Author Tyler Maas

Fuel Cafe throttles down on breakfast catering with new “Gear Box”

March 19, 2018

Fuel Cafe has been an important part of Milwaukee's morning ritual since 1993. Over the last 25 years, the cafe has evolved to expand its drink menu and food offerings as its local legend has grown in kind. In ...

B.J. Wentker’s, one of Wisconsin’s oldest restaurants, has closed

Tyler Maas

March 19, 2018

Even if you're not from Burlington, you probably know three things about the small southeast Wisconsin city: 1. Tony Romo grew up there, 2. It's NOT where Burlington Coat Factory started, and 3. It's home to B....

Hot Snakes were worth the wait in Mad Planet (and Milwaukee) debut

Tyler Maas

March 16, 2018

"When's the last time Hot Snakes played in Milwaukee?" guitarist John Reis asked a full Mad Planet as the band prepared to play Thursday night. "Never before, so we'll never be here again. Let's make the most o...

Trixie Mattel won ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars’

Tyler Maas

March 16, 2018

Milwaukee-born drag queen Trixie Mattel first came to national consciousness by finishing sixth on season seven of RuPaul‘s Drag Race. Since the reality show put her on the map in 2015, she’s kept busy performi...

Nite Owl will open for the season March 20

Tyler Maas

March 15, 2018

With the longer days, rising temperatures, and Bob Uecker’s voice on the radio, it’s beginning to feel a lot like spring in Milwaukee. The season is almost here, and when it begins, so will Nite Owl's season. ...

Watch a Milwaukee drag queen try a $1,000 pizza

Tyler Maas

March 15, 2018

As we wait to see how Milwaukee-born drag queen Trixie Mattel fares in the finals of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars season 3 tonight, Chicago Magazine has thankfully saw fit to satisfy your hunger for Midwestern ...

11 Wisconsin professional athletes who changed their jersey number

Tyler Maas

March 14, 2018

Over the weekend, the Milwaukee Bucks signed Brandon Jennings to a 10-day contract. The move came after the past-prime guard proved himself over a seven-game stint with the Wisconsin Herd. His second stop with ...

Download the Local Coverage 2018 concert

Tyler Maas

March 14, 2018

On Friday, January 19, Milwaukee Record hosted our fourth annual Local Coverage show at Turner Hall. There, a diverse cast of eight Milwaukee acts took the stage to perform (approximately) 15-minute sets of ano...

In Tall Buildings’ Erik Hall learns to relinquish control, embrace contrast on ‘Akinetic’

Tyler Maas

March 14, 2018

Back in early 2015, In Tall Buildings released Driver. The 10-song album was written, performed, recorded, produced, and mastered entirely by Erik Hall—a Chicago musician and the project's only permanent fixtur...

Come to (or sign up to be a vendor at) our Broken Up Band Bazaar

Tyler Maas

March 13, 2018

Last April, Milwaukee Record decided to help raise funds for Arte Para Todos by throwing our first “Broken Up Band Bazaar” event. For a few hours on a spring Saturday, dozens of people came out to Black Husky B...

Excellent! Lakefront Brewery will screen ‘Wayne’s World’ at Avalon Theater in April

Tyler Maas

March 13, 2018

Last month, Lakefront Brewery and Avalon Theater joined forces to show Tommy Boy on the eve of Chris Farley's birthday for an event they called "Farley + Barley." After the success of that sold out screening, t...

Here’s the lineup for Arte Para Todos 2018

Tyler Maas

March 12, 2018

In its first three years, Arte Para Todos raised approximately $60,000 for Milwaukee public school art programs through the selfless efforts of musicians and visual artists bringing their talents to dozens of l...

Oscar’s Winner’s Circle will open March 19

Tyler Maas

March 11, 2018

Just days ago, we posted a podcast about some of the great things happening in the Layton Boulevard West neighborhoods of Silver City, Burnham Park, and Layton Park. Over the weekend, we learned the region will...

Tucked Away: Island Jam

Tyler Maas

March 9, 2018

Between beloved and well-established local staples and a steady wave of new bars and restaurants popping up in and around Milwaukee almost every week, worthwhile dining and drinking gems can occasionally get lo...

Stream three songs off Cairns’ splendid ‘Cluttered Sky’

Tyler Maas

March 8, 2018

While Cairns is less renowned than its members' other projects (Caley Conway, Temple, Calliope, YLLA, D'Amato, and Gauss, among them), the band has quietly managed an impressive catalog in its two-plus years on...

8 ways to take part in International Women’s Day

Tyler Maas

March 8, 2018

March 8 is International Women's Day. Given the state of the country and the world at the moment, it's incredibly important to acknowledge that women still deal with inequality in virtually every avenue of soci...

Next week’s Hot Snakes show is moving to Mad Planet

Tyler Maas

March 7, 2018

Back in January, we anxiously reported that Hot Snakes (of "Holy shit, the motherfucking Hot Snakes!" fame) would be playing at the cozy confines of Cactus Club on Thursday, March 15. Predictably, the show sold...

Shakespeare meets Snapchat in ‘Dick Pix Montana’

Tyler Maas

March 7, 2018

Stop us if you've heard this old story before: Boy meets girl at youth contraception PSA video shoot. Boy and girl start texting, then boy mistakenly posts a dick pic on social media and gets arrested. So goes ...

Join us at Company Brewing for the official Milwaukee Day Showcase

Tyler Maas

March 6, 2018

It’s been less than 10 years since a group of friends realized Milwaukee’s 414 area code had a striking resemblance to the numerals in April 14 (or 4/14) and turned that laughable coincidence into a full-blown ...

Check out The Vanguard’s new menu

Tyler Maas

March 6, 2018

Since opening in late 2014, The Vanguard has quickly established itself as the pinnacle of tubed meat delicacies in Milwaukee. Beyond its everyday offerings that have wowed critics, lured professional athletes ...