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Label of love: Dusty Medical Records turns 10

August 25, 2015

These days, it takes little more than a name, some MP3 files, and a Bandcamp page to have a record label. With more bands than ever and less financial at risk in an exceedingly digital modern music landscape, i...

Who Said It Best (And Worst): August 10-14

Matt Wild

August 14, 2015

Who Said It Best (And Worst) rounds up the week’s best and worst quotes from notable Milwaukee figures and folks-about-town. SAID IT BEST Edge Advisors principal Mike Bark, on the endless obsession with “at...

On The Record Episode 31: Alia Janine talks life after porn (with Jaqi Furback)

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 12, 2015

Milwaukee native Alia Janine (pictured, right) spent the first 30 years of her life in Wisconsin. Not long after her departure, she started her career in the adult film industry. Four years and approximately 16...

Brew City Wrestling brings WWE vets, hopefuls to Wisconsin State Fair

Vince Morales

August 5, 2015

Picture it. It's a hot August afternoon inside the Exposition Center at the Jeffery Scott Activity Stage, and the heat is accentuated by the smell of human sweat and a whiff of violence. It's a double header of...

Tracklist: 14 Wisconsin “delicacies” other states don’t understand

Tyler Maas

August 3, 2015

Thursday marks the beginning of the Wisconsin State Fair. While the 11-day experience features music, contests, and unique goodies from an array of local vendors, the true State Fair star attraction is the food...

50 Cent vodka signing at Oak Creek Woodman’s: A minute-by-minute recap

Matt Wild

July 30, 2015

Remember when the news broke that 50 Cent would be signing bottles of vodka at the Oak Creek Woodman’s? Of course you do. Remember when everyone asked, “Why is 50 Cent signing bottles of vodka at the Oak Creek ...

Death From Above 1979 comes to life at Turner Hall

Tyler Maas

July 30, 2015

It's been a while since Death From Above 1979 played in Milwaukee. To be more specific, it's been 10 and a quarter years since the Canadian "dance-punk" duo dropped by Mad Planet for a weeknight performance tha...

On The Record Episode 29: Juiceboxxx

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 29, 2015

You know him, you love him, and even if you don’t, you probably have an opinion about him anyway. Yes, this week host Matt Wild sat down and chatted with the one and only Juiceboxxx. The 28-year-old rapper has ...

I tented out inside Miller Park and it was fun and weird

Matt Wild

July 28, 2015

I have a shameful confession to make: I haven’t been to a single Brewers game this year. Yes, the team is mostly a mess and the season is a lost cause, but Miller Park is one of my favorite Milwaukee destinatio...

Watch Twin Brother’s “Fire Fire Fire” music video, filmed at Club Garibaldi

Tyler Maas

July 24, 2015

Last August, Twin Brother came to true local music consciousness with its second album, Swallow The Anchor. By years end, the emotional opus to adolescence earned lofty placement on nearly every Milwaukee publi...

Tracklist: 62 things to do in the 62 remaining days of summer

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 23, 2015

As we slowly crawl into the dog days of summer, it’s tempting to simply stay inside, crank the AC, and watch Richie Rich on Netflix or whatever. But no! This is Milwaukee! Home of the insanely long winters and ...

Comedian J.J. Harris comes clean about going dirty

Tyler Maas

July 16, 2015

No matter how you cut it, stand-up comedy isn't easy. That said, you're unlikely to have a smoother entrance to this altogether difficult art form than Christian comedy. Just ask Milwaukee comic "Loveable Mr." ...

We went to Scott Walker’s presidential announcement and this is what we saw

Tea Krulos

July 14, 2015

Photos by Wendy Schreier, captions by Tea Krulos The Waukesha County Fair opens its gates tomorrow, and similar to how the Stones warmed up the Summerfest grounds, Scott Walker—now an official 2016 preside...

Some questions (and answers) for last night’s glorious “Weird Al” show at Summerfest

Matt Wild

July 5, 2015

“Weird Al” Yankovic is a national treasure. The wild-and-wacky song parodist has been lightly skewering popular music (and culture) for more than 30 years, turning radio hits of yesteryear into songs about food...

Obsoletes return for two-show reunion

Tyler Maas

June 30, 2015

Even the snobbiest Milwaukee music historian wouldn’t fault you for not knowing who the Obsoletes were. After all, two-thirds of the band’s members lived upwards of 100 miles outside Milwaukee for the vast majo...

Peter Mulvey wrote a song for Charleston, and it’s spreading

Matt Wild

June 22, 2015

The way in which we, the rank and file citizens of the United States, react to mass shootings in this country has become depressingly predictable. Our initial feelings of shock and grief almost instantly give w...

Belle And Sebastian, Courtney Barnett leave Pabst Theater dancing, wanting more

Matt Wild

June 22, 2015

There were multiple moments during Friday night’s Belle And Sebastian show at the Pabst Theater when it was possible to mistake the proceedings for a ribald comedy show instead of a rock concert. “One of the an...

Is the Bucks arena deal on “life support”?

Matt Wild

June 19, 2015

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • Hot off pondering the great teenage-Redditor question of why a woman can hit ...

Old Earth treads new ground in California

Tyler Maas

June 16, 2015

Since New Berlin native Todd Umhoefer moved back to the region in 2012 after two years in San Francisco, the mastermind of experimental folk project Old Earth locked himself away in his downtown Milwaukee studi...

Kyle Dunnigan somewhat entertains a patchwork Turner Hall

Tyler Maas

June 12, 2015

Kyle Dunnigan is a tough sell at the ballroom level. Though the comic's work is certainly recognizable, the fact that the best known components of his comic catalog come in the form of a little-known character ...

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