First Impression: Cream City Swirl
Bay View is in the midst of a restaurant renaissance. The chunk of southeast Milwaukee—which already has such feathers as Odd Duck, Guanajuato, both DeMarinis, Palomino, Classic Slice, and Hué proudly stuck in ...
Ponder life’s mysteries with this Milwaukee tape measure unboxing video
Deep within the strange but largely harmless bowels of the Internet, somewhere near furry forums and zit-popping subreddits, there exists the world of “unboxing videos.” Everyday people with terrifying amounts ...
Tracklist: 10 fictional (or poorly depicted) WI places in film and TV
Despite being placed directly between coasts and in the thick of a region of America that’s commonly reduced to “flyover country,” Wisconsin manages to be cast in film and on television fairly often. Whether as...
Here’s Carlos Gomez’s bench-clearing brawl soundtracked by the Benny Hill song
There’s nothing better than a friendly game of baseball on Easter Sunday—especially if that friendly game isn’t friendly at all, and involves a bench-clearing, knock-down, drag-out brawl. Yes, yesterday’s Carlo...
Extra Points: A guide to GreenBayPackersLovers.com
Whether it comes after a 4-12 rebuilding year or a Super Bowl-winning season, that harsh portion of each year that rests between Green Bay’s final play and the team’s first pick of the NFL Draft is a lonely one...
Here’s what’s happening in Milwaukee for Record Store Day 2014
On Saturday, April 19, music fans nationwide will celebrate Record Store Day, a day dedicated to the ancient practice of hanging out in record stores and buying stuff. Per usual, there will be countless awesome...
Milwaukee Bucks’ end is just the beginning
It was like the last days of Rome…if the empire’s decline featured a t-shirt bazooka, a senior citizen dance squad, and Dippin’ Dots kiosks.
After a brutal 81-game stretch that already ensured the team would...
A-side/B-side: Why is Milwaukee so bad at selling itself to others?
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. Sometimes.
Tyler ...
First Impression: Wild Bill’s Sports Saloon
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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”
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
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
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...