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April 16, 2014

Milwaukee’s south side isn’t for want when it comes to chain restaurants. The airport-adjacent slice of the city has no shortage of dining establishments to welcome visitors to town with a corporately standardi...

Check out the trailer for the next high-flying installment of Mondo Lucha

April 15, 2014

Last night at the official Milwaukee Day show at Turner Hall (ICYMI: Decibully and Juniper Tar reunited, and Byron Kilbourn and Solomon Juneau did some improv comedy), homegrown lucha libre wrestling outfit Mon...

Joke Thief Night brings open mic to taboo places

April 15, 2014

In the world of stand-up comedy, there’s no worse crime than stealing another comedian’s material. Even the implied heist of another comic’s jokes has pretty much sunk Carlos Mencia (not that we’re complaining)...

Exclusive: Listen to two songs from The Delphines’ upcoming album, Hush

April 15, 2014

At first glance, it may seem strange that one of Milwaukee’s most celebrated new bands has yet to release a full-length album. But The Delphines have always been a singles band, more comfortable firing off thei...

Tracklist: 5 reasons why the Milwaukee Art Museum addition is like the Xbox One

April 14, 2014

Local art circles threw a French Impressionist-sized fit last week when the Milwaukee Art Museum released the design for its proposed 17,000-square-foot addition. The expansion would give MAM more space and a n...

We came, we saw, we pwned: Midwest Gaming Classic recap

April 14, 2014

Over the weekend, the Brookfield Sheraton was abuzz with flickering screens, flipping paddles, stacked cartridges, and the persistent click of mashed buttons on plastic controllers. Hundreds of gamers hailing f...

Celebrate Milwaukee Day with this Milwaukee-tastic photo collage

April 14, 2014

Today, April 14 (4/14), Milwaukee celebrates Milwaukee Day, the greatest faux-holiday to be based on an area code (414). It’s a day to embrace and champion everything good and right in our fair city, and to sha...

Hello Death to premiere “Settlers” video during May 10 show at Anodyne

April 14, 2014

Moody folk outfit Hello Death excels at sparse, haunting music that works its way into your bones like a winter chill. Made up of members of Altos (Marielle Allschwang, Nathaniel Heuer, Shawn Stephany, Erin Wol...

Off Base: Putting down Hank The Dog

April 11, 2014

Don’t look now, but the 7-2 Milwaukee Brewers are currently in first place in the National League Central, and are tied with the Washington Nationals for the best record in all of baseball. While the team’s ret...

Mapping the mysteries of Alverno Presents’ “Solo Flight”

April 11, 2014

For more than five decades, Alverno Presents has been the city’s premiere performing arts series, bringing challenging, one-of-a-kind, and thrillingly impermanent live performances to Milwaukee. In recent years...

Exclusive: Listen to The Sound Of Young Milwaukee

April 11, 2014

Compilations that set out to capture “the sound of the city” can be tricky. No collection of songs can ever truly sum up an entire city, and they’re often more notable for what they don’t include than for what ...

The 50 best Milwaukee albums of the 2010s (so far): 10-1

April 10, 2014

Along with the city itself, the Milwaukee music scene has grown by leaps and bounds during the last four-plus years. Local artists have been consistently releasing albums that stand toe-to-toe with national rel...

Decibully talks history, break-up, Milwaukee Day reunion

April 10, 2014

It was a Saturday night in early April. Though it wasn’t unusual for Decibully to play to a brimming bar room in its preferred local haunt, the Cactus Club was especially packed, considering the headliner hadn’...

Dream Attics get, well, dreamy on debut EP

April 10, 2014

The hybrid soul of Kane Place Record Club and the wide-eyed folk of The Gazettiers wouldn’t seem to have much in common. What’s more, combining elements from both groups wouldn’t seem to be the best idea. But c...

Wait…there’s a new Celebrated Workingman album?

April 9, 2014

The Celebrated Workingman was always one of Milwaukee’s finest bands, releasing two terrific full-lengths (2008’s Herald The Dickens and 2011’s Content Content) before finally calling it quits last year. Highli...

The 50 best Milwaukee albums of the 2010s (so far): 30-11

April 9, 2014

Along with the city itself, the Milwaukee music scene has grown by leaps and bounds during the last four-plus years. Local artists have been consistently releasing albums that stand toe-to-toe with national rel...

The 50 best Milwaukee albums of the 2010s (so far): 50-31

April 8, 2014

Along with the city itself, the Milwaukee music scene has grown by leaps and bounds during the last four-plus years. Local artists have been consistently releasing albums that stand toe-to-toe with national rel...

First Impression: R&D Pub

April 8, 2014

What’s in a name? When it comes to the means of identifying an establishment that specializes in the sale of items customers ingest, quite a lot. An appetizing name is key. That failing, nomenclature that’s at ...

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