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Vonny Del Fresco joins Three. Stacks. Eliot for a living room session

September 16, 2014

No A-side/B-side necessary: Milwaukee’s music scene can absolutely be too insular at times. With the number of local bands who are prone to tour in pairs, and populate Groundhog Day-esque local show bills toget...

Sat. Nite Duets and The Fatty Acids rekindle b-ball rivalry for art’s sake

Tyler Maas

September 16, 2014

Wouldn't it be cool if music videos were real? Imagine a universe where a woman could be whisked away to an exhilarating animated world like the one in A-ha's "Take On Me", where Paula Abdul and MC Skat Kat cou...

Donivan from Blessed Feathers (truly) needs your help

Tyler Maas

September 15, 2014

Milwaukee has no shortage of people looking to Kickstart their dreams by soliciting donations to get their band in the studio, help fund a tour, or "promote and grow the Urban Redneck life." While we're not in ...

Bay View Bash 2014: A minute-by-minute recap

Tyler Maas

September 15, 2014

And then there were none. After yet another Milwaukee summer rife with festivals and block parties, Saturday’s Bay View Bash unofficially brought the celebration of the season in the City of Festivals to a clos...

Nick Swardson overcomes his fans to entertain his fans at Pabst Theater

Tyler Maas

September 13, 2014

In some ways, Nick Swardson is the comic equivalent of that friend everyone has who’s “a really good guy once you get to know him.” While the backwards hat and Afflication shirt donning party boy can quickly be...

Watch the premiere episode of The Jake Kornely Show

Tyler Maas

September 12, 2014

When he’s not playing bass in underrated punk band Static Eyes, Milwaukee comic Jake Kornely is continually doing his part to push the local comedy scene forward. Apparently it wasn’t enough simply hosting a we...

Changing of The Vanguard

Tyler Maas

September 12, 2014

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

Tyler Maas

September 11, 2014

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

Tyler Maas

September 10, 2014

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”

Tyler Maas

September 9, 2014

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”

Tyler Maas

September 8, 2014

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

Tyler Maas

September 8, 2014

// 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

Tyler Maas

September 6, 2014

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

Tyler Maas

September 4, 2014

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

Tyler Maas

September 3, 2014

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

Tyler Maas

September 2, 2014

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

Tyler Maas

September 2, 2014

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

Tyler Maas

August 29, 2014

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

Tyler Maas

August 29, 2014

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

Tyler Maas

August 28, 2014

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...

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