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New East Side poke place is literally a stone’s throw from other East Side poke place. Let’s demonstrate

June 28, 2018

Take a stroll around North Avenue on Milwaukee's East Side and you'll find a neighborhood almost completely made over. The empty storefronts and "For Lease" signs of a few years ago are mostly gone, replaced by...

Milwaukee now home to totally cool, totally illegal Bird scooters

Matt Wild

June 28, 2018

Wednesday morning, just as the virtual ink was drying on the umpteenth guide to all 8,000 Summerfest picnic tables or whatever, the Milwaukee media received a press release: Bird, an electric-scooter-share comp...

Celebrate the first day of Summerfest with a bunch of cover band promo videos

Matt Wild

June 27, 2018

Summerfest, as we all know, is the "World's Largest Music Festival." And while that title is certainly well-earned, it obscures the fact that a good chunk of that music is provided by cover bands. Not that ther...

Slide into summer with Nice FM’s “Sunrise” comp

Matt Wild

June 26, 2018

When we last basked in the sun-kissed sounds of Nice FM, the Milwaukee-based production house and electronic label had released its "Night Swim" compilation—in the middle of winter. Now, seven months and many d...

MKE Music Rewind: Victor DeLorenzo, “Gonna Wanna”

Matt Wild

June 26, 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. Decades may pass and tastes may come and go, but the Violent Femmes...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (June 17-23)

Matt Wild

June 25, 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...

Dear FOX6: Please, please, please unearth this “Drinking in the ’80s” series from 1984

Matt Wild

June 25, 2018

Dear FOX6, Hi! How are you? Happy Monday! Milwaukee Record here. In case you didn't know, we're big fans of your station. Really! Ted Perry is the best, and FOX6 WakeUp is our second-favorite local morning s...

Hey! Let’s all go to tomorrow’s Domes meeting and vote for the indoor zipline option

Matt Wild

June 25, 2018

Hey! There's a public meeting at the Mitchell Park Domes on Tuesday, June 26 at 6 p.m. to discuss, well, the Mitchell Park Domes. The Domes Task Force is hosting the informational meeting and will be asking the...

Reminder: Oriental Theatre isn’t closed for good (Milwaukee Film is taking over and will reopen it soon)

Matt Wild

June 22, 2018

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • If you've seen the Oriental Theatre's marquee in recent days (or if you've ch...

Pabst Milwaukee Brewery is bringing back classic “Red, White & Blue” beer

Matt Wild

June 22, 2018

The weather may be cold and kind of miserable, but summer is officially here. And what better way to celebrate the summer season—and the impending Fourth of July—than by tipping back a classic beer that celebra...

Sen. Tammy Baldwin was on ‘Late Night With Seth Meyers’ and she brought some Spotted Cow

Matt Wild

June 22, 2018

This article is from 2018. Politics, politicians, and life in general: it's enough to make you drink. So why not crack open a cold one if you're going to discuss the hellscape that is 2018? That's just what ...

You’d be ‘Better Off Dead’ than to miss our screening at Avalon Theater July 18

Matt Wild

June 21, 2018

Four weeks. Twenty weekdays. That's approximately how long you have until we screen the 1985 dark comedy classic Better Off Dead at Avalon Theater. On Wednesday, July 18, Milwaukee Record, the Avalon, and new s...

Follow these 16 simple tips if you want to avoid being murdered by the streetcar

Matt Wild

June 20, 2018

The last time we checked in on the Milwaukee streetcar (give us a few more weeks before we finally call it "The Hop"), people were taking pictures of the thing. But a lot has changed since then—for one, it's al...

Get a jump on Bastille Days with a screening of ‘Amélie’ at Avalon Theater July 11

Matt Wild

June 19, 2018

You know you're in the thick of another Milwaukee summer when Bastille Days rolls around. The ever-popular French festival returns for its 37th year July 12-15 at Cathedral Square Park, bringing with it all the...

Greetings, Professor Falken: SafeHouse will screen 1983’s ‘WarGames’ June 25

Matt Wild

June 19, 2018

10 PRINT "Remember 1983's WarGames? You know, the one with Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy? The one where Broderick hacks a NORAD supercomputer and almost starts World War III because he thinks he's playing a...

MKE Music Rewind: Fahri, “The Island Cannibal King”

Matt Wild

June 19, 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. For someone who works with words for a living, I've never been much...

Look on the 8 finalists for best “unique and unusual foods” at the 2018 Wisconsin State Fair and despair

Matt Wild

June 18, 2018

Three words: Wisconsin State Fair. From August 2-12, the annual celebration of all things Wisconsin will offer up oodles of entertainment, animals of every kind, that DNR shack where you can renew your hunting ...

Someone paid $25,000 for a signed Prince guitar that probably wasn’t owned or played by Prince

Matt Wild

June 15, 2018

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • The BMO Harris Bradley Center is in its final days. The soon-to-be-replaced are...

Marielle Allschwang explains themes of family and identity behind new song “Marcus & Ramona”

Matt Wild

June 14, 2018

Mention the name "Marielle Allschwang" and you're mentioning a member of some of the best groups in Milwaukee. The singer-guitarist counts Hello Death and Collections Of Colonies Of Bees as two of her gigs; on ...

With a new single and tell-all documentary, it’s the summer of Coo Coo Cal

Matt Wild

June 13, 2018

Has it really been 15—no, make that nearly 17—years since the release of Coo Coo Cal's Disturbed? Yep. In September 2001, the Milwaukee rapper (a.k.a. Calvin Bellamy) released his sophomore album on Tommy Boy R...

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