Milwaukee Music Roundup: May 2025
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Looking for new music? Looking for new Milwaukee music? Then look no further than our monthly Milwaukee Music Roundup!
LPs AND EPs OF NOTE
Bunk Bed - Live At WMSE
Live at WMSE by...
Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Mackerel
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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...
Enjoy Every Fish Fry: Maxie’s gives Southern kick to cornbread, Cajun fries, haddock
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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 #595, at Maxie's in Milwaukee, Wi...
My Office will reopen as Your Office this summer
Remember My Office? That little dive bar and restaurant at 763 N. Milwaukee St.? Where you could get a drink and if you were hungry the woman behind the bar might randomly make some spaghetti? Yeah, that was My...
Here’s the 2025 Summer Of Soul lineup
In 2024, Marcus Performing Arts Center and Culture x Design joined forces to debut Summer Of Soul. Following an inaugural year that featured performances by the legendary likes of Talib Kweli and Robert Randolp...
Dr. Mark Borchardt will see (and overprescribe) Trapper Schoepp now in “Loaded” video
Every Trapper Schoepp album/era features an unexpected twist. There was the one with Mark Maron on guitar. There was the one with that guy from Office Space. There was the one where Trapper finished a Bob Dylan...
Long live American Science & Surplus (which needs your help)
When my wife and I heard the news that American Science & Surplus launched a GoFundMe to help raise operating costs to move into a new warehouse, citing slumping sales since the COVID-19 pandemic punctuated...
Please talk us out of buying this Culver’s ordering booth for $375
UPDATE: Sold. It wasn't us!
For all its underlying weirdness, Facebook Marketplace can be kind of cool sometimes. I bought my basement couch on Marketplace. Trapper Schoepp sold me some vintage barstools on ...
Food/Drink Roundup: Smoothie place may be opening next to boba place on Downer Ave.
Looking for a roundup of Milwaukee food and drink news? Then take a bite of our cleverly titled, bi-weekly Food/Drink Roundup! This week: a new smoothie place opening next to a boba place on Downer Avenue.
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WMSE’s Local/Live: Wire & Nail
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, May 27, 2025: Wire &...
Here are all the new food and drink items coming to Summerfest 2025, and that’s it
FOOD
Angelo’s Pizza – Sicilian Cheesy Garlic Breadsticks
Beats & Eats - Lumpia City Mac 'n Cheese Rolls, Lumpia City Apple Crisp Rolls
Charcoal Grill and Rotisserie - 1/4 Rotisserie Chicken with Frie...
Walk with Waldoch in video for The Hallelujah Ward’s “Your Uncertain Shadow”
Look up the phrase "Milwaukee treasure" in the dictionary (not an online dictionary, but an old Funk & Wagnalls dictionary) and you'll find a photo of Mark Waldoch. The singer/songwriter/guitar tech/bartend...
The “Hatman” cometh in debut single from heavy psych band Shadeseeker
True story: Long before the mysterious "Hatman" emerged as an online, creepypasta-era boogeyman, this author totally saw the Hatman. Here's what happened, from my 2017 article about spending the night at Milwau...
The Catered Quiz: Dan Clyne answers questions about ‘Conan’ and ’90s NBA
On this week’s episode of The Catered Quiz, social media’s Dan Clyne joins the show to answer questions about Late Night With Conan O’Brien and '90s NBA. We also talk about Chris “Birdman” Andersen, Chet Coppoc...
Relive the inaugural Morgan Park Picnic with these photos
On Saturday, May 24, Milwaukee Record and Busby's took over Morgan Park and brought a brand new spring festival to the one-acre triangle at the edge of the Bay View and Fernwood neighborhoods. From 12-6 p.m., t...
Enjoy Every Fish Fry: Reopened St. Francis Brewery packs ’em in with pretzel bites, fish
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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 #594, at St. Francis Brewery in S...
Just a phase? Not Just A Phase Festival “unlikely” to return to Franklin Field in 2025
As we enter Memorial Day weekend, Milwaukee's summer festival schedule is really starting to take shape. Though there seems to be more going on in and around the city than ever before, one Milwaukee-area happen...
Spirit of Milwaukee Boat lives on in new music videos
It's been just over two weeks since the Milwaukee Boat—a.k.a. the Minnow, the S.S. Milwaukee, Deep Thought, or just the Boat–was cruelly taken from us. On May 6, after nearly seven months of being stranded betw...
Here’s the 2025 South Shore Farmers Market entertainment lineup
Between the pristine lake-adjacent setting, the wide selection of local goods, and its proximity to a beer garden, the South Shore Farmers Market is one of the best parts of summer in Milwaukee. Adding to the a...
Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Mojave
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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...