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10 standout moments from the 2014 Milwaukee Film Festival

October 10, 2014

And that’s a wrap: After 15 days of movies, more movies, and even more movies, the 2014 Milwaukee Film Festival has come to a close. Bookended by an opening-night screening of 1971 and last night’s sendoff from...

The Disclaimer: Film fest highs, Bay View “Art Stop” lows

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 9, 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...

Tracklist: 10 especially ambitious Milwaukee music videos

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 6, 2014

// No modern band has done more with the music video medium than OK Go. With its genius use of things like treadmill choreography, Rube Goldberg-like mechanisms, paint, and other artsy accoutrements, the L....

Welcome to October: Here’s what you’re doing this month

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 1, 2014

Isn’t it funny when people breathlessly tell you that fall is their favorite time of year, like it’s some sort of weird little personal quirk? It’s everybody’s favorite time of year, and if it isn’t, you’re cra...

ZAZ 8 2/3: 10 Zucker, Abrahams, and Zucker missteps

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 30, 2014

Wednesday night, the Milwaukee Film Festival will pay tribute to the legendary Shorewood-sired filmmaking triad of David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, and Jim Abrahams with a 30th anniversary screening of Top Secret! T...

Bar Rescue is rescuing Y-Not III this week

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 29, 2014

A few months ago, we told you that popular SPIKE TV series Bar Rescue was in town scouting Milwaukee locations to, well, rescue. Yes, one lucky Brew City bar was being considered for Jon Taffer’s unique brand o...

MFF2014: Inside The Milwaukee Show (part one)

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 29, 2014

They don’t call it the Milwaukee Film Festival for nothing. In addition to screening some of the best films in the world, the annual fest gives plenty of love to local films and filmmakers. The highlight of the...

MFF2014 Day 3: State of the cinema and witches, bitches

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 27, 2014

Today is Day 3 of the 2014 Milwaukee Film Festival, which runs September 25 – October 9. Want to talk movies and/or stalk us? Here’s where we’ll be. “State of Cinema” lecture with Wesley Morris (noon, Prospe...

Blackbird’s “From The Stage To The Booth” DJ series returns for second year

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 25, 2014

Last year, Blackbird Bar launched the unique "From The Stage To The Booth" DJ series with a simple concept: allow Milwaukee bands get behind the turntables every Friday night and play whatever the hell they wan...

Dave Chappelle will perform two—no, make that six—shows at Pabst Theater this October

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 24, 2014

Current-generation comedians don’t come any more iconic, game-changing, and confounding (oh, and funny) than Dave Chappelle. His Chappelle’s Show for Comedy Central in the mid ’00s is the stuff of sketch comedy...

Volcano Choir’s Repave tour will come to an end at Turner Hall this November

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 24, 2014

Has it only been a year since Volcano Choir’s explosive Repave was unleashed onto the world? While certainly of its time, there’s something ageless about the album, as if Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) and his Collec...

Here’s the schedule for this weekend’s Maker Faire Milwaukee

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 22, 2014

Milwaukee has no shortage of art, craft, food, beer, and whatever-else fairs. Hell, some of them are even at night! But this weekend’s inaugural Maker Faire Milwaukee is a bit different, focusing more on techno...

The Disclaimer: Miller Park upkeep, Bucks arena promises, Journal Sentinel troubles

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 18, 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...

The Disclaimer: Global Union 2014 with David Ravel

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 11, 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...

Here’s the complete lineup for the 2014 Milwaukee Film Festival

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 5, 2014

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: the annual Milwaukee Film Festival is one of the city’s finest events, hands down. For the 2014 fest—which runs September 25 through October 9—a total of 276 films w...

Welcome to September: Here’s what you’re doing this month

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 1, 2014

In Milwaukee, the end of summer is a bittersweet thing. The weather cools, the festivals shut down, and the Brewers start to blow it. But the end of the season also marks the beginning of the city’s typically s...

The Disclaimer: Yellow Phone, Pizza Underground, and Taylor Swift

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 28, 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...

Tracklist: 11 Milwaukee acts that changed their names

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 25, 2014

// Unlike one’s birth name, a musical artist has a say in what their project will be called. So if you wind up with a name like Diarrhea Planet, Anal Cunt, or Foxygen, you can’t blame your parents. It’s you...

The Disclaimer: Journal Sentinel’s don’t-call-it-a-buyout buyout with Bruce Murphy

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 21, 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...

Canopies returns to the stage (with GGOOLLDD and Rio Turbo) September 20

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 20, 2014

We don’t hear from the Canopies camp too often, but when the reclusive and calculated Milwaukee synth-pop project breaks its silence, it’s always worth listening to. Canopies’ self-titled debut required just fi...

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