Milwaukee Music Roundup: March 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
Bug Moment - The Lazer Collection
The L...
Talking new Milwaukee music with WUWM’s Lake Effect (March 2025)
Once a month, Milwaukee Record's own Matt Wild sits down with WUWM's Lake Effect and discusses some of his favorite new Milwaukee records and songs.
Listen to the latest installment HERE.
This month, Matt...
Your Turner Hall Tiki Takedown winners are…
Saturday, a few hundred folks put on their finest Hawaiian shirt, donned some colorful leis, and made their way to the Turner Hall Tiki Takedown. The fifth installment of the sold out event brought great tunes ...
Milwaukee Record Cat Of The Week: Yuki
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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...
Greenfield’s best new cocktail bar is in a mini golf course’s clubhouse
In August 2023, a mini golf destination and family fun facility called Holey Mackerel (5401 W. Layton Ave.) officially opened in the former site of River Hills Family Fun Center, which had been a summertime sta...
“Who Dares?” Conan Neutron dares, that’s who
There's a moment in the making-of documentary of 1999's Magnolia when director Paul Thomas Anderson, on the cusp of the film's first shot, says to his cast and crew: "I think we should all unashamedly try and m...
The Hard Times (kind of) mentioned us in an article
If you're on the internet enough, you listen to a certain sect of music, and you like stuff like The Onion, there's a good chance you've read The Hard Times. The popular satire publication routinely publishes h...
Royal Mill loses its religion (and friendships) in “Faith Crisis”
Ever since we introduced you to Royal Mill last year, the self-described "existential indie rock" outfit has made its presence known with a steady diet of singles and a flurry of live outings all over the Milwa...
We predicted Brewers-Yankees opening day by playing ‘Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball’
There are times in the life of every artist when they tell themselves, “It’d be great to be paid for this one.” Capitalism has a few flaws, so someone might conceivably turn down a writer’s pitch to play Ken Gr...
A guide to finding Green Bay Packers and Wisconsin Badgers on UFL rosters
In case you missed it last spring, America’s need for year-round pigskin entertainment has resulted in the creation of the United Football League. True to its name, the second-year league—also known as UFL—is t...
Hey! Here’s the 2025 Traveling Beer Garden schedule!
Hey! Do you like drinking? Do you like drinking in parks? Then you’re in luck, because Milwaukee County Parks’ ever-popular Traveling Beer Garden is returning for 2025. YES.
The beer/park extravaganza will o...
Wisconsin Taste Test: Red Hot Pickled Eggs and Mild Polish Sausage from Bay View Packing Company
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...
Join Milwaukee Record and Busby’s at the inaugural Morgan Park Picnic
For those of you who might not be aware of it, Morgan Park (3404 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.) is a triangular parcel of public land where the Bay View and Fernwood neighborhoods meet just before the border of St. Fran...
How AEW Collision can help make sense of our current nightmare world
In her 2023 book Ringmaster: Vince McMahon And The Unmaking of America, author Josephine Riesman coins the term “neokayfabe” to deconstruct the rise of former WWE Chairman Vince McMahon, particularly from the c...
We’re calling it! The Marcus Center snow pile is gone
Even though spring has been pretty shy about making its presence fully known here in Milwaukee so far, apparently it has been nice enough outside to do some serious damage to a certain snow pile. That's right, ...
WMSE’s Local/Live: Peppers And Pineapples
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, March 25, 2025: Pepp...
Taking a look at the Brewers’ top candidates to win major awards in 2025
One of the most successful eras in Milwaukee Brewers history has, as you might expect, coincided with a significant run of notable individual performances. Since the 2018 season, the Brewers have had a National...
Here’s the 2025 Polish Fest entertainment lineup
Though spring seems to be taking its sweet ass time getting here, we're told it will arrive someday and, with it, Festival Season™ will soon begin. You can expect a full-fledged Festival Guide from us sometime ...
Patton Oswalt to headline 20th annual Milwaukee Comedy Festival
Originating long before the city had anything resembling a sustainable comedy community, Milwaukee Comedy Festival has grown and evolved along with Milwaukee’s stand up scene. In fact, it currently holds the di...
Nite Owl’s 2025 season begins today
With longer days, a steady wave of festival announcements, and the Brewers season starting in just a few days, it’s beginning to feel a lot like spring in Milwaukee…even if the weather is crummy. The season tec...