The 25 best Milwaukee albums of 2016
Do end-of-the-year lists matter? What purpose do they serve? Isn't it all just subjective? Who knows, but there's nothing more satisfying than immersing yourself in a year's worth of terrific music, rediscove...
The “Milwaukee Fuck It List”: My city through my mom’s eyes
I love my mom. Any good that resides within me is the direct result of something she, my dad or my stepfather instilled in me. As lame as it probably makes me sound, she's one of my best friends on this dum...
Here are the 58 Milwaukee-made films coming to the 2016 Milwaukee Film Festival
With less than a month to go before the start of the 2016 Milwaukee Film Festival, lineup announcements have been coming at a furious clip. From September 22 through October 6, the screens of the Landmark O...
Tracklist: 19 bygone Milwaukee festivals
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As can be expected for a place with the "City Of Festivals" nickname, Milwaukee isn't exactly hurting for fun, unique, and downright strange events. Though residents always seem open to getting out and c...
Urban Bay View will open next weekend
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Last May, we broke news that Tonic owner Paul Jonas would be opening a new Bay View bar called UC Jonas' in the site Gerry’s Diamond Tap (939 E. Lincoln Ave.) had occupied from 1987 through 2014. More th...
Welcome to May: Here’s what you’re doing this month
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May in Milwaukee usually serves as the calm before the storm that is summer festival season. By this time next month, we'll be gearing up for block parties, weekly concerts, and a massive wave of occurre...
Tracklist: 12 Milwaukee record labels weathering the storm
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Tonight, Rush-Mor Records will welcome Lookout! Records co-founder Larry Livermore, who will discuss his new book, How To Ru(i)n A Record Label. The book tracks the origin of Livermore's label, the growt...
We went to every George Webb in the world on February 29
This article was originally published in 2016.
Leap Year. Due to an oversight in the Gregorian calendar thousands of years ago, Western civilization is still granted a 29th day in February once every four ye...
Could a cat change the trajectory of the Milwaukee Bucks’ season?
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There are a few alarming things about the Milwaukee Bucks this season. Roughly halfway through the team's 82-game schedule, they're hanging in the basement of the Eastern Conference with the lowly Brookl...
Welcome to December: Here’s what you’re doing this month
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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 festival and block parties, it's been a hell of a year for mu...
Watch a short film about Kumar Pallana and his unlikely ties to the Milwaukee film scene
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The name “Kumar Pallana” may not ring any bells with Joe Q. Moviegoer, but savvy film fans will recognize the quirky Indian actor from his brief but memorable roles in a handful of Wes Anderson classics,...
Mozzaluna Pizzeria & Ristorante and local award hate
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Annual local award season has come to Milwaukee in full force. Not coincidentally, local award backlash season arrived in Milwaukee just nanoseconds later. The party paramount in the crosshairs of crotch...
Cast your vote for the 2015 Radio Milwaukee Music Awards
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As the calendar turned to November, end-of-year award season officially arrived in Milwaukee. Though certain trusted publications are desperately soliciting your input for dumb shit like who (between Who...
Why Milwaukee could, should (but probably won’t) host Riot Fest
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Last weekend, Chicago hosted its 11th iteration of Riot Fest. The annual festival, which was founded in the Windy City, started as a punk-, ska-, and hardcore-focused affair that bounced around exclusively...
First Impression: The High Note Karaoke Lounge
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Sometimes you’re driving in your car, windows rolled up, belting out a tune as loudly as your lungs allow and it hits you—the world needs, nay, deserves, to hear you sing these words over accompanied music...
Welcome To September: Here’s what you’re doing this month
September is a time of transition. This month finds summer officially giving way to fall. Moreover, this September 19—which boasts Bay View Bash, Global Union, and Country In The City—spells the conclusion of M...
Tracklist: 17 Milwaukee band names inspired by famous, real-life people
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Band names tend to come in two flavors: evocative and meaningful, and just plain random. For every 10 Metallicas, Guided By Voices, and Run The Jewels there are just as many Limp Bizkits, Toad The Wet Sp...
I tented out inside Miller Park and it was fun and weird
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...
Eaux Claires festival celebrates Midwest music, points to something greater
The organizers of the inaugural Eaux Claires festival did their homework. The first year of a large-scale event like this is usually a logistical nightmare; who could forget the 12-hour interstate backup welcom...
Here’s a picture of that new apartment complex planned for Brady Street
Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.
• Take a look around town and you’ll notice that once-distinctive streets and c...