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Hear Space Raft’s soaring new ‘Paper Airplanes’ 45

February 25, 2016

// To say Space Raft started strong would be a massive understatement. In late 2014, the band—which features current and former members of Whips, Call Me Lightning, Temper Temper, and Green Bay-based The My...

Tracklist: Milwaukee’s 15 best bar and restaurant puns

Tyler Maas

February 24, 2016

// Milwaukee could arguably be considered the nation's bar capital. Simultaneously, a cavalcade of new and exciting restaurants are popping up around town on a monthly basis, helping to bolster the city's c...

Exclusive: Stream WORK’s new LP, ‘Doing The Lords’

Tyler Maas

February 24, 2016

// WORK is a tough band to pin down. With toes dipped in the divergent waters of punk, folk, and even on the surface country, the trio manages to subtly nod to a wide breadth of acts that range from Lucero ...

Damon Millard talks ‘Shame, Pain, And Love’ before album recording

Tyler Maas

February 23, 2016

// Though he currently lives in Reno, Nevada (at least until his roving stand-up career takes him to yet another city), comedian Damon Millard got his start in Milwaukee. When he was, as he says, "learning ...

WC Tank duels with the devil in “27th And National” music video

Tyler Maas

February 22, 2016

// Between his directorial work on Busdriver, milo, and adoptahighway projects (among others), Milwaukee filmmaker Wes Tank can be routinely relied upon to put out some of the most innovative and visually s...

SNYD’s new mixtape pays tribute to Kobe Bryant

Tyler Maas

February 19, 2016

// On Monday, February 22, the Milwaukee Bucks will host the Los Angeles Lakers. Though a 22-32 team hosting an 11-44 team doesn't exactly have the makings of a meaningful game, the Bradley Center will be p...

Straight Outta Company Brewing: Jordan Lee previews Dre Day MKE

Tyler Maas

February 18, 2016

// Today marks the 51st birthday of Andre Young, who is better known throughout the world as Dr. Dre. The rap icon's influential career spans parts of four decades. Along the way, he's sold millions of albu...

On The Record Episode 55: The state of metal in Milwaukee

Tyler Maas

February 17, 2016

// It took 55 episodes to do so, but On The Record finally took a long-overdue look at the state of heavy metal in Milwaukee. Though the city's metal scene rarely gets covered adequately by local publicatio...

Soul Low opens up, unplugs, looks ahead before rare acoustic show

Tyler Maas

February 17, 2016

// Soul Low is in a strange place right now. Following its biggest year to date, the band currently looms in a self-described "vinyl purgatory" that finds it sitting on new material and staying relatively q...

Weird! Bubba Sparxxx will perform at City Lounge in Cudahy on April 30

Tyler Maas

February 16, 2016

// Today in the "suburban bars booking past-prime rappers" beat comes news that the crown jewel of East Layton Avenue late-night, City Lounge, has landed a show with a formerly formidable "country rap" fore...

Pastafarians rejoice! Wisconsin DMV now allows colanders in license photos

Tyler Maas

February 15, 2016

// Church Of The Flying Spaghetti Monster members (also known as "Pastafarians") who live in Wisconsin are in luck. Last week, around the same time followers of a different religion were walking around in p...

WAMI People’s Choice ballot is open

Tyler Maas

February 15, 2016

// That time of year is upon us again. Roughly a year after doling out hardware to deserving winners like PHOX, GGOOLLDD, Field Report, and WebsterX, as well as questionable winners like Vic Ferrari, "Live ...

Rio Turbo and Dashcam remix “20/20” for Valentine’s Day

Tyler Maas

February 14, 2016

// Happy Valentine's Day, Milwaukee! Hopefully you spent the weekend cuddled up close to that special someone. If Cupid's arrow missed you this year, cheer up knowing Milwaukee party-pop purveyor Rio Turbo ...

Off Base: The best, worst, and weirdest Milwaukee Brewers 2016 giveaways

Tyler Maas

February 12, 2016

// We've already come to terms with the overwhelming likelihood the Milwaukee Brewers are going to be very, very (and maybe historically) bad in 2016. Between everything new GM David Stearns has said, the v...

Exclusive: Stream the new Brat Sounds EP, ‘Gatorade’

Tyler Maas

February 12, 2016

// Following a solid self-titled debut put out under the name Brat Sounds in late 2014, former Dinny Bulca singer Scott Cary's new project really started to hit its stride last September with the release of...

Tracklist: 13 ways to celebrate and/or avoid Valentine’s Day

Tyler Maas

February 10, 2016

// Some of you are in a serious relationship, or at least involved in a budding romance. Others are happily (or perhaps miserably) single. No matter where your love life lands, the same thing holds abundant...

Relive Burnhearts Mitten Fest 2016 with these photos

Tyler Maas

February 10, 2016

// God damn, Burnhearts Mitten Fest 2016 was great. Excuse the tardiness, but we've only recently thawed out, sobered up, and fully processed all the food, fun, friendship, and philanthropy that took place ...

Midwest Death Rattle returns with “Post-Apocalypso” lyric video

Tyler Maas

February 9, 2016

// Back in December, we compiled a list of Milwaukee bands making albums we were excited to hear in 2016. Though our WordPress theme apparently ate that post for some reason, we assure you that Midwest Deat...

The Fatty Acids’ Derek De Vinney goes it alone as Lingerer

Tyler Maas

February 9, 2016

// After being at or at least near the forefront of Milwaukee's music scene since 2010's Stop Berries, Berries And Berries, Berries, The Fatty Acids have experienced some changes. Once relied upon to play a...

Comparing the 2002 and 2016 Milwaukee Brewers, the worst teams in franchise history

Tyler Maas

February 5, 2016

// With the team's On Deck event having come and gone, pitchers and catchers preparing to report to spring training in a matter of days, and last weekend's Jean Segura trade essentially signaling the end of...

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