Relive the Burnhearts/Pabst Street Party with this awesome video Matt Wild July 16, 2014 Is it too early to be reminiscing about summer 2014? Probably, but a snap of unseasonably cool weather has us thinking back to a time when we were young, idealistic, and a little bit warmer. You know, like last...
Spend a minute with the video for Heavy Hand’s “David Bowie Wants To Steal Your Baby” Matt Wild July 15, 2014 There was a time when music videos blurred the line between video and short film—think of all those ridiculous videos from Michael Jackson’s Dangerous—though there’s something to be said for videos that get in ...
Help keep Global Union free by contributing to “$15,000 in 15 days” campaign Matt Wild July 15, 2014 Let’s face it: being forced to think about the end of summer in the middle of July is downright cruel. But like all things, summer 2014 must pass, even though it feels like it started a week ago. Happily, there...
851,879 people enjoyed Summerfest this year (and 181,758 enjoyed those mini donuts) Matt Wild July 11, 2014 Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • As much as we love Summerfest (and as much as we love continuing the tradition of gently m...
The Disclaimer: Local media, Bar Louie dress codes, and living room shows Matt Wild July 10, 2014 Every Wednesday at noon, WMSE’s Ryan Schleicher, Shepherd Express’ Evan Rytlewski, and Milwaukee Record’s Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called T...
It’s time to establish some rules for using (or not using) cell phones at concerts Matt Wild July 10, 2014 A few weeks ago, mere hours before Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds took the stage at Milwaukee Theater, I made a joke about the show on Twitter: “MKE drinking game: Take a shot for every Nick Cave picture you see i...
Here’s the lineup for the 2014 Brady Street Festival Matt Wild July 8, 2014 The lumbering beast known as Godzilla Summerfest has finally lumbered back into Lake Michigan, content to slumber for another year while plotting the destruction of the city more great music and entertainment f...
Sylvan Esso to perform on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon July 9 Matt Wild July 7, 2014 Sylvan Esso may hail from Durham, North Carolina, but the hot-as-shit two-piece electro act has some serious Milwaukee connections. Nick Sanborn, of course, is a former Milwaukeean and former member of the gone...
8 (mostly) dead websites from Milwaukee’s past Matt Wild July 7, 2014 It’s been said the Internet is written in ink, not pencil. Nothing ever truly disappears from the ol’ World Wide Web, even (and some might say especially) the embarrassing stuff. Thanks to handy tools like the ...
3.5 Sat. Nite Duets: Los DJs Matt Wild July 3, 2014 Give Sat. Nite Duets credit where credit is due: For a band that has long cultivated an image of scruffy, tongue-in-cheek good-time dudes who are prone to use hashtags like #blessed and #tite on Twitter, they’v...
3.0 The New Red Moons: Mesmérisme Matt Wild July 1, 2014 Taking disparate musical influences and shaping them into something new and/or fresh is an art many bands profess proficiency in, but few ever truly master. Collect a nickel for every group that claims its musi...
Sylvan Esso’s Nick Sanborn talks breakout year, coming full circle Matt Wild June 26, 2014 Nick Sanborn and Amelia Meath of Sylvan Esso have just landed at Milwaukee’s General Mitchell International Airport. “A preemptive apology: We might have to stop and restart this interview,” Sanborn says. “We’r...
The evolution of Summerfest drunk dancing Matt Wild June 25, 2014 In case you were wondering, that low, dull roar emanating from Milwaukee’s lakefront is not Godzilla, king of the monsters. It’s Summerfest, which kicks off its 47th installment today at noon. And what better w...
Winter Bear’s “Take It Back” is your new summer jam, Milwaukee Matt Wild June 25, 2014 The highly sought-after “summer jam” is an elusive thing, and can cover anything from sci-fi-flecked power-rock to feel-good hip-hop. In other words, crafting a summer jam isn’t an exact science—except when it ...
First Impression: Goodkind Matt Wild June 24, 2014 If the concept of a musical supergroup can be ported over to the world of food and drink, then the newly opened Goodkind (2457 S. Wentworth Ave., 414-763-4706) certainly fits the all-star bill. Owned and operat...
Here’s a pretty awful “judgmental map of Milwaukee” Matt Wild June 24, 2014 Milwaukee is a terrific city, filled with incredible music, amazing food, and approximately 8,000 places to enjoy a drink after all that music and food. (One might say “You Gotta Be Here!”) But it’s also a city...
Okka Fest improvises, goes big for 2014 Matt Wild June 20, 2014 For the past six years, Okka Fest has brought some of the world’s most talented improvisational and free jazz artists to Milwaukee’s doorstep. The brainchild of Palm Tavern and Sugar Maple owner Bruno Johnson, ...
Watch Klassik search for a “Light” in new video Matt Wild June 17, 2014 In just a few short years, Klassik has established himself as one of the city’s best (and most versatile) artists, deftly mixing hip-hop, R&B, jazz, and pop into a smooth, crowd-pleasing cocktail. 2012’s In...
Let’s look at the very ’90s program for Lollapalooza ’94 Matt Wild June 17, 2014 This article is from 2014. Dates have been updated for 2024. Since 2005, venerable music festival Lollapalooza has taken over Chicago’s Grant Park for a two-day summer celebration of the world’s hottest musi...
Investigative piece on Wisconsin iron mine to air on Al Jazeera America Matt Wild June 12, 2014 Since 2011, the controversy surrounding a proposed iron mine in northern Wisconsin’s Penokee mountain range has split the state into two camps: those who see the construction of the $1.5 billion open-pit mine b...
