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Lady Lamb is gracious and great in Turner Hall return

July 17, 2015

Last April, Maine-based musician Aly Spaltro stood on Turner Hall's stage for the first time, as her project—then called Lady Lamb The Beekeeper—played in support of Typhoon. Just over 15 months later, the mayb...

Comedian J.J. Harris comes clean about going dirty

Tyler Maas

July 16, 2015

No matter how you cut it, stand-up comedy isn't easy. That said, you're unlikely to have a smoother entrance to this altogether difficult art form than Christian comedy. Just ask Milwaukee comic "Loveable Mr." ...

Tyler Menz talks Voyager, opening for Todd Barry

Tyler Maas

July 15, 2015

Milwaukee comedian Tyler Menz isn't the type of performer who's comfortable standing still. Sure, he's prone to dust off his now-classic "Muffins Milwaukee" joke from time to time, but the busy local comic reve...

Tommy Stinson is coming to Club Garibaldi on September 11

Tyler Maas

July 14, 2015

Those who missed The Replacements' sold-out May 2 show at The Rave are in luck. Well, they're sort of in luck, at least. Tommy Stinson, the bassist of the seminal Minneapolis rock band—and a little group called...

Get run down by Awkward Terrible’s “Return” music video

Tyler Maas

July 14, 2015

Technology moves fast. Music inspired by, and that samples from technology, however, doesn’t always progress as quickly. Excluding Horchata, a joint-band split with The Glowing Stars in 2012, Milwaukee chiptune...

Bandsketball 2015: First round results and second round matchups

Tyler Maas

July 13, 2015

Following an enjoyable and altogether successful inaugural year, Bandsketball is back. The band-based basketball tournament returned to the courts on Fratney and Center streets in Riverwest for a second session...

Here’s the Brady Street Festival lineup

Tyler Maas

July 13, 2015

With the exception of Up & Over shows, the occasional Nomad event, and two years of the East Side Music Tour, Brady Street isn’t exactly the first place you’d think of when it comes to seeing live music in ...

50 Cent is coming to the Woodman’s in Oak Creek for some reason

Tyler Maas

July 10, 2015

If his lyrics are to be believed, one can usually find 50 Cent in the club with a bottle full of bub. However, between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Wednesday, July 29, suburban shoppers will find the internationally kn...

Off Base: Milwaukee Brewers mid-season awards

Tyler Maas

July 10, 2015

What an unforgettable season of Milwaukee Brewers baseball! After 87 games, numerous injuries, and two managers, the Brew Crew currently sits in last place in the National League Central and looking up at all b...

First Impression: The Thirsty Duck

Tyler Maas

July 9, 2015

For hundreds of years, mankind has willingly left the comforts of home no matter the conditions and resigned itself to the concept of paying inflated bar prices for drinks that sometimes take upwards of five mi...

Here’s the MishMash Fest 2015 lineup

Tyler Maas

July 9, 2015

One event we failed to mention in our otherwise thorough and exhaustive Summer Festival Guide was MishMash Fest. Since The Fatty Acids unofficially christened the inaugural event with an amp fire back in 2011, ...

An entirely local weekend at Summerfest

Tyler Maas

July 6, 2015

Though Summerfest books bands from all corners of the country and brings in a fair amount of international talent, The Big Gig has recently gone about narrowing the disparaging gap between its hometown talent a...

23 bread-free Summerfest foods to eat when Smash Mouth plays

Tyler Maas

July 5, 2015

In case you don't recall or if you haven't kept up on the current events of musical footnotes of the late '90s and early 2000s, Steve Harwell—heretofore known as "the dude from Smash Mouth"—flipped the fuck out...

Watch Jack Tell’s endearingly simple “My Name Is Jack” music video

Tyler Maas

July 3, 2015

Milwaukee's collective music video game is strong these days. In the last year alone, local artists have given their music visual representation in a series of impressive, ambitious just plain inventive ways in...

Brand New and Manchester Orchestra make Summerfest sing

Tyler Maas

July 2, 2015

With a 15-year track record, Brand New is anything but. Since reaching semi-consciousness way back in 2001 with Your Favorite Weapon, the New York band has taken incremental steps to transition from mid-eschael...

Welcome to July: Here’s what you’re doing this month

Tyler Maas

July 1, 2015

Where has the summer gone? It seems like the season only started yesterday, when in all actuality, it started 11 days ago. Okay, okay, so there's still a shit-ton of summer left, but with the abundance of festi...

Obsoletes return for two-show reunion

Tyler Maas

June 30, 2015

Even the snobbiest Milwaukee music historian wouldn’t fault you for not knowing who the Obsoletes were. After all, two-thirds of the band’s members lived upwards of 100 miles outside Milwaukee for the vast majo...

Jeff Wheatley-Heckman suits up for ComedySportz’s Summerfest lineup

Tyler Maas

June 30, 2015

In 2010, Jeff Wheatley-Heckman moved from Maryland to Milwaukee with the intent of helping inner city youth. After the comedy fan's noble work experience concluded, he decided to stay in town and help himself t...

Meat Puppets will return to Club Garibaldi on August 28

Tyler Maas

June 29, 2015

Though Club Garibaldi’s stage will be empty for the entirety of July and most of August, the vastly underrated venue will come back strong with some great shows between the end of summer and the beginning of fa...

Jaill breaks free with Brain Cream

Tyler Maas

June 26, 2015

After six years and two records, Jaill is right back where it started. Since 2009 Burger Records debut There’s No Sky (Oh My My), the band—then called “Jail”—added a consonant, lost all but one member, signed t...

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