Author: Tyler Maas

Var Gallery paints itself into the Walker’s Point landscape

December 5, 2014

When we last visited Var in June, the Bay View artistic hub was breaking in the new stage in its Hide House-adjacent gallery and studio with occasional acoustic performances and comedy showcases. As suitable as...

Catacombz prepares to bow out after 10 years

Tyler Maas

December 4, 2014

A decade together is a milestone for any band. But when a cast of collaborators can come together as teenagers and span the length of two and a half presidential terms, see 10 versions of the iPhone, last appro...

Meat Greeter’s debut doubles as Jordan Maye’s goodbye

Tyler Maas

December 4, 2014

Thursday will be an evening of introductions at Mad Planet. Migo will unveil its debut album, Napkin Back. Not only will the show also be an album release show for Meat Greeter, it will serve as the young proje...

Johnny Beehner brings his homegrown humor out on the road

Tyler Maas

December 3, 2014

It's a quiet November afternoon in a residential neighborhood tucked between high-traffic causeways in Waukesha. Inside his two-story suburban homestead, Johnny Beehner holds his infant son in one arm while ...

Skank and sulk through the season with Something To Do’s “Happy Holidays”

Tyler Maas

December 2, 2014

With Thanksgiving now in the rear view mirror and calendars turned to their final page, the holiday season is officially upon us. Right beside shopping, snowfall, inevitable weight gain, and the growing tension...

Exclusive: Hear two songs off Migo’s bonkers debut, Napkin Back

Tyler Maas

December 2, 2014

Migo is a hard band to reduce to a single genre. Its Facebook page describes the eclectic Milwaukee quartet as “Lost Dog Fan-Fiction” and “Piñata Rock.” As nonsensical as those descriptors sound, we can’t offer...

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

Tyler Maas

December 1, 2014

December is a time for celebration. As publications prepare to roll out their lists of best albums, concerts, and more artistic efforts brought forth during the last 11 months, the calendar year’s cold conclusi...

Bar Rescue’s Y-Not III/Nick’s House episode will air next week

Tyler Maas

November 29, 2014

The last week of September through early October, SPIKE TV reality show/evidence Western society is experiencing a rapid downward spiral Bar Rescue came to Milwaukee to begin the transformation of two area bars...

Black Friday, touring smart, restaurant renaissance

Tyler Maas

November 28, 2014

On select Fridays, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • Fuck Black Friday, right? This "holiday" sends rabid consumers to big ...

Extra Points: 5 more Aaron Rodgers post-game beverages

Tyler Maas

November 28, 2014

Last Sunday’s 24-21 Packers victory over the Vikings in Minneapolis was a rather unexciting affair compared to the two consecutive routes in which Green Bay scored more than 50 points. One of the few highlights...

Goodnight Milwaukee Show and Tall Boys combine comic forces

Tyler Maas

November 26, 2014

Saturday night, live and localized late night talk show The Goodnight Milwaukee Show and the Tall Boys improv troupe will perform together in an instance of multifaceted comedic collaboration. While both groups...

Brewers Double-A affiliate gets new name and logo, loses everyone’s respect

Tyler Maas

November 25, 2014

Following 30 seasons as the Huntsville Stars (that past 15 of those as the Milwaukee Brewers Double-A affiliate), the Southern League franchise was sold in January and was promptly uprooted from the Alabama spa...

Christopher Schmidt wins Battle Royale IV title

Tyler Maas

November 24, 2014

Almost two weeks ago, approximately 30 comedians from Milwaukee (and a few from Madison) stacked their material against one another while participating in Caste Of Killers' fourth annual Battle Royale. After th...

Summertime Dudes return for benefit gig, “huge milkers”

Tyler Maas

November 24, 2014

Milwaukee tribute band The Summertime Dudes doesn't take the stage for just anything. Though the all-star cock-rockers are usually busy enjoying the fruits of their robust catalog of solid gold '70s and '80s cl...

Extra Points: 15 Wisconsin athletes turned awful actors

Tyler Maas

November 21, 2014

If you were anywhere within the Wisconsin state border yesterday and had access to a computer, radio or television, you almost certainly learned the Hollywood gossip about Green Bay Packers players Clay Matthew...

Trapper Schoepp plays Paste’s “Live At Aloft Hotels” series

Tyler Maas

November 21, 2014

Milwaukee folk fixture Trapper Schoepp And The Shades has spent much of 2014 either on the road or in a Nashville studio with Brendan Benson recording a new album (that may or may not feature Marc Maron playing...

Help save the Frosty Mug

Tyler Maas

November 21, 2014

Since early 2008, the Frosty Mug has been an everyday part of each weekday for a sizable segment of Brewers fans. But without some help, the trusted daily treasure trove of Brew Crew news could cease by year's ...

Double Vision: Will Rose plays musical chairs

Tyler Maas

November 20, 2014

The side project isn't a new phenomenon. At a time in which more bands than ever are active, and there are perpetually more descriptors being placed either before or after genre-narrowing hyphens than the pr...

Chris Chuzles breathes new life into Hot Coffin

Tyler Maas

November 20, 2014

This time last year, Chris Chuzles (second from left) was preparing to say goodbye to Disguised As Birds, the decade-old Milwaukee rock band he fronted. Not longer after the release of the band's outstanding sw...

Battle Royale finalists weigh in on title chances

Tyler Maas

November 19, 2014

Following last week's trifecta of Caste Of Killers Battle Royale IV preliminary rounds that found a field of nearly 30 of Milwaukee (and Madison for some reason)'s finest and funniest comedy contest competitors...

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