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Here are the details for the 88Nine Block Party, coming June 24 to Walker’s Point

April 24, 2017

Has it really been 10 years since 88Nine Radio Milwaukee took to the local airwaves? Yes, it really has been 10 years (the station launched on February 26, 2007). To celebrate the big anniversary, 88Nine will t...

Here are your 2017 WAMI winners

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 23, 2017

The 37th annual Wisconsin Area Music Industry Awards (aka "WAMIs") took over Milwaukee's Turner Hall Ballroom Sunday night, and what a night it was. Those in attendance were treated to performances by The Pukes...

Milwaukee County is being sued for requiring permits for Pokemon Go-like games

Matt Wild

April 21, 2017

Back in February, Milwaukee County adopted an ordinance requiring all virtual and location-based augmented reality games to apply for permits to do virtual business in Milwaukee County Parks. The ordinance was ...

Ranking the Beatles’ albums from worst to best (and pairing them with notable Milwaukee Brewers)

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 21, 2017

Drop by Miller Park on Saturday, April 22 and you'll see more than the Milwaukee Brewers host the St. Louis Cardinals—you'll also see (and hear) a bunch of Beatles stuff for some reason. Yes, Saturday is Beatle...

172 consecutive Friday night fish fries and counting: The Schwabenhof

Caleb Westphal

April 21, 2017

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday night fish fry since 2013. Follow his record-in-the-making here. Some people go to church on Good Friday, and some people go to Schwabenhof (N56 W14750 Silver Spring Dr....

Meet Guerrilla Ghost in the “Undeserving Of A Proper Title” music video

Tyler Maas

April 21, 2017

Though the project has yet to play its first show, Guerrilla Ghost can already be considered one of the more interesting duos in Milwaukee. After meeting in November, rapper Chuck Jones (who releases music unde...

What’s the deal with the Lake Park bridge?

Matt Wild

April 20, 2017

Ever come across a mildly interesting thing in Milwaukee and wonder, "What's the deal with that mildly interesting thing?" What's The Deal With explores these local curiosities, and aims to find the stories beh...

Prepare for Arte Para Todos 2017 with this compilation

Tyler Maas

April 20, 2017

Believe it or not, Arte Para Todos begins in a week. The third annual city-wide benefit for Milwaukee school art programs will bring an awesome mix of about 100 combined musical acts to 25 venues in five neighb...

Great Job, Milwaukee! We’re the 5th-“least attractive” city in America

Matt Wild

April 20, 2017

Here at Milwaukee Record, we employ a sentient machine known as the Great Job, Milwaukee! Bot to keep track of the city's many appearances on dopey online lists, as well as any time a national publication deign...

A Milwaukee muralist wants to improve Bay View’s ‘Art Stop’

Tyler Maas

April 19, 2017

Since coming into existence on the high-traffic intersection of Kinnickinnic, Howell, and Lincoln avenues in late 2014, Bay View's "Art Stop" has been a source of considerable criticism. The piece designed by R...

On The Record Episode 92: The state of Milwaukee brewing

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 19, 2017

From April 22 through April 29, the 8th annual Milwaukee Beer Week will bring about a ton of exciting events like tap takeovers, beer brunches, rare brew raffles, and interesting collaborations between brewerie...

Here’s the lineup for the second annual Gloss Weekend

Tyler Maas

April 19, 2017

Following a successful inaugural weekend-long event last spring to commemorate the cassette label's first year in business, Gloss Records decided to bring "Gloss Weekend" back for a second year. From May 19-21,...

Stream Nickel&Rose’s effusive European souvenir, ‘Oh Sweet Love’

Tyler Maas

April 18, 2017

When we last heard from Nickel&Rose, the folk duo composed of guitarist Carl Nichols (Painted Caves, RAS Movement) and upright bass player Johanna Rose (New Boyz Club, Ruth B8r Ginsburg, Thistledown Thunder...

Corey Feldman is playing Shank Hall in June and you better believe we’re going to this thing

Matt Wild

April 18, 2017

In case you missed it, we drove to Green Bay last month to see a show from Corey Feldman and his band of Angels. We wrote a (remarkably fair and evenhanded) review of said Corey Feldman show. Corey Feldman then...

9 ways Milwaukee is celebrating Record Store Day 2017

Tyler Maas

April 17, 2017

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...

Off The Beaten Path record store is moving to Bay View

Tyler Maas

April 17, 2017

This year's Record Store Day will be the last one Off The Beaten Path will celebrate on the East Side. Following more than six years of quiet growth at 1936-38 N. Farwell Avenue, the independent record store is...

Watch Mark Borchardt give a tour of Menomonee Falls and Milwaukee (circa 2000) on ‘Letterman’

Matt Wild

April 17, 2017

Mark Borchardt is a Milwaukee icon, as familiar as the wings of the Milwaukee Art Museum, the shores of Lake Michigan, or the jean shorts on that guy who sells hot dogs on the corner of Wisconsin and Water...

171 consecutive Friday night fish fries and counting: Polish Center of Wisconsin

Caleb Westphal

April 14, 2017

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday night fish fry since 2013. Follow his record-in-the-making here. There is something ironic about people giving up meat for Lent so that they can gluttonize themselves at...

Stream the brooding, brilliantly bleak electronic sounds of Tarek Sabbar

Matt Wild

April 14, 2017

One of the best Milwaukee albums of 2016 was Heath Death's 9 Steps To A Happier Life. The brainchild of Kenneth Sabbar, 9 Steps was a noisy, post-punk assault that delved into the "unhappy aspects of existence,...

MKE SEX: Let’s talk about condoms

Lucky Tomaszek

April 14, 2017

broadstreet.zone(49071); In my most recent column, I focused on non-hormonal forms of birth control. In that column I said rather glibly that while some folks feel that condoms reduce sensation during sex, t...

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