Author Matt Wild

Fiserv Forum will serve as early voting site for 2022 General Election

September 27, 2022

The big 2022 General Election is coming up on Tuesday, November 8. Want to skip the Election Day lines but still vote in-person? You can do just that by voting early at Fiserv Forum. The home of the Milwaukee B...

Here’s the schedule for the 2022 Milwaukee Paranormal Conference

Matt Wild

September 27, 2022

The Milwaukee Paranormal Conference has been celebrating ghosts, ghouls, aliens, cryptids, and the folks who love them since 2015. Founded by journalist and author (and Milwaukee Record contributor) Tea Krulos,...

Breathe in, breathe out with The Quilz’ nocturnal “I Can’t Sleep”

Matt Wild

September 27, 2022

Isn't it a drag when you fire up a "Halloween playlist" on your streaming platform of choice and it's all stuff like "Thriller" and the theme to Ghostbusters? Where are the real Halloween playlists? You know, t...

Large Print magnifies multiple genres on ‘In The Clouds’ and ‘In The Dark’ EPs

Matt Wild

September 26, 2022

Many bands boast of their "unclassifiable"-ness, but few put their money where their mouth is like Milwaukee's Large Print. On the band's two 2022 EPs—In The Clouds and In The Dark—dreamy shoegaze indie tracks ...

Happy Landmark Lanes Day, Milwaukee!

Matt Wild

September 26, 2022

East Side bar/bowling alley/bar/arcade/bar Landmark Lanes (2220 N. Farwell Ave.) is officially in the midst of its big 95th anniversary week, September 26-30. The celebrations include a massive game night run b...

Buckle up: Public hearing for proposed FPC Live venue in Deer District set for September 26

Matt Wild

September 23, 2022

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week.• In case you missed it, Madison-based concert promoter Frank Productions (whi...

Watch a timelapse video of Fiserv Forum getting iced for the Blackhawks-Wild game

Matt Wild

September 23, 2022

On Sunday, October 2, Milwaukee will host its first NHL game since 1993 when the Chicago Blackhawks take on the Minnesota Wild at Fiserv Forum. Yeah, it's a preseason game, but the thing sold out in about 18 se...

In case you blinked, here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (September 4-17)

Matt Wild

September 22, 2022

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...

Milwaukee Recreation’s family-friendly Halloween Glen returns October 7-8

Matt Wild

September 22, 2022

It's officially fall, so it's time to get your Halloween, pumpkin-patch, and general spooky-season plans in order. But what if you're looking for a family-friendly autumn activity that isn't that spooky? Look n...

Brady Street Pet Parade (and Brady Street Art Walk) set for Sunday, October 2

Matt Wild

September 20, 2022

What's better than the beloved Brady Street Pet Parade? How about the beloved Brady Street Pet Parade and the previously postponed Brady Street Art Walk happening on the same day—Sunday, October 2?Yep, from...

Watch the Mark Borchardt-directed video for Conan Neutron & The Secret Friends’ “The Commuter”

Matt Wild

September 20, 2022

One of the most relentlessly catchy Milwaukee songs of 2022 has got to be "The Commuter," a three-minute ditty by post-rock/power-pop outfit Conan Neutron & The Secret Friends. The song was part of a split ...

Paper Holland channels British Invasion in cheeky new song/video, “What To Wear”

Matt Wild

September 19, 2022

It's been four years since sunny Milwaukee indie-pop band Paper Holland released the equally sunny Galápagos. Why the long new-music drought?"Our goal has never been to be an attention machine, churning ou...

Family-friendly Jack-O-Lantern Jubilee coming to Downtown Milwaukee October 29

Matt Wild

September 19, 2022

As we all know, each year, the Great Pumpkin rises out of the pumpkin patch that he thinks is the most sincere. And this fall, he'll have a doozy in the Jack-O-Lantern Jubilee. The inaugural family-friendly Hal...

Yum Yum Cult careens across musical map in eclectic debut, ‘It Kills Me It Really Does’

Matt Wild

September 16, 2022

The debut album from Milwaukee indie-rock band Yum Yum Cult, It Kills Me It Really Does, opens with a waking dream. "Oh, sleepless me whose deficits fight consistently / Opposed to war, I was drafted at birth" ...

Fox Face will play its final show Saturday at Bay View Bash

Matt Wild

September 15, 2022

After more than a decade of shows, albums, and even more shows, blistering Milwaukee femme-led garage-punk band Fox Face is calling it quits. The band's 6 p.m. show on the WMSE stage at Saturday's Bay View Bash...

Following recent tragedies, Brady Street BID will “look at options for pedestrianizing Brady Street”

Matt Wild

September 15, 2022

The Brady Street Business Improvement District (BID) announced Thursday that, following the recent hit-and-run death of Milwaukee man Arne Bast on Brady Street, along with recent Brady Street shootings, it has ...

Bring your old home movies to “Home Movie Day” at UWM on October 15

Matt Wild

September 15, 2022

Folks of a certain age with oodles of fond and/or cringe-y memories recorded on old VHS tapes or DV tapes or even film reels take note: On Saturday, October 15, the UWM Archives and the UWM Film Studies Departm...

Sylvan Esso goes back to the beginning with surprise, sold-out show at Cactus Club

Matt Wild

September 14, 2022

On Sunday, critically acclaimed and fan-beloved electro-pop duo Sylvan Esso—a.k.a. Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn—threw out a dual first pitch before the Brewers-Reds game at American Family Field.On Monday,...

Milwaukee Public Museum wants YOUR input on new museum exhibits, events, more

Matt Wild

September 13, 2022

In case you missed it, the Milwaukee Public Museum is not long for this world. The current museum will close in 2026, and it will be replaced by a new (state-of-the-art, smaller) museum just north of the Deer D...

Benefit concert for Assembly candidate LuAnn Bird landing at The Cooperage on October 20

Matt Wild

September 13, 2022

Back in August, Christopher Porterfield of Field Report launched "Bird Songs," a concert series designed to raise awareness for LuAnn Bird. Bird is the Democratic candidate for State Assembly in the 84th Distri...