Herman Astro is breaking up
In a status posted to its Facebook page Wednesday afternoon, established soulful Milwaukee alternative outfit Herman Astro announced it will be calling it quits. The seemingly amicable exodus comes as a result ...
Exclusive: Stream Grasping At Straws’ debut full-length
Riverwest is presently riding a wave of talented twenty-somethings who are pitching in oodles of enthusiasm, classical training, and a host of styles that are equally eclectic and inventive to forge an understa...
Female comics take center stage in Ragtime Variety Hour
Amid the ongoing comedy boom that finds the art of stand-up growing worldwide and gaining recognition in even the snootiest crannies of society, female comics as a whole remain a largely marginalized group. Eve...
Ben Conrad puts care and collaboration in concert for MACC Fund benefit
Among the hundreds of people likely to be in attendance for Friday night’s Concert 4 MACC at Turner Hall, most will undoubtedly be on hand because they want to see noted Wisconsin-sired heavyhitters Cory Chisel...
The Midwest Beat challenges you to a staring contest in new music video
After releasing a music video; streaming its album; and playing four combined release shows in Milwaukee, Green Bay, and Madison, you’d think The Midwest Beat’s latest and greatest album, Free Of Being, has bee...
Exclusive: Stream Greatest Lakes’ self-titled debut album
We’re living in an age where an artist can conceivably wake up, write a song, record that song on a personal computer, and make the hours-old rendering available to listeners in any Internet-equipped nook of th...
Off Base: John Axford’s career, as told through 7 movies
It’s hard to stop loving John Axford. Even after a messy exodus from his perch as Brewers closer and the fact that he has twice pitched for division rivals (though both came as the result of trades), the Ax-Man...
Iron & Wine calls for requests in solo Pabst Theater outing
Though it’s close to a decade removed from its commercial peak as go-to indie flick score and default audio accompaniment for that “play an entire song and show different characters doing stuff at the end of th...
Dana Coppa and SPEAK Easy look back at their “Golden Girls” in new single
Directly inspired by Jay Z’s “Girls” (down to the presence of a sample) and “the girls of past,” veteran Milwaukee rappers Dana Coppa (or Dana Coppafeel) and SPEAK Easy pool their adolescent romantic histories...
Tyler Menz prepares to serve up laughs with The Food Truck comedy showcase
Tyler Menz is a busy man. When he's not shaping young minds in his day job, the teacher moonlights in a variety of comedic persuasions. He's a regular at open mics around Milwaukee, Madison, and Chicago between...
Ladies: Let WTMJ help you treat your man’s “football psychosis”
It’s that time of year again. Football is back, which means it’s also time for at least one Milwaukee media outlet to inevitably decide to fill time and bandwidth with an antiquated guide to help its female lis...
Vonny Del Fresco joins Three. Stacks. Eliot for a living room session
No A-side/B-side necessary: Milwaukee’s music scene can absolutely be too insular at times. With the number of local bands who are prone to tour in pairs, and populate Groundhog Day-esque local show bills toget...
Sat. Nite Duets and The Fatty Acids rekindle b-ball rivalry for art’s sake
Wouldn't it be cool if music videos were real? Imagine a universe where a woman could be whisked away to an exhilarating animated world like the one in A-ha's "Take On Me", where Paula Abdul and MC Skat Kat cou...
Donivan from Blessed Feathers (truly) needs your help
Milwaukee has no shortage of people looking to Kickstart their dreams by soliciting donations to get their band in the studio, help fund a tour, or "promote and grow the Urban Redneck life." While we're not in ...
Bay View Bash 2014: A minute-by-minute recap
And then there were none. After yet another Milwaukee summer rife with festivals and block parties, Saturday’s Bay View Bash unofficially brought the celebration of the season in the City of Festivals to a clos...
Nick Swardson overcomes his fans to entertain his fans at Pabst Theater
In some ways, Nick Swardson is the comic equivalent of that friend everyone has who’s “a really good guy once you get to know him.” While the backwards hat and Afflication shirt donning party boy can quickly be...
Watch the premiere episode of The Jake Kornely Show
When he’s not playing bass in underrated punk band Static Eyes, Milwaukee comic Jake Kornely is continually doing his part to push the local comedy scene forward. Apparently it wasn’t enough simply hosting a we...
Changing of The Vanguard
As part of this weekend’s Bay View Bash, highly anticipated specialty sausage bar The Vanguard will be selling cased meats in front of its yet-to-be-completed property. The pop-up sausage station will grant eag...
Where stand-up meets meat: Sammy Arechar talks Hotdogs And Hamburgers comedy tour
At just 22 years of age and with scantly two years of stage time beneath his belt, Sammy Arechar is already on the shortlist of the funniest stand-up comics in all of Milwaukee. His inventive and eclectic style...
Faith in progress: Marriage equality, religion, and random rooming assignments
By now you’ve at least caught wind of last week’s decision by a three-judge panel in the U.S. Circuit Court Of Appeals declaring Wisconsin’s gay marriage ban to be unconstitutional. There’s likely to be miles w...