Author Tyler Maas

Summerfest Weekend 1 Recap: The entirely daytime edition!

June 25, 2023

Summerfest rules. The "World's Largest Music Festival" brings free shows from hundreds of musical acts, tasty treats from dozens of food and drink vendors, oodles of non-musical entertainment, and an overwhelmi...

Lou Barlow will perform at URSA on July 7

Tyler Maas

June 25, 2023

While the Milwaukee music community comes to terms with the upsetting news that Bug Moment (and a handful of other great Milwaukee and Madison bands) will no longer be playing a show at a local Culver's, we're ...

Here’s the 2023 Skyline Music Series lineup

Tyler Maas

June 25, 2023

Last month, we put out an extensive list of Milwaukee summer festivals and music series. While massive, we were fully aware we'd be adding more events to it as the summer progressed. For example, today we’ve le...

We ranked all the bleachers at Summerfest in advance of tonight’s Bleachers show

Tyler Maas

June 23, 2023

Bleachers play a pretty big part in Summerfest. We sit on them to get off our feet between bands. We use them as makeshift tables where we can set down our festival food. We use them as rendezvous points when m...

A guide to finding former Bucks players on BIG3 rosters

Tyler Maas

June 22, 2023

If you’re anything like us, you've had a hard time being without basketball since the Nuggets won the Finals last week. Though the Draft is fine and free agency is interesting, we miss watching hoops. It kind o...

Shontrail announces new album, begins new era with “Red Rabbit”

Tyler Maas

June 22, 2023

Last year, we stumbled upon Shontrail by way of the Milwaukee-based singer's "Warm Heart" single. That standout song—which earned a spot on our Favorite Music Of 2022 year-end list—was part of Shontrail's Silve...

Record Recommended: Summerfest Weekend 1

Tyler Maas

June 21, 2023

broadstreet.zone(152022); Summerfest! Like the last two editions, “The World’s Largest Music Festival” is mixing things up in 2023 by staking out three Thursday-Friday-Saturday blocks instead of the traditiona...

A guide to Milwaukee acts playing Summerfest

Tyler Maas

June 21, 2023

Thursday marks the official start of another Summerfest. Now in its 55th year, the “Big Gig” has long been home to deep fried delicacies, prime people watching, and hundreds upon hundreds of musical acts from a...

MKE Music Rewind: ‘Hit Girls’ brings attention to three important, awesome Milwaukee bands

Tyler Maas

June 19, 2023

In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014.Typically, each of our MKE Music Rewind articles focus on one specia...

Puddler’s Hall is petitioning to get Phil Kessel to bring the Stanley Cup to Milwaukee

Tyler Maas

June 16, 2023

This past Tuesday, the Vegas Golden Knights won the first Stanley Cup in franchise history. Among the players on that championship-winning roster is journeyman right wing Phil Kessel. This season's Stanley Cup ...

Garden Home takes over Music Go Round Greenfield in “Past Life” video

Tyler Maas

June 16, 2023

In late 2021, Garden Home released postmortem. The two-track EP showed the post-hardcore project pulling no punches as it earnestly addressed feelings of remorse, confinement, and helplessness brought on by bot...

Great Job, Milwaukee! We’re apparently a good place for burgers, naked bike rides, luck

Tyler Maas

June 15, 2023

Here at Milwaukee Record, we employ a sentient machine known as the Great Job, Wisconsin! Bot to keep track of the state’s many appearances on dopey online lists, as well as any time a national publication deig...

Here’s the Live @ Aloft concert series lineup

Tyler Maas

June 15, 2023

Another day, another concert series announcement. Don't get us wrong! The steady influx of new (and free!) music happenings is great, but we must admit we're struggling to keep up. Yesterday, we posted the line...

Brewed City: Dryhootch Coffeehouse

Tyler Maas

June 14, 2023

Milwaukee and its surrounding suburbs boast a wealth of great independent coffee shops, award-winning roasters, and other excellent area establishments where you can get a caffeine fix. We plan to celebrate som...

I created a tiny version of Fuel Cafe’s “Buttafuoco” sandwich for some reason

Tyler Maas

June 12, 2023

Back in the fall of 2020, I—no doubt hankering for a Fuel Cafe fix I hadn't been able to get for months—developed a copycat recipe for the renowned coffee shop/restaurant's beloved "Buttafuoco" sandwich. Even i...

Gibraltar to have grand reopening in new Third Ward location June 22

Tyler Maas

June 12, 2023

June 22 marks the opening day of Summerfest. That same night will also mark the grand opening of a cocktail lounge and venue that's located just beyond the Summerfest parking lot. Well, it's technically the gra...

Miller High Life and Planters are opening “The Nuttiest Dive Bar” (for a limited time)

Tyler Maas

June 12, 2023

Have you ever wanted to drink while sitting inside an enormous peanut shell? If you answered yes to that extremely specific/strange question and you'll be around Milwaukee between July 9 and July 12, the fine f...

Famous Racing Sausages, ranked

Tyler Maas

June 11, 2023

They're the first (and the best) of their kind. They've been repeatedly imitated by mid-inning promotions at other ballparks, but never successfully replicated. Though they were only created 30 years ago, they'...

Just a reminder that Wisconsin has a Big Boy and its fish fry is good

Tyler Maas

June 9, 2023

Almost two years ago, Big Boy came back to Wisconsin. Following a 26-year absence in the region, a restaurant group called Wisconsin Big Boy LLC officially brought the Michigan-based chain back to the state by ...

Here’s the 2023 South Shore Farmers Market entertainment lineup

Tyler Maas

June 9, 2023

Between the pristine lake-adjacent setting, the wide selection of local goods, and its proximity to a beer garden, the South Shore Farmers Market is one of the best parts of summer in Milwaukee. Adding to the a...