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July 6, 2015

And with that, another Summerfest is in the books. The 11-day (or was it a 12-day?) lakeside festival wrapped things up Sunday evening, leaving a giant smiley-face hole in Milwaukee’s heart. The bands were grea...

An actual Smash Mouth fan’s review of last night’s show

July 6, 2015

Sammy Arechar is one of the funniest comedians in Milwaukee. The up-and-coming comic also holds the distinction of being the one and only person Milwaukee Record has encountered who truly enjoys the band Smash ...

An entirely local weekend at Summerfest

July 6, 2015

Though Summerfest books bands from all corners of the country and brings in a fair amount of international talent, The Big Gig has recently gone about narrowing the disparaging gap between its hometown talent a...

Some questions (and answers) for last night’s glorious “Weird Al” show at Summerfest

July 5, 2015

“Weird Al” Yankovic is a national treasure. The wild-and-wacky song parodist has been lightly skewering popular music (and culture) for more than 30 years, turning radio hits of yesteryear into songs about food...

The Avett Brothers bring big time energy to Marcus Amphitheater

Phillip Martinez

July 5, 2015

It’s the Fourth of July at Summerfest at the Marcus Amphitheater before The Avett Brothers are to perform their headlining set. The venue was sparsely populated during openers Warren Haynes and Brandi Carlile, ...

23 bread-free Summerfest foods to eat when Smash Mouth plays

July 5, 2015

In case you don't recall or if you haven't kept up on the current events of musical footnotes of the late '90s and early 2000s, Steve Harwell—heretofore known as "the dude from Smash Mouth"—flipped the fuck out...

Wisconsin indoor smoking ban: 5 years later

July 3, 2015

On July 5, 2010, Wisconsin effectively went smoke-free. The long-in-the-works and at-times contentious indoor smoking ban put an end to smoking inside bars, restaurants, and other workplaces. Advocates of the b...

Watch Jack Tell’s endearingly simple “My Name Is Jack” music video

July 3, 2015

Milwaukee's collective music video game is strong these days. In the last year alone, local artists have given their music visual representation in a series of impressive, ambitious just plain inventive ways in...

Brand New and Manchester Orchestra make Summerfest sing

July 2, 2015

With a 15-year track record, Brand New is anything but. Since reaching semi-consciousness way back in 2001 with Your Favorite Weapon, the New York band has taken incremental steps to transition from mid-eschael...

Local H and The Faint heat up chilly night at Summerfest

July 2, 2015

If there’s one thing Summerfest does well—and let’s be honest, it does a lot of things well—it’s stock its overstuffed schedule with plenty of hidden gems. Take Wednesday night, for instance, which found Illino...

On The Record Episode 25: Milwaukee Record Q&A

July 1, 2015

Since we’re heading into a holiday weekend and there are better things to worry about—fireworks, America, fireworks—Milwaukee Record co-founders Matt Wild and Tyler Maas decided to take things easy this week an...

Welcome to July: Here’s what you’re doing this month

July 1, 2015

Where has the summer gone? It seems like the season only started yesterday, when in all actuality, it started 11 days ago. Okay, okay, so there's still a shit-ton of summer left, but with the abundance of festi...

Obsoletes return for two-show reunion

June 30, 2015

Even the snobbiest Milwaukee music historian wouldn’t fault you for not knowing who the Obsoletes were. After all, two-thirds of the band’s members lived upwards of 100 miles outside Milwaukee for the vast majo...

Jeff Wheatley-Heckman suits up for ComedySportz’s Summerfest lineup

June 30, 2015

In 2010, Jeff Wheatley-Heckman moved from Maryland to Milwaukee with the intent of helping inner city youth. After the comedy fan's noble work experience concluded, he decided to stay in town and help himself t...

Peeper & Le Play made one of the best, weirdest Milwaukee albums of the year

June 30, 2015

A common gripe against music coverage in Milwaukee—and music coverage in general—is that the media pays attention to only a small handful of bands. These bands tend to be safe, predictable, and career-oriented....

Hating Summerfest, loving Summerfest

June 29, 2015

Sometimes you hate Summerfest. Sometimes you get to the grounds on a late Sunday afternoon and note that there are more people waiting to see Paris Hilton in four hours than there were to see Public Enemy all o...

Dustin Diamond is not a “knife-wielding madman,” says director of two Dustin Diamond movies

June 29, 2015

As you may have heard, former Saved By The Bell actor, onetime Behind The Bell wordsmith, and occasional ’90s-theme-party host Dustin Diamond is in jail. Well, he’s supposed to be in jail, but he filed an appea...

Milwaukee Record’s requisite Paris Hilton at Summerfest review

Phillip Martinez

June 29, 2015

Interest was piqued Sunday night at Summerfest’s Harley-Davidson Roadhouse as crowds gathered and packed the bleachers and any available square foot of concrete awaiting the arrival of the EDM community’s black...

Jaill breaks free with Brain Cream