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Why can’t Milwaukee support multiple nerd-themed conventions?

March 24, 2015

Last spring, things were looking pretty rosy for board gamers, role-players, cosplayers, and all the other geeks in Milwaukee with money to burn and wall space looking for some signed pictures. Three new nerd-t...

Exclusive: Stream two songs from YLLA’s self-titled album

Tyler Maas

March 24, 2015

At least on paper, having members whose other projects land in the neighborhoods of psych, rock, jazz, and experimental R&B doesn’t make Milwaukee outfit YLLA (pronounced “E-Luh”) an easy band to pigeonhole...

The Olives are breaking up

Tyler Maas

March 23, 2015

Since forming in 2010, The Olives have been a beloved-though-largely unknown part of Milwaukee music. The entirely female punk quartet and its arsenal of brash and mostly-goofy songs spanning one or two minutes...

Bob’s Burgers LIVE! brings comedy, music, butts to Riverside Theater

Rob Wieland

March 23, 2015

Shows like Family Guy and The Simpsons are the anchors of Fox’s Sunday night of animation. Other shows have come and gone, but few have built a cult audience like Bob’s Burgers. The cartoon chronicle of the Bel...

Someone please buy Reuben Glaser’s car

Matt Wild

March 23, 2015

When we last heard from our pal Reuben Glaser, he was giving the world the gift of Paul Ryan awkwardly milking a goat at the Racine County Fair. It was only fitting for the man responsible for that “Little Face...

Join us for a live recording of On The Record

Tyler Maas

March 23, 2015

Have you heard On The Record yet? If you haven't, our 11-week-old podcast has seen us having long form conversations with a myriad of guests that tackle topics like staying sober in Milwaukee, life on tour, the...

Let’s all get worked up about the weird “Milwaukee” space on the new Monopoly board

Matt Wild

March 20, 2015

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• Monopoly is one of those classic board games that is constantly being remade ...

Milwaukee filmmaker Erik Ljung produces Dontre Hamilton video for New York Times

Matt Wild

March 19, 2015

Today at 4:30 p.m., the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission will hear a disciplinary appeal for former Milwaukee Police Officer Christopher Manney—the officer who shot and killed Dontre Hamilton in Red Arrow P...

Dummerfest 2K15 celebrates punk rock in the central time zone

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 19, 2015

On Saturday, June 20, some of the premier punk bands based in Wisconsin and elsewhere in the Central Standard Time zone will converge upon The Metal Grill to partake in the inaugural "Dummerfest" event. The sin...

Is West Allis the “Worst City in the Universe”? This video seems to think so

Matt Wild

March 19, 2015

Last fall, we took a trip to Cudahy and went on a high-concept and ultimately ill-advised third-shift bar crawl. The experiment proved to be just as dispiriting as you’d expect, but also strangely enlightening....

Dustin Diamond allegedly threatened to stab someone else on Christmas for refusing to get “iced”

Matt Wild

March 19, 2015

When you wake up on Christmas morning, even if you’re former Saved By The Bell star Dustin Diamond, the thought of allegedly stabbing someone in a Port Washington bar is probably the furthest thing from your mi...

Kevin Mueller and Dori Zori help preview spring concerts in Episode 11 of On The Record

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 18, 2015

After a long, arduous winter, spring has finally sprung! Okay, maybe it hasn't quite yet, but as the temperature rises, days are getting longer, and as the new season approaches, Milwaukee Record has its sights...

First Impression: Junior’s Hook

Tyler Maas

March 18, 2015

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

Tyler Maas

March 18, 2015

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”

Tyler Maas

March 17, 2015

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

Matt Wild

March 17, 2015

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

Tyler Maas

March 16, 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

Tyler Maas

March 16, 2015

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

Matt Wild

March 13, 2015

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

Tyler Maas

March 13, 2015

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...