First Impression: The Laughing Taco
Walker's Point, like much of Milwaukee at the moment, is changing. The Polish Moon now overlooks posh new shops flying the "People's Flag Of Milwaukee." Sleek and cutting-edge restaurants, bistros, and lounges ...
All 22 Sculpture Milwaukee 2017 sculptures, ranked
Take a stroll down Wisconsin Avenue this summer and you'll see something new. No, not new high rises, apartment buildings, and hotels (though there are plenty of those, too), but a bunch of new pieces of public...
So, uh, who’s going to operate the Milwaukee Streetcar?
Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• If it feels like years since anyone got riled up about the impending Milwauke...
The new Fuel is nothing like the original Fuel, and that’s fine
My first Milwaukee memories are of Fuel Cafe. I moved here in 1996, three years after the now-iconic coffee shop/cafe opened in Riverwest. Like many of my friends, I spent an inordinate amount of time at Fuel. ...
15 Milwaukee gifts to buy this Cyber Monday
Congratulations! If you're reading this, you survived Thanksgiving, made it past Black Friday unscathed, and successfully navigated your way through regional retailers during Small Business Saturday. And now ...
Great Job, Milwaukee! Our rent is increasing faster than any other U.S. city
//Here at Milwaukee Record, we employ a sentient machine known as the Great Job, Milwaukee Bot to keep track of the city's many appearances on dopey online lists, as well as any time a national publication...
Summer Soulstice 2016: A minute-by-minute, soul-searching recap
//This past Saturday, the Summer Soulstice Music Festival celebrated its 16th year on the East Side. This fall, I'll celebrate my 20th. By all living-in-Milwaukee logic (not to mention all good sense), I s...
Requiem for a Tazinos: A belated eulogy for a regional pizza buffet
They say you never know what you have until it's gone. Much like the last time seeing a band prior their unexpected breakup, the final kiss before a relationship fizzles, or watching what turns out to be an act...
6 Milwaukee names that were changed because they were offensive (and 2 that may change soon)
Perhaps you've heard that a certain professional football team in Washington D.C. is finally going to change its outdated and racist name. Perhaps the news has you wracking your brain for Milwaukee (and Milwauk...
Jeff Spankowski talks Twisted Laugh comedy show, stand-up start, making the most of opportunities
Less than three years ago, Jeff Spankowski was just the funny guy at work. With no awareness of Milwaukee's comedy scene, he had no real aspirations of doing anything in the realm of comedy. That was the case u...
Lauryl Sulfate explains how ‘Dance Music Saves Lives’
Lauryl Sulfate is a product of dance music and outsider art. A veteran of Madison dance clubs and the scene surrounding Milwaukee's long-lost art/fashion space Darling Hall, Sulfate developed an adventurous DIY...
10 standout Milwaukee EPs of 2018
In the post-everything world of 2018, there's little distinction left between "albums" and "EPs." And yet distinguish we do, dedicating our annual 25 best Milwaukee albums list to releases with five or more son...
20 edgy album covers from Milwaukee music past
The album cover is a dying art form. Once relied upon to be a gateway to attract customer attention, album art seems more expendable than ever these days. Imagery that, until recently, was used to help sell rec...
Milwaukee comes together to help Orlando
//Tonight, Wisconsin state representative JoCasta Zamarripa, District 12 alderman José Pérez, and others will meet in a Walker's Point park a week after 49 lives were lost in the Pulse Orlando shooting, a ...