Listen to new music from AUTOMatic, Yo-Dot

Matt Wild
AUTOMatic and Yo-Dot are two of Milwaukee’s very best hip-hop acts, each cooly in control of their respective styles. Rapper A.P.R.I.M.E. and producer Trellmatic of AUTOMatic tend to favor jazzy, silky-smooth j...

Bar Rescue is scouting Milwaukee locations

Tyler Maas
According to a Redditor called Drunk Jesus, popular SPIKE TV series/thing you reluctantly watch when you’re still up at 4 a.m., Bar Rescue, was recently at longstanding North Avenue-adjacent tavern Y-Not III. F...

Lakeshore Chinooks season preview

Tyler Maas
It’s safe to say that baseball season is in full swing. The Brewers are about a third of the way through the year. Rickie Weeks has already experienced his hot streak that inevitably precedes his season-ending ...
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The Delphines: Hush

Matt Wild
The Delphines have always been a singles band. The A-side/B-side and EP formats seemed especially suited to the group, whose sly, sinewy, lo-fi garage rock was best enjoyed in short bursts, leaving an aftertast...

Brett Newski is at home on the road

Tyler Maas
Brett Newski looks exhausted. He’s stationed at a table in the upper level of a Bay View café, beside a pair of laptop-toting girls, near a man dressed in business attire who appears to be telecommuting, and...

Brewers translator Jay Hsu speaks for himself

Tyler Maas
Currently nursing a 17.61 ERA that includes 15 earned runs off 19 hits (five of which were home runs) and five walks, the Milwaukee Brewers have kept the use of reliever Wei-Chung Wang to a minimum so far this ...

Direct Hit! overcomes the wrath of Brainless God

Tyler Maas
It could be argued that Direct Hit! is Milwaukee’s biggest band. The quartet routinely tours both throughout the U.S. and internationally in support of some of punk’s most notable modern acts. It has earned eve...