Author Tyler Maas

Third Space Brewing will start offering public tours December 10

December 5, 2016

In a year that found close to 10 breweries either opening in or relocating operations to Milwaukee, Third Space Brewing could very well be the best of the bunch. With its small-but-sturdy batch of West Coast-...

Milwaukee newcomer AJ Grill seeks truth in comedy

Tyler Maas

December 2, 2016

In both the figurative and literal senses, AJ Grill has come a long way during his four years on stage. After starting stand-up in Iowa City, Grill moved to Stevens Point, where he estimates he composed half ...

Watch boys cry in Tenement’s “Hive Of Hives” music video

Tyler Maas

December 2, 2016

After a breakout 2015 in which the band released its critically-heralded Predatory Headlights, toured extensively, and garnered Rolling Stone consideration as one of "10 Great Modern Punk Bands," Tenement ear...

Your Radio Milwaukee Music Awards winners are…

Tyler Maas

December 1, 2016

Last month, 88Nine released the ballot for the 9th annual Radio Milwaukee Music Awards. Following weeks of voting, band campaigning, and DJ deliberation, the listener-supported station held its awards ceremon...

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

Tyler Maas

December 1, 2016

After 11 months of fun, it’s almost time for Milwaukee’s events calendar to flip to a new year. Not even counting the city’s six-month run of festivals, block parties, and two Bubba Sparxxx shows, it’s been a...

Ladies Rock Milwaukee registration open

Tyler Maas

December 1, 2016

Since beginning in 2015, Ladies Rock Milwaukee—the winter companion to Girls Rock Milwaukee—has experienced significant growth. Between the inaugural camp and year two, enrollment went from 16 campers to 22, ...

Here are the best beer names at every brewery in Wisconsin

Tyler Maas

November 30, 2016

Thursday night, Milwaukee Record will be releasing our very own beer into the world. Our collaboration with Company Brewing combines the Riverwest microbrewery's already delicious Night Rye'd Porter with caca...

Here’s the Riverwest FemFest 2017 lineup, schedule

Tyler Maas

November 29, 2016

Earlier this month, we announced Riverwest FemFest would be returning for a third year of female-focused philanthropy. The 2017 iteration (January 18-22) will feature more acts performing at more venues over ...

GGOOLLDD gets stranded, slaughtered in “Undercovers” video

Tyler Maas

November 28, 2016

With visuals like the crisp and pristine studio-shot "Boyz" and the snowy serenity of "Dance Through The Winter" to the band's credit, GGOOLLDD can usually be relied upon to release music videos with the prod...

15 Milwaukee gifts to buy this Cyber Monday

Tyler Maas

November 28, 2016

Congratulations! If you're reading this, you survived Thanksgiving, made it past Black Friday unscathed, and successfully navigated your way through regional retailers during Small Business Saturday. And now ...

Try Milwaukee Record’s new beer and support local organizations

Tyler Maas

November 23, 2016

Hey! Guess what. Milwaukee Record has its own beer!In effort to raise more money for our upcoming Local Coverage benefit (January 13 at Turner Hall), we've partnered with Company Brewing to collaborate on...

Milwaukee Record’s holiday (and holiday-adjacent) beer round-up

Tyler Maas

November 22, 2016

Lowlands Group is celebrating its 10th anniversary this week. Since opening Cafe Hollander on Downer Avenue in 2006, the restaurant group has ballooned to seven locations—with another set to open next year—an...

Times Cinema and Avalon Theater revive holiday classics for “5 Days Of Christmas”

Tyler Maas

November 22, 2016

If Andy Williams is to be believed, we’re getting close to the most wonderful time of the year. While Black Friday madness, frigid temperatures, and dreadful seasonal ditties like “It’s The Most Wonderful Tim...

Kathleen Madigan sings Pabst Theater’s praises in behind the scenes footage

Tyler Maas

November 21, 2016

Late last winter, Kathleen Madigan joined an exclusive group that includes Louis CK, Kathy Griffin, Ralphie May, Spinal Tap, and...ugh Jeff Dunham by becoming the latest comedian to film a special in Milwauke...

Listen Up! aspires to assist others through entertainment

Tyler Maas

November 21, 2016

Milwaukee musicians are a generous breed. Recent years have found artists using their talents and passion for specific causes to bring assistance to others through entertainment with grassroots events like Ar...

Spend two hours watching a Milwaukee filmmaker execute “The world’s longest and worst Mannequin Challenge”

Tyler Maas

November 21, 2016

With productions like The Life And Times Of Thomas Thumb Jr. (a short where the titular character has a "giant fuckin' thumb for a head") and the Adult Swim-featured R.P.M. 2, which found him duct taping a ca...

Daughter treats Turner Hall to one mother of a show

Tyler Maas

November 20, 2016

Friday night, as the wind whipped through downtown a few hours after darkness and the dipping temperature made autumn's belated arrival officially known to Milwaukee, roughly 600 people braved the elements an...

Milwaukee drag superstar Trixie Mattel was on the ‘American Horror Story’ season finale

Tyler Maas

November 18, 2016

Those with any awareness of drag—especially on the local level—are sure to know the name Trixie Mattel. The Milwaukee-born drag queen achieved international notoriety as a contestant on season seven of RuPaul's...

Hot ‘n Now or never: Driving thru the edge of extinction

Tyler Maas

November 17, 2016

It's said nothing lasts forever, but that isn't always true.In this insatiable era of nostalgia, reunions, reissues, and arbitrarily-numbered lists of minutia only kids can understand, anything simply ce...

Alive And Fine gives new life to vintage items in Bay View

Tyler Maas

November 16, 2016

Next weekend, as hoards of consumers are camped out in front of big box retailers in effort to get deals on brand new mass-produced items, a new shop in the heart of Bay View will open its doors with the inte...