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adoptahighway’s “Qualmness” video dresses in layers

August 27, 2015

Way back in February, adoptahighway—the experimental electronic venture of classically trained instrumentalist Barry Paul Clark—released A Fault, the project's first full-length release since 2010's I Can't Rem...

We’re showing Wet Hot American Summer at The Avalon

Tyler Maas

August 26, 2015

It’s sad to say, but summer is almost over. The temperature is dropping, the sun is setting a little earlier each day, and Packers players are already sustaining year-ending injuries. Instead of mourning the se...

Here’s UWM Union Cinema’s fall 2015 lineup

Matt Wild

August 26, 2015

The UWM Union Cinema (formerly Union Theatre) has been a hidden-not-really-hidden gem of Milwaukee’s East Side since 1972. Located inside the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Student Union, the unassuming thea...

There’s going to be a Dead Horses beer

Tyler Maas

August 26, 2015

With there being only so many Grammy Awards to go around, the platinum-selling record quickly becoming a relic of the past, and the WAMI board preoccupied honoring Judas Priest instead of talents from this cent...

Label of love: Dusty Medical Records turns 10

Tyler Maas

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...

Exclusive: Listen to Testa Rosa’s shapeshifting third album, III

Matt Wild

August 25, 2015

The word “pretty” gets tossed around a lot when talking about Testa Rosa. It’s easy to see why: Over the course of two full-length albums—2007’s I and 2011’s II—the veteran Milwaukee band has trafficked in lovi...

Sink your teeth into Yo-Dot’s Burleigh Bodega appetizer, “Until”

Tyler Maas

August 25, 2015

If there's a release that's akin to Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy, Leonard Cohen's Ten New Songs or Dr. Dre's 2001 in Milwaukee hip-hop, it's the long-delayed and meticulously tinkered with likes of Yo-Dot's...

First Impression: Merriment Social

Todd Lazarski

August 24, 2015

Hit the Milwaukee Public Market on a Friday afternoon, try the Benelux rooftop or Wicked Hop patio or the new Colectivo on any warm-ish day of the week, and it’s pretty clear the Third Ward is the new Milwaukee...

Tracklist: 10 totally reasonable reactions to Jordy Nelson’s season-ending injury

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 24, 2015

// Sunday afternoon, Green Bay Packers star wide receiver Jordy Nelson reportedly tore his ACL during a preseason game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. A lot can be said when the No. 1 wideout on a team fav...

Kevin Nealon and Norm Macdonald bring SNL cachet to Northern Lights Theater

Tyler Maas

August 24, 2015

Though neither Kevin Nealon nor Norm Macdonald presently boast the status of internationally quoted body builder, network sitcom namesake, and edgy ESPY Awards host that, between them, they once did, the twin b...

Exclusive: Stream three songs off Pharaoh Mac & DMT’s SYMBOLS

Tyler Maas

August 21, 2015

Not long ago, Milwaukee hip-hop was in dire straits. Local rappers were either overlooked altogether or found marginal area attention with regional redressing of artists from other, more established hip-hop mar...

UW-Oshkosh professor and Big Lebowski superfan Paul Niesen talks Lebowski Fest, “The Dude,” cats

Matt Wild

August 21, 2015

To say the Coen brothers' shaggy dog story The Big Lebowski has gained a cult following since its release in 1998 would be a bowling alley-sized understatement. The twisting tale of Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski ...

Help a local photographer, men’s health by supporting MKE Beard Project Kickstarter

Tyler Maas

August 21, 2015

Milwaukee is great and all, but there doesn't seem to be enough dudes with beards. Oh wait, they're fucking everywhere. This post was being written by a dude with a beard. As commonplace as the beard has become...

35mm screenings of Jaws, The Shining highlight MFF2015’s Cinema Hooligante program

Matt Wild

August 20, 2015

The 2015 Milwaukee Film Festival is one month and four days away. That’s one month and four days to prepare for an onslaught of films ranging from the highbrow and challenging to the rowdy and crowd pleasing. A...

Jacob Bach’s Yeah, Bro! podcast straightens out gay misconceptions

Tyler Maas

August 20, 2015

As part of long-running The Improvised Musical (aka T.I.M.) and a variety of other ComedySportz productions, Jacob Bach has honed his ability to pulls laughs out of audience-inspired unfamiliarity. Having a fir...

Three. Stacks. Eliot starts strong with debut record, The Message Is Real

Tyler Maas

August 20, 2015

As shocking as it is, Three. Stacks. Eliot's days old album is also the jazz-rooted (mostly) instrumental band's first release to date. It's not easy to be thrown, what with the group's frequent presence behind...

On The Record Episode 32: The Roast Of Milwaukee at Bremen Cafe

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 19, 2015

Milwaukee Record is proud to present a very special episode of On The Record. On Thursday, August 6, to coincide with Milwaukee Comedy Festival’s opening night, we rounded up eight stand-up comedians with local...

Funny and flustered, new laureate Matt Cook scribbles loose plans for Milwaukee’s poets

Justin Kern

August 19, 2015

When is a poet not like an HVAC repair guy? When are they definitely, finally, maybe freed from the lacy cuffs of Wordsworth and worthy of serious attention—or at least recognition from the mothers of the neigh...

The Ryan Rumble: Comedy from a common name

Tyler Maas

August 19, 2015

You have to hand it to Milwaukee comedians for continually churning out new, interesting, and sometimes just plain weird ideas for stand-up showcases. In recent months, comics have ridiculed videos of their old...

The story behind Fink’s “Couples Are Boring” sign (and how you can change it)

Matt Wild

August 18, 2015

If you’ve walked, biked, driven, or stumbled past the corner of N. Humboldt Ave. and N. Water St. / E. Kane Pl. this summer, you’ve undoubtedly seen a striking addition to one of the intersection’s main draws, ...

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