Urban Bay View will open next weekend
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Last May, we broke news that Tonic owner Paul Jonas would be opening a new Bay View bar called UC Jonas' in the site Gerry’s Diamond Tap (939 E. Lincoln Ave.) had occupied from 1987 through 2014. More th...
A fond farewell to John Kuhn, King Of Scrap
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You could almost feel it in the air. While an otherwise bright and inviting mid-May day signaled an impending epoch of warmth, sunshine, and rebirth throughout Wisconsin, the serenity was interrupted by ...
Relive GGOOLLDD’s Turner Hall sellout in behind the scenes video
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While Milwaukee as a whole is slowly beginning to come around to the wealth of homegrown talent making great music within our city limits, it's still quite an accomplishment for a local band to sell out ...
Great Job, Milwaukee! Rolling Stone likes Summerfest
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Here at Milwaukee Record, we employ a sentient machine known as the Great Job, Milwaukee! Bot (similar to OnMilwaukee's Jeff Sherman Bot 8000) to keep track of the city's many appearances on dopey online...
MKE SEX: What what (in the butt)
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Dear MKE SEX,
Real talk: If a dude likes to get off with something up his butt, he probably really wants to be having sex with another dude, right?
Asking For A Friend
Dear "Friend,"
I like to th...
Tracklist: 15 standout (non-festival) summer shows
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Summertime musical entertainment in Milwaukee typically finds a home at the city's 8,000 street fests, or, you know, that whole Summerfest thing. But look beyond the temporary street stages and the sea o...
Casual Vocals’ Milwaukee roots grow stronger with “Plant”
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Last October, we introduced you to Casual Vocals—the solo folk venture of Chicago native-turned-Milwaukee resident Colleen Webb—by way of her inventive homespun music video for the first single and title...
Milwaukee Film Festival unveils 2016 campaign art, launches early ticket sales
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It's practically obscene to think about fall when summer is still around the corner (and during our Summer Preview Week, no less), but it's easy to let things slide when it comes to the Milwaukee Film Fe...
Remembering the brief, beautiful Smash Mouth and Milwaukee Record feud of 2015
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The guy from Smash Mouth once famously said, "Somebody once told me the world was gonna troll me." At least I think that's how the lyric went. Was it "roll"? I know it was something like that, but who ca...
Mozaic and Zed Kenzo shimmer in “Imitation Diamonds” video
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Over the last year or so, Milwaukee rappers and filmmakers have shown an innate ability to forge outstanding videos with little-to-no budget. WebsterX's locally-shot videos for "Doomsday" and "Lately" ar...
Here’s everything you need to know about the Cream City Comedy Festival
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On Thursday night, the inaugural Cream City Comedy Festival will begin and, in the process, will usher in four days worth of laughs during a total of 11 shows featuring more than 70 comedians performing ...
Something To Do talks Adult Swim employment, the state of ska
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Depending on who you ask, ska on its deathbed. Though some have reduced the once-formidable genre to a cheap punchline, a small-but-passionate guild of musicians with horns and a proclivity for upstrokes...
Milwaukee Record’s 2016 summer festival guide
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Is there anything better than summer in Milwaukee? No, no there is not. For four months out of the year, Milwaukee becomes a warm and joyous place stocked with an improbable number of summer festivals, s...
Exclusive: Take a whiff of the latest from Lamb’s Legs, ‘A Dozen Torsos Within Spitting Distance’
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It's been quite some time since we've heard from post-punk noise weirdos Lamb's Legs. Their last release, the six-song Summer of Lamb's Legs EP, was unleashed nearly three years ago, and in the time sinc...
Celebrate our Summer Preview Week with videos of people cruising Hwy 100
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Summer in Milwaukee is the shit. After a seemingly never-ending winter that leaves you wondering why you choose to live in such a godforsaken place, and a frustrating spring that leaves you wading in sea...
Set caps to LOCK, commenters! Ryan Braun will (probably not) be traded to Cubs
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Oh how time changes things! Scantly two years removed from being booed by his own fans (some of whom were donning poorly-doctored "Fraud" jerseys and foolishly calling for his outright release), Ryan Bra...
Bar Rescue seemed to actually work for Campbell’s Irish Pub
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As we reported last week, Nick's House—the East Side dive formerly known as Y-Not III until Bar Rescue turned it into a '70s-themed bar and Smirnoff vodka emporium—closed its doors for good in the wee ho...
Support MKE Puppet Theater and watch “Zombie Sunday”
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When Ryan Lowe puts his mind to something, he can't be stopped. Not only is the veteran comedian one of the funniest and most innovate people in Milwaukee stand-up, his mad genius has manifested itself i...
Yeah, Bro! Episode 55: Gay Rodeo with Jeff Wheatley-Heckman
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Every week, we’ll be posting a new episode of Yeah, Bro! Podcast, the show where host/local gay treasure Jacob Bach talks about “gay things” (usually) with straight men. You can also stream our partner p...
Bar Rescue can’t rescue Nick’s House from Bar Rescue
As first reported by OnMilwaukee.com last night, Nick's House is closing.
Back in September 2014, we broke news that popular SPIKE TV "reality" series and thinly veiled Smirnoff commercial Bar Rescue was com...