Direct Hit! now has its own hot sauce

Tyler Maas
// 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...

On The Record Episode 35: Ex Fabula

Milwaukee Record Staff
// For the past six years, Ex Fabula has served as Milwaukee’s premier live storytelling series, bringing a diverse cross-section of the city together and finding a common bond through the power of simple, di...

Nate Seek returns home with new perspective

Tyler Maas
// Milwaukee's stand-up comedy scene experiencing a state of transition. This summer alone has seen four of the city's best and most active comedic performers leave Milwaukee to see how their material fares i...

The cupcake is fucking dead: A eulogy

Tyler Maas
// It was the English scribe John Keats who first fashioned the prose, “A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness.” There was a time, once—a time not...

Mondo Lucha plays with pro wrestling’s pillars

Tyler Maas
// At this point, Mondo Lucha is one of those distinctly Milwaukee events. Though some may struggle to recall a time before Turner Hall was transformed into a wrestling and variety show facility, the local bl...