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Drop anchor and check out Milwaukee Boat Line’s Concert Cruise schedule

May 29, 2015

We've already covered the staggering number of land-loving musicians playing in and around Milwaukee this summer. Now we know more than 20 acts who will take to Lake Michigan in June, July, and August as part o...

Pauly Shore Stands Alone: A backhanded Wisconsin love letter

Tyler Maas

May 28, 2015

Not unlike Crystal Pepsi, Hypercolor t-shirts, and the LaserDisc, Pauly Shore was a cultural bullet point that was emblematic of what America’s pop culture landscape was like during the early-to-mid ’90s. The c...

Off Base: 10 Brewers/Star Wars bobbleheads we’d like to see

Rob Wieland

May 28, 2015

Wisconsin’s recent run as a contender in various sports has been a refreshing change of pace. The Green Bay Packers and Milwaukee Bucks both made the playoffs last season, and are full of young talent. The Wisc...

A Milwaukee filmmaker wants to make documentaries while living in a van

Matt Wild

May 28, 2015

For the last five years or so, Milwaukee filmmaker Anthony Lopez has captured the city at its most sublime and idiosyncratic. As part of his High Frequency Media production company, Lopez created dozens of top-...

First Impression: Company Brewing

Matt Wild

May 27, 2015

When news broke last fall that Company Brewing would be replacing Stonefly Brewing at 735 E. Center St., it was greeted with a fevered enthusiasm usually reserved for new “placemaking” initiatives or Milwaukee ...

Kyle Kinane’s growing star burns ever brighter at Turner Hall

Tyler Maas

May 27, 2015

Kyle Kinane is a comedian's comedian. The Illinois-born comic's gravel-voiced musings manage to appeal to all brow levels while being delivered in a way that is both inimitable and universal. Since leaving Chic...

Soul Low follows UNEASY with fun, easy EPs

Tyler Maas

May 26, 2015

Just two summers ago, an unknown band of young Milwaukeeans released eight songs they wrote and recorded in pieces over the course of a few years, beginning all the way back in 2009 when three of the (then) 20-...

Listen to Vonny Del Fresco’s debut album, Memoirs

Matt Wild

May 26, 2015

Hanging out in our 20-song Milwaukee summer music playlist is “Daylight,” a track from 21-year-old rapper Vonny Del Fresco. Musically, it’s the perfect song for a hazy summer day—laid-back and blissed-out—thoug...

Tracklist: 20 Milwaukee summer songs

Matt Wild

May 25, 2015

Memorial Day is a time to pause, give thanks to all those who have served our country, and probably play a game of washers or bags or whatever. It’s also a time to celebrate the unofficial beginning of summer. ...

First Impression: Colour Palate

Tyler Maas

May 22, 2015

There's no shortage of places to eat in Downtown Milwaukee. Shit, there's even a Downtown Dining Week to help tout the myriad of eating options—at least until half of them close at 4 p.m.—in this segment of the...

KC Michelson looks back on his time in Milwaukee before L.A. departure

Tyler Maas

May 22, 2015

Though he got his start in stand-up when he was growing up in the Twin Cities, KC Michelson says Milwaukee shaped him as a comedian. After taking time off to study film, Michelson returned to stage in 2013. Sin...

Faux Fir prepares to say farewell (for now) on June 6

Tyler Maas

May 21, 2015

Excluding a shorthanded Tonic Tavern set during Arte Para Todos, Faux Fir hasn’t played out in a while. Following a show on June 6, the break is going to be considerably longer. Earlier this week, the Milwaukee...

Walt Hamburger’s preparation meets opportunity

Tyler Maas

May 21, 2015

Walt Lontkowski—better known to Wisconsin punk aficionados as "Walt Hamburger"—is in the midst of a "rock and roll fantasy camp" moment. The Appleton area musician (who went to elementary school in Riverwest) i...

Take a walk with Juiceboxxx in “Walking In Milwaukee” video

Matt Wild

May 21, 2015

Milwaukee-by-way-of-the-world rapper Juiceboxxx may be divisive, but give him credit: dude doesn’t give up. Take the video for “Walking In Milwaukee,” which finds the longtime MC and energy drink purveyor tirel...

Ryan Mason and Joel Shanahan tackle the Madison-Milwaukee disconnect in Episode 19 of On The Record

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 20, 2015

While fewer than 80 miles sit between the city halls of Madison and Milwaukee, the two biggest cities in Wisconsin exhibit a world of difference. Each place and its populace are shrouded with an array of genera...

Northless’ Nick Elert sets the score for Wisconsin horror

Tyler Maas

May 20, 2015

Film composition is a largely unsung art form. For every Marvin Hamlish crossing out the O on his or her ongoing EGOT campaign, thousands upon thousands of musicians work in relative silence, despite—quite iron...

Jenny Lewis fucking killed it last night at Turner Hall

Matt Wild

May 20, 2015

Jenny Lewis fucking killed it Tuesday night at Turner Hall. The former Rilo Kiley frontwoman and critically acclaimed solo artist put on a confident, defiant, and masterful show worthy of any arena-packing r...

It’s Tuesday, which means it’s time to sign another petition to change Milwaukee’s flag

Matt Wild

May 19, 2015

Let’s face it: the Milwaukee flag is kind of a mess. Adopted in 1955, it contains plenty of nods to the city’s past—a barley stalk for brewing, a giant computer mouse for water-based commerce—but it assembles t...

Table Top Hobby Game Shop won’t stop until the orcs drop

Rob Wieland

May 19, 2015

Milwaukee’s nerd community is getting spoiled these days. The city has several excellent comic book shops to help folks keep current on today’s big crossover events that will become tomorrow’s tentpole summer b...

Tracklist: 8 not-so-notable moments in the notable career of Mike Jacobs

Matt Wild

May 18, 2015

On Wednesday, May 20, WTMJ-TV news anchor Mike Jacobs will retire. Jacobs’ 37-year run at WTMJ—the longest single-station tenure by an anchor in Milwaukee TV history—has been filled with indelible highlights: r...

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