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2017 Milwaukee Film Festival drew a record 84,072 attendees (a 9% increase over 2016)

October 18, 2017

Earlier this week we rounded up our 20 standout moments from the recently wrapped 2017 Milwaukee Film Festival. Today, Milwaukee Film has revealed a few highlights of its own. 84,072 of them, to be exact. Ye...

Remembering the 2011 Gallery Night when Milwaukee officially met Milverine

Matt Wild

October 18, 2017

Milwaukee's quarterly Gallery Night is always a blast. But no matter how great the latest installment will be, it won't hold a candle to a Very Special Gallery Night event that went down in 2011. It was a water...

Joseph Huber, Buffalo Gospel highlight Cedarburg Cultural Center’s “Rebels & Renegades” series

Matt Wild

October 18, 2017

As Wisconsin prepares to ease into late fall and (ugh) winter, it can be tempting to prepare in kind for a four-to-five-month-long hibernation. No concerts, no shows, no fun. But not so fast! Center Stage at th...

NO/NO’s ‘Twentysomethings’ is out today and it’s good

Matt Wild

October 17, 2017

Hey! NO/NO's new EP, Twentysomethings, is out today. It's good. Here's what we had to say when we debuted one its tracks, "Take Out," earlier this month: The evolution of Milwaukee's NO/NO has been a thing to ...

4K ‘Re-Animator’ restoration highlights Bloody Good Horror’s 10th anniversary celebration

Matt Wild

October 16, 2017

For those special folks who begin their Halloween celebrations in late August (cough cough), mid-October is crunch time. Mere weeks remain until the big day, and it's high time to cram in as much spooky and fal...

Let’s go to “The Hop” (which is now the official name of the Milwaukee Streetcar)

Matt Wild

October 13, 2017

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • If you've tried to navigate downtown Milwaukee lately, you know that, yep, th...

“Weird Al” will bring his non-parody “Ill-Advised Vanity Tour” to Pabst Theater April 10

Matt Wild

October 13, 2017

Let's face it, "Weird Al" Yankovic fans: If you've seen one "Weird Al" show in recent years, you've seen 'em all. There's the big-single opener, the obligatory costume romps through "Fat" and "Smells Like Nirva...

Great Job, Milwaukee (and 11 other cities)! We’re “America’s best-kept secret”

Matt Wild

October 11, 2017

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 ...

Get a second hit of Indonesian Junk with the hook-heavy ‘Stars In The Night’

Matt Wild

October 10, 2017

The opening seconds of Indonesian Junk's terrific Stars In The Night consist of a vocal take played backwards. It's a fitting introduction to an album that rewinds the clock to a time and place long gone—CBGB c...

Take a (literal) minute and enjoy (ORB)’s “Worse Than It Was”

Matt Wild

October 10, 2017

Ever wake up and think to yourself, "Gee, things are worse today than they were yesterday?" If you're living in the year 2017, the answer is probably "YES." But rather than dwell on whatever horror show is curr...

Remembering the time, in 1980, when Black Sabbath fans rioted in Milwaukee

Matt Wild

October 9, 2017

Throwing bottles at performers is a dubious concert-going tradition. Sure, it can be darkly funny in some cases (Justin Bieber), but it can be downright dangerous in others (Tila Tequila at the 2010 Gathering o...

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

Matt Wild

October 9, 2017

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...

Great Job, Milwaukee! Bay View is the 13th “hottest hipster market in America”

Matt Wild

October 6, 2017

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...

‘The Blood Is At The Doorstep’ is a vital Milwaukee film

Matt Wild

October 6, 2017

A sad air of inevitability hangs over the opening stretch of The Blood Is At The Doorstep. For Milwaukeeans, the story is distressingly familiar: On the afternoon of April 30, 2014, Dontre Hamilton, a 31-year-o...

What a horrible week. Here are some links about restaurants and stuff

Matt Wild

October 6, 2017

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • Good god, what a gut-punch of a week. Do we even need to sum it up? Do we eve...

NYC artist Michael Alan brings “Living Installation” to inaugural Riverwest Gallery Night

Matt Wild

October 4, 2017

On Saturday, October 7, Milwaukee's Riverwest neighborhood will play host to the Riverwest Artists Association's Artwalk, as well as the inaugural Riverwest Gallery Night. Roughly 20 galleries, studios, and ven...

Here’s the lineup for the third annual “Nightmare on Center Street” Halloween party

Matt Wild

October 4, 2017

Remember that part in the original A Nightmare On Elm Street when Freddy says "I'm your boyfriend now, Nancy," and his tongue slurps out of the telephone? What's the deal with that scene? Nancy isn't sleeping, ...

Hook up with the new NO/NO single, “Take Out,” from the upcoming ‘Twentysomethings’ EP

Matt Wild

October 3, 2017

The evolution of Milwaukee's NO/NO has been a thing to behold. With roots in the lo-fi new wave group The Delphines, the bigger and better NO/NO has quickly morphed into a full-on synth-pop force. That transfor...

Brett Newski trusts no one in animated “I’m Paranoid” video

Matt Wild

October 2, 2017

Here's an understatement to end all understatements: We live in crazy times. Degenerate politics and politicians, the end of "truth" and "facts," and the ever-expanding filmography of James Franco have all beco...

GGOOLLDD will ring in 2018 with a New Year’s Eve show at Turner Hall

Matt Wild

October 2, 2017

Is 2017 over yet? Almost? Good. Will 2018 be any better? Maybe? We'll take it. Anyway, wayward Milwaukee synth-pop outfit GGOOLLDD will be ringing in 2018 at Turner Hall this year, with a New Year's Eve show th...

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