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Socially Suspect’s “Empire Of Rust” is the feel-bad song of the summer

July 21, 2025

A recent Guardian article suggests that the song of the summer is...nothing. "Chart analysts say that 2025 has produced the fewest new hit songs in US history," The Guardian says. Maybe it's just as well. Who c...

Rapid reviews of things we were sent (all beverage edition!)

Tyler Maas

July 21, 2025

Every now and then, a company or an agency hired to do PR for a company will offer to send us something to try. Sometimes I’ll say yes and, if there’s a natural fit for our audience, I’ll write about it. Other ...

Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Vader

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 19, 2025

broadstreet.zone(174293); Milwaukee Record is working in partnership with Urban Cat Coalition to help find loving homes for area cats. Each week, we—with generous sponsorship from Skilos, A Family Pet Store—pl...

A day-by-day Milwaukee guide to Mile Of Music

Tyler Maas

July 18, 2025

From July 31 through August 3, a total of 27 Milwaukee bands and solo artists will make the 100-mile trek north on US 41—or I-43, if they want to take the scenic route—to partake the Mile Of Music festival in d...

BLAX honors fallen Milwaukee music icons in “Take A Picture”

Matt Wild

July 18, 2025

The last few years have been hard on Milwaukee music. In 2023, De La Buena lifeblood Cecilio "Ceeloe" Negrón, Jr. died at the age of 47. In 2024, hip-hop force of nature Antoine "Twan" Mack died at the age of 5...

Celebrate six years of Station No. 06 with live music, rare beer, award-winning cocktails, BBQ

Tyler Maas

July 18, 2025

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again (and again): West Allis rules. The Milwaukee suburb has always had its charms and enjoyable amenities, but the city really seems to be hitting its stride in recent ye...

Half a season without Uecker

Matt Wild

July 17, 2025

I experienced an extremely Wisconsin moment this week when I found myself getting teary-eyed over sausages. Usinger's sausages, to be exact. A new spokesperson for Usinger's sausages, to be even more exact. ...

The Wurst is among Milwaukee Public Market’s best tenants

Tyler Maas

July 17, 2025

There are lots of great reasons to visit Milwaukee Public Market. Beyond being an award-winning marketplace and tourist attraction situated in the heart of the Historic Third Ward, the Public Market is the home...

Here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (July 2-15, 2025)

Matt Wild

July 17, 2025

broadstreet.zone(154824); Depending on which news sources you follow, Milwaukee is going through either a "renaissance" or a "reinvention." However you want to define it, it's safe to say that Milwaukee is cur...

Milwaukee Oktoberfest set for October 3-5 at Henry Maier Festival Park

Matt Wild

July 17, 2025

After several years downtown, Milwaukee Oktoberfest will make a big move to Henry Maier Festival Park for its 15th installment, October 3-5, 2025. The fest is produced by Kegel's Inn and Swarmm Events. "This...

Tonight’s Milwaukee Night Market has been canceled due to severe weather forecast

Matt Wild

July 16, 2025

Tonight's installment of the Milwaukee Night Market has been canceled due to a severe weather forecast. Westown Association, which produces the downtown Night Market, has reserved Wednesday, October 1 as a make...

WMSE’s Local/Live: White Dry Pages

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 16, 2025

WMSE's local and live in-studio showcase, Local/Live, airs Tuesdays 6-7 p.m. You can find past episodes HERE, or on this handy Soundcloud playlist. milwaukeerecord · WMSE's Local/Live, July 15, 2025: White...

I listened to my sister’s Milwaukee radio mixtape from 1988: “Good Songs on Lazer + QFM”

Tad Kriofske Mainella

July 15, 2025

The Excitement of a Song You May Only Hear Once Dig if you will a 1988 bedroom: Ratt's Out Of The Cellar album cover is taped to the closet door, a guinea pig rambles the shag red carpet, a phone cord snakes...

Summerfest announces 2025 attendance (up 8%!), 2026 dates (same three-weekend format!)

Matt Wild

July 15, 2025

The annual Big Milwaukee Question—"What was the Summerfest attendance this year?"—has been answered. On Tuesday, Summerfest parent company Milwaukee World Festival, Inc. (MWF) announced that 602,231 folks at...

This weekend’s “Sugar Camp” at Sugar Maple will have a Hot Dog Sucking Contest. We have questions.

Matt Wild

July 15, 2025

Bay View bar and venue Sugar Maple, 441 E. Lincoln Ave., is known for many things: serving great beer, hosting great shows, dreaming up delightful pop-ups, and inspiring Milwaukeeans to come together in the fac...

The Hop will expand service for Bastille Days, so let’s argue about it for some reason

Matt Wild

July 15, 2025

Bastille Days kicks off Thursday, July 17 in Cathedral Square Park, and runs through Sunday, July 20. Want to utilize Milwaukee's BELOVED downtown streetcar system, The Hop, while you attend the four-day fest? ...

The Catered Quiz: Ed Furman answers questions about AWA wrestling and suspension bridges

Rick Katschke

July 15, 2025

On this edition of The Catered Quiz, writer, actor, and improviser Ed Furman joins the show to answer questions about AWA wrestling and suspension bridges. We also talk about Second City, Andre The Giant, and g...

Shout-out to Jack White for kicking in some serious cash for Cactus Club’s new ramp

Matt Wild

July 14, 2025

If you've been to Bay View's Cactus Club in recent weeks, you've seen all the construction going on outside. The construction is for Cactus' long-in-the-works accessibility ramp, part of an equally long-in-the-...

Wikipedia already calls Milwaukee Public Museum the Nature & Culture Museum of Wisconsin

Matt Wild

July 14, 2025

The Milwaukee Public Museum—the Milwaukee Public Museum you know and love, the Milwaukee Public Museum with the Streets of Old Milwaukee and the Snake Button(s), the Milwaukee Public Museum located at 800 W. We...

Here’s the 2025 Center Street Daze music lineup

Tyler Maas

July 14, 2025

Center Street Daze Festival—which began way back in 1997 and is organized by the Riverwest Business Association—will make its triumphant return to Center Street (between Holton and Humboldt) on Saturday, August...

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