Author Tyler Maas

Finding some positives in a downright terrible Packers season

November 10, 2022

The Green Bay Packers are bad. This season has been bad. Unless things drastically change in the next three weeks (against three opponents with winning records, mind you), the chances of a Packers postseason ar...

Iron Grate BBQ will close November 20

Tyler Maas

November 9, 2022

After eight years in business, Iron Grate BBQ is calling it quits. Today, the Bay View-adjacent restaurant's owner/chef Aaron Patin announced in an email to its online mailing list that Iron Grate will be closi...

Smoking Popes drummer Mike Felumlee yearns for simpler times in new solo single

Tyler Maas

November 8, 2022

In addition to being the longtime drummer of Smoking Popes and the founder of the Live From The Rock Room music video series, Mike Felumlee is also an accomplished solo artist. Over the past 20 years, the Milwa...

Guerrilla Ghost cap off most accomplished year yet with ‘Dying’

Tyler Maas

November 7, 2022

It's safe to say Guerrilla Ghost is having itself a year. Back in April, the politically-pointed industrial hip-hop duo composed of vocalist Bad Graphics Ghost and producer Tron Jovi released its excellent thir...

MATTHÚ explores acoustic and electronic expanses on outstanding debut EP, ‘Montana’

Tyler Maas

November 4, 2022

As half of established sibling synthwave duo Immortal Girlfriend, Kevin Bush has been a fixture on stages at local venues and area festivals, he's composed music that's been used on television, and he has been ...

Good Soup MKE is open and already living up to its name

Tyler Maas

November 3, 2022

Even though these past few days have been unseasonably warm, fall is here, winter is on the way, and colder days are ahead. Thankfully, Milwaukee has some truly great soup spots to help warm your soul and nouri...

Everything you need to know about ‘A Whole New Ballgame’—an extremely short-lived ’90s sitcom set in Milwaukee

Tyler Maas

November 3, 2022

A version of this article originally appeared on our Patreon. Want to support Milwaukee Record and get exclusive articles and podcasts? Click HERE. Thanks!I'm a person who has a tendency to get lost down ra...

Join us for a ‘Caverns Below Milwaukee’ conversation with Andy Tyra on November 26

Tyler Maas

November 2, 2022

If you come to this website with any regularity, we can confidently say you’ve stumbled across the work of Andy Tyra. The Michigan (by way of Milwaukee) illustrator and is the artist responsible for our T-shirt...

Bask in the scenic views and smooth jazz of The Steph Lippert Project’s “Which Witch?” video

Tyler Maas

November 2, 2022

Steph Lippert does it all. The Milwaukee multi-instrumentalist can be heard singing, tickling the ivories, and playing the trombone in a wide range of area acts including L'Resorts, B8R, Lady Cannon, and The Br...

Get ready for All Synths Day with Robot Witch’s alien-infused “Take Me To Your Healer” music video

Tyler Maas

October 31, 2022

Last year, we prepped you for the 5th annual "All Synths Day" by premiering a song from a new project called Robot Witch. With the 6th annual affair slated to take place at X-Ray Arcade on November 5, the synth...

South Shore Terrace will close out its season this weekend

Tyler Maas

October 29, 2022

If the recent run of days in the 40s and the fact we're a couple days away from November didn’t already hammer the point home, allow us the be the bearer of bad news: summer is over. It’s sad, but it’s true. Fa...

Times Cinema to host “Nic Cage November”

Tyler Maas

October 28, 2022

Now that another year of Shocktoberfest is wrapping up, Neighborhood Theater Group has a tough act to follow once Halloween is through. However, it seems like they've found just the thing. Starting next Friday,...

Watch Valerie Lighthart’s chilling and unnerving “Monster” music video…if you dare

Tyler Maas

October 27, 2022

This past April, multi-faceted Milwaukee musician, model, and photographer Valerie Lighthart completed her "By Moonlight" EP trilogy with the release of Pt. III: The Banshee. That third release followed Pt. I: ...

Heads up! Nite Owl will end its season “this weekend or next”

Tyler Maas

October 26, 2022

Nite Owl is a spring and summertime staple that’s thrived on Milwaukee’s South Side since 1948. The iconic drive-in has been an important and widely-loved part of the city’s warm weather months for generations....

Chris Schulist talks about being Jack White’s tour DJ and professional Hype Man

Tyler Maas

October 24, 2022

People in Milwaukee know Chris Schulist for a lot of different reasons. In addition to being the co-owner of The Vanguard, co-founder of Dope Folks Records, and the former vocalist of The Mistreaters, Schulist ...

Remembering some lesser-known Packers wide receivers

Tyler Maas

October 21, 2022

The Packers have a lot of issues right now. The top of that long list of shortcomings is the wide receiver position. The receiving corps was questionable at the start of the season when everyone was relatively ...

I went to the last Ponderosa in Wisconsin (and one of the last locations in the world)

Tyler Maas

October 19, 2022

In 1965, Dan Lasater, Norm Wiese, and Charles Kleptz opened a restaurant in Kokomo, Indiana. The steakhouse was called Ponderosa, named after the Ponderosa Ranch in the long-running Bonanza television series. B...

Triskele’s has closed, is selling its art and signage

Tyler Maas

October 19, 2022

After 15 years in business, Triskele’s has officially closed. The chef- and owner-operated restaurant that opened on the corner of 3rd St. and Maple St. in late 2007 quietly called it quits back on October 8, a...

The Vanguard to become “Paisley Pork, The Restaurant Formerly Known As Vanguard” for one night only

Tyler Maas

October 18, 2022

The Vanguard isn’t afraid to shake things up. On top of regularly adjusting its menu in new and exciting ways, the owners of the Bay View bar and sausage emporium have shown no hesitation to occasionally break ...

The WhiskeyBelles and Great Lakes Distillery collaborate on “Touch Of Honey” whiskey

Tyler Maas

October 18, 2022

Back in 2012, The WhiskeyBelles released their debut album, Whiskey Woman. Since then, the folk-tinged country trio has played hundreds of shows all over the Midwest, won a bunch of WAMI Awards, became a regula...