Author Matt Wild

Look out, here comes Lavish Waste’s cover of “Lookout Weekend”

September 25, 2023

When we last heard from Lavish Waste, the Milwaukee electro-punk duo (Emily Evans, Steven Look) had just released their debut record Juice Demon. The cover of the record, featuring Evans and Look cosplaying Bee...

R.I.P. Louie’s Char Dogs & Butter Burgers?

Matt Wild

September 23, 2023

Two and a half years after opening in an East Side strip mall at 2336 N. Farwell Ave., sausage and burger joint Louie's Char Dogs & Butter Burgers appears to be closed. A sign informing customers that "we a...

Rose Of The West makes its mark with excellent ‘No Things Permanent’

Matt Wild

September 22, 2023

On "Every Bad Dream," the final track of Rose Of The West's breathtaking sophomore album No Things Permanent, singer-songwriter Gina Barrington rattles off a litany of wounds and secret triumphs. "Every little ...

Wolfman’s got….! We’re screening ‘The Monster Squad’ October 25 at Avalon Theater

Matt Wild

September 21, 2023

The 1980s were loaded with "kid adventure" films: The Goonies, Explorers, Flight Of The Navigator, etc. But how many of those "kid adventure" films had the kids squaring off against Dracula, the Wolfman, Franke...

Downer Theatre has closed (for now?)

Matt Wild

September 19, 2023

UPDATE (9/20/23): In a press release, President of the Downer Avenue Business Improvement District Michael DeMichele says, "We have high hopes in finding a solution that continues to respect the tradition and h...

Folks still want Lake Park’s Ravine Road reopened to bicycles, pedestrians only

Matt Wild

September 19, 2023

What to do with Lake Park's long-closed Ravine Road? Reopen it to automobile traffic, like it was before it was closed in 2014? Reopen it to bicycles and pedestrians only? Some sort of compromise? Just leave it...

Atwood Hwy BBQ out at Crossroads Collective, new egg roll vendor planned

Matt Wild

September 18, 2023

Keeping track of what's coming and going at East Side food hall Crossroads Collective can be challenging. Sure, turnover is the nature of the food hall beast, but the bustling dining hotspot at 2238 N. Farwell ...

Wait out Dramatic Lovers’ yearlong hiatus with new ‘Hiatus’ EP

Matt Wild

September 18, 2023

In case you missed it, one of Milwaukee's finest bands, Dramatic Lovers, is in the midst of a yearlong hiatus. Why? Because singer-songwriter William "B.J." Seidel is off seeing the world. Good for him!Good...

Buffalo Nichols updates the blues (and returns to Milwaukee) on ‘The Fatalist’

Matt Wild

September 15, 2023

"Drum machines are a 50-year-old technology. If the blues hadn't been hijacked and trapped in amber, I think they naturally would've been incorporated."That's Milwaukee musician Carl Nichols—a.k.a. Buffalo ...

‘Stop Making Sense,’ Jerry Harrison will return to Oriental Theatre this fall

Matt Wild

September 14, 2023

It's a testament to how spoiled we are in Milwaukee that, when you receive a press release announcing that the 1984 Talking Heads concert film Stop Making Sense will screen at the Oriental Theatre, and that Tal...

Adam Sandler will bring his “I Missed You Tour” to Fiserv Forum November 11

Matt Wild

September 13, 2023

You know what's great? Adam Sandler. (Your mileage may vary.) You know what else is great? Seeing Adam Sandler when he brings his "I Missed You Tour" to Milwaukee's Fiserv Form on Saturday, November 11. Oh, and...

Olivia Rodrigo will play Milwaukee’s Fiserv Forum March 16, 2024

Matt Wild

September 13, 2023

As part of her just-announced GUTS world tour, Olivia Rodrigo will play Milwaukee's Fiserv Forum on Saturday March 16, 2024. Chappell Roan will play in support. Wow!So that's it! Here's all the convoluted t...

Demolition? Build something new? Here are the 4 options for the future of the Mitchell Park Domes

Matt Wild

September 12, 2023

After seven years, multiple task forces, and more than half a million dollars in studies, Milwaukee County has finally been given four concrete options for the future of the beleaguered Mitchell Park Domes. Thi...

19 photos of the closed, overgrown Ravine Road in Lake Park (before they do something with it)

Matt Wild

September 12, 2023

The future of Ravine Road in Lake Park may not be the city's most pressing issue, but because it involves A.) people who like cars, B.) people who like bicycles, and C.) people with lots of money, it has all th...

Bug Moment takes a (bad) trip to the Flying Toad Circus in “Lagoon” and “Carousel” video

Matt Wild

September 12, 2023

In the six months that "emo-adjacent rock melancholia" Milwaukee band Bug Moment released its stellar second record, The Flying Toad Circus, the group has rocketed to the top of the city's music scene. Sold-out...

In case you blinked, here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (August 27 – September 9)

Matt Wild

September 11, 2023

Depending on which news sources you follow, Milwaukee is going through either a "renaissance" or a "reinvention." Or maybe it's a "reboot" or a "reimagining." However you want to define it, it's safe to say tha...

Here’s the film lineup for the 2023 Cultures & Communities Festival

Matt Wild

September 11, 2023

From Thursday October 5 through Thursday, October 12, Milwaukee Film's 2023 Cultures & Communities Festival will take over the Oriental Theatre—and much of the city itself.The "eight-day convergence of ...

Gordon Gano sets Lawrencia Bembenek saga to music in Milwaukee Rep’s ‘Run Bambi Run’

Matt Wild

September 7, 2023

If you're looking to sum up the zeitgeist of '80s Milwaukee, look no further than the Violent Femmes and Lawrencia "Bambi" Bembenek.The legendary folk-punk group formed in 1981 and were famously "discovered...

Milwaukee wants to redevelop Marcus Center Parking Garage, depriving city of iconic landmark

Matt Wild

September 6, 2023

When you think of Downtown Milwaukee, what do you think of? You think of the Milwaukee Art Museum. You think of the Milwaukee Public Market. And, of course, you think of the Marcus Center Parking Garage Snow Pi...

Woof! Brady Street Pet Parade will return October 8

Matt Wild

September 5, 2023

Attention, four-legged creatures and the two-legged creatures who love them: The beloved Brady Street Pet Parade will return to the bustling East Side street on Sunday, October 8. Dogs, cats, pigs, ferrets, rat...