Author Tyler Maas

Dancing guy picking up litter is the hero Milwaukee needs

December 9, 2015

//The world can be a harsh place. With wars waging, people starving, and folks seemingly more politically divided than ever, it’s sometimes tough to keep smiling. However, one wonderful man strolling down ...

Listen to RISK! podcast’s “Live From Milwaukee” episode

Tyler Maas

December 8, 2015

//If you didn't make it to the Back Room at Colectivo's Prospect Avenue cafe back on November 14 to witness the sold out Milwaukee stop on the perpetual tour of Kevin Allison's RISK! storytelling podcast, ...

Exclusive: Stream Hot Coffin’s new single, “Whistle, Hawk & Spit”

Tyler Maas

December 8, 2015

//It’s fitting that within 24 hours of rounding up what we consider to be the 25 best Milwaukee albums of 2015, Milwaukee’s Hot Coffin unveils a song that, if any indication of the caliber of the other sev...

Amy Schumer finishes strong year with BMO Harris Bradley Center victory lap

Tyler Maas

December 7, 2015

//It's safe to say Amy Schumer had a pretty big 2015. In a year that found the comedian starring in a well-received major motion picture, taking home an Emmy for her Comedy Central series, hosting SNL, put...

Here are the 2015 Radio Milwaukee Music Awards winners

Tyler Maas

December 3, 2015

//A month ago, 88Nine Radio Milwaukee released its massive ballot for the 8th annual Radio Milwaukee Music Awards. From there, local listeners, the station’s employees, and even a few local entertainment w...

Liza Marie aims to finish 2015 strong

Tyler Maas

December 3, 2015

//In a year that has seen an unprecedented exodus of talented comedians leaving Milwaukee in search of increased opportunities in more established comedy communities, it's refreshing to see a stand-up come...

First Impression: Point Burger Bar

Tyler Maas

December 2, 2015

//With so, so many great breweries in Milwaukee and the exponential growth in excellent craft beer being made throughout the country, it's tough not to empathize with some Wisconsin brewing operations tryi...

Exclusive: Spend 7 (or so) minutes in heaven with Midwives’ ‘Cowboy Songs’ EP

Tyler Maas

December 2, 2015

//Back in February, Midwives delivered its third release in under a year's time. At a trim 16 minutes spread between a 10-pack of songs, the blistering self-titled release displayed the band's uncommon abi...

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

Tyler Maas

December 1, 2015

//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 festival and block parties, it's been a hell of a year for mu...

Exclusive: Stream Greatest Lakes’ cover of The Beach Boys’ “All I Wanna Do”

Tyler Maas

December 1, 2015

//It’s a fine line, really. While most can agree there are few things in music that are more loathsome than watching a true blue cover band perform earnest bastardizations of other musicians’ material on s...

Exclusive: Stream Buffalo Gospel’s tragic EP, ‘Waiting For The Lights To Go Out’

Tyler Maas

November 30, 2015

//Buffalo Gospel possesses the uncanny ability of writing material that manages to be both immensely gorgeous and devastatingly sad. With an unmistakable nod to classic country and a penchant for bleary, b...

Comedy, tragedy, time: Jon Kuderer builds humor out of hardship

Tyler Maas

November 25, 2015

//In stand-up comedy, "the light" is a common tool used to warn a comedian their time on stage is close to running out. Milwaukee comedian Jon Kuderer estimates he ran the light by at least five minutes th...

Go on a high speed chase in Platinum Boys’ “Downtown” video

Tyler Maas

November 24, 2015

//Platinum Boys have enjoyed a pretty big year. The band's great debut album, Future Hits, was called a "solid get-wasted soundtrack" by Pitchfork—and similarly-flattering things by various other respected...

Cherish “One Moment” with the reunited Rusty P’s

Tyler Maas

November 24, 2015

//After two decades on stage, seven studio records, and a list of opening opportunities most rappers would kill for, Rusty Pelicans (since changed to Rusty P's) are an indisputable Milwaukee dynasty act. B...

Here’s the Riverwest FemFest lineup, schedule

Tyler Maas

November 22, 2015

//Way back in September, we revealed the—to quote our previous post—"crazy good" lineup for the second annual Riverwest FemFest, a female-focused festival that would return in January 2016 following a grea...

Here are the “holiday” movies screening at Avalon Theater and Times Cinema

Tyler Maas

November 20, 2015

//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 Wonderfu...

Better vape than never: One man’s epic pre-ban e-cig smoke sesh

Tyler Maas

November 19, 2015

It’s likely you haven’t heard, but those who smoke electronic cigarettes may find their basic human rights going up in smoke—or more accurately, up in some type of synthetic vapor—very soon. According to a rece...

The Belle Weather packs light on ‘Suitcase’

Tyler Maas

November 18, 2015

//After more than three overcast years, the sun is beginning to shine favorably on The Belle Weather. The Sheboygan-based band first earned some awareness with 2013’s Hold On, 11 fair-to-middling songs fir...

Exclusive: Stream Bad Wig’s debut EP

Tyler Maas

November 17, 2015

//Late last month, we reported the band Milwaukee had come to know and love under the moniker The Midwestern Charm would forge on under the name Bad Wig. The change in identification came as a result of a ...

You’re invited to Milwaukee Record’s “From The Stage To The Booth” DJ set at Blackbird

Tyler Maas

November 17, 2015

//Way back in September, we announced the lineup for Blackbird’s “From The Stage To The Booth” DJ series, which finds a different musical act taking over the Bay View bar’s turntables from 10 until close e...