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WC Tank finds new direction with Vanishing Points

August 18, 2015

Last fall, Milwaukee rapper, filmmaker, and visual artist Wesley Charles Tank—aka “WC Tank”—released Almost Forever, a five-song EP the eccentric art-rapper wrote and self-produced in its entirety, along with s...

Tommy Wiseau and The Room will return to Oriental Theatre in September

Matt Wild

August 18, 2015

In a world of cynical imitators and cheesy-on-purpose clones (we’re looking at you, Sharknado), The Room remains the gold standard for completely sincere, completely stupefying so-bad-it’s-good cinema. The empt...

Tracklist: The Milwaukee Lion, and 16 other local social media accounts dedicated to animals

Matt Wild

August 17, 2015

// Remember back in July, when Milwaukee was captivated by the rumor/maybe-not-a-rumor of a wild lion roaming the streets? Of course you do. The initial sighting of a “lion-ish” creature milling about the 2...

First Impression: Amilinda

Todd Lazarski

August 17, 2015

For every thousand or so of the soulless calorie dispensaries that make up the corporeal restaurant world, there’s at least one Amilinda (315 E Wisconsin Ave., 414-369-3683): an ephemeral kitchen presence, lurk...

“Tied House” laws, explained by a brewer they affected

Tyler Maas

August 14, 2015

On Wednesday, pretty much everybody in the city reported that Like Minds, an upstart Milwaukee brewery (which, to this point, has been brewed and bottled at Hinterland Brewery in Green Bay), decided to relocate...

Waukesha man took some stuff (LSD), drove a truck (into two police cars), and was buck (naked)

Matt Wild

August 14, 2015

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • If you follow the news these days, it’s easy to dwell on the things that divi...

Luke Chappelle has been hiding paintings all over Bay View

Tyler Maas

August 14, 2015

They say art can be found almost anywhere if one looks hard enough. Of course, “they” are probably saying this while tripping balls on mushrooms or while pontificating to classmates in a freshman-level sculptur...

Mystery One Bookstore is closing

Matt Wild

August 14, 2015

Sad news for crime and/or awesome bookstore fans: Mystery One Bookstore (2109 N. Prospect Ave., 414-347-4077), the long-running hole-in-the-wall serving up crime and mystery fiction on Milwaukee‘s East Side, wi...

Under The Sun Tour brings ’90s nostalgia to State Fair

Tyler Maas

August 13, 2015

In Sugar Ray’s last known hit, 2001’s “When It’s Over,” singer Mark McGrath asks, “When it’s over is it really over?” For the SoCal pop-rock band, yes, it pretty much was, despite the two albums that followed b...

Help Milwaukee natives fund new comedy series, Shangri-L.A., featuring Mark Borchardt

Matt Wild

August 13, 2015

It’s a tale as old as time: aspiring filmmakers move to Los Angeles in hopes of fulfilling their starry-eyed Hollywood dreams; aspiring filmmakers watch as their starry-eyed Hollywood dreams get kicked, punched...

Reports of Bryant’s Cocktail Lounge’s death have been greatly exaggerated

Matt Wild

August 13, 2015

Back in April, we broke the news that popular cocktail lounge At Random was for sale. That for-sale status quickly changed, but the thought of losing the beloved business clearly worried many Milwaukeeans. Anot...

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...

Sammy Arechar gives Milwaukee one last laugh

Tyler Maas

August 12, 2015

Milwaukee's ongoing comic exodus is no joke. Within the last two months, veteran road comic Johnny Beehner and the Late Show With David Letterman appearance credit he acquired in January moved to Los Angeles. H...

The demented Kickstarter trailer for horror film Needlepoint is worth a donation alone

Matt Wild

August 12, 2015

If there’s one thing more ubiquitous than lame Kickstarter campaigns, it’s lame trailers for lame Kickstarter campaigns. Seriously, would it kill folks who are asking the Internet for money to jazz up their pit...

Exclusive: Stream a re-recorded version of Direct Hit! rarity “Say Whatever”

Tyler Maas

August 11, 2015

Since 2010, Milwaukee’s premier pop-punk project Direct Hit! has routinely released material that ranged in scope from short-run splits and EPs to its well-received apocalyptic 2013 concept record, Brainless Go...

Milwaukee Film announces Sound Vision program, return of Stop Making Sense

Matt Wild

August 11, 2015

If our calculations are correct, the 2015 Milwaukee Film Festival is approximately one month and 13 days away. What does that mean? Ignoring for a moment the painful reminder that summer is on its way out, it m...

Latino Arts announces fall/winter schedule

Tyler Maas

August 11, 2015

Since 1985, Latino Arts Inc. has been an invaluable means of showcasing Hispanic artists, musicians, dancers, and other beacons of cultural expression. Last fall, Latino Arts brought a reigning Grammy Award win...

Tracklist: 17 Milwaukee band names inspired by famous, real-life people

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 10, 2015

// 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...

Brian Posehn ends Milwaukee Comedy Fesitival strong at Turner Hall

Tyler Maas

August 10, 2015

The 10th annual Milwaukee Comedy Festival was far and away the event’s biggest and best year yet. The festival’s first three days found comedy fans filling Next Act Theatre while taking in a diverse and altoget...

Phylums’ debut LP, Phylum Phyloid, is a giddy slab of thoughtful three-chord rock and roll

Matt Wild

August 10, 2015

Much like film noir, “gonzo” journalism, and CSI shows, three-chord rock and roll is easy to replicate but hard to perfect. Any band can slap together some ’60-inspired surf guitars and a handful of bubblegum m...

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