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November 17, 2016

broadstreet.zone(54421); With the city currently in the throes of local awards fever, Milwaukee Record presents The Randoms, a series of highly specific and delightfully arbitrary "best of" awards that do away...

The Randoms 2016: Best Milwaukee radio station playing stuff you won’t hear anywhere else (Riverwest storefront)

November 16, 2016

broadstreet.zone(54421); With the city currently in the throes of local awards fever, Milwaukee Record presents The Randoms, a series of highly specific and delightfully arbitrary "best of" awards that do away...

The Randoms 2016: Best pizza business inside of a bar (Bay View)

November 15, 2016

broadstreet.zone(54421); With the city currently in the throes of local awards fever, Milwaukee Record presents The Randoms, a series of highly specific and delightfully arbitrary “best of” awards that do away...

The Randoms 2016: Best Milwaukee group using music to make Milwaukee a better place (Grand Ave. basement)

November 14, 2016

broadstreet.zone(54421); With the city currently in the throes of local awards fever, Milwaukee Record presents The Randoms, a series of highly specific and delightfully arbitrary "best of" awards that do away...

Cast your vote for the 2016 Radio Milwaukee Music Awards

November 11, 2016

Awards season is in full swing in Milwaukee. Some media outlets have already named their winners, while others recently announced the nominees for their Whole Foods- and vape shop-heavy ballots. Shit, we're e...

Joe Wong will return to Milwaukee November 26 for The Trap Set Live

November 7, 2016

If you haven't listened to The Trap Set yet, you're really missing out. The weekly show hosted by former Milwaukeean and Akarso drummer Joe Wong calls itself "the world's most popular podcast and terrestrial ...

Check out these historic “then and now” pictures of Riverwest

November 2, 2016

Like Milwaukee itself, the Riverwest neighborhood is in a state of constant change. What was once new is now old (or gone), and what was once grand is now a gas station (or gone). And what better way to exper...

Cafe Hollander Downer will undergo renovations to celebrate 10th anniversary

October 31, 2016

For the past decade, Cafe Hollander on Downer Avenue has served as a reliable standby of the East Side's dining scene. Now, the longtime restaurant is planning to celebrate its 10th anniversary with some fres...

Here’s what Vanguard’s “Hook, Line & Sinker” Halloween pop-up will serve Saturday night

October 28, 2016

About two weeks ago, we alerted you to the fact that Bay View bar, sausage joint, and occasional Kyle Kinane performance venue The Vanguard would be spending the night of Saturday, October 29 dressed up as re...

Cheering for the Cubs, new Twin Peaks, and more rapid-fire hot takes

October 27, 2016

Every Wednesday at noon, Ryan Schleicher, Evan Rytlewski, and Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called The Disclaimer, so named because none of th...

Take a sip of the new REYNA song, “Kill Me”

October 25, 2016

Since shedding their former Vic and Gab trappings and reimagining themselves as REYNA, sisters Victoriah and Hannah Gabriela Banuelos have been slowly releasing new music, all in anticipation of, well, a high...

It’s Friday, which means there’s another plan for a downtown strip club (er, a “Roaring ’20s-themed gentlemen’s club)

October 21, 2016

If you've been growing anxious over the lack of daily (hourly?) news about yet another proposed downtown Milwaukee strip club, never fear: today, the Milwaukee Business Journal has the scoop on the umpteenth ...

“Revolution” coming to RedLine Milwaukee this Friday

October 20, 2016

This weekend sees the return of Milwaukee's quarterly Gallery Night and Day. Among the more interesting events (slap fights notwithstanding) is CultureJam MKE's "Revolution," coming to RedLine Milwaukee. On F...

Watch Reuben Glaser draw Mike Pence in 20 lines (and bring about the destruction of humanity)

October 19, 2016

When we last checked in with Milwaukee-area funnyman Reuben Glaser, the proud creator of the 2012-era "Little Face Mitt" meme was trolling a Donald Trump rally in Appleton. (Before that, he was trying to sell...

Bay View will have “Taco Trucks On Every Corner” on Election Night

October 18, 2016

Days after a trio of Bay View businesses united to make the inaugural Beet Street Harvest Festival a resounding success, we've learned three more bars in the neighborhood will join forces with Chicago's 5 Rab...

Phox is going on “indefinite hiatus,” will play Pabst Theater in February

October 17, 2016

There was a moment when Wisconsin-based Phox was on the verge of becoming the "next big thing." The band's 2014 self-titled debut was a gorgeously rendered collection of dreamy, heavy-lidded folk-pop highligh...

Urban Garage Sale moves to Mitchell Park Domes, adds second day

October 14, 2016

Over the course of its first eight years, Urban Garage Sale has served as an invaluable marketplace of Milwaukee artists, crafters, retailers, and makers, while also working its way to becoming part of the ho...

Is music criticism “ageist”?

October 13, 2016

Every Wednesday at noon, Ryan Schleicher, Evan Rytlewski, and Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called The Disclaimer, so named because none of the ...

2016 Milwaukee Film Festival attracted 76,899 attendees (an 8% increase over 2015)