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Peeper & Le Play made one of the best, weirdest Milwaukee albums of the year

June 30, 2015

A common gripe against music coverage in Milwaukee—and music coverage in general—is that the media pays attention to only a small handful of bands. These bands tend to be safe, predictable, and career-oriented....

Hating Summerfest, loving Summerfest

Matt Wild

June 29, 2015

Sometimes you hate Summerfest. Sometimes you get to the grounds on a late Sunday afternoon and note that there are more people waiting to see Paris Hilton in four hours than there were to see Public Enemy all o...

Dustin Diamond is not a “knife-wielding madman,” says director of two Dustin Diamond movies

Matt Wild

June 29, 2015

As you may have heard, former Saved By The Bell actor, onetime Behind The Bell wordsmith, and occasional ’90s-theme-party host Dustin Diamond is in jail. Well, he’s supposed to be in jail, but he filed an appea...

Who Said It Best (And Worst): June 22-26

Matt Wild

June 26, 2015

Who Said It Best (And Worst) rounds up the week’s best and worst quotes from notable Milwaukee figures and folks-about-town. SAID IT BEST Journal Sentinel columnist James Causey, on the push to remove the C...

Public Enemy brings the noise (with help from Rusty P’s) on day two of Summerfest

Matt Wild

June 26, 2015

Early in the Rusty P’s warm-up set for Public Enemy Thursday night at Summerfest, DJ “Madhatter” Lee announced the group would be digging deep into their old albums for the next few songs. “And when you’ve been...

Dustin Diamond sentenced to appear in Saved By The Bell: The Prison Years

Matt Wild

June 25, 2015

When you wake up in the morning for your sentencing hearing and the alarm gives out a warning that yes, today is the day you will learn your fate after being convicted of stabbing some dude in a Wisconsin bar o...

Celebrate the first day of Summerfest with 6 videos of people screwing around on the Sky Glider

Matt Wild

June 24, 2015

If there was a website called “Is it Summerfest yet?” today it would read “Yes.” The 48th annual Big Gig kicks off today at noon, and brings with it all the sights, sounds, smells, and jorts Milwaukee has come ...

Milwaukee Record’s field guide to Summerfest cover bands

Matt Wild

June 24, 2015

Summerfest bills itself as the “World’s Largest Music Festival,” That’s technically true: few music fests are even in the same ballpark when it comes to the Big Gig’s 11-day lineup of 800-plus acts. The rub, of...

Taking The City By Storm will document Milwaukee’s early punk scene

Matt Wild

June 23, 2015

Remember the days when the early history of Milwaukee’s punk scene was grossly undocumented and uncelebrated? Milwaukee Record remembers. Happily, those days are long gone. The last five years or so have seen a...

BMO Harris Bank partners with Pabst Theater Group, releases music mini-docs

Matt Wild

June 22, 2015

BMO Harris Bank’s support of Milwaukee arts and entertainment is plain to see, what with the BMO Harris Bradley Center and BMO Harris Pavilion and all. Today, that support has only grown deeper with the announc...

Peter Mulvey wrote a song for Charleston, and it’s spreading

Matt Wild

June 22, 2015

The way in which we, the rank and file citizens of the United States, react to mass shootings in this country has become depressingly predictable. Our initial feelings of shock and grief almost instantly give w...

Belle And Sebastian, Courtney Barnett leave Pabst Theater dancing, wanting more

Matt Wild

June 22, 2015

There were multiple moments during Friday night’s Belle And Sebastian show at the Pabst Theater when it was possible to mistake the proceedings for a ribald comedy show instead of a rock concert. “One of the an...

Is the Bucks arena deal on “life support”?

Matt Wild

June 19, 2015

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • Hot off pondering the great teenage-Redditor question of why a woman can hit ...

Who Said It Best (And Worst): June 15-19

Matt Wild

June 19, 2015

Who Said It Best (And Worst) rounds up the best and worst quotes of the week from notable Milwaukee figures, pundits, and folks-about-town. SAID IT BEST WISPIRG Director Peter Skopec, on the Wisconsin Depar...

Learning to let go, lighten up, and love Sofar Sounds

Matt Wild

June 18, 2015

Some of my first live music memories are of seeing shows in basements, attics, and living rooms. These were dingy, dirty affairs, with oodles of teenage crusty punks (and their dogs, always their dogs) crammed ...

Help fund a documentary about breaking the cycle of homelessness in Milwaukee

Matt Wild

June 17, 2015

It’s rare to find a Kickstarter campaign that’s both worthwhile and financially feasible. Ridiculous ideas paired with ridiculous funding goals are all too common on the popular crowdfunding site. But every now...

UWM’s Concert Chorale will provide backup vocals for The Rolling Stones

Matt Wild

June 16, 2015

The Rolling Stones’ much-anticipated, much-hyped, and much-priced show at the Marcus Amphitheater is exactly one week away. Yes, on Tuesday, June 23, the Stones will take to the Marcus stage and deliver hit aft...

Klassik completes the seasonal cycle with Autumn EP

Matt Wild

June 16, 2015

Klassik has always been a man for all seasons—he’s a musician, rapper, producer, and video director, among other things—but now he’s literally a man for all seasons. With the release of his new Autumn EP, Klass...

Get funky now with Bo Triplex’s debut single, “Thump-Tastic”

Matt Wild

June 15, 2015

Yesterday, during the New Age Narcissism set at Locust Street Festival 2015, Bo Triplex kicked things off with a preview of a new solo track called “Thump-Tastic.” As expected from the NAN/Kane Place Record Clu...

Exclusive: Listen to the Dashcam remix of Klassik’s “STAGESlayer”

Matt Wild

June 12, 2015

Klassik has always been a man ahead of the curve. Since bursting on the scene with 2012’s In The Making and 2013’s YRP (Young Rising Phenoms), the rapper/singer/musician/producer has continually raised the bar ...

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