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Christopher Porterfield channels early Milwaukee music hustler for “How To Write A Popular Song”

January 26, 2016

// In 1893, Milwaukee-based songwriter Charles K. Harris penned popular music's first multi-million-selling piece of sheet music, "After The Ball," a sentimental ballad with a bittersweet twist ending. Thir...

First Impression: Iron Grate BBQ Co.

Tyler Maas

January 26, 2016

// Way back in October, local dining writers were thrilled with the announcement of a strange-yet-intriguing partnership that would squeeze an established coffee shop/roaster and a barbecue joint beneath on...

‘Making A Murderer’ attorneys Dean Strang and Jerry Buting will speak at Riverside Theater

Matt Wild

January 26, 2016

Perhaps you've heard of Making A Murderer, the 10-part Netflix documentary investigating the contentious legal issues surrounding Manitowoc resident Steven Avery and the murder of Teresa Halbach. Perhaps yo...

Tracklist: 12 Milwaukee bands we want to reunite

Tyler Maas

January 25, 2016

It's so hard to say goodbye. Luckily, when it comes to music these days, it seems that there's no such thing as a permanent break up. In recent weeks, Guns 'N Roses and At The Drive-In both announced plans to r...

Milwaukee Record’s favorite moments from Riverwest FemFest 2016

Milwaukee Record Staff

January 25, 2016

// Four days, four venues, more than 50 acts, and nary a hitch. Based on those stats alone, the second annual Riverwest FemFest would be considered a success. But with more than $10,000 (!) raised for Date ...

Rush-Mor Records gives graffiti bandit taste of own medicine

Tyler Maas

January 25, 2016

// Since 1971, Rush-Mor Records has been a Bay View beacon standing on the corner of Potter and Kinnickinnic avenues. In 1994, Dan Duchaine and Bill Rouleau bought Milwaukee's oldest and longest-running rec...

Mozza-lunacy: Brookfield “ristorante” leaves Best Of Milwaukee awards empty-handed, honorably-mentioned

Tyler Maas

January 22, 2016

// In case you missed it, Shepherd Express unveiled the winners of its 25th "Best Of Milwaukee" awards during a star-studded ceremony at Turner Hall Ballroom earlier this week. We didn't attend because we h...

Appleseeds return for FemFest with new music, perspective

Tyler Maas

January 21, 2016

// If you've looked at the altogether outstanding lineup for Riverwest FemFest (which begins tonight and runs through Sunday), you've probably seen the mysterious "surprise band" slated to take the stage at...

The restaurant inside of Yield, Comiskey’s Burgers, now features more burgers

Matt Wild

January 21, 2016

// For the past 10 years, Yield has made an East Side name for itself with lively crowds, lively live music, and a whole lot of '90s band posters plastered to the walls. The one thing the bar hasn't been kn...

‘Harsh’ finds humor in heated debate

Tyler Maas

January 21, 2016

// After what he justifiably called "a weird, shitty year" in which his mother passed away and his girlfriend moved out, Cudahy comedian Adam Loeding is ready to get back on stage in 2016. Following the len...

8 “cursed” Milwaukee business locations

Milwaukee Record Staff

January 20, 2016

There's a dusty "first rule" of real estate: "Location, location, location." Want your business or residence to succeed? Plop it in a primo spot, dummy. But what about business locations that seem to be, for wh...

On The Record Episode 51: Ryan Weber of Eric & Magill

Milwaukee Record Staff

January 20, 2016

// Ryan Weber was a part of such seminal Milwaukee outfits as The Promise Ring, Camden, and Decibully. After making marks in local music, Weber's thirst for adventure and desire to help others led him to Ar...

Riverwest FemFest is nigh! Download the third and final compilation

Tyler Maas

January 20, 2016

// Believe it or not, it was technically last summer when the utterly loaded 50-act lineup for the second annual Riverwest FemFest was announced. It's been more than two months since the four-day schedule w...

Milwaukeeists: 1996-2006 or: What Made Milwaukee Famous

Nicholas Frank

January 19, 2016

Editor's note: The following piece, covering a 10-year period in Milwaukee's alternative art scene, originally appeared as an accompanying essay for the 2013 "Milwaukeeists: 1996-2006" exhibition at the Lawton ...

Making A Meme Thief: ‘Making A Murderer’ fan art goes viral, lacks credit

Tyler Maas

January 19, 2016

// After finishing the Netflix series Making A Murderer last month, Milwaukee comedian Ryan Holman had an idea for a joke. "I remember that I had a key chain that looked kind of like the one in the show,...

Here’s what was changed to make that non-anti-Semitic Shorewood sculpture even more non-anti-Semitic

Matt Wild

January 18, 2016

Take yourself back to November 2015, when a New Jersey blogger "well known for his innovative and transformative ideas as a marketing, social media, and business development consultant" named Matt Sweetwood tra...

First Impression: Easy Tyger

Todd Lazarski

January 18, 2016

// When Brady Street Hardware shuttered last year and set off a building owner vs. neighborhood association pillow fight over what should fill the space, it highlighted the fact that if the bohemian center ...

Thanks for making Local Coverage 2016 great, Milwaukee!

Tyler Maas

January 18, 2016

// Holy shit! As creators of Local Coverage, we might be a little biased, but the second annual benefit show wherein 10 local acts covered each other will probably go down as our single favorite concert of ...

Old Milwaukee: Turner Hall’s connection to the feminist movement

Erin TerBeek

January 15, 2016

// The four-story, Cream City brick building on 4th Street known as Turner Hall is well known for hosting a wide variety of shows that range from concerts to comedians to live wrestling. Turner Hall also ho...

Continue your FemFest prep with the benefit’s second compilation

Tyler Maas

January 15, 2016

// Only a year in, it's in no way hyperbolic to say that Riverwest FemFest is already one of the best events bearing the "fest" suffix in town. Following a successful first year in which two days of female-...

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