First Impression: Mango’s Cafe
For a while there, Milwaukee was a one tiki bar town. After Lucky Joe's Tiki closed shop last fall to focus on its Alchemy & Eatery offshoot in Wauwatosa, Foundation was pretty much the only truly dedicat...
“This feels like something with longevity”: Close Up of the Serene, Precognition celebrate one-year anniversary
Max Holiday has a hard time standing still. Since moving to Milwaukee from Appleton in 2010, Holiday has self-recorded a handful of lo-fi garage-pop songs as Young Holidays, created a band around that name, d...
Vape shops, Whole Foods, UW-Green Bay among Shepherd Express’ “Best Of Milwaukee” finalists
It's November, and you know what that means. It's time to get out and vote. Yeah, yeah, the Presidential Election is important and all, but that race only holds a fraction of the local impact that another bal...
Milwaukee is considering a “five feet rule” for strip clubs
Remember a few weeks ago, when the umpteenth downtown strip club was proposed for Milwaukee? Remember when you learned it wasn't just any strip club, but a "Roaring '20s-themed gentlemen's club"? Remember whe...
In case you blinked this week, here’s all the shit they’re changing in Milwaukee
Depending on which news sources you follow, Milwaukee is going through either a "renaissance" or a "reinvention." Or maybe it's a "development boom" or a "construction boom." Or maybe it's a "reboot" or a "re...
I hung out with the mayor of St. Francis
A few months ago, I met up with the mayor of Cudahy and left with some new perspective on the south shore scapegoat and industrial city. A year earlier, I hung out with the mayor of West Allis, another much-m...
On The Record Episode 84: Milwaukee coffee
This weekend brings about the 4th annual Milwaukee Coffee Festival. Sanctioned festivals aside, there's reason to celebrate local coffee all year round, and things only seems to be getting better. Local roast...
Welcome to November: Here’s what you’re doing this month
November. Summer is now far in the rear view mirror. By now, your Halloween costume has been washed, de-vomited, and stored away for later use. Save for Thanksgiving, November doesn’t offer much. It’s the con...
Riverwest FemFest to return bigger and better in 2017
Back in January, the second annual Riverwest FemFest brought more than 50 acts to four venues in as many days. Beyond being a great celebration of the outstanding and important things women are doing in Milwa...
Want Lady Lamb to play a show in your living room, Milwaukee?
In 2015, five-foot powerhouse Lady Lamb delighted close to 200 Milwaukeeans in a mid-summer outing at Turner Hall, which she (Aly Spaltro) called “one of three favorite places to play” in the world. At show'...
Public Domain: Painted Caves perform “Nobody Knows The Trouble I’ve Seen”
Milwaukee Record is proud to present Public Domain. The video series features Milwaukee musicians setting up at Colectivo's new Back Room performance space at its Prospect Avenue cafe to adapt some of the world...
First Impression: Third Space Brewing
It's not outlandish to call 2016 the year of Milwaukee's brewery boom. Following decades with a microscopic microbrewery climate, at least for a metropolis that calls itself Brew City, this calendar year alon...
Here’s the Local Coverage 2017 lineup
After two years of fun philanthropy, Milwaukee Record’s Local Coverage benefit will return to Turner Hall Ballroom in 2017. On Friday, January 13, an eclectic cast of 10 local acts from all corners of the sty...
Chris Porterfield brings Black Lives Matter message to center court at Bucks opener
Christopher Porterfield loves America. And he loves the Milwaukee Bucks. So when the organization invited him to perform the national anthem on the season's opening night, Field Report's frontman was excited....
MKE SEX: Let’s talk about Halloween costumes
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A couple of weeks ago, I sat down to watch Mean Girls with some friends for probably the hundredth time. In the movie, the main character Cady says, "In girl world, Ha...
MAM’s “Haunted Screens” delves deep into dark world of German Expressionist cinema
Earlier this month, during the 2016 Milwaukee Film Festival, Boston's Alloy Orchestra returned to the Oriental Theatre to perform a live music accompaniment to Fritz Lang's 1927 classic Metropolis. Lang's sil...
Watch a short film about “Brother Ron” and his crazy Jesus Car
If you've lived in Milwaukee for longer than 30 seconds, you've likely spotted "Brother Ron" and his sign-covered "Jesus Car." Yes, Ronald C. Stanis has been cruising the Milwaukee streets for approximately 35 ...
I watched ‘American Movie’ for the first time: A minute-by-minute recap
Living in Milwaukee for the past six years, being a member of the arts community, and having a general interest in weird-ass shit, it's astounding that I've never seen Chris Smith's 1999 documentary American ...
16-17 reasons to be excited about the 2016-17 Milwaukee Bucks
After a long-but-busy offseason, the Milwaukee Bucks are back in action for real tonight, as the exciting franchise hosts the Charlotte Hornets at the BMO Harris Bradley Center. Though last season was full of e...
Insects and assailants run amok in Hot Coffin’s “Whistle, Hawk & Spit” video
Between the band's blistering and brutal instrumentation, its menacing and coarse vocals, and even the morbid connotations their name brings, it wouldn't be all too shocking to hear Hot Coffin in the score of...