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...
Sink your teeth into Mortgage Freeman’s new single, “Space Tiger”
Without question, Mortgage Freeman is one of the best band names in Milwaukee music. Unfortunately, it's not a name you see on many show lineups since the band released its prog-y eight-song debut, The Living P...
Watch Sylvan Esso’s Milwaukee-made video for “Dreamy Bruises”
If you thought Friday’s Pabst Theater show was the conclusion of the Great Sylvan Esso-Milwaukee Courtship of 2014, think again. The Durham, NC duo solidified its local connection with a new video for “Dreamy B...
Tracklist: 13 more bands Milwaukee can claim by association
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As great as Sylvan Esso is, you have to think at least some of the reason for Durham-based duo’s Pabst Theater sellout Friday had to do with Milwaukee being the hometown of Nick Sanborn. Prior to startin...
Sylvan Esso plays it right at Pabst Theater
On the wings of its outstanding self-titled debut album, Durham dream-pop duo Sylvan Esso has enjoyed a swift and well-deserved rise to prominence that’s included ample NPR attention, an unforgettable performan...
Unrehearsed MKE is a practice in improvisation
For close to two years, an eclectic cast of classically trained musicians hailing from Milwaukee, Madison, Chicago, and as far away as New York has convened on stage the first Sunday of each month to collaborat...
Extra Points: What the Packer on your fantasy team says about you
Thursday’s regular season opener between the Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks marks the true beginning of the NFL season. As exciting as the return of football makes millions of people, a significant port...
The Suicide Machines are coming to Cudahy October 3
If you're seeking a night of noisy nostalgia in or around Milwaukee Friday, October 3, the decision of what to do just got a lot more difficult. It was just announced that—in addition to Braid's Cactus Club app...
Exclusive: Stream The Midwest Beat’s new album, Free Of Being
The Midwest Beat has been around for close to 10 years. During that lengthy tenure—in which the band has amassed three full-length albums (and nine releases in all)—its sound has shifted, augmented, and develop...
Deadspin’s Drew Magary elaborates on why the Packers suck
By now you’ve likely read the latest Packers-pummeling installment of Deadspin’s second annual “Why Your Team Sucks” series. Like it or lump it, the mean-spirited and brutally honest written roast has quickly b...
WC Tank discusses his musical mixed media assemblage, Almost Forever
It would be a disservice to merely refer to WC Tank as a rapper without also making mention of the artsy emcee’s body of work that finds him providing visuals for nationally recognized rappers, making excellent...
Exclusive: Stream the self-titled debut EP by Ugly Brothers
Founded in 2011 by brothers Alex and Palmer Shah—two Milwaukee transplants of debatable attractiveness from Green Bay—Ugly Brothers kept its original emo-meets-Delta-blues output confined to house shows and Riv...
Wealthy Ghost unveils new song, announces EP
Last year, Wealthy Ghost came out of nowhere with its chilling, bare bones, and deeply-personal debut, Good Luck. The pet project of Milwaukee musician Pete Kostrivas earned sporadic local praise, and saw the s...
First Impression: Refuge Smoothie Cafe (Bay View)
Bay View's a-changing. It's hard to muster vitriol against the outstanding restaurants popping up (and those soon to open) in the transitional southeastern Milwaukee neighborhood, but some longtime residents st...
Exclusive: Stream the new Old Earth album, A Wake In The Wells
Todd Umhoefer is that rare breed of modern artist who thrusts his work in front of everything else. Regular income, consistent housing, and any semblance of security be damned. It amounts to shit if the music i...
Listen to Ryan Lowe’s latest comic creation, Lone Wolf Comedy Radio Theatre
Longtime Milwaukee comedian Ryan Lowe is hands down one of the funniest comics taking the stage in Milwaukee right now. While he could easily just get by on the intellectual absurdity he heaps into his stand-up...
Extra Points: Why this week is the worst of the NFL season
Let’s just come right out and say it. This is the worst week of the entire NFL season that happens between the preseason-starting Pro Football Hall Of Fame Game and Super Bowl Sunday. Even during your favorite ...
Rusty P’s push the plot of local hip-hop
The tale of Milwaukee hip-hop is a largely unappreciated work. It’s one that’s often overshadowed by more voluminous renderings regarding the subject of similarly sized Midwestern markets. After a great deal of...