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Uncovering 10 highlights in the highlight-filled career of Quincy Jones

April 7, 2015

It’s simple: modern music would not be what it is today without Quincy Jones. The 82-year-old musician/producer/arranger/composer/entrepreneur/humanitarian has worked with everyone from Michael Jackson and Fran...

Kato Kaelin’s (unofficial) Milwaukee Brewers season preview

Tyler Maas

April 6, 2015

After a long, cold, and baseball-less six months, America's pastime is officially back in Wisconsin as the Milwaukee Brewers play their home opener at Miller Park today. This lovely day has become nothing short...

Hey Food Dude brings drive thru to you

Tyler Maas

April 6, 2015

Whether you work a third shift job, you drank too much to drive, or you're without wheels and just can't justify calling a Lyft to bring you to the Taco Bell drive thru at 1:30 a.m. on a Wednesday, Jeff Lampton...

Remembering the time Bob Uecker encountered a furry convention in Pittsburgh

Matt Wild

April 6, 2015

This article was originally published in 2015. Legendary Milwaukee Brewers broadcaster Bob Uecker is, well, a legend. For more than 50 years (!), Uecker has been regaling radio listeners with top-shelf play ...

Kevin Hart matches the hype in first show of Riverside Theater run

Tyler Maas

April 3, 2015

Seeing how quickly tickets sold for what became a six-show Pabst Theater occupation by Dave Chappelle last September, the theater group decided to go ahead and immediately book six shows—at the even higher capa...

Attention beautiful people: It’s time to save the Uptowner

Matt Wild

April 2, 2015

When it comes to beloved Milwaukee neighborhood dive bars that stubbornly refuse to go gentle into that gentrified good night, the Uptowner is one of the finest. Located on the northwest corner of Center and Hu...

Exclusive: Stream Pay The Devil’s debut, Wrong Side Of The River

Tyler Maas

April 2, 2015

Wrong Side Of The River, the debut album by self-dubbed "shantygrass outfit" Pay The Devil, was three years in the making. Fortunately, the band's union of Appalachian folk, outlaw country, bluegrass and roots ...

Nathan Timmel turns loneliness into literature

Tyler Maas

April 2, 2015

Back in December, we introduced you to Johnny Beehner, a Milwaukee based stand-up comedian who makes a living in comedy clubs throughout the U.S. and Canada. Like Beehner, Iowa City-based career comic Nathan Ti...

Maria Bamford takes Turner Hall on a weird, wonderful ride

Tyler Maas

April 2, 2015

Over the course of her quarter-century comedy career, Maria Bamford has earned her reputation as one of stand-up's most erratic, dynamic, and altogether strange talents. Known for her cavalcade of cooky charact...

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

Tyler Maas

April 1, 2015

Though we won't discount the possibility of experiencing one last volley of snowfall this month, April is typically a period of rebirth. Baseball season begins, the first full month of spring is upon us, and ra...

Chill out to the cold synth sounds of LUXVID

Matt Wild

April 1, 2015

For the past few years, the enigmatic Stacian—a.k.a. Dania Luck—has been a reliable presence in the city’s blipping, booping electronic scene. Influenced by retro krautrock masters like Kraftwerk, Luck embraces...

Hey! Our one-year anniversary show is April 24 at Linneman’s and it’s going to be great

Matt Wild

March 31, 2015

Greetings, beloved Milwaukee Record readers. Matt Wild here. It seems like only 365-ish days ago that the website currently searing itself into your eyeballs, Clockwork Orange-style, was born. Yes, on April 7, ...

Yep, The Rolling Stones will play the Marcus Amphitheater June 23

Matt Wild

March 31, 2015

First, let’s get all the “Wow, The Rolling Stones are really old!” jokes out of the way. Second, let’s get all the “Wow, The Rolling Stones are really, really old!” jokes out of the way. Okay? Good. So, afte...

Could Gen Con come back to Milwaukee?

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 30, 2015

In A-side/B-side, two Milwaukee Record writers tackle important city issues in an informal, crosstalk style. Insults are hurled, feelings are hurt, and everyone learns something in the end. Maybe. Matt Wild:...

The Sleepwalkers rise and shine with new EP

Tyler Maas

March 30, 2015

After making a continually good impression on audiences in Green Bay, Oshkosh, and everywhere in between, The Sleepwalkers left the Fox Cities and made the move to Milwaukee in the summer of 2013. Once they arr...

Pixies will play The Rave June 12

Matt Wild

March 30, 2015

Is it possible to get excited about a Pixies show in 2015? Maybe. On one hand, the endlessly influential alt band has been reformed and touring behind the same handful of classic albums longer than it was toget...

First Impression: Strada Pizza

Tyler Maas

March 27, 2015

For whatever reason, the piece of property at the bustling corner of Lincoln and Howell Avenues has been known to attract a particular type of business: Mexican restaurants. After serving as Taqueria Azteca's b...

The Goodnight Milwaukee Show revamps, returns

Tyler Maas

March 27, 2015

As we're learning with the ongoing hunt for Jon Stewart's eventual Daily Show successor, witnessing James Corden enter his first week in a late night job once held by Craig Ferguson, and seeing David Letterman ...

WAMI introduces “Global Honorary” Hall of Fame award, will give it to…Judas Priest?

Matt Wild

March 26, 2015

Say what you will about the Wisconsin Area Music Industry (or WAMI, if you’re nasty), but give credit where credit is due. The past few years have seen an uptick in the number of great local artists being nomin...

adoptahighway exorcises demons with A Fault

Tyler Maas

March 26, 2015

When last we spoke of adoptahighway, the experimental electronic project of classically trained musician Barry Paul Clark was announcing the release date and debuting the first single for A Fault, his first alb...

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