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

March 2, 2015

March is a period of transition. The month straddles two seasons, a part-time resident in the ass-end of winter and a temporary tenant within the burst and bloom brought on by spring. As the season changes and ...

Hyde Park just one example of local tailor shops keeping it in the family

February 25, 2015

Ah, the family business. Generations in the making, and often born out of grandparents who immigrated to the United States to utilize skills they’d learned in their home countries, Milwaukee’s tailor and alt...

Zoinks! Fox6 lands that exclusive Dustin Diamond interview you’ve been dying to see

Matt Wild

February 20, 2015

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • God bless the local TV news. Where else can you find endless chatter about th...

Messed up: The short, troubled history of Space Heater

Tea Krulos

February 10, 2015

“It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” - Vince Lombardi December 7 Packers win over Atlanta Falcons, 43-37. Temperature: 34° Linneman’s Riverwest Inn is packed with approximately...

Tracklist: 8 couples in Milwaukee bands

Milwaukee Record Staff

February 9, 2015

Love is in the air. Even if you don't buy into the fabricated sham holiday that is Valentine’s Day, the sheer volume of mushy, emotional stuff permeating your senses the second week of each February causes even...

Painted Caves learn to trust their instincts after life-altering trip to India

Cal Roach

February 4, 2015

Remember last November, that initial bitter cold attack of winter? That was about the time the members of Milwaukee’s Painted Caves hopped on a plane, flew to India, and headlined an outdoor music festival in t...

I went to Dave & Buster’s and played the new ‘Star Wars: Battle Pod’ arcade game

Matt Wild

February 3, 2015

I was born in 1977, the year the first Star Wars film was released. I’m confident that when I die, even if I live to be 100, there will be another Star Wars film lighting up theaters or looming on the horizon, ...

Tracklist: 6 things to take your mind off a Packers-less Super Bowl

Matt Wild

January 19, 2015

Yesterday’s Green Bay Packers loss to the Seattle Seahawks was the kind of game that could only be described thusly: crushing, upsetting, heartbreaking, horrendous, pathetic, stupefying, un-fucking-believable. ...

Preview, pre-order adoptahighway’s new album, A Fault

Tyler Maas

January 16, 2015

Earlier this week, our Tracklist on great local-on-local covers rightfully included compelling redressings of Faux Fir songs on behalf of Milwaukee's premier classically trained experimental electronic instrume...

Paul Collins’ Milwaukee connection: As told by him and local musicians

Tyler Maas

January 8, 2015

Power-pop icon Paul Collins has strong ties to both New York and Los Angles with the 40-or-so years he’s spent on stage in noted projects on both coasts, including The Beat, The Nerves, and Paul Collins Beat. T...

Extra Points: The Green Bay-Buffalo connection

Tyler Maas

December 12, 2014

On paper, the Green Bay Packers and Buffalo Bills couldn't be more different. One franchise owns four Lombardi Trophies, as the other is best known for losing four consecutive Super Bowls. Since the Brett Favre...

Neutral Milk Hotel will play Riverside Theater April 24

Matt Wild

December 10, 2014

For a certain slice of indie-rock fandom, Neutral Milk Hotel’s landmark 1998 album In The Aeroplane Over The Sea remains a musical and emotional Holy Grail. It was certainly a high-water mark for singer-songwri...

Johnny Beehner brings his homegrown humor out on the road

Tyler Maas

December 3, 2014

It's a quiet November afternoon in a residential neighborhood tucked between high-traffic causeways in Waukesha. Inside his two-story suburban homestead, Johnny Beehner holds his infant son in one arm while ...

Tracklist: 8 pop-culture institutions with Milwaukee ties

Matt Wild

December 1, 2014

// In the bright, gleaming Milwaukee of the 21st century, the only thing more tired than huffing about how the city is so much more than beer and cheese is, well, claiming the city is nothing more than beer...

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

Tyler Maas

December 1, 2014

December is a time for celebration. As publications prepare to roll out their lists of best albums, concerts, and more artistic efforts brought forth during the last 11 months, the calendar year’s cold conclusi...

A-side/B-side: The BoDeans, and the way Milwaukee sees its music scene

Milwaukee Record Staff

November 19, 2014

In A-side/B-side, two Milwaukee Record writers tackle various city issues in an informal, crosstalk style. Insults are hurled, feelings are hurt, and everyone learns something in the end. Maybe. Tyler Maas: ...

Milwaukee comedians prepare for battle

Tyler Maas

November 10, 2014

Milwaukee's stand-up comedy scene is usually overflowing with support. Comics are quick to collaborate and share stage time with anyone capable of cracking a joke in front of a group of people, and open mics ra...

Man catches extra point: The Mike Pantazis story

Tyler Maas

November 7, 2014

The Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears have one of the longest and most iconic rivalries in all of professional sports. Over the years, the match-up has yielded no shortage of memorable occurrences. Just looki...

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

Milwaukee Record Staff

November 3, 2014

By the time the novelty of the leaves changing colors wears off, your Halloween costume is put away, and you reach the annual realization that you don’t actually like pumpkin beers, it’s already November. Once ...

Jayke Orvis returns to Milwaukee on his own

Jared Blohm

October 30, 2014

Milwaukee native Jayke Orvis reached a crossroads in 2007. While his band—the .357 String Band—was beginning to garner attention outside of Wisconsin, his personal life was crashing around him. He was going thr...

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