First Impression: Junior’s Hook
As unfair as it is, any business that opens shop at 1517 S. Second Street will inevitably draw comparisons to a legendary former tenant of the understated Walker's Point site. In early 2012, Bomb Shelter was fo...
Safari Al returns to Milwaukee with new EP, perspective
Last month, Milwaukee hip-hop's pedigree improved mightily when Rory Ferreira (or "Milo") returned from Los Angeles, where the glut of his Hellfyre Club co-collaborators are based, after about seven months away...
Prepare for Vincent VanGREAT’s debut LP with “Blast Off”
Longtime SAFS Crew producer Vincent VanGREAT is expanding his repertoire beyond crafting beats for the veteran rap collective. Before he unleashes UnGREATful this spring, he's decided to precede the release of ...
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with these “Bad Drivers of Milwaukee” videos
Today is St. Patrick's Day, the annual celebration of all things Irish and of making variations on the "St. Amateur's Day" joke. It's also a day when police ramp up their presence looking for revelers who have ...
Tracklist: 9 ways Milwaukee will be represented at SXSW 2015
Let's just forgo the lengthy thinkpiece about how South By Southwest (or "SXSW") has gone from a once-significant means of independent musicians get discovered to a cheapened corporate cash-grab whose lineup in...
Jim Jefferies takes on guns, immunization, his own fans at Pabst Theater
Over the course of his 15-plus years on stage in his native Australia, the United Kingdom, and, now, here in the states, Jim Jefferies hasn't shied away from speaking his mind (usually with humorous results). A...
And lo, it came to pass that Scott Baio tweeted his support for Scott Walker
Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.
• When Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker was 13 years old, he gave his life to Christ...
Fresh Cut Collective co-founder Adebisi comes back as BLAX
About five years ago, then-Fresh Cut Collective frontman Adebisi Agoro left the group he'd co-founded and moved to New York City with $250 in his pocket. After three years, a name change, ample attention, and i...
Josh Ballew makes the most of hosting
When last you read direct mention of Milwaukee comic Josh Ballew on Milwaukee Record, he was boldly joining us for "The Longest Brunch" at Ashley's Que. Yet beyond that ill-fated feast, Ballew's name can invari...
Jaill announces release date for next album, Brain Cream
Just because Jaill has been fairly quiet since the release of its second Sub Pop Records album, Traps, doesn't mean the Great Lakes surf rockers haven't been busy. In fact, the band has experienced a pretty sig...
4 reasons Ring Of Honor will be the best wrestling show in Milwaukee this year
Milwaukee has a pretty cool history with professional wrestling. Just look at some of the things that have happened here:
• The Mega Powers exploded and it was voted greatest moment in Bradley Center history...
Bo Burnham comes back to Pabst Theater better than ever
Sure, Bo Burnham may have gotten his comedy career off the ground as a teenager with a flurry of goofy songs posted to YouTube. However, it quickly became apparent that those viral music videos berthed in his a...
Nick Woods and Brett Newski talk life on the road in Episode 10 of On The Record
If you’re looking for hard-won tales of life on the road and some laughs, you’ve come to the right place. In this week’s episode of On The Record, Tyler and Matt welcome Nick Woods and Brett Newski to their plu...
The age of Enlightened: Milwaukee’s newest, smallest brewery now on tap
There's an unwritten rule that's well-known but rarely followed that prohibits discussing matters of politics, religion, and philosophy when alcohol is present. Combining suds or spirits with spirited debate al...
Dream Attics resurface with new single, “You Had Me”
Has it been nearly a year since we last heard from Dream Attics, the monumentally chill, spaced-out electro experiment from Nick Tovarek and Shane English? Yep, it has. But lest you think the duo simply floated...
Exclusive: Listen to two glam-tastic songs from Rio Turbo’s upcoming self-titled album
Somewhere between a scuzzy basement party and a VIP champagne room resides Milwaukee’s preeminent party-pop outfit Rio Turbo. Led by the tireless, occasionally clothed Joe Peterson (who also does time as bassis...
Tracklist: 5 teams to temporarily call Milwaukee home
Last week, news leaked that Cubs and Brewers officials were involved in serious discussions two years ago regarding the possibility of Chicago playing all of its 2015 home games at Miller Park. The temporary re...
The twisted world of David Lynch meets the grade school set in Judy Plays With Fire
It’s a Saturday morning and a local theater group is running through a nightmarish dream sequence torn straight from the (secret diary) pages of seminal ’90s TV series Twin Peaks. A little person in a red suit ...
This VISIT Milwaukee parody site is brutally honest about life in the Brew City
If the future of a city depends in part on the city’s ability to sell itself to the outside world, then Milwaukee’s future is frustratingly unclear. On one hand, there are smart, passionate community leaders an...
Did the mayor mention Milwaukee’s place on an online list in his State of the City speech? Of course he did
This morning at Alverno College, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett delivered his 2015 State of the City speech. (You can find the entire text here, courtesy of Urban Milwaukee.) With a theme of “One Milwaukee,” it wa...