Author: Tyler Maas

Extra Points: The Green Bay Packers all-unusual names team

January 30, 2015

After the events of two Sundays ago (of which we will not speak), football isn't exactly the first thing on our mind. Unless an outcome where both participants can lose and be banned from the NFL is added in th...

Latino Arts announces spring schedule

Tyler Maas

January 29, 2015

Last fall, Walker’s Point institution Latino Arts Inc. enjoyed an especially strong season, which was punctuated with a sold-out performance by reigning Grammy winners and one-time NPR “Tiny Desk” concert serie...

Arte Para Todos seeks film festival submissions

Tyler Maas

January 28, 2015

If you've looked at any local music or entertainment resource based in or around Milwaukee this week, you've almost certainly seen something about Arte Para Todos. The first-year festival is impossible not to l...

Exclusive: Stream Low Down Sound’s EP, Ride Into The Sun

Tyler Maas

January 28, 2015

Low Down Sound’s debut EP, Ride Into The Sun, is a five-song sampling of American-made classic rock that’s unapologetically tied together with the ideals of freedom and a nomadic exploration of the wild west (p...

First Impression: The Pub Club

Tyler Maas

January 28, 2015

Isn't it strange how a bar can have an identity? Depending on any combination of factors like the decor, the selection, the neighborhood, the clientele, the type of music that's played, and innumerable other in...

Traveling Beer Garden Tour to return in 2015

Tyler Maas

January 27, 2015

There's truly nothing like drinking outside. If you don't recall, "outside" is that place between your home and car that you run through while muttering obscenities about four months of the year. Fortunately, M...

Listen to three songs off The Bang Bang’s self-titled debut

Tyler Maas

January 27, 2015

Young Milwaukee-bred blues rockers The Bang Bang have quietly been kicking around town since playing their first show last April. Thus far, the quartet has been cutting its teeth by playing semi-regular gigs at...

MKEPunk’s Martin Defatte discusses his new WMSE show

Tyler Maas

January 27, 2015

Since 2009, MKEPunk.com has done an admirable job preserving out-of-print music spanning four decades, numerous genres, and all corners of the state. So far, the two-man staff of Martin Defatte and Jeremy Ampe ...

Here’s the unbelievable lineup for Arte Para Todos

Tyler Maas

January 26, 2015

Milwaukee music has been especially generous lately. Both Borg Warm and, ahem, Local Coverage showcased numerous local acts to raise thousands for Girls Rock Milwaukee earlier this month. Pablove 6 saw a flurry...

Chastity Washington: 20 years of laughter

Tyler Maas

January 22, 2015

Talk to virtually any Milwaukee comedian long enough and the name Chastity Washington will eventually come up. The proper noun will undoubtedly be sandwiched between flattering adjectives and glowing compliment...

Have a few drinks with area comics in new Web series

Tyler Maas

January 21, 2015

We've said it before, we'll say it again, and will continue to say it until it's not absolutely true: Milwaukee's stand-up comedy scene is chock full of talent, and you should start recognizing and supporting t...

Say hello to Blonder and stream “Yellow”

Tyler Maas

January 21, 2015

Do you guys remember Cousins? No, you say? That's cool, since the short-tenured band post-punk band called it quits roughly two months after releasing its entirely great first/final record...and 30th best Milwa...

Riverwest FemFest organizer Olivia Doyle talks about her inaugural benefit show

Tyler Maas

January 20, 2015

Though there’s certainly lots of room for growth and tons of progress that still must be made, there’s likely never been more female representation in Milwaukee music than there is right now. Despite the growin...

Watch Twin Brother’s video for “If Heart Was Enough”

Tyler Maas

January 19, 2015

Twin Brother’s emotionally-wrought and all-around wonderful 2014 album Swallow The Anchor was a coming of age record that vaulted the fringe Milwaukee folk act to greater local consciousness and near the top of...

Frank Caliendo leaves a good impression at Riverside Theater

Tyler Maas

January 19, 2015

Frank Caliendo has a unique career as a comedian. Not unlike an American Idol favorite or a late night talk show host, the impressionist's career is dependent on the work of other, usually more famous, people. ...

Preview, pre-order adoptahighway’s new album, A Fault

Tyler Maas

January 16, 2015

Earlier this week, our Tracklist on great local-on-local covers rightfully included compelling redressings of Faux Fir songs on behalf of Milwaukee's premier classically trained experimental electronic instrume...

Pablove 6 gives the gift of GGOOLLDD

Tyler Maas

January 15, 2015

If you read this site semi-regularly, take even a passing interest in Milwaukee music, or have turned on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee within the last hour, you assuredly already know GGOOLLDD. On the weight of its cr...

Phil Davidson aims to (re)start strong in Milwaukee comedy

Tyler Maas

January 14, 2015

Phil Davidson has moved around. Being the supportive husband of a news anchor, the Illinois native has lived in Boise, St. Louis, and most recently spent more than three years in Burlington, Vermont. While in t...

Listen to At Latl’s long overdue return EP, Best Friends

Tyler Maas

January 14, 2015

Unless you caught some of the band's sparing shows in 2011 or 2012, you haven't heard dick from mathy Milwaukee alt-rockers At Latl since 2010's Safe, Sound And Temporary. That came out four and a half years ag...

The longest brunch: Bottoming out on bottomless mimosas

Tyler Maas

January 13, 2015

Everybody loves brunch, right? Even the most hateful soul or jaded downer who vehemently abhors anything the vast majority of the population enjoys can’t resist the appeal of rolling out of bed naturally on a w...

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