Tracklist: 12 Bar Rescue takeaways
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It finally happened. Months after revealing Spike TV “reality” series Bar Rescue was scouting locations in the city, then subsequently breaking the news of what bar would be featured on the show and when...
Var Gallery paints itself into the Walker’s Point landscape
When we last visited Var in June, the Bay View artistic hub was breaking in the new stage in its Hide House-adjacent gallery and studio with occasional acoustic performances and comedy showcases. As suitable as...
Watch two ridiculous clips from Bar Rescue’s Y-Not III/Nick’s House episode
Are we really running another post about Bar Rescue’s upcoming Y-Not III/Nick’s House episode? To paraphrase BR host John Taffer, “YOU’RE GODDAMN RIGHT WE ARE!!! NOW COME DOWNSTAIRS FOR A STAFF MEETING!!!” Yes,...
The Midwestern Charm go on date from hell in video for “General Drag”
If there’s one theme running through The Midwestern Charm’s thoroughly enjoyable 2014 album Growing Pains, it’s the difficulties in grappling with the humdrum realities and low-level indignities of adulthood. N...
Catacombz prepares to bow out after 10 years
A decade together is a milestone for any band. But when a cast of collaborators can come together as teenagers and span the length of two and a half presidential terms, see 10 versions of the iPhone, last appro...
Wilco refuses to play it safe for 20th anniversary show at Riverside Theater
A 20th anniversary tour could be considered a victory lap; any band that makes it through two decades deserves to trot lazily around the country playing the hits. That’s not Wilco’s style, though. The band just...
Meat Greeter’s debut doubles as Jordan Maye’s goodbye
Thursday will be an evening of introductions at Mad Planet. Migo will unveil its debut album, Napkin Back. Not only will the show also be an album release show for Meat Greeter, it will serve as the young proje...
Johnny Beehner brings his homegrown humor out on the road
It's a quiet November afternoon in a residential neighborhood tucked between high-traffic causeways in Waukesha.
Inside his two-story suburban homestead, Johnny Beehner holds his infant son in one arm while ...
Everything you need to know about the two-woman Home Alone remake, Abode Solo
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For moviegoers of a certain age, the holiday season wouldn’t be complete without the dutiful viewing of a certain classic Christmas film. No, not It’s A Wonderful Life or Die Hard: Home Alone, the 1990 J...
Hugh Masterson talks Nashville move, Hustle’s future, goodbye show
For the past few years, Hugh Bob And The Hustle have been a reassuring and reliable Milwaukee music presence, effortlessly playing no-nonsense, honkey-tonk-indebted country to any bar full of buzzed patrons wil...
Nato Coles returns home with Promises To Deliver
It's been a good long while now since Nato Coles called Milwaukee home. Back in those days, Coles was one-fourth of the hard-touring Husker-esque Modern Machines, a four-person democracy where every band member...
Watch a semi run into The Rave’s marquee
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For decades, The Rave has stood on the western fringes of Wisconsin Avenue like a fortress, beckoning Milwaukee show-goers with the promise of GWAR shows, Insane Clown Posse shows, and $14 mix drinks. It...
Exclusive: Hear two songs off Migo’s bonkers debut, Napkin Back
Migo is a hard band to reduce to a single genre. Its Facebook page describes the eclectic Milwaukee quartet as “Lost Dog Fan-Fiction” and “Piñata Rock.” As nonsensical as those descriptors sound, we can’t offer...
Tracklist: 8 pop-culture institutions with Milwaukee ties
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In the bright, gleaming Milwaukee of the 21st century, the only thing more tired than huffing about how the city is so much more than beer and cheese is, well, claiming the city is nothing more than beer...
Welcome to December: Here’s what you’re doing this month
December is a time for celebration. As publications prepare to roll out their lists of best albums, concerts, and more artistic efforts brought forth during the last 11 months, the calendar year’s cold conclusi...
Volcano Choir wraps up Repave tour at Turner Hall (with help from surprise guest Sylvan Esso)
On paper, last night should have been a terrible night for a show in Milwaukee. It was a Sunday—the last Sunday of a long Thanksgiving weekend—and the Packers had played earlier in the afternoon. (What was that...
Bar Rescue’s Y-Not III/Nick’s House episode will air next week
The last week of September through early October, SPIKE TV reality show/evidence Western society is experiencing a rapid downward spiral Bar Rescue came to Milwaukee to begin the transformation of two area bars...
Black Friday, touring smart, restaurant renaissance
On select Fridays, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.
• Fuck Black Friday, right? This "holiday" sends rabid consumers to big ...
Extra Points: 5 more Aaron Rodgers post-game beverages
Last Sunday’s 24-21 Packers victory over the Vikings in Minneapolis was a rather unexciting affair compared to the two consecutive routes in which Green Bay scored more than 50 points. One of the few highlights...
A-side/B-side: Should Miller Park field more local entertainment options?
In A-side/B-side, two Milwaukee Record writers tackle various city issues in an informal, crosstalk style. Insults are hurled, feelings are hurt, and everyone learns something in the end. Maybe.
Matt Wild: W...