My First Band: Devon Kay (Direct Hit!, Devon Kay & The Solutions) Milwaukee Record Staff March 19, 2021 broadstreet.zone(81112); If you're a fan of punk, ska, or any sub-genre in between, you probably know Devon Kay as a member of Direct Hit! and/or the namesake of Devon Kay & The Solutions. Over the past 10...
My First Band: Nick Woods (Direct Hit!, The Box Social) Milwaukee Record Staff April 26, 2019 Before Nick Woods was the singer, guitarist, and founding member of Direct Hit! and the co-owner of X-Ray Arcade, the punk rock front man and all-ages venue owner/operator was a suburban kid with an insatiable ...
My First Band: Officer Bradford (Masked Intruder) Milwaukee Record Staff March 29, 2019 Jackson Bradford might have the most interesting job in music. The Milwaukee native spends at least half of each year wearing a cop costume and short-shorts while sporting a mustache as part of his lovable “hee...
Hear Direct Hit! cover Nickel&Rose before Local Coverage 2019 Tyler Maas January 18, 2019 Tonight is the night! Following months of planning and preparation, Local Coverage will take over Turner Hall Ballroom for another evening of fun philanthropy. If you're unfamiliar with our annual benefit conce...
Watch Direct Hit!’s new “Perfect Black” video Tyler Maas September 25, 2018 Direct Hit! won't slow down. Since putting out its outstanding Wasted Mind on Fat Wreck Chords in the summer of 2016, the band has not only toured relentlessly, but they've also found time to write, record, ...
Music venue and mini-arcade to open in former site of The Metal Grill and Vnuk’s in Cudahy Tyler Maas September 6, 2018 Last June, The Metal Grill—a bar and music venue at 5036 S. Packard Ave. in Cudahy—abruptly closed its doors. In its roughly four-year run, the venue hosted performances by such notables as Off With Their Heads...
What the hell, here are some more Milwaukee-made holiday songs Tyler Maas December 26, 2017 Almost every December of Milwaukee Record's existence, we've rounded up a mess of amazingly tolerable local songs that are helping to improve the predominately terrible holiday music genre. This year was no dif...
Cactus Club hosted an all-ages show and nothing terrible happened Lauren Keene April 24, 2017 Last weekend, Direct Hit! formally released its Fat Wreck Chords reissue of the 2011 album Domesplitter with a hometown show at Cactus Club. In addition to the release show circumstance (and the fact that it wa...
Public Domain: Direct Hit! performs “There Is A Fountain Filled With Blood” Milwaukee Record Staff March 30, 2017 Milwaukee Record is proud to present Public Domain. The video series features Milwaukee musicians setting up at Colectivo Coffee to adapt some of the world’s best-known songs in ways they've never been heard be...
WMSE will release a live Direct Hit! 7-inch for Record Store Day 2017 Tyler Maas March 6, 2017 Since 2015, local radio institution and chili competition curator WMSE has helped spread the good will and wonder of Record Store Day with a limited-edition release of a 7-inch from a Milwaukee (or Milwaukee-re...
I’m with the band: The ins and outs of Milwaukee music management Tyler Maas February 10, 2017 In this era of staggering technological advancement, utter convenience, and clear connection to all corners of the globe, musicians have more say in how, when, and where they're heard than ever before. An art...
Beloved Johnson’s Park dinosaur statue just sold for $11 at auction Tyler Maas December 7, 2016 Back in its heyday, Johnson's Park had a Go Kart track, bumper cars, batting cages, a water slide, an arcade, and two 18-hole miniature golf courses that were decorated with massive ceramic statues of a varie...
NOFX’s Fat Mike discusses election night, makes Trump presidency predictions Nick Woods November 11, 2016 Last week, when Milwaukee Record asked if I wanted to interview "Fat Mike" Burkett (pictured far right), frontman and bassist for NOFX, and founder and owner of Fat Wreck Chords—the label that released my own...
Headliner for Burnhearts/Pabst Street Party announced Tyler Maas June 26, 2016 // Back in May, we announced the stacked lineup for the 9th Annual Burnhearts/Pabst Street Party, which is taking place on Bay View's Potter Avenue on Saturday, July 2. Well, most of the lineup. Today, Milw...
Direct Hit! mixes opportunity with execution on ‘Wasted Mind’ Tyler Maas June 23, 2016 // Down Appleton Avenue on Milwaukee's far northwest end sits what appears to be an abandoned building. You'd miss it if you weren't looking for it. You might miss it if you were. Next door is Midpoint Mote...
Direct Hit! spots (and becomes?) the East Side Turkey in new video Tyler Maas June 8, 2016 // Just over two weeks from now, Direct Hit! will release Wasted Mind, its new full-length and debut record on Fat Wreck Chords, into the world. As one could maybe glean from the title, the album centers on...
Direct Hit! breaks down fourth wall in “Chemical Ability” video Tyler Maas April 13, 2016 // Among of the most overdone music video tropes is the one in which a band is filmed rocking out in a dingy practice space. The singer lip-syncs along to the pre-recorded song with fabricated intensity as ...
Direct Hit! signs to Fat Wreck Chords Tyler Maas March 29, 2016 // About two weeks ago, Direct Hit! was announced as touring support for NOFX's "Hepatitis Bathtub Tour," which will span 14 shows in nine states this April. Today, the tour mates officially became label ma...
Direct Hit! now has its own hot sauce Tyler Maas September 17, 2015 // It’s been a big 2015 for Direct Hit! This year, the Milwaukee pop-punk quartet toured Europe, headlined a stage at Summerfest, created a widely successful all-ages festival of their own, released a re-reco...
Exclusive: Stream a re-recorded version of Direct Hit! rarity “Say Whatever” Tyler Maas August 11, 2015 Since 2010, Milwaukee’s premier pop-punk project Direct Hit! has routinely released material that ranged in scope from short-run splits and EPs to its well-received apocalyptic 2013 concept record, Brainless Go...
