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Jason Isbell soars, celebrates at sold-out Pabst Theater

February 24, 2016

// Jason Isbell has been through a lot since his first few solo outings at Milwaukee's Shank Hall nearly a decade ago. After being kicked out of the seminal alt-country band Drive-By Truckers—allegedly due ...

Damon Millard talks ‘Shame, Pain, And Love’ before album recording

Tyler Maas

February 23, 2016

// Though he currently lives in Reno, Nevada (at least until his roving stand-up career takes him to yet another city), comedian Damon Millard got his start in Milwaukee. When he was, as he says, "learning ...

Listen to the glorious debut single from Milwaukee’s Pharo

Matt Wild

February 23, 2016

// When he's not drumming for shimmering electro-pop juggernaut GGOOLLDD, Mark Stewart is busy making music of his own. What kind of music, you ask? Well, under his newly minted moniker Pharo, Stewart has j...

2016 Milwaukee Film Festival now accepting entries

Matt Wild

February 23, 2016

// Autumn may be a looong way off—hell, it's not even spring yet—but when it comes to the Milwaukee Film Festival, we're happy to skip ahead a few seasons. Here's why: Today, Milwaukee Film announced that i...

WC Tank duels with the devil in “27th And National” music video

Tyler Maas

February 22, 2016

// Between his directorial work on Busdriver, milo, and adoptahighway projects (among others), Milwaukee filmmaker Wes Tank can be routinely relied upon to put out some of the most innovative and visually s...

Scenes from Mama Tried’s Flat Out Friday

Dale Reince

February 22, 2016

// Photos and captions by Dale Reince The pits, underneath the grandstands of the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena, provide a staging area for racers and their bikes. John Dunbar, of team Slaughterhouse ...

Lizzo brings the party (and a message) to Turner Hall

Cal Roach

February 22, 2016

// The Brew City has seen a lot of Lizzo over the past year or so. The Minneapolis-based rapper (no, she's not on Rhymesayers, and no, she's not in Doomtree) impressed attendees as the unorthodox opening ac...

Yeah, Bro! Podcast Episode 44: Club Kids with Asher Gray

Milwaukee Record Staff

February 22, 2016

// Every Monday, we’ll be posting a new episode of Yeah, Bro! Podcast, the show where host/local gay treasure Jacob Bach talks about “gay things” with straight men. You can also stream our partner podcast o...

Creator of “Tiny Face Trump” talks Trump, “Little Face Mitt,” Guy Fieri

Matt Wild

February 19, 2016

// Back in 2012, Milwaukee-area funnyman Reuben Glaser achieved a small bit of Internet notoriety with "Little Face Mitt," a website devoted to Photoshopped images of then-presidential candidate Mitt Romney...

The Borg Ward is closed

Matt Wild

February 19, 2016

Late Thursday evening, the Borg Ward—Milwaukee's venerable all-ages club located at 823 W. National Ave. in Walker's Point—announced it was closed, effective immediately. In a letter posted to Facebook, org...

SNYD’s new mixtape pays tribute to Kobe Bryant

Tyler Maas

February 19, 2016

// On Monday, February 22, the Milwaukee Bucks will host the Los Angeles Lakers. Though a 22-32 team hosting an 11-44 team doesn't exactly have the makings of a meaningful game, the Bradley Center will be p...

Straight Outta Company Brewing: Jordan Lee previews Dre Day MKE

Tyler Maas

February 18, 2016

// Today marks the 51st birthday of Andre Young, who is better known throughout the world as Dr. Dre. The rap icon's influential career spans parts of four decades. Along the way, he's sold millions of albu...

On The Record Episode 55: The state of metal in Milwaukee

Tyler Maas

February 17, 2016

// It took 55 episodes to do so, but On The Record finally took a long-overdue look at the state of heavy metal in Milwaukee. Though the city's metal scene rarely gets covered adequately by local publicatio...

Soul Low opens up, unplugs, looks ahead before rare acoustic show

Tyler Maas

February 17, 2016

// Soul Low is in a strange place right now. Following its biggest year to date, the band currently looms in a self-described "vinyl purgatory" that finds it sitting on new material and staying relatively q...

Miyazaki films coming to Avalon Theater in March

Matt Wild

February 17, 2016

// Few filmmakers embody the phrase "living legend" more than Hayao Miyazaki. For more than 30 years, the Japanese director/producer/animator has transcended both culture and medium with a slew of stunningl...

Tucked Away: Tanpopo Ramen & Sushi

Tommy Ciaccio

February 16, 2016

// The greased pig that should be filling Milwaukee's ramen-craving gullet with porky goodness is harder to catch these days. After Tochi broke everyone's hearts by moving from Shorewood to West Bend, it se...

Tracklist: 6 things to know about today’s spring primary election

Matt Wild

February 16, 2016

// Have you ever met someone who constantly drones on and on about how they refuse to vote, man? "Wow," you think, right after thinking, "Please be quiet." "In the time it's taking this genius to explain wh...

Weird! Bubba Sparxxx will perform at City Lounge in Cudahy on April 30

Tyler Maas

February 16, 2016

// Today in the "suburban bars booking past-prime rappers" beat comes news that the crown jewel of East Layton Avenue late-night, City Lounge, has landed a show with a formerly formidable "country rap" fore...

This video portrays Milwaukee as the weird, wonderful, and awful place it really is

Matt Wild

February 15, 2016

// The last few years have seen an unprecedented explosion of Milwaukee pride. If there's a new list that mentions Milwaukee in a remotely positive light, Milwaukeeans will fawn over it. If there's a new T-...

Pastafarians rejoice! Wisconsin DMV now allows colanders in license photos

Tyler Maas

February 15, 2016

// Church Of The Flying Spaghetti Monster members (also known as "Pastafarians") who live in Wisconsin are in luck. Last week, around the same time followers of a different religion were walking around in p...

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