Milwaukee Music Roundup: September 2025
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LPs AND EPs OF NOTE
Paul Cebar - s/t
Chris Head & T...
“A role of a lifetime”: Jeffrey Combs talks Herbert West, ‘Re-Animator’ ahead of 40th-anniversary screening
There's no film quite like 1985's Re-Animator. Is it a horror film? A comedy? A Frankenstein/"mad scientist" spoof? A horror-comedy-Frankenstein/"mad scientist"-spoof? Whatever it is, it's an absolute hoot, and...
Mandatory Milwaukee: “I Closed Wolski’s” stickers
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Some Milwaukee things come and go while some become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: Those "I Closed Wolski's" stickers!
Wolski’s Tavern is nothing sho...
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Over the course of the band's 18-year existence, Northless was one of the loudest and most pummeling projects to ever come out of Milwaukee. However, the act best-known for its unmatched volume and intensity ha...
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Milwaukee Record 1-Minute History: The first game at (not-yet-Lambeau) City Stadium
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Outgoing FM 102/1 honored with official county proclamation
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We need some local restaurants to answer the call to be part of our “Casserole Call” fundraiser
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The Onion’s Jeffrey Epstein mockumentary will screen at X-Ray Arcade October 17
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"Forget everything yo...
That giant troll in Wauwatosa: The Milwaukee Record Review
As great as Wauwatosa is, perhaps its best attribute (other than its shape) is its proximity to Milwaukee. I mean no offense in saying that. I swear! It's just that to the uninformed or the non-local, it might ...
Enjoy Every Fish Fry: Lulabell’s Dockside in East Troy has lake and sunset views, stellar slaw
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Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow his never-ending adventures—sponsored by Miller High Life—HERE. This week: fish fry #612, at Lulabell's Dockside in E...
New MKE-made retro video games coming soon: ‘Mega Kaiju Boom Ball,’ ‘Gumshoe Detective Agency’
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Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Diamond Rose
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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...
Listen to some of the previous season’s best local tunes with our “Summer 2025” playlist
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In MKE Music Rewind we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014. This week: Short Stuff's "Manic Recession #2" and "Wise ...
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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...
WMSE’s Local/Live: Oh Geeez, Not Again
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, September 23, 2025: ...