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Please don’t move to Milwaukee, sings Milwaukee musician in response to that Vogue article

July 12, 2018

This article is from 2018. We're entering Day 3 of every Milwaukee man, woman, and child sharing that Vogue article on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. You know the article: "Why Milwaukee Is the Midwest's ...

The Grand Ave. Rocky Rococo is closed and oh god, what’s the point anymore?

Matt Wild

July 11, 2018

We're not exactly sure when it happened (some say it's been a month), and we're not exactly sure why it happened (okay, we have a pretty good idea), but the Rocky Rococo in the Shops of Grand Avenue has closed....

“C’mon, movie, what are we doing here?” An interview with We Hate Movies co-host Stephen Sajdak

Matt Wild

July 11, 2018

Throw a stone and you'll hit 8,000 "bad movie" review shows on the internet. These shows range from the good (Milwaukee's own Red Letter Media) to the unwatchable (insert random YouTuber here). Near the top of ...

Great Job, Milwaukee! Vogue thinks Milwaukee is “cool and underrated”

Matt Wild

July 10, 2018

Here at Milwaukee Record, we employ a sentient machine known as the Great Job Milwaukee Bot to keep track of the city's many appearances on dopey online lists, as well as any time a national publication deigns ...

Soup Moat gets sludgy, seedy, silly on terrific ‘Harvester Of Likes’

Matt Wild

July 10, 2018

The penultimate track of Soup Moat's third full-length album, Harvester Of Likes, is called "Porn In The Woods." A tribute to the small-town, pre-internet phenomenon of finding a stash of weathered Playboys und...

Some dude “rescued” hundreds of old photos from Northridge Mall and they’re amazing

Matt Wild

July 10, 2018

What is it about dead malls that fascinates us so? More specifically: What is it about Northridge Mall that fascinates us so? Hardly a month seems to go by without another group of "urban explorers" puttering a...

Lowlands Group announces exclusive “hyper-local” beers for Lowlands Locals series

Matt Wild

July 9, 2018

Do you like ubiquitous Wisconsin restaurant group Lowlands Group (Café Benelux, Café Bavaria, Café Centraal, all 8,000 Café Hollanders)? Do you like beer? Do you like local beer? Then you're in luck, because Lo...

Platinum Boys take Chicago in candid clip for “Oblivious/Obvious”

Matt Wild

July 9, 2018

Those good-time rapscallions in the Platinum Boys are at it again. The hard-partying Milwaukee band is in the midst of a week-long summer tour that includes a show at Junker's in Cincinnati on Monday, a show at...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (July 1-7)

Matt Wild

July 9, 2018

Depending on which news sources you follow, Milwaukee is going through either a "renaissance" or a "reinvention." Or maybe it's a "reboot" or a "reimagining," like that crappy Tim Burton version of Planet Of Th...

Let’s watch old videos of Milwaukee poet Matt Cook explaining Milwaukee history

Matt Wild

July 9, 2018

Milwaukee has some serious—and some seriously weird—history. From its indigenous roots to its European settlement to the time we all had to boil our water because of that Cryptosporidium thing, the Brew City ha...

Potawatomi is covering up its ads at Miller Park because the Atlanta Braves are in town

Matt Wild

July 6, 2018

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • Thursday night, the Milwaukee Brewers continued their hot streak by defeating...

Pixies played Summerfest and they were great and here’s what they played and said between songs

Matt Wild

July 5, 2018

Legendary alternative rock band Pixies headlined the BMO Harris Pavilion Wednesday night at Summerfest. Legendary alternative rock band Pixies—Black Francis/Frank Black, Joey Santiago, David Lovering, new-ish b...

Bob Uecker got up, got out of last night’s Brewers game after being injured by a contact lens

Matt Wild

July 3, 2018

UPDATE (7/5/18): Uecker is still out with a scratched eye, though Levering says he has been at Miller Park the past few days, "hanging out" and "telling stories." UPDATE (7/3/18): According to Levering, Ueck...

Rocket Paloma wonders if it’s the victim or the crime in “Ghosted”

Matt Wild

July 3, 2018

There's nothing simple about Rocket Paloma. Take the band's winding backstory: singer Joey Kerner played under the name as a solo act soon after taking a composition class at Cardinal Stritch, then remade the g...

Vincent Van Great and Dana Coppa hit the Mad Planet dance floor in “Enter Flex” video

Matt Wild

July 3, 2018

When we last checked in with Vincent Van Great...well, it was only about two weeks ago, when the ever-busy, ever-evolving rapper/producer was releasing the terrific "I'm The Man Pt. 2" and prepping for gigs at ...

MKE Music Rewind: Alligator Gun, “Curfew”

Matt Wild

July 3, 2018

In our weekly MKE Music Rewind, we revisit a notable Milwaukee song that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014. This year marks the 25th anniversary of Shirk, the debut full-lengt...

Get a sneak peek at Milwaukee Film’s renovation and restoration of the Oriental Theatre

Matt Wild

July 2, 2018

On Sunday, July 1, Milwaukee Film officially took over operations of Milwaukee's historic Oriental Theatre. One day later (the Oriental's 91st birthday, coincidentally), the new stewards are already hard at wor...

This is why we can’t have nice mazes: Milwaukee Maze (in West Allis) closed due to vandalism

Matt Wild

July 2, 2018

Back in May, Milwaukee media outlets flipped for the opening of the (admittedly pretty cool-looking) Milwaukee Maze. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, OnMilwaukee, TMJ4, FOX6, and more all covered the hell out of...

Good Land Wing Co. coming to old Cold Stone Creamery on Oakland and Locust

Matt Wild

July 1, 2018

Today in "Well, it's kind of an ugly day but some ice cream would be good anyway, so let's drive over to Cold Stone Cream...wait...it's closed?!" news, the Cold Stone Creamery on Oakland and Locust (2907 N. Oak...

Ugh. What a week. Here are some things that aren’t awful

Matt Wild

June 29, 2018

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • Well, it was another awful/idiotic week in America! What else is new? We won't ...

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