Author Matt Wild

Weird Al Week begins (again) with everything we’ve ever written about Weird Al

July 21, 2019

broadstreet.zone(72091); Hey! Welcome to the second annual Weird Al Week! For the next seven days, Milwaukee Record will fill your feed with fresh, funny, and slightly fanatical Al-related materiel. It all lea...

People continue to ride The Hop, but let’s figure out how to complain about it anyway (again)

Matt Wild

July 19, 2019

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed (formerly Off The Record, which is now the name of our print-only Colectivo publication) looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout th...

16 pictures of the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Wisconsin Avenue’s new Gateway Mural

Matt Wild

July 19, 2019

Back in March, Downtown Milwaukee announced an open call for the Gateway Mural Project. It was an initiative to bring a bit of color and action to the west-facing facade of 622 W. Wisconsin Ave., on the northea...

Don’t worry, there are plenty of rooms left at Sybaris for the 2020 Democratic National Convention

Matt Wild

July 18, 2019

Wednesday afternoon, the Milwaukee Business Journal published a story that was an instant frontrunner for Headline of the Year: "Milwaukee DNC 2020 hotel pickings slim, expensive—room left at Sybaris." The piec...

Listen to the new Arctic Sleep album, ‘Kindred Spirits,’ and watch the creation of its cover art

Matt Wild

July 18, 2019

Arctic Sleep doesn't make albums—it makes experiences. Take Kindred Spirits, the seventh full-length record from the local atmospheric metal outfit. It's the followup to 2014's Passage Of Gaia, and another spra...

The final overbid: Milwaukee PBS is dropping the Great TV Auction

Matt Wild

July 16, 2019

Awful, awful news for fans of local public television and hypnotically watchable auctions: Milwaukee PBS plans to drop its long-running Great TV Auction, which has been a delightfully homegrown staple since 196...

Listen to a cut from The Hatchets’ Woody Guthrie concept album, ‘The Uncounted Blue Jillions’

Matt Wild

July 16, 2019

Milwaukee has a thing for Woody Guthrie. In February 2018, an all-star cast of Milwaukee musicians (led by Johanna Rose) paid tribute to the folk icon with the GuthrieUNCOVERED show at Turner Hall. In November ...

Watch the 1985 Great Circus Parade, hosted by Pat Sajak and Vanna White

Matt Wild

July 14, 2019

It's Sunday and it's beautiful outside, so let's keep this short and sweet: Here's the entire two-hour-plus Great Circus Parade from July 14, 1985, held in downtown Milwaukee and hosted by...Pat Sajak and Vanna...

Happy Giannis Antetokounmpo Day, Milwaukee!

Matt Wild

July 14, 2019

Today, from 2-5 p.m. on the plaza outside Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee is invited to celebrate Giannis Antetokounmpo's first MVP award at the aptly named "Giannis MVP Celebration." Fans will be able to see kids from...

Please enjoy 22 pictures of the new Zócalo food truck park in Walker’s Point

Matt Wild

July 13, 2019

Hey! Zócalo Food Park, a.k.a. the city's first food truck park, is celebrating its grand opening today! Zócalo is located at 636 S. 6th St. in Walker's Point, one block west of the former La Fuente! It's pretty...

Let’s all share our theories about why Summerfest had its lowest attendance in more than 30 years

Matt Wild

July 13, 2019

By now you've probably heard the news, but if you haven't, here it is: Summerfest—a.k.a. The World's Largest Music Festival, a.k.a. The Big Gig, a.k.a. Sure, I Guess I'll See Guided By Voices At 4 P.M.—posted i...

Let’s play “spot the local celebrity” with Trapper Schoepp’s “On, Wisconsin” video

Matt Wild

July 12, 2019

Liar’s Trial ruin your black tie affair with classic country album ‘Friends In No Places’

Matt Wild

July 12, 2019

It takes approximately 15 seconds before prison is mentioned on the new Liar's Trial album, Friends In No Places. This should come as no surprise: the Milwaukee country band named its 2016 album Songs About Mom...

Savor the summer with two sun-kissed Cabin Essence songs

Matt Wild

July 12, 2019

There are certain expectations when you name your band after a Beach Boys song. Take Cabin Essence, the retro-minded Milwaukee project fronted by Nick Maas. (No relation to Milwaukee Record's own Tyler Maas.) O...

Welcome…to the grand opening of that Walker’s Point food truck park (July 13)

Matt Wild

July 11, 2019

File under "Milwaukee Finds A Way": Zócalo Food Park, a.k.a. the city's first food truck park, will celebrate its grand opening Saturday, July 13. Zócalo is located at 636 S. 6th Street in Walker's Point, one b...

The world is warm and friendly when you sing along to the Mike Crivello’s jingle

Matt Wild

July 11, 2019

If you live in the metro Milwaukee area, you're likely familiar with Mike Crivello's Camera & Imaging Center, Brookfield's one-stop photography shop since 1969. And if you're familiar with Mike Crivello's—a...

Marielle Allschwang and Milwaukee Film to celebrate “The World of Mary Nohl”

Matt Wild

July 11, 2019

Mary Nohl casts a long shadow over Milwaukee art. Her (in)famous "Witch's House" in Fox Point—and its yard decorated with the artist's idiosyncratic concrete sculptures—is both a local curiosity and an "art env...

Want to camp out in Milwaukee County Parks? Now you can (in Whitnall Park)

Matt Wild

July 11, 2019

Have you ever wanted to camp out in Milwaukee County Parks? Like, camp out overnight? Of course you have. Well, now your roughing-it dreams can come true—in Whitnall Park, at least.Today, Milwaukee County Par...

Bon Iver announce new “adult” album, ‘i,i,’ release two new songs

Matt Wild

July 11, 2019

Good morning! Are you ready for some Bon Iver news? Hopefully you have some coffee brewing! Like the old saying goes, "Don't talk to me about Bon Iver before my second cup!"Anyway, Bon Iver have announced t...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (June 30-July 6)

Matt Wild

July 10, 2019

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," like that crappy Tim Burton version of Planet Of Th...