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Here are pictures of the redesigned and reimagined Grand Avenue

April 25, 2016

// Ever since a new ownership group took control of The Shops of Grand Avenue back in December 2015, speculation has been high as to what, exactly, that ownership group will do with the long-struggling down...

Take a look at Milwaukee Boat Line’s Concert Cruise lineup, mateys

Tyler Maas

April 25, 2016

// Despite the dozens of festivals, block parties, and weekly outdoor music series taking place on Milwaukee soil every summer, Milwaukee Boat Line sees fit to extend the city's celebratory spirit to the wa...

It’s twue, it’s twue! Mel Brooks will host a screening of ‘Blazing Saddles’ at Riverside Theater

Matt Wild

April 25, 2016

// No matter where you fall on the all-important/clickable "Is political correctness ruining comedy?" debate, it's safe to say a movie like Mel Brooks' 1974 opus Blazing Saddles could never be made today. T...

Hear Jack Tell’s finger-tapping cover of The Fatty Acids’ “Flamingo Graveyard”

Tyler Maas

April 23, 2016

// One of the best byproducts of Arte Para Todos is the way the benefit brings musicians—oftentimes performers from entirely different ends of the music landscape who would otherwise never perform on the sa...

A different kind of Purple Rain: Prince’s damp message to a Milwaukee fan

Justin Kern

April 22, 2016

Your own office parties can carry an air of forced interaction. Attending someone else's office get-together removes one layer of humanity from this equation and in its place slaps on all the enjoyment of apply...

It takes two to tango in Devil Met Contention’s longing “Used To Be” video

Tyler Maas

April 22, 2016

// Since last year's short-but-sweet American Times EP, the perpetually-suit-clad gentlemen in Devil Met Contention have been routinely bestowing their genre-melding construct of "dark Americana" all over t...

Light Music breaks the silence with “Don’t Go Quietly” music video

Tyler Maas

April 22, 2016

// Light Music takes its time. Formed in 2012, the indie rock project with a decidedly electronic bent spent the better part of two years meticulously writing, perfecting, and recording material for a debut...

Bite into the bizarro video for Iron Pizza’s “The End”

Matt Wild

April 22, 2016

// Milwaukee's Iron Pizza occupies a warped, whacked-out wavelength where every broken thrift shop kiddie keyboard is an instrument to be treasured, and where songs like "Stoopid Drugged Up Monkees" exist. ...

NEWaukee president Angela Damiani talks Grand Avenue redevelopment, social architecture, more

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 21, 2016

// Since 2009, the young professional group NEWaukee has become an ever-present player in Milwaukee's social and cultural scenes. What began as a simple social networking group started by a handful of frien...

Cue up Cree Myles’ first song and video, “Crave Me”

Matt Wild

April 21, 2016

// Cree Myles is a familiar name at venues like the Jazz Gallery and Company Brewing, but the singer behind that name, Maria Cree Myles, has spent the past year making her presence known citywide. The Alver...

Alecia Altstaetter brings motherly material to parent-themed showcase

Tyler Maas

April 21, 2016

// As a mother of four, it's safe to say Alecia Altstaetter has her fair share of stories about the trials and tribulations of parenting. Unfortunately, the thespian-turned-stay at home mom didn't have an o...

Tracklist: 16 quintessential Milwaukee patios

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 20, 2016

// If we Milwaukeeans seem overly patio-happy come springtime, can we really be blamed? The weather finally starts to get its shit together, the previous 8,000 years of winter begin to fade away, and the on...

This local auto detailing and carpet cleaning service’s ad is the best

Tyler Maas

April 20, 2016

// Local commercials can be pretty rough. If the low production value, stilted acting, and dreadful graphics aren't bad enough, the music—oh the music!—can be downright painful. Since most of society is con...

New Grand Avenue will be mostly office space, maybe a grocery store

Matt Wild

April 20, 2016

// Ever since a new ownership group took control of The Shops of Grand Avenue back in December 2015, speculation has been high as to what, exactly, that ownership group will do with the long-struggling down...

Now you can own the original soundtrack to Mark Borchardt’s ‘Coven’ (on vinyl!)

Matt Wild

April 20, 2016

// "Coven is a 35-minute direct-market thriller film shot on 16mm black and white reversal. It's an alcoholic, man, compelled to go to this group meeting by his one and only friend left. But they're not tha...

First Impression: Wauwatiki

Tyler Maas

April 19, 2016

// Wauwatosa nightlife is changing. After long existing as Milwaukee's quiet and kind of uptight neighbor, recent years have seen the suburb's dining and drinking identity improve mightily and grow exponent...

Prepare for new Tigernite EP with “Remember”

Tyler Maas

April 19, 2016

// Following Tigernite's impressive 2015, during which the group released a locally lauded debut record, opened for The Offspring, and hit the summer festival circuit hard, Milwaukee's favorite glam rock ba...

Quintessential Tour brings world-class winemakers Milwaukee’s way

Kyle Johnson Cherek

April 18, 2016

// There was a time when Milwaukee was derided for its lack of culinary depth. We were long on Germanic food, nailed knackwurst, eintopf, and kartoffelpuffer, but according to the national food press, short...

Saddle up and stream the new Dead Horses single, “All I Really Need To Know”

Tyler Maas

April 18, 2016

// Though they failed to take home a WAMI last night, it's not out of line to suggest that Dead Horses are among the most popular Wisconsin-bred bands right now. Between the trio's timeless and downright lo...

Here are your 2016 WAMI winners

Matt Wild

April 18, 2016

// The 36th annual Wisconsin Area Music Industry Awards (or WAMIs, if you're nasty) took over Appleton's Performing Arts Center Sunday night, and what a night it was. WebsterX, IshDARR, Midnight Reruns, Kii...

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