Author Tyler Maas

The Midwest Beat challenges you to a staring contest in new music video

September 23, 2014

After releasing a music video; streaming its album; and playing four combined release shows in Milwaukee, Green Bay, and Madison, you’d think The Midwest Beat’s latest and greatest album, Free Of Being, has bee...

Exclusive: Stream Greatest Lakes’ self-titled debut album

Tyler Maas

September 22, 2014

We’re living in an age where an artist can conceivably wake up, write a song, record that song on a personal computer, and make the hours-old rendering available to listeners in any Internet-equipped nook of th...

Off Base: John Axford’s career, as told through 7 movies

Tyler Maas

September 19, 2014

It’s hard to stop loving John Axford. Even after a messy exodus from his perch as Brewers closer and the fact that he has twice pitched for division rivals (though both came as the result of trades), the Ax-Man...

Iron & Wine calls for requests in solo Pabst Theater outing

Tyler Maas

September 19, 2014

Though it’s close to a decade removed from its commercial peak as go-to indie flick score and default audio accompaniment for that “play an entire song and show different characters doing stuff at the end of th...

Dana Coppa and SPEAK Easy look back at their “Golden Girls” in new single

Tyler Maas

September 18, 2014

Directly inspired by Jay Z’s “Girls” (down to the presence of a sample) and “the girls of past,” veteran Milwaukee rappers Dana Coppa (or Dana Coppafeel) and SPEAK Easy pool their adolescent romantic histories...

Tyler Menz prepares to serve up laughs with The Food Truck comedy showcase

Tyler Maas

September 18, 2014

Tyler Menz is a busy man. When he's not shaping young minds in his day job, the teacher moonlights in a variety of comedic persuasions. He's a regular at open mics around Milwaukee, Madison, and Chicago between...

Ladies: Let WTMJ help you treat your man’s “football psychosis”

Tyler Maas

September 17, 2014

It’s that time of year again. Football is back, which means it’s also time for at least one Milwaukee media outlet to inevitably decide to fill time and bandwidth with an antiquated guide to help its female lis...

Vonny Del Fresco joins Three. Stacks. Eliot for a living room session

Tyler Maas

September 16, 2014

No A-side/B-side necessary: Milwaukee’s music scene can absolutely be too insular at times. With the number of local bands who are prone to tour in pairs, and populate Groundhog Day-esque local show bills toget...

Sat. Nite Duets and The Fatty Acids rekindle b-ball rivalry for art’s sake

Tyler Maas

September 16, 2014

Wouldn't it be cool if music videos were real? Imagine a universe where a woman could be whisked away to an exhilarating animated world like the one in A-ha's "Take On Me", where Paula Abdul and MC Skat Kat cou...

Donivan from Blessed Feathers (truly) needs your help

Tyler Maas

September 15, 2014

Milwaukee has no shortage of people looking to Kickstart their dreams by soliciting donations to get their band in the studio, help fund a tour, or "promote and grow the Urban Redneck life." While we're not in ...

Bay View Bash 2014: A minute-by-minute recap

Tyler Maas

September 15, 2014

And then there were none. After yet another Milwaukee summer rife with festivals and block parties, Saturday’s Bay View Bash unofficially brought the celebration of the season in the City of Festivals to a clos...

Nick Swardson overcomes his fans to entertain his fans at Pabst Theater

Tyler Maas

September 13, 2014

In some ways, Nick Swardson is the comic equivalent of that friend everyone has who’s “a really good guy once you get to know him.” While the backwards hat and Afflication shirt donning party boy can quickly be...

Watch the premiere episode of The Jake Kornely Show

Tyler Maas

September 12, 2014

When he’s not playing bass in underrated punk band Static Eyes, Milwaukee comic Jake Kornely is continually doing his part to push the local comedy scene forward. Apparently it wasn’t enough simply hosting a we...

Changing of The Vanguard

Tyler Maas

September 12, 2014

As part of this weekend’s Bay View Bash, highly anticipated specialty sausage bar The Vanguard will be selling cased meats in front of its yet-to-be-completed property. The pop-up sausage station will grant eag...

Where stand-up meets meat: Sammy Arechar talks Hotdogs And Hamburgers comedy tour

Tyler Maas

September 11, 2014

At just 22 years of age and with scantly two years of stage time beneath his belt, Sammy Arechar is already on the shortlist of the funniest stand-up comics in all of Milwaukee. His inventive and eclectic style...

Faith in progress: Marriage equality, religion, and random rooming assignments

Tyler Maas

September 10, 2014

By now you’ve at least caught wind of last week’s decision by a three-judge panel in the U.S. Circuit Court Of Appeals declaring Wisconsin’s gay marriage ban to be unconstitutional. There’s likely to be miles w...

Sink your teeth into Mortgage Freeman’s new single, “Space Tiger”

Tyler Maas

September 9, 2014

Without question, Mortgage Freeman is one of the best band names in Milwaukee music. Unfortunately, it's not a name you see on many show lineups since the band released its prog-y eight-song debut, The Living P...

Watch Sylvan Esso’s Milwaukee-made video for “Dreamy Bruises”

Tyler Maas

September 8, 2014

If you thought Friday’s Pabst Theater show was the conclusion of the Great Sylvan Esso-Milwaukee Courtship of 2014, think again. The Durham, NC duo solidified its local connection with a new video for “Dreamy B...

Tracklist: 13 more bands Milwaukee can claim by association

Tyler Maas

September 8, 2014

//As great as Sylvan Esso is, you have to think at least some of the reason for Durham-based duo’s Pabst Theater sellout Friday had to do with Milwaukee being the hometown of Nick Sanborn. Prior to startin...

Sylvan Esso plays it right at Pabst Theater

Tyler Maas

September 6, 2014

On the wings of its outstanding self-titled debut album, Durham dream-pop duo Sylvan Esso has enjoyed a swift and well-deserved rise to prominence that’s included ample NPR attention, an unforgettable performan...