Author Tyler Maas

Hear the first single from Peter Mulvey and SistaStrings’ upcoming album

June 23, 2022

In late 2020, prolific singer-songwriter Peter Mulvey and the incomparable instrumentalists in SistaStrings (a duo made up of Monique and Chauntee Ross) co-released Live At The Cafe Carpe, a live album the acco...

Prepare for the Big Gig with My First Band episodes featuring 2022 Summerfest performers

Tyler Maas

June 23, 2022

broadstreet.zone(81112); Each and every year (with the obvious exception of 2020, of course), Summerfest brings some of the planet’s biggest entertainers to Milwaukee. In addition to the dozens of world-renown...

Record Recommended: Summerfest Weekend 1

Tyler Maas

June 22, 2022

Summerfest! Like last year's edition, "The World’s Largest Music Festival" is mixing things up a little in 2022 by staking out three Thursday-Friday-Saturday blocks instead of the traditional 11-day run. With t...

A guide to Milwaukee acts playing Summerfest

Tyler Maas

June 21, 2022

Thursday marks the official start of another Summerfest. Now in its 54th year, the "Big Gig" has long been home to deep fried delicacies, prime people watching, and hundreds upon hundreds of musical acts from a...

I asked my mom to review the new Leinenkugel’s “Lodge Pack”

Tyler Maas

June 16, 2022

With all due respect to Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company—the seventh oldest brewery in the country, which single-handedly carried Chippewa Falls to national consciousness—and its storied history, the western W...

Seventh Stanine Festival to make Milwaukee debut July 30

Tyler Maas

June 15, 2022

Milwaukee's sprawling summer festival season isn't just back, it's more massive and longer-lasting than ever before. Adding the already dizzying list of large-scale festivals, block parties, long-running weekly...

A guide to finding former Bucks players on BIG3 rosters

Tyler Maas

June 14, 2022

If you're anything like us, you haven't watched a second of basketball since the Milwaukee Bucks were unceremoniously ousted from the NBA playoffs by the infuriatingly annoying Boston Celtics a few weeks ago. I...

Greek Fest returns to Wisconsin State Fair Park June 24-26

Tyler Maas

June 10, 2022

Opa! Following two summers off, Greek Fest will officially return to Wisconsin State Fair Park this summer. The 2022 return will take place Friday, June 24 through Sunday, June 26.Organized by the Annunciat...

Roll down the windows, crank up the volume, and enjoy Mertles Acres’ new EP, ‘The American Dream’

Tyler Maas

June 9, 2022

Back in the spring of 2020, we introduced you to Mertles Acres. The pop-punk project—which was started by Direct Hit!'s former rhythm section, multi-instrumentalist Steve Maury and drummer Danny Walkowiak—annou...

PUP tears up Turner Hall in long-awaited Milwaukee return

Tyler Maas

June 7, 2022

A lot can change in five years. During the half-decade span since PUP made its Milwaukee debut at a half-full Turner Hall in the summer of 2017, the Canadian pop-punk quartet that fashioned a small-but-impassio...

Here’s the 2022 South Shore Farmers Market entertainment lineup

Tyler Maas

June 6, 2022

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...

Break out the onions! Shrekfest is coming to a Milwaukee park on September 3

Tyler Maas

June 3, 2022

Milwaukee has long been known as the City Of Festivals. As if the endless array of summer entertainment undertakings isn't already dizzying and delightful enough, the city will soon be home to another unique fe...

Stream GGOOLLDD’s shimmering new single, “Superstar”

Tyler Maas

June 3, 2022

Things have been uncharacteristically quiet over at the GGOOLLDD camp lately. Of course, a live music-shuttering global pandemic isn't exactly a recipe for productivity. But just because we haven't heard from t...

Promises to bring live music and neighborhood tavern feel to Walker’s Point

Tyler Maas

June 2, 2022

Walker's Point will soon be home to a new live music venue and neighborhood tavern. Promises is expected to open at the corner of 6th Street and National Avenue this summer.The new business (located at 538 ...

Fuck it: We’re selling Milwaukee Record pogs now

Tyler Maas

May 26, 2022

Back in February, we sold Milwaukee Record "Fungible Tokens" because Non-Fungible Tokens were in the news a lot at the time and we thought it would be kind of funny or something. Some people bought them. Thanks...

Here’s the 2022 Bay View Jazz Fest lineup

Tyler Maas

May 26, 2022

Entering its seventh year (and its first iteration since 2019), the folks at Milwaukee Jazz Vision, in association with Bay View Gallery Night, are hosting another edition of Bay View Jazz Fest. On Friday, June...

Frank Turner to play solo acoustic outing at X-Ray Arcade on July 10

Tyler Maas

May 25, 2022

Frank Turner has done it all. The English punk singer-songwriter has played thousands of shows over the course of his nearly 30-year musical career. During that over-quarter-century span, he’s released nine exc...

The Vine Humboldt beer garden’s season begins May 26

Tyler Maas

May 25, 2022

We have some good news for fans of beer, the outdoors, and drinking beer outdoors! Yesterday, Milwaukee County Parks announced The Vine Humboldt—a wine and beer garden at Humboldt Park in Bay View—will kick off...

Here’s the 2022 Mayfair Collection Music Spotlight lineup

Tyler Maas

May 25, 2022

If there's such a thing as too much free outdoor live music happening in and around Milwaukee, we haven't seen it yet. Today, Wisconsin Music Ventures announced an eclectic crop of area musicians taking part in...

Here’s the full PrideFest 2022 lineup

Tyler Maas

May 23, 2022

After canceling 2020’s event on account of a pandemic and turning last year’s celebration into a smaller-scale autumnal event called "PridetoberFest," we're pleased to report PrideFest will be returning in full...