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May 2, 2025

When we last checked in with Xposed 4Heads in January 2024, the veteran Milwaukee New Wave/art-rock band was in a mood. "It's messed up beyond belief / We've gone too far, we're in too deep," cried frontman Mar...

Here’s the Locust Street Festival music lineup (so far)

May 1, 2025

In case you missed the news, Locust Street Festival of Music and Art and its affiliated Locust Street Beer Run will be taking place in the heart of Riverwest on Sunday, June 1. For those of you keeping score at...

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

May 1, 2025

broadstreet.zone(159870); May in Milwaukee usually serves as the calm before the storm that is summer festival season. By this time next month, we’ll be inundated with block parties, weekly concerts, and a mas...

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds enthrall, entrance at Miller High Life Theatre

Cal Roach

May 1, 2025

Never one to shy away from taboo subjects, much of Nick Cave's output in recent years has been challenging in a very different sense than his past work. Over the past decade he has suffered the tragic losses of...

A sailor’s response to the Milwaukee Boat origin story / “review”

Annie Raab

April 30, 2025

This article is a response to THIS story/review, allegedly written by one of the owners of the infamous and long-beached Milwaukee Boat. Since October, I've often found myself thinking about what could have ...

Broken Bat Brewing to release Malört beers this weekend

April 30, 2025

Whether you love it, you hate it, or you have trained your brain to feel mostly indifferent to it after initially hating it, Jeppson's Malört holds a special place in the hearts of Midwestern drinkers. The pola...

Here’s the 2025 Jazz In The Park lineup

April 30, 2025

In case you missed it, the Great Milwaukee Summer is back! Approximately 8,000 festivals, music series, and fairs are set to take over the city this summer. And one of those music series, the long-running and w...

Alley Eyes embrace the anthemic side of indie sleaze with excellent “No Good”

April 30, 2025

Are we in the midst of an "indie sleaze" revival? You know, that pocket of 2000s-era music and culture epitomized by bands like The Strokes, The Killers, and LCD Soundsystem? That moment in time when everyone w...

WMSE’s Local/Live: Vile Bees

April 30, 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, April 29, 2025: Vile...

Milwaukee Music Roundup: April 2025

April 30, 2025

broadstreet.zone(159870); Looking for new music? Looking for new Milwaukee music? Then look no further than our monthly Milwaukee Music Roundup! LPs AND EPs OF NOTE Astronaut Husband - Into The Sun Into t...

Wisconsin Taste Test: Pork King Good pork rinds (various flavors)

April 29, 2025

In Wisconsin Taste Test, two Milwaukee Record folks share their thoughts on two new-to-them “Wisconsin-y” food or drink items. Think raw beef sandwiches, Old-Fashioneds, and those giant bags of generic candy th...

Getting a new library card: The Milwaukee Record Review

April 29, 2025

It sure has taken its sweet time to get here, but spring has finally arrived in Milwaukee and summer is right around the corner. Milwaukee's warm weather months are a prime time to do some reading at the beach,...

After 18 years, Smiths/Morrissey tribute act The Salford Lads Club hangs up its flowers

April 29, 2025

For a band that was only active for five years, The Smiths cast a remarkably long shadow. Morrissey, Johnny Marr, Andy Rourke, and Mike Joyce formed The Smiths in 1982, and released their self-titled debut in 1...

The Catered Quiz: Kristen Studard answers questions about ‘Magic Mike XXL’ and ‘Popstar’

Rick Katschke

April 29, 2025

On this edition of The Catered Quiz, actress, writer, and comedian Kristen Studard of the podcast Who Cares About The Rock Hall? joins the show to answer questions about Magic Mike XXL and Popstar: Never Stop N...

Milwaukee Record’s 2025 guide to summer festivals, fairs, music series, more

April 28, 2025

broadstreet.zone(160542); Happy summer festival season, Milwaukee! It's going to be a BUSY one. Looking for a no-nonsense, just-the-dates-and-locations list of all the area festivals, fairs, music series, and ...

A guide to Bay View Gallery Night 2025

April 28, 2025

Since 2011, Bay View Gallery Night has organized “Milwaukee’s largest annual celebration of art, local business, music, and community.” The massive neighborhood-wide event brings together talented area artists ...

The owners of the Milwaukee Boat speak (allegedly, via a wild Google Maps review)

April 28, 2025

After nearly 200 days, the Milwaukee Boat—a.k.a. The Minnow, the S.S. Minnow, the S.S. Milwaukee, Deep Thought, or just The Boat—is still stranded on the Milwaukee shores of Lake Michigan, between Bradford and ...

Astronaut Husband takes emotional journey ‘Into The Sun’

April 28, 2025

The words "astronaut husband" evoke distance—both physical and emotional. Somewhere out in the emptiness of space is Major Tom, asking Ground Control to tell his wife he loves her very much (she knows). Milwauk...

Milwaukee Record Cats Of The Week: Trinidad and Bali