Kevin Allison reaps rewards from RISK!

Tyler Maas
// 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
// 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...

Bill Burr takes Riverside Theater on a wild ride

Tyler Maas
In this ongoing epoch of never-before-seen comic saturation that finds Netflix and iTunes releasing new stand-up specials at an astounding rate, every person who has ever told a joke beginning a podcast to talk...

Label of love: Dusty Medical Records turns 10

Tyler Maas
These days, it takes little more than a name, some MP3 files, and a Bandcamp page to have a record label. With more bands than ever and less financial at risk in an exceedingly digital modern music landscape, i...

First Impression: Amilinda

Todd Lazarski
For every thousand or so of the soulless calorie dispensaries that make up the corporeal restaurant world, there’s at least one Amilinda (315 E Wisconsin Ave., 414-369-3683): an ephemeral kitchen presence, lurk...

Breadfest 2015: A day-by-day recap

Milwaukee Record Staff
We’d start this piece with a hearty bread-related joke of some kind, but the singers of the various bands that performed at the third annual Breadfest already cracked every possible one. A less expansive affair...

First Impression: La Masa Empanada Bar

Tyler Maas
Last Saturday, as thousands of people were enjoying music, beverages, BMX demonstrations, and seeing The Lizard Guy in his natural habitat at the Brady Street Festival, one business was celebrating its soft ope...

Dummerfest 2015’s most memorable moments

Tyler Maas
On Saturday, as many Milwaukeeans were enjoying the Summer Soulstice music festival, seeing bands at Lakefront Festival Of The Arts, or experiencing any of the other events happening within city lines on the pa...

Walt Hamburger’s preparation meets opportunity

Tyler Maas
Walt Lontkowski—better known to Wisconsin punk aficionados as "Walt Hamburger"—is in the midst of a "rock and roll fantasy camp" moment. The Appleton area musician (who went to elementary school in Riverwest) i...

Nathan Timmel turns loneliness into literature

Tyler Maas
Back in December, we introduced you to Johnny Beehner, a Milwaukee based stand-up comedian who makes a living in comedy clubs throughout the U.S. and Canada. Like Beehner, Iowa City-based career comic Nathan Ti...