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April 3, 2019

Back in February, we rounded up 20 "unconventional" performance venues that bring music, comedy, and other live entertainment to unlikely places in and around the city. As we said in that article, "in addition ...

Milwaukee Record Recommended (April 1-7)

April 1, 2019

Our fat-free, dolphin-safe Milwaukee events calendar is chock-full of things to do, but only a handful of events are worthy of the lofty honor of "Record Recommended" (patent pending). Here are our recommendati...

My First Band (Bonus Clip): Hear Jon Phillip talk about almost starting a band with Dustin Diamond

March 12, 2019

If you listened to last week's debut episode of our new My First Band podcast, you heard prolific percussionist Jon Phillip talk about drumming in bands like Limbeck and The Benjamins, sharing a stage with the ...

Milwaukee Record Recommended (March 4-10)

March 4, 2019

Our fat-free, dolphin-safe Milwaukee events calendar is chock-full of things to do, but only a handful of events are worthy of the lofty honor of "Record Recommended" (patent pending). Here are our recommendati...

Milwaukee Record Recommended (February 4-10)

February 5, 2019

Our fat-free, dolphin-safe Milwaukee events calendar is chock-full of things to do, but only a handful of events are worthy of the lofty honor of "Record Recommended" (patent pending). Here are our recommendati...

MKE Music Rewind: Heidi Spencer & The Rare Birds, “Alibi”

January 10, 2019

In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit a notable Milwaukee song that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014. Every few years or so, there's a Milwaukee artist that seems to be ...

The 25 best Milwaukee albums of 2018

December 3, 2018

It's tempting to call it a day for "the album." After all, who has time to sit down and listen to an entire record? Hell, who has time to record one? And yet, year after year, "the album" remains something that...

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

December 3, 2018

After 11 months of fun, it’s almost time for Milwaukee’s events calendar to flip to a new year. Not even counting the city’s six-month run of festivals, block parties, and Jake "The Snake" Roberts doing comedy ...

Former Milwaukeean Ryan Matteson is making moves in music management

October 18, 2018

Even if you don't know who Ryan Matteson is, you're probably familiar with his work. Since leaving his position as Pabst Theater Group's director of public relations, moving to Austin, and ending his Muzzle Of ...

The best Milwaukee albums of 2018 (so far)

July 12, 2018

Believe it or not (we choose not), 2018 is more than halfway over. With that in mind, we thought it was a perfect time to listen to some music and celebrate the year's first six months by rounding up the best M...

Eaux Claires closes in on itself with collaborative, insular fourth installment

Cal Roach

July 9, 2018

Imagine being at the first day of a festival, right as the gates open—actually wanting to be there, an hour before anything even starts. That's the kind of faith and devotion Justin Vernon and Aaron Dessner are...

Listen to Devil Met Contention “Take A Chance” with bold new sound

May 18, 2018

Devil Met Contention needed a change. "We'd been playing the songs off of our last album for a while," says DMC frontman Ehson Rad. "We did some small tours in the Midwest for them, and then we recorded them...

10 ways Milwaukee is celebrating Record Store Day 2018

April 16, 2018

Love it or hate it, it’s safe to say Record Store Day is here to stay. What started as an honest-to-goodness movement to encourage listeners to get out and support independent music retailers who were suffering...

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

April 2, 2018

April is typically a period of rebirth. Baseball season begins, the first full month of spring is upon us, and rampant festival announcements combine with extended daylight and occasional days of unseasonable w...

Bob Uecker survived a deadly spider bite and he has pictures of the open wound on his phone

March 23, 2018

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • One of Milwaukee's most hallowed traditions isn't the return of festival seas...

Bon Iver combines nostalgia, gratitude in “For Emma, Ten Year” performance

Cal Roach

February 18, 2018

"You gotta be careful about nostalgia," said Justin Vernon, three songs into a show celebrating the 10th anniversary of his band Bon Iver's seminal debut album, For Emma, Forever Ago. "There's…a lot of problems...

Remembering the time (this past Monday) when we all freaked out about a nonexistent Riverwest strip club

February 16, 2018

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • If a week in Milwaukee goes by without some sort of strip club drama, is it r...

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