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Wisconsin Frozen Pizza Tournament: Deluxe regional

March 16, 2017

Between the NCAA tournament, the unpredictable weather, and the likelihood you’re broke after paying taxes, March is a month that seems made for staying home and eating frozen pizza. Wisconsin is fortunate to b...

Warm up to Static Eyes with “The Thaw” music video

Tyler Maas

March 16, 2017

Believe it or not, Static Eyes haven't put out a record in about four years. Since releasing a split with Drugs Dragons in 2013, the Milwaukee garage rock vets have replaced their bassist, they wrote a batch of...

Come to (or sign up for) our first Broken Up Band Bazaar benefit for Arte Para Todos

Tyler Maas

March 15, 2017

In its first two years, Arte Para Todos raised approximately $40,000 for Milwaukee public school art programs through the combined efforts of hundreds of musicians and visual artists bringing their talents to d...

17 ways to avoid a stereotypical St. Paddy’s Day

Tyler Maas

March 15, 2017

St. Patrick's Day is an annual excuse to get out and celebrate in the waning days of winter. It's a holiday build on the foundation of Irish pride, fun, and revelry. On the other hand, it also kind of sucks. Be...

Comet Cafe’s first “Talkin’ Vegan” video introduces new menu items

Tyler Maas

March 15, 2017

In its 21-plus years in existence (and counting), The Comet Cafe has worn many hats. What started as a quaint and character-laden cafe that employed the city's entire music scene has slowly turned into a local ...

Wisconsin Frozen Pizza Tournament: Taco/Cheeseburger regional

Tyler Maas

March 13, 2017

Between the NCAA tournament, the unpredictable weather, and the likelihood you're broke after paying taxes, March is a month that seems made for staying home and eating frozen pizza. Wisconsin is fortunate to b...

A guide to the 2017 NCAA Tournament’s Milwaukee games

Tyler Maas

March 13, 2017

Following a weekend that was packed with conference tournaments and Sunday night's selection show, March Madness is officially here. The 2017 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament officially starts on Tuesday, befor...

Tim Dillard makes Brewers Spring Training worthwhile

Tyler Maas

March 10, 2017

As fun as that montage in Major League made it seem, Spring Training is sort of an exercise in futility for unabashedly rebuilding organizations. Sure, it allows prospects and new acquisitions an opportunity to...

Remembering The Bomb Shelter (and Greg Landig)

Tyler Maas

March 9, 2017

Last night, Junior's Hook—a nice neighborhood bar with a more-than-respectable beer list and an inviting atmosphere—celebrated two years in business in its cozy digs at 1517 S. 2nd Street. It's unlikely many pe...

The second time is a charm for Piles on ‘Expeller’

Tyler Maas

March 9, 2017

Last winter, just a few months removed from the release of the locally-lauded Planet Skin, Piles returned to the studio with aspirations of knocking out a new batch of songs for another album over the course of...

Noted battle rapper Carter Deems spreads skills to Milwaukee comedy

Tyler Maas

March 8, 2017

For many people involved in Milwaukee's comedy scene, stand-up is a hobby and a fun outlet to help meet people while staying creatively fulfilled. As an aspiring comic improves, their opportunities to perform g...

Hear a new song from the new, improved, expanded Twin Brother

Tyler Maas

March 8, 2017

Following a fruitful 2014 in which Twin Brother released its emotive coming of age record, Swallow The Anchor, the band that began as a folk trio started to move in a different direction. Amid departures, shift...

Hear Jaill singer Vincent Kircher’s first solo single, “Mr. Doom”

Tyler Maas

March 7, 2017

After finally releasing the long-delayed Brain Cream in 2015, Jaill—and singer-guitarist Vincent Kircher, in particular—has kept a pretty low profile. Though the past 18 months have seen the former Sub Pop and ...

WMSE will release a live Direct Hit! 7-inch for Record Store Day 2017

Tyler Maas

March 6, 2017

Since 2015, local radio institution and chili competition curator WMSE has helped spread the good will and wonder of Record Store Day with a limited-edition release of a 7-inch from a Milwaukee (or Milwaukee-re...

And “MKE’s Best Bloody” is…

Tyler Maas

March 5, 2017

Sunday afternoon, as throngs of people were eating their weight at MSOE's Kern Center as part of WMSE's 15th annual Rockabilly Chili Fundraiser, thousands of people gathered at the nearby Italian Community Cent...

We’re showing ‘BASEketball’ at Avalon Theater

Tyler Maas

March 3, 2017

Way back in July of 1998, Trey Parker and Matt Stone were enjoying newfound success with South Park, which premiered the previous summer. As the world was first getting to know the groundbreaking and influentia...

Joan La Rosa returns from comedy crash course in China

Tyler Maas

March 3, 2017

In no particular order, starting out in stand-up comedy and moving to a faraway country whose language you don't know are probably the first and second biggest fears for most Americans. Joan La Rosa is the exce...

This Is It! wants you to re-design its logo

Tyler Maas

March 3, 2017

This Is It! is nothing short of a Milwaukee—no, a Wisconsin—institution. Billing itself as "Milwaukee's oldest gay bar, "TITs" has been a presence on Wells Street in Cathedral Square since 1968. Initially, it k...

Stream The Zach Pietrini Band’s ‘Holding Onto Ghosts’

Tyler Maas

March 1, 2017

Zach Pietrini is a work in progress. That's not an indictment of his talent as much as it is an acknowledgement of Americana troubadour's unwillingness to spend too much time in any single creative territory. S...

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

Tyler Maas

March 1, 2017

March is a period of transition. The month straddles two seasons, a part-time resident in the ass-end of winter and a temporary tenant within the burst and bloom brought on by spring. As the season changes an...

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