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James Randi tells the truth about ‘An Honest Liar’

October 2, 2014

James Randi originally chose “The Amazing Randi” as a stage name back when he was plying his trade as a magician and escape artist; little did he know it would nicely sum up his entire seven-decade-and-counting...

Listen to the Sylvan Esso remix of Phox’s “Slow Motion”

Matt Wild

October 2, 2014

Brooklyn-based label Partisan Records is home to some top-tier national talent (Eagulls, John Grant) as well as some top-tier local (or local-ish) talent, including Field Report, Sylvan Esso, and Phox. Those la...

Lorde punches above her weight at BMO Harris Pavilion

Matt Wild

September 27, 2014

Ever since becoming a worldwide pop sensation at 16 with last year’s Pure Heroine, New Zealand singer-songwriter Lorde has straddled the line between “aw-shucks” teenager and canny superstar-in-the-making. She’...

The Disclaimer: Bad downtown ads, Milwaukee’s hip-hop scene, Dave Chappelle

Matt Wild

September 25, 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...

MFF2014: Psychopath explores oversized ambition, haunted theme parks

Matt Wild

September 23, 2014

There’s no better subject for a documentary than a tragic, constantly put-upon hero fighting for his or her dreams in the face of insurmountable odds. If those dreams involve filmmaking, even better: Francis Fo...

Great job, Wisconsin! Our state has a thing for banning books, apparently

Matt Wild

September 22, 2014

Depending on whom you ask, Wisconsin is either a forward-looking state with a proud progressive past, or a backwards-looking flyover state best left to blaze-orange Cheeseheads and the dopes that wear them. Tha...

Tracklist: 10 reasons to get excited for the 2014 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild

September 22, 2014

// Beginning Thursday, September 25 and running through Thursday, October 9, the 6th annual Milwaukee Film Festival promises to be a can’t-miss event. A total of 276 films will light up the screens of the L...

Milwaukee’s once-mighty “Bring PBR Home” campaign defeated by Russia

Matt Wild

September 19, 2014

It seems like only last April when local and national media outlets were crapping themselves over a story of a group of Milwaukeeans determined to bring Pabst Brewing Company back to the Brew City. The incredib...

Spoon plays to its strengths at Riverside Theater, pays tribute to Jay Reatard

Matt Wild

September 18, 2014

The word “journeymen” gets tossed around a lot when talking or writing about Spoon. On the surface, it’s something of a compliment: The Austin, Texas band has been at it for more than two decades, releasing alb...

Watch the hypnotic video for Death Blues’ “Languaging”

Matt Wild

September 17, 2014

When we awarded a perfect five-out-of-five stars to Ensemble, the latest release from Jon Mueller’s sprawling Death Blues project, it wasn’t because it was necessarily better than any other Milwaukee album we’v...

We ordered Burger King delivery because that’s a thing you can do now in Milwaukee

Matt Wild

September 17, 2014

Back in 2012, fast-food giant and all-American tax-dodger Burger King rolled out a new, terrifying service: home delivery. No longer would slovenly and undiscriminating eaters in selected cities have to suffer ...

The Get Down will return to Turner Hall for New Year’s Eve 2014

Matt Wild

September 16, 2014

If there’s one constant in an ever-changing, ever-frustrating world, it’s The Get Down, Milwaukee’s long-running funk and soul dance party. For more than 10 years, DJs Andy Noble, Brent Goodsell, and Nesh have ...

Listen to Allen Coté’s absinthe-fueled Sublimative Sessions Vol. 2: Darling Hall (RIP)

Matt Wild

September 16, 2014

If you had to name Milwaukee’s finest utility musician, you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone better than Allen Coté. The Austin, Texas transplant has been a familiar presence in the linear notes of some of the ...

10 infamous Milwaukee concerts

Matt Wild

September 15, 2014

This article was originally published in 2014. In a perfect world, music or comedy shows go something like this: fans show up to a venue, artists show up to a venue and perform for fans, fans leave venue hap...

Brewers put the “fun” in “extra security measures” with Bob Uecker video

Matt Wild

September 12, 2014

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • If there’s one thing Americans are good at, it’s suffering countless indignities in exchan...

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Death Blues: Ensemble

Matt Wild

September 9, 2014

There’s a moment in the making-of documentary of Magnolia where writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson is moments away from shooting the film’s first scene. “So this is the first shot of the movie,” he says. “I t...

Take a drive (and go bowling) with Field Report in video for “Home”

Matt Wild

September 8, 2014

If you aren’t caught up in the buildup for Field Report’s second album, Marigolden, you clearly aren’t paying attention to the Internet. Chris Porterfield and company have premiered songs from the record on sit...

Mike Brenner vs. Milwaukee

Matt Wild

September 8, 2014

// Last month, upstart beer baron and longtime provocateur Mike Brenner (you may know him from such films as The Great Bronze Fonz Dust-Up Of 2007) stayed true to his shit-starting ways by penning a doozy o...

The future of Milwaukee’s lakefront just got more futuristic (maybe)

Matt Wild

September 5, 2014

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • For a city that prides itself on its proximity to Lake Michigan, Milwaukee’s downtown lake...

Listen to the latest single from Light Music, “You Run Me”

Matt Wild

September 5, 2014

Joining Sin Bad as one of the most promising new Milwaukee bands of 2014 is Light Music, the latest synth-speckled post-rock project from Brendan Benham (Altos, Collections Of Colonies Of Bees) and members of f...

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