Author Tyler Maas

Dress like Rocky Rococo and get free pizza on April 20

March 13, 2019

Rocky Rococo has been a part of Wisconsin's pizza-eating tradition since the Madison-based restaurant opened its first location way back in 1974. A couple years later, a mustachioed man named James Martin Peder...

Here’s the 2019 Cream City Comedy Festival lineup

Tyler Maas

March 13, 2019

In its first three years, Cream City Comedy Festival staged more than 40 shows with close to 200 comedians from Milwaukee, Chicago, Madison, and New York for a few days each May. Even more impressive than the i...

Come to The Vanguard for Snack Pack and sloppy joes at our ‘Billy Madison’ after party

Tyler Maas

March 12, 2019

Have you bought your tickets for next week's screening of Billy Madison at Avalon Theater yet? If you're looking for a reason to get out and about on Wednesday March 20 (in addition to seeing the 1995 Adam Sand...

Dollars For Donuts: Canfora Bakery

Tyler Maas

March 10, 2019

Milwaukee loves donuts. Dozens of bakeries in the city and its surrounding suburbs help people get a sweet start to their day with long johns, crullers, jellies, powdered, cream-filled, cake donuts, and more. I...

John Kuhn and 5 more players who signed one-day contracts to “retire as a Packer”

Tyler Maas

March 8, 2019

Yesterday, more than a year after playing his last down in the NFL, fullback John Kuhn officially called it a career. Though his time in Green Bay ended when the Packers opted not to re-sign the veteran after t...

Hear Klassik reinterpret time-tested material on his ‘American Klassiks’ live album

Tyler Maas

March 7, 2019

On November 16, a sold-out crowd packed Cactus Club to hear Milwaukee singer, rapper, producer, multi-instrumentalist and all-around visionary Klassik reinterpret time-tested spirituals, hymns, and anthems in w...

Get warmed up for Caley Conway’s forthcoming EP with new single, “Cold Hymn”

Tyler Maas

March 7, 2019

Back in December, Caley Conway gave listeners the gift of Boleslaus The Cruel. The five-song EP was her second holiday release in as many years, following 2017's Heart Be Light. Unbeknownst to us, during the ti...

Since you probably missed it when it aired, here’s Christian Yelich’s ‘Magnum P.I.’ cameo

Tyler Maas

March 6, 2019

If you're anything like us, you probably missed Monday's all new episode of CBS' Magnum P.I. for one of the following reasons:• You're not in your mid-seventies • You don't watch original CBS programming ...

A Bay View bar is pulling Budweiser from shelves and “pouring it down the drain” in response to anti-Miller billboards

Tyler Maas

March 5, 2019

Though the Packers and Bears rivalry comes close, there's simply no bigger point of contention in and around Milwaukee than the long-running dispute between two domestic beer kingpins: Miller and Budweiser. Las...

Hear songs from Pay The Devil’s latest, ‘To Hell With Luck’

Tyler Maas

March 5, 2019

Pay The Devil operates at its own speed. Back in early 2015, the self-dubbed "shantygrass outfit" released Wrong Side Of The River, a debut album that was three years in the making. Close to four years after pu...

Here’s what Solemn Oath and Burnhearts will have on tap at Thursday’s Folk House Kegger

Tyler Maas

March 5, 2019

Last month, we announced that Burnhearts and Solemn Oath Brewery would be joining forces for an eclectic night of offbeat art called “A Folk House Kegger." On Thursday, March 7 from 6-10 p.m., the unique event—...

Owen will play its first Milwaukee-area show in close to 15 years

Tyler Maas

March 4, 2019

Despite Milwaukee's proximity to his hometown of Chicago, Mike Kinsella—of American Football, Cap'n Jazz, Joan Of Arc, and his Owen solo project—hasn't played in the area in a long time. Just how long has it be...

Dollars For Donuts: Honeydip Donuts

Tyler Maas

March 3, 2019

Pizza and puppets steal the show in Fuzzysurf’s “Denny” video

Tyler Maas

March 1, 2019

Fuzzysurf is a band suited for any era. Since formally introducing themselves to Milwaukee music fans with 2017's great Me Wocky EP, the quartet has quickly garnered attention with their distinct sound that per...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Ono Kine Grindz gives Wauwatosa a taste of Hawaii

Tyler Maas

February 28, 2019

Now at the tail end of a particularly soul-crushing and snow-covered winter here in metro Milwaukee, locals need to try especially hard to escape the mentally daunting and emotionally taxing impact the outside ...

Martha Cannon talks L’Resorts origin, new Lady Cannon album, Turner Hall Tiki Takedown

Tyler Maas

February 27, 2019

During this final week of the last full month in a seemingly unending Milwaukee winter, it's getting tough for people to think spring. As we do our damnedest to brave frigid temperatures and free our road salt-...

Twin Brother comes back strong and triumphant on ‘A.I.’

Tyler Maas

February 26, 2019

The past two years have been full of ups and down for Sean Raasch. The singer and founding member of Twin Brother expanded his longtime trio into a full-fledged six-piece band and put out the excellent Alone In...

Join us at The Cooperage for our Milwaukee Day Showcase

Tyler Maas

February 25, 2019

About a decade ago, a group of friends realized Milwaukee's 414 area code had a striking resemblance to the numerals in April 14 (or 4/14) and decided to turn that coincidence into a full-blown local holiday. S...

And “Milwaukee’s Best Bloody” is…

Tyler Maas

February 25, 2019

Sunday afternoon, thousands of people gathered at the Italian Community Center to partake in a beloved celebration of a tomato-based local delicacy. Great Lakes Hemophilia Foundation's annual “MKE’s Best Bloody...

Colter Wall captivates Turner Hall with songs of the plains

Tyler Maas

February 23, 2019

Friday night, a one-block stretch of Vel R. Phillips Avenue in downtown Milwaukee simultaneously hosted two of modern music's most promising young voices. While the brand new Fiserv Forum was privy to what was ...