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Milwaukee Record presents “Extra Laughs” Milwaukee Comedy Festival pre- and post-show series

July 22, 2015

Entering its 10th year, the Milwaukee Comedy Festival is a true local treasure. A four-day celebration (August 6-9) of stand-up, improv, and sketch comedy that melds some of Milwaukee's best and a cluster of th...

On The Record Episode 28: Milwaukee bike culture and the Riverwest 24

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 22, 2015

For this week’s two-wheeled, fixed-gear, helmet-required installment of On The Record, Matt and Tyler decided to salute Friday’s big Riverwest 24 bike “race” by chatting about Milwaukee’s ever-growing and ever-...

End of an error: Milwaukee’s Comedy Cafe scales back

Tyler Maas

July 21, 2015

Last week, a new era dawned upon Milwaukee’s Comedy Cafe. Though it was “consistently rated as one of the best comedy clubs in the country for two decades” (source: a Shepherd Express print ad that gave no attr...

Exclusive: Punctuate your summer with two songs from (ORB)’s Inside Voices

Matt Wild

July 21, 2015

Take one glance at the curious punctuation surrounding the name of Milwaukee/Chicago synth-rock duo (ORB), and you wouldn’t be blamed for dismissing the band as an aside, an afterthought. Both of the band’s mem...

We uploaded some Bob Uecker photos to Google’s “Deep Dream” network

Tyler Maas

July 20, 2015

Last month, Google announced a research team was experimenting with "training" artificial neural networks. They called it, "Inceptionism" and, um, we don't really understand it entirely beyond that. (Gizmodo do...

Eaux Claires festival celebrates Midwest music, points to something greater

Cal Roach

July 20, 2015

The organizers of the inaugural Eaux Claires festival did their homework. The first year of a large-scale event like this is usually a logistical nightmare; who could forget the 12-hour interstate backup welcom...

Hannibal Buress is coming to Riverside Theater on September 19

Tyler Maas

July 20, 2015

In February of 2014, Chicago-born comic Hannibal Buress filled Turner Hall Ballroom on the weight of his role in the new Broad City series, his co-hosting gig on the incomparable cult classic The Eric Andre Sho...

Anything happen in Milwaukee lately? Kind of a boring week, huh?

Matt Wild

July 17, 2015

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• So, anything new in Milwaukee? Kind of a boring week, huh? Yawn. Sure, there ...

Lady Lamb is gracious and great in Turner Hall return

Tyler Maas

July 17, 2015

Last April, Maine-based musician Aly Spaltro stood on Turner Hall's stage for the first time, as her project—then called Lady Lamb The Beekeeper—played in support of Typhoon. Just over 15 months later, the mayb...

11 famous skeletons the new Milwaukee Admirals logo resembles

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 16, 2015

Yesterday, lost in the noise of the Bucks arena vote and the news that Pabst will be relocating hundreds of jobs back to Milwaukee opening a microbrewery and restaurant, was a small but significant announcement...

Comedian J.J. Harris comes clean about going dirty

Tyler Maas

July 16, 2015

No matter how you cut it, stand-up comedy isn't easy. That said, you're unlikely to have a smoother entrance to this altogether difficult art form than Christian comedy. Just ask Milwaukee comic "Loveable Mr." ...

Pabst is coming back to Milwaukee (sort of)

Matt Wild

July 15, 2015

Back in 2014, a grassroots effort sprung up with the aim of bringing Pabst Brewing Co. back to Milwaukee. The so-called “Bring PBR Home” campaign turned out to be more froth than beer, but the dream remained: b...

On The Record Episode 27: MKE fashion, design, modeling

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 15, 2015

When thinking of high fashion, cutting edge style, and crowded runways, it’s safe to say Milwaukee isn’t the first place that comes to mind. Though its reputation in the world of fashion stands firmly behind Ne...

Throwback to the future: Cosplay Rave 3.0 vs. ’90s rave culture

Rob Wieland

July 15, 2015

Kids these days, with their hula hoops and their raps, might not realize it, but their parents may have spent their youth as part of the early ’90s rave culture, tracking down underground parties full of thuddi...

Tyler Menz talks Voyager, opening for Todd Barry

Tyler Maas

July 15, 2015

Milwaukee comedian Tyler Menz isn't the type of performer who's comfortable standing still. Sure, he's prone to dust off his now-classic "Muffins Milwaukee" joke from time to time, but the busy local comic reve...

We went to Scott Walker’s presidential announcement and this is what we saw

Tea Krulos

July 14, 2015

Photos by Wendy Schreier, captions by Tea KrulosThe Waukesha County Fair opens its gates tomorrow, and similar to how the Stones warmed up the Summerfest grounds, Scott Walker—now an official 2016 preside...

Exclusive: Stream The Grovelers’ delightfully trashy debut, Derelicts And Screw-Ups

Matt Wild

July 14, 2015

If you’re looking for subtlety in your music—poetic and tender lyrics, intricate and feather-light instrumentation—The Grovelers are not the band for you. “When you wear your Sunday best / I tear you up and I e...

Get run down by Awkward Terrible’s “Return” music video

Tyler Maas

July 14, 2015

Technology moves fast. Music inspired by, and that samples from technology, however, doesn’t always progress as quickly. Excluding Horchata, a joint-band split with The Glowing Stars in 2012, Milwaukee chiptune...

Here’s the Brady Street Festival lineup

Tyler Maas

July 13, 2015

With the exception of Up & Over shows, the occasional Nomad event, and two years of the East Side Music Tour, Brady Street isn’t exactly the first place you’d think of when it comes to seeing live music in ...

Watch John Oliver take down Bucks arena in takedown-iest takedown ever

Matt Wild

July 13, 2015

How is it that Last Week Tonight host and indestructible “takedown” cyborg John Oliver hasn’t already ripped the idea of public financing for sports stadiums—and, by extension, the arena proposed by the Milwauk...