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Tracklist: 20 bands that played Milwaukee before breaking out

November 10, 2014

//Saturday night, Interpol will play a sold-out Pabst Theater show. Even though the seminal New York indie-rock mainstay isn’t exactly a frequent Milwaukee visitor, the band is no stranger to local venues....

Milwaukee comedians prepare for battle

Tyler Maas

November 10, 2014

Milwaukee's stand-up comedy scene is usually overflowing with support. Comics are quick to collaborate and share stage time with anyone capable of cracking a joke in front of a group of people, and open mics ra...

Man catches extra point: The Mike Pantazis story

Tyler Maas

November 7, 2014

The Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears have one of the longest and most iconic rivalries in all of professional sports. Over the years, the match-up has yielded no shortage of memorable occurrences. Just looki...

Kind of like the time Seth MacFarlane was at Lucille’s Piano Bar…

Matt Wild

November 7, 2014

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• It’s been a crazy few weeks for Milwaukee: a contentious election, speculation on the loca...

UberDork Cafe brings family-friendly geekiness to Menomonee Falls

Rob Wieland

November 6, 2014

Not so long ago, nerd culture incubated in small, dimly lit shops featuring surly customers and even surlier help behind the counter. Many of these nerds grew up, found partners with similar interests, and star...

Matt Werner finds validation, happiness on stage

Tyler Maas

November 6, 2014

Matt Werner’s introduction to stand-up came by less-than-flattering means. But now more than a year removed from his drunken, material-free introduction to the art form at an East Side open mic, he’s caught the...

A-side/B-side: Should there be stricter audience “rules” at shows?

Milwaukee Record Staff

November 5, 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: I...

Bob Odenkirk unleashes literary laughs at Pabst Theater

Tyler Maas

November 5, 2014

For more than three decades Bob Odenkirk has amassed an absolutely unfuckwithable comedic résumé that includes co-starring on Mr. Show, writing for SNL, penning dozens of TV and film’s most irreverent comedies,...

Awesome Con Milwaukee has been canceled

Matt Wild

November 5, 2014

The state of Wisconsin has been dealt a huge blow today, with news that evil has triumphed and good has been vanquished. We’re talking, of course, about the cancelation of Awesome Con Milwaukee. The inaugural c...

Catacombz will play its final show December 6

Tyler Maas

November 5, 2014

For close to 10 years, Milwaukee psych-rock outfit Catacombz has been a staple of the local music scene. Formed when most of the members were still teenagers, the band toured extensively, released a series of g...

First Impression: Tornado Brewing Company

Tyler Maas

November 4, 2014

Brewing is in its golden age. No matter when you’re reading this sentence, there are currently more varieties and brands of beer on Earth being produced by more brewers of all skill levels than ever before. Eve...

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Eric & Magill: In This Light

Tyler Maas

November 4, 2014

Since 2010’s solid debut, All Those I Know, tangential Milwaukee dream-pop duo Eric & Magill (ex-Camden, Decibully, The Promise Ring) has been putting out material at a greater rate and of a higher quality ...

Listen to a new, politically charged Testa Rosa song (and don’t forget to vote)

Matt Wild

November 4, 2014

It’s been almost four years since the pop chameleons of Testa Rosa dropped the exceedingly lovely II, which landed on our list of the 50 best Milwaukee albums of the 2010s (so far). Now, in the wake of frontwom...

Welcome to November: Here’s what you’re doing this month

Milwaukee Record Staff

November 3, 2014

By the time the novelty of the leaves changing colors wears off, your Halloween costume is put away, and you reach the annual realization that you don’t actually like pumpkin beers, it’s already November. Once ...

Soul Low’s “Blatz Beat” video will make you happy, thirsty

Tyler Maas

October 31, 2014

After Soul Low came out of nowhere with its incredible debut, UNEASY (a debut that’s firmly a top 10 local album this decade) in the summer of 2013, the city that had just met the indie rock prodigies—who, at t...

The Olives take to the woods in the “Haunt Me” video

Tyler Maas

October 31, 2014

The Olives have been delighting gallery spaces, clubs, and Riverwest basements (and upcoming Milwaukee Record benefit shows) with its instantly-fun brand of Great Lakes surf punk for a few years now. The all-fe...

Halloween Comedy Show is set to scare up some laughs

Tyler Maas

October 31, 2014

Long after one’s acceptable trick-or-treating years have elapsed, Halloween weekend remains intriguing in adulthood because it offers a hiatus from all things ordinary. It grants a grace period from behaving as...

Jayke Orvis returns to Milwaukee on his own

Jared Blohm

October 30, 2014

Milwaukee native Jayke Orvis reached a crossroads in 2007. While his band—the .357 String Band—was beginning to garner attention outside of Wisconsin, his personal life was crashing around him. He was going thr...

Crack a beer and watch the new Platinum Boys video for “Candy”

Tyler Maas

October 30, 2014

Those rapscallions in Platinum Boys are fresh off a mischievous summer that saw the Riverwest rock quartet dosing Milwaukee’s festivals, block parties, and clubs with pristine party anthems about indulging in t...

Ramie Makhlouf: From sports talk to stand-up

Tyler Maas

October 29, 2014

For thousands of listeners spread from Fond du Lac to Kenosha and all around metro Milwaukee, Ramie Makhlouf's voice is a part of the afternoon drive time commute, a trusted source of athletic information, and ...