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Everything you need to know about the two-woman Home Alone remake, Abode Solo

December 3, 2014

//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

Matt Wild

December 3, 2014

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

DJ Hostettler

December 3, 2014

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

Matt Wild

December 2, 2014

//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

Tyler Maas

December 2, 2014

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

Matt Wild

December 1, 2014

//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

Tyler Maas

December 1, 2014

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)

Matt Wild

December 1, 2014

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

Tyler Maas

November 29, 2014

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

Tyler Maas

November 28, 2014

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

Tyler Maas

November 28, 2014

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?

Milwaukee Record Staff

November 26, 2014

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...

Goodnight Milwaukee Show and Tall Boys combine comic forces

Tyler Maas

November 26, 2014

Saturday night, live and localized late night talk show The Goodnight Milwaukee Show and the Tall Boys improv troupe will perform together in an instance of multifaceted comedic collaboration. While both groups...

Brewers Double-A affiliate gets new name and logo, loses everyone’s respect

Tyler Maas

November 25, 2014

Following 30 seasons as the Huntsville Stars (that past 15 of those as the Milwaukee Brewers Double-A affiliate), the Southern League franchise was sold in January and was promptly uprooted from the Alabama spa...

Go back to happier times with this Global Union video

Matt Wild

November 25, 2014

Has the world gone insane? Is our society breaking down? Have we lost all sense of justice, goodwill, and peace? What’s up with this weather? If these questions have been plaguing you for, oh, 24 hours or so, l...

Summertime Dudes return for benefit gig, “huge milkers”

Tyler Maas

November 24, 2014

Milwaukee tribute band The Summertime Dudes doesn't take the stage for just anything. Though the all-star cock-rockers are usually busy enjoying the fruits of their robust catalog of solid gold '70s and '80s cl...

Tracklist: 7 things Milwaukee can be thankful for

Matt Wild

November 24, 2014

Thanksgiving is a time for taking stock of the year gone by; stuffing your face; and participating in an elaborate, multi-family holiday bowling tournament that has gone on for seven years now, and involves det...

Extra Points: 15 Wisconsin athletes turned awful actors

Tyler Maas

November 21, 2014

If you were anywhere within the Wisconsin state border yesterday and had access to a computer, radio or television, you almost certainly learned the Hollywood gossip about Green Bay Packers players Clay Matthew...

Help save the Frosty Mug

Tyler Maas

November 21, 2014

Since early 2008, the Frosty Mug has been an everyday part of each weekday for a sizable segment of Brewers fans. But without some help, the trusted daily treasure trove of Brew Crew news could cease by year's ...

Double Vision: Will Rose plays musical chairs

Tyler Maas

November 20, 2014

The side project isn't a new phenomenon.At a time in which more bands than ever are active, and there are perpetually more descriptors being placed either before or after genre-narrowing hyphens than the pr...