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MFF2015: Film fest scheduling strategies for every type of filmgoer

September 8, 2015

// Each year, the Milwaukee Film Festival expands in days/venues/films/world domination, so if you’re going to tackle this 15-day, 5-venue, 300-film beast (or just arm wrestle it for a bit), you better have...

Yes we can: An afternoon at an international beer “CANvention”

Tyler Maas

September 8, 2015

// It's been said that one man's trash is another man's treasure. Apparently the same holds true for one man's recyclables. Last Thursday through Saturday, hundreds of collectors and vendors hailing from mo...

Things we learned from Violent Femmes’ Nerdist Podcast episode

Tyler Maas

September 4, 2015

The latest episode of the Chris Hardwick-hosted Nerdist Podcast featured the prodigal sons of Milwaukee music, Violent Femmes. Like the vast majority of the 700-some Nerdist episodes before it, the 77-minute re...

Light Music casts a big shadow with Ocean’s Daughter

Tyler Maas

September 4, 2015

Two letters. One word. When it comes to music, "of" is the sturdy wall of preposition that spans the border of two distinctly different regions of familiarity. Close as it appears, hearing of a band does little...

Watch Soul Low’s bare bones “I Want To Die” music video

Tyler Maas

September 4, 2015

The hardworking indie rockers of Soul Low have been in perpetual motion since recording Kind Spirit, the follow-up to their great 2013 auditory introduction, UNEASY, last fall. Winter found the band releasing a...

The Brewers need to call up Tim Dillard

Tyler Maas

September 3, 2015

In case Milwaukee being on its second manager since April, the team's general manager resigning (or "transitioning to a new role"), a trade that sent the face of the franchise to Houston for a batch of promisin...

MFF2015 announces full lineup, including teenage Raiders Of The Lost Ark remake

Matt Wild

September 3, 2015

It’s September, which can mean only one thing: the Milwaukee Film Festival is almost upon us. The 2015 fest—which runs September 24-October 8 at the Landmark Oriental Theatre, Landmark Downer Theatre, Fox-Bay C...

Someone (briefly) changed Fink’s “COUPLES ARE BORING” sign

Tyler Maas

September 2, 2015

Last month, we told you the story of Fink’s “COUPLES ARE BORING AND EVERYONE KNOWS IT” sign, painted by Filthy Freehand artist Sarah Linkus. Loved by some and hated by others, the piece got people talking and i...

On The Record Episode 33: Ted Perry

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 2, 2015

You know him, you love him, and if you’re a regular local news viewer, you invite him into your home on a daily basis. Yes, this week we were thrilled to talk to the one and only Ted Perry. The FOX6 anchor has ...

Behold Milwaukee’s latest supergroup, Dorth Nakota

Tyler Maas

September 2, 2015

Here in the age of the side project, it's not uncommon for new bands to be constructed from pieces that already (or at least recently) put to use in other acts. Bands like Whips, New Boyz Club, and Foreign Good...

I floated in a sensory deprivation tank at Float Milwaukee and, well, it was something

Matt Wild

September 1, 2015

The first thing to know about Float Milwaukee—the city’s newest and only sensory deprivation flotation tank business—is that the folks who run it have heard all the Altered States jokes before. The 1980 sci-fi ...

Here’s the 2015 Bay View Bash lineup

Tyler Maas

September 1, 2015

Of all the festivals that occur in Milwaukee every summer, Bay View Bash probably isn't regarded by most locals to be the best. But it is the last. Even if it—what with its corny magic shows, strongman competit...

Welcome To September: Here’s what you’re doing this month

Tyler Maas

September 1, 2015

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...

Dusty Medical 10th Anniversary Festival: A day-by-day recap

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 31, 2015

After putting out close to 50 releases from approximately 35 bands since 2005, Milwaukee's Dusty Medical Records absolutely has cause to celebrate. To mark the long-running label's decade-long run, founder/owne...

Tracklist: 11 non-Milwaukee acts that play Milwaukee a lot

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 31, 2015

// If you’re a regular Milwaukee show-goer, you’re bound to encounter dozens of local acts playing dozens of local shows a year. Miss your favorite band one week? No problem—they’ll be across the street lat...

Small ball: 5 European soccer clubs Milwaukeeans should support

Kevin Mueller

August 28, 2015

As Milwaukeeans, we’re stuck with local sports teams constructed under limited budgets and narrow windows for success. The plight of a small market team is an irritating and continuous struggle, fraught with de...

Mythinformation Conference to bring secularism, Wu-Tang associate Killah Priest to Milwaukee

Matt Wild

August 28, 2015

A recent study by the Pew Research Center found that the percentage of Americans who identify as atheist or agnostic has risen in the last seven years from 16 to 23 percent. And while a staggering 71 percent of...

Mike Berg is impressing with depressing comedy

Tyler Maas

August 28, 2015

The struggle many comedians face is the task of harvesting laughs from difficult topics. However, if framed and delivered correctly, literally no topic is off limits. Less than a year into stand-up, Mike Berg h...

First Impression: South Shore Terrace

Tyler Maas

August 27, 2015

As recently as two years ago, Milwaukee was a city that was home to only some beer gardens. Pretty embarrassing, right? It seems like it's been a lifetime since that comparably lean epoch of outdoor imbibing ha...

Why do some Milwaukee musicians leave? Why do others stay?

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 27, 2015

On Saturday, August 29, glistening electro-pop outfit Dream Attics will mark its impending relocation to Austin, Texas by playing a goodbye show at Linneman’s. Milwaukee bands packing up shop and heading elsewh...

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