Galactic Cannibal goes out screaming

Tyler Maas
There’s something special about two ingredients that have no business even being in the same neighborhood of one another combining to result in something great. Remember that month in 2008 when self-respecting ...

TIME streams Field Report’s “Home”

Tyler Maas
If there's one record Milwaukee is holding its collective breath and stomping its feet in eager anticipation of hearing, it's Marigolden, the 10-track follow-up to Field Report's stunning self-titled 2012 debut...

My all-Milwaukee Mile Of Music

Tyler Maas
As I’m prone to sliding into posts from time-to-time, I grew up in the Fox Cities. For almost 20 years of my life, I had an Appleton mailing address. It’s a great place, but there always seemed to be a lack of ...

Ring in the New Year with Jim Gaffigan again

Tyler Maas
By now, modern comic force Jim Gaffigan's December 31 show at Pabst Theater has become as much of the Milwaukee New Year's tradition as champagne toasts, staying out at bars until 6 a.m., waiting three hours fo...

Mile Of Music: A Milwaukee Visitor’s Guide

Tyler Maas
By most accounts, last year's inaugural Mile Of Music was an encouraging, if not successful, festival that brought 100 acts to downtown Appleton. The sleepy northeast Wisconsin hub that was largely devoid of es...

Erik Koconis preps for the Fest

Tyler Maas
August 7-10, Milwaukee Comedy Festival will celebrate its ninth year. In the near-decade span since the inaugural festival of funniness, Milwaukee's comedy scene has grown mightily, expanded rapidly, and entire...