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Northless’ Nick Elert sets the score for Wisconsin horror

May 20, 2015

Film composition is a largely unsung art form. For every Marvin Hamlish crossing out the O on his or her ongoing EGOT campaign, thousands upon thousands of musicians work in relative silence, despite—quite iron...

Temple’s catalog grows as its lineup shrinks

Tyler Maas

May 15, 2015

Over a two-day stretch last June, criminally underrated Milwaukee post-punk quartet Temple stepped into the booth at Shane Hochstetler's since-relocated Howl Street studio—for the first time since recording its...

Bandsketball returns for a second year

Tyler Maas

May 12, 2015

Last year’s inaugural Bandsketball tournament brought a wide variety of Milwaukee bands and rappers—32 in total—to the courts at the corner of Center and Fratney streets in Riverwest to determine which group of...

Tracklist: 10 ways Milwaukee is celebrating Record Store Day 2015

Tyler Maas

April 13, 2015

Originally started as a single-day rally cry for music lovers to get out and support traditional music retailers instead of buying digital music and/or ordering online, Record Store Day has quickly become an ex...

First Impression: Junior’s Hook

Tyler Maas

March 18, 2015

As unfair as it is, any business that opens shop at 1517 S. Second Street will inevitably draw comparisons to a legendary former tenant of the understated Walker's Point site. In early 2012, Bomb Shelter was fo...

Milwaukee Record’s favorite moments from Arte Para Todos 2015

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 2, 2015

On paper, the inaugural Arte Para Todos festival seemed too good to be true. Seventy of the best Milwaukee musical acts would be playing dozens of shows at 15 venues spread throughout three neighborhoods and th...

Jake Kornely’s last stand: The comic and musician says goodbye to Milwaukee

Tyler Maas

February 26, 2015

Jake Kornely joined Static Eyes in 2011. Roughly a month after joining the Milwaukee punk band, he attempted stand-up comedy for the first time. Since then, the art forms have jostled for position, but both rem...

Watch Rock ‘N’ Roller Remote Controller’s Season 2 premiere

Tyler Maas

February 3, 2015

Originally expected out last fall, the long-awaited Season 2 premiere of Milwaukee-made show Rock ’N’ Roller Remote Controller was posted on YouTube today in rather unheralded fashion, especially considering th...

Tracklist: 12 Milwaukee-on-Milwaukee covers

Tyler Maas

January 12, 2015

If you haven’t heard, Milwaukee Record is putting on a little show Friday, January 16. Essentially, the inaugural Local Coverage will feature some great local bands playing at Club Garibaldi as part of a Girls ...

The 15 best Milwaukee concerts of 2014

Milwaukee Record Staff

December 15, 2014

There was a time, not too long ago, when Milwaukee was on the “don’t-bother-playing” list for big-ticket touring acts, and regularly lost big-ticket shows to Madison and Chicago. Now, anyone claiming the latter...

The 15 best Milwaukee music videos of 2014

Milwaukee Record Staff

December 11, 2014

This year was an incredibly bountiful year in Milwaukee music. Meanwhile, the utter success of the 2014 Milwaukee Film Festival suggests the city is coming into its own, both in the ability of locals to capture...

The 25 best Milwaukee albums of 2014

Milwaukee Record Staff

December 8, 2014

If the sign of a deliriously overstuffed and overwhelming year in local music is the almost paralyzing difficulty in ranking it all come year’s end, then 2014 was one for the books. The number of assured, accom...

Exclusive: Hear two songs off Migo’s bonkers debut, Napkin Back

Tyler Maas

December 2, 2014

Migo is a hard band to reduce to a single genre. Its Facebook page describes the eclectic Milwaukee quartet as “Lost Dog Fan-Fiction” and “Piñata Rock.” As nonsensical as those descriptors sound, we can’t offer...

Black Friday, touring smart, restaurant renaissance

Tyler Maas

November 28, 2014

On select Fridays, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • Fuck Black Friday, right? This "holiday" sends rabid consumers to big ...

Tracklist: 7 things Milwaukee can be thankful for

Matt Wild

November 24, 2014

Thanksgiving is a time for taking stock of the year gone by; stuffing your face; and participating in an elaborate, multi-family holiday bowling tournament that has gone on for seven years now, and involves det...

Ladies Rock Milwaukee seeks campers, volunteers for first year

Tyler Maas

November 11, 2014

After two successful Girls Rock Milwaukee camps, the organization rooted in the principle of encouraging and empowering girls through musical collaboration has decided to implement a winter edition tailored to ...

The Olives take to the woods in the “Haunt Me” video

Tyler Maas

October 31, 2014

The Olives have been delighting gallery spaces, clubs, and Riverwest basements (and upcoming Milwaukee Record benefit shows) with its instantly-fun brand of Great Lakes surf punk for a few years now. The all-fe...

Exclusive: Listen to Ladders’ excellent debut album, Suha

Matt Wild

October 24, 2014

In just five short years, the Riverwest-based Breadking collective has made its mark on the city’s music scene by nurturing a seemingly endless number of young bands, and by providing an informal support networ...

10 standout moments from the 2014 Milwaukee Film Festival

Milwaukee Record Staff

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...

Exclusive: Get pummeled by Volunteer’s four-song EP, Goner

Matt Wild

October 9, 2014

In a time when the number of bands on planet Earth rivals the amount of water on planet Earth, it’s rare to find a “band’s band.” You know, a band that other bands respect, regardless of style or genre. Milwauk...

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