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Go on a high speed chase in Platinum Boys’ “Downtown” video

November 24, 2015

// Platinum Boys have enjoyed a pretty big year. The band's great debut album, Future Hits, was called a "solid get-wasted soundtrack" by Pitchfork—and similarly-flattering things by various other respected...

Cherish “One Moment” with the reunited Rusty P’s

Tyler Maas

November 24, 2015

// After two decades on stage, seven studio records, and a list of opening opportunities most rappers would kill for, Rusty Pelicans (since changed to Rusty P's) are an indisputable Milwaukee dynasty act. B...

Here’s the Riverwest FemFest lineup, schedule

Tyler Maas

November 22, 2015

// Way back in September, we revealed the—to quote our previous post—"crazy good" lineup for the second annual Riverwest FemFest, a female-focused festival that would return in January 2016 following a grea...

Here are the “holiday” movies screening at Avalon Theater and Times Cinema

Tyler Maas

November 20, 2015

// If Andy Williams is to be believed, we're getting close to the most wonderful time of the year. While Black Friday madness, frigid temperatures, and dreadful seasonal ditties like "It's The Most Wonderfu...

Better vape than never: One man’s epic pre-ban e-cig smoke sesh

Tyler Maas

November 19, 2015

It’s likely you haven’t heard, but those who smoke electronic cigarettes may find their basic human rights going up in smoke—or more accurately, up in some type of synthetic vapor—very soon. According to a rece...

The Belle Weather packs light on ‘Suitcase’

Tyler Maas

November 18, 2015

// After more than three overcast years, the sun is beginning to shine favorably on The Belle Weather. The Sheboygan-based band first earned some awareness with 2013’s Hold On, 11 fair-to-middling songs fir...

Exclusive: Stream Bad Wig’s debut EP

Tyler Maas

November 17, 2015

// Late last month, we reported the band Milwaukee had come to know and love under the moniker The Midwestern Charm would forge on under the name Bad Wig. The change in identification came as a result of a ...

You’re invited to Milwaukee Record’s “From The Stage To The Booth” DJ set at Blackbird

Tyler Maas

November 17, 2015

// Way back in September, we announced the lineup for Blackbird’s “From The Stage To The Booth” DJ series, which finds a different musical act taking over the Bay View bar’s turntables from 10 until close e...

Patton Oswalt will headline Laugh It Up Milwaukee on January 30

Tyler Maas

November 17, 2015

// You'd be hard-pressed to find a modern comedian who as influential, who is quoted as often, or who holds a higher average ranking among today's self-described comedy nerds than Patton Oswalt. The veteran...

RISK! takes Colectivo’s back room on emotional, rewarding ride

Tyler Maas

November 16, 2015

// Over the course of six years and 700-plus episodes, there isn't much that RISK!—the popular storytelling podcast hosted by Kevin Allison of The State semi-notoriety—hasn't done. The comic and his eclecti...

Fourth annual Mad Planet Ugly Sweater Holiday Party lineup, date announced

Tyler Maas

November 16, 2015

// In its first three years, Mad Planet’s Ugly Sweater Holiday Party has combined some of Milwaukee’s best musical acts and worst seasonal garments into a wonderful yuletide event that has become as much a ...

Extra Points: 69 things that happened since the last time the Detroit Lions won at Lambeau Field

Tyler Maas

November 13, 2015

// To paraphrase the dude from Staind, it's been a whiiiiiiiile since the Detroit Lions have beat the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field. More specifically, Detroit hasn't emerged victorious from a game in ...

Mozzaluna Pizzeria & Ristorante and local award hate

Tyler Maas

November 12, 2015

// Annual local award season has come to Milwaukee in full force. Not coincidentally, local award backlash season arrived in Milwaukee just nanoseconds later. The party paramount in the crosshairs of crotch...

First Impression: Osgood’s

Tyler Maas

November 11, 2015

// Bartolotta Restaurants seem to have a sizable stake in metro Milwaukee dining. At this point in time, it's almost more strange for a new dining establishment to open in or around Milwaukee and not be nes...

Kevin Allison reaps rewards from RISK!

Tyler Maas

November 10, 2015

// In the years since being a cast member on the seminal sketch show The State, Kevin Allison fell on some tough times. As his comedy cohorts were amassing credits, he battled social anxiety, stage fright, ...

The Frying Dutchmen prepares for takeoff

Tyler Maas

November 9, 2015

// Tonight, The Frying Dutchmen will hit the road for the first time. Though tonight's soft opening outside Blackbird Bar will be the food truck's first time feeding the general public, the inaugural journe...

Jackass’ Preston Lacy does, uh, something at Cactus Club

Tyler Maas

November 6, 2015

// Ironically, comedy can oftentimes be a cruel and humorless industry. While the art of making others laugh can propel people to international notoriety, untold levels of wealth, and immense influence, the...

Exclusive: Stream GGOOLLDD’s new EP, ‘For The Night’

Tyler Maas

November 5, 2015

// It’s incredible to think that GGOOLLDD has only been around for two years. Originally intended to be a playful project that would dissolve after its inaugural show in an East Side attic three Halloweens ...

Ton Johnson talks storytelling, comic collaboration, 2016 goals

Tyler Maas

November 5, 2015

// Though he says he tried and failed to be the class clown in high school, Milwaukee comedian Anton "Ton" Johnson eventually developed his material enough to give stand-up a belated try. Since he made his ...

Cast your vote for the 2015 Radio Milwaukee Music Awards

Tyler Maas

November 4, 2015

// As the calendar turned to November, end-of-year award season officially arrived in Milwaukee. Though certain trusted publications are desperately soliciting your input for dumb shit like who (between Who...

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