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Zoinks! Fox6 lands that exclusive Dustin Diamond interview you’ve been dying to see

February 20, 2015

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• God bless the local TV news. Where else can you find endless chatter about th...

Here’s the lineup for the 2015 Milwaukee Psych Fest

Matt Wild

February 20, 2015

Since 2013, Milwaukee musician Andrew Shelp (Moss Folk) has given the city a loud, fuzzed-out, and reverb-drenched gift every spring: Milwaukee Psych Fest. The multi-day shindig has become a welcome staple on t...

Exclusive: Listen to Group Of The Altos’ unhinged masterpiece, R U Person Or Not

Matt Wild

February 19, 2015

“No one shares, no one shares, no one shares anymore / Just the kids, just the kids, just the kids and the poor.” So sing Group Of The Altos on “Learning To Share,” the opening track of their second record, R U...

Eagle Trace’s second EP is a family affair

Tyler Maas

February 19, 2015

Siblings playing together in a band isn’t an altogether unique concept in Milwaukee music. Acts like Juniper Tar, Ugly Brothers, and Calamity Janes (among many others) have shown that great things can come of f...

A horse apiece: Dead Horses jockey for position in two music scenes

Tyler Maas

February 18, 2015

During the five-year run of Dead Horses, the acoustic quartet's blend of traditional folk musicianship and airtight multi-part harmonies has found the band rising to hometown prominence—twice, to be exact. Born...

First Impression: Daddy’s Soul Food & Grille

Todd Lazarski

February 18, 2015

It’s easy to forget that we live in the most segregated city in the country. But cruise west out of Downtown on Wisconsin Avenue and there exists a microcosm of Milwaukee’s racial and economic divide: the plush...

Exclusive: Listen to Midwives’ brief, blistering self-titled LP

Cal Roach

February 17, 2015

For their third release in under a year, Midwives don’t go with a radically different formula, but this self-titled LP still feels like a significant step forward for the band’s sound. In terms of two-minute ha...

Lisan Wood constructs comedy out of her painful past

Tyler Maas

February 17, 2015

After a lifetime of comic curiosity, Lisan Wood finally crossed the stand-up comedy threshold last April and hasn’t looked back. In the 10 months since first stepping on stage, Wood has quickly become a fixture...

Janeane Garofalo is coming to Turner Hall April 28

Matt Wild

February 17, 2015

Janeane Garofalo was once asked for advice on making it in show business. “Meet Ben Stiller at the deli,” she replied. (Garofalo and Stiller met at L.A.’s Canter’s Deli in 1990; Garofalo would soon appear on Th...

Tracklist: 6 reasons to care about the Milwaukee Bucks

Tyler Maas

February 16, 2015

This season has seen the Milwaukee Bucks receiving exponentially more local attention than any year in recent history. Of course, the majority of that attention is funneled into the heated and deeply divisive d...

Sleater-Kinney keeps sold-out Riverside Theater on its feet

Cal Roach

February 16, 2015

Milwaukee Gen-Xers had two options for making themselves feel old Sunday night: SNL 40, or the Sleater-Kinney reunion tour, which made its stop at the Riverside Theater. The Washington trio released its comebac...

Watch GGOOLLDD’s “Boyz” music video

Tyler Maas

February 15, 2015

Last year, Milwaukee dance-pop quintet GGOOLLDD swiftly took over the city’s music scene on the weight of its great four-song EP, $TANDARD$, and a steady diet of unforgettable live shows in every nook of town. ...

We geek out over Milwaukee’s geek scene with Lynn Nilles and Rob Wieland in Episode 6 of On The Record

Milwaukee Record Staff

February 13, 2015

In advance of Anime Milwaukee, Matt and Tyler talk all things geeky, nerdy, and dorky with two experts on the subject: Lynn Nilles, co-owner of the wonderful nerd-themed downtown bar 42 Lounge; and Rob Wieland,...

Milwaukee Record’s guide to celebrating and/or escaping Valentine’s Day

Tyler Maas

February 12, 2015

Some of you are in a serious relationship, or at least involved in a budding romance. Others are happily (or perhaps miserably) single. No matter where your love life lands, the same thing holds abundantly true...

Watch Hugh Bob And The Hustle play a living room show for Sofar Milwaukee

Matt Wild

February 12, 2015

Imagine this: a concert featuring your favorite local or national touring band...but in a house! Crazy, right? Yes, these so-called “living room shows” have been gaining momentum in the past few years, led by t...

Anime Milwaukee is Summerfest for geeks

Rob Wieland

February 11, 2015

One of the many non-beer-related nicknames Milwaukee has racked up over the years is the City of Festivals. The most obvious evidence of that moniker exists on the lakefront during the summer, with a series of ...

The Young Revelators will kick off SXRW at Tonic Tavern tonight

Tyler Maas

February 11, 2015

Depending on who you're asking, the 7.6-mile, 12-minute drive between Linneman's and Cactus Club might as well be a trip to the moon, an ocean away, an impossible trip to the other side of America. As close as ...

Download our Local Coverage concert

Tyler Maas

February 10, 2015

Last month, Milwaukee Record put on a little benefit concert with a unique twist. The inaugural Local Coverage saw eight Milwaukee acts that hail from various corners of the city and nooks of the musical spectr...

Messed up: The short, troubled history of Space Heater

Tea Krulos

February 10, 2015

“It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” - Vince LombardiDecember 7 Packers win over Atlanta Falcons, 43-37. Temperature: 34° Linneman’s Riverwest Inn is packed with approximately...

Violent Femmes (and Barenaked Ladies and Colin Hay) will play the BMO Harris Pavilion June 13

Matt Wild

February 10, 2015

Fact #1: Summer is approximately 8,000 years away. Fact #2: Nothing makes us pine for summer more than summer concert announcements—especially good ones. So while we wait for that inevitable “Weird Al” Summerfe...