's Midwest Gaming Classic (more on those below), the one thing that stood out was the presence of recently disgraced video game champ Billy Mitchell. ...

Eagle Park Brewing’s East Side taproom opens this weekend

Tyler Maas

April 13, 2018

Since opening in the Lincoln Warehouse last February, Eagle Park Brewing Company has quickly expanded and refined its selection, has become a fixture on local draft lines, and almost immediately outgrew its 1,3...

223 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: The Cellar Pub & Grill (Oak Creek)

Caleb Westphal

April 13, 2018

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. After musing last week about how I never get to Cudahy for fish, I started thinking about my rel...

Like a godsend or a harbinger of doom, the Milwaukee streetcar is out there, waiting…

Matt Wild

April 13, 2018

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • OH GOD THE STREETCAR IS CURRENTLY PROWLING THE STREETS OF MILWAUKEE AS WE SPE...

Other April 14 holidays, ranked

Josh Hoppert

April 13, 2018

Most of us would agree that tomorrow is April 14. Here in Milwaukee, many of us know it and celebrate it as "Milwaukee Day." For nearly 10 years now, locals have marked this area code-based and Jeopardy!-recogn...

B~Free takes on the King of Pop in MJ-UNCOVERED

Matt Wild

April 12, 2018

It's a testament to the long-running popularity of Michael Jackson that B~Free's first exposure to the King of Pop came not from a record or a video, but from a TV miniseries. "When I was little they came ou...

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