Author Matt Wild

Celebrate the first day of Summerfest with 6 videos of people screwing around on the Sky Glider

June 24, 2015

If there was a website called “Is it Summerfest yet?” today it would read “Yes.” The 48th annual Big Gig kicks off today at noon, and brings with it all the sights, sounds, smells, and jorts Milwaukee has come ...

Milwaukee Record’s field guide to Summerfest cover bands

Matt Wild

June 24, 2015

Summerfest bills itself as the “World’s Largest Music Festival,” That’s technically true: few music fests are even in the same ballpark when it comes to the Big Gig’s 11-day lineup of 800-plus acts. The rub, of...

Taking The City By Storm will document Milwaukee’s early punk scene

Matt Wild

June 23, 2015

Remember the days when the early history of Milwaukee’s punk scene was grossly undocumented and uncelebrated? Milwaukee Record remembers. Happily, those days are long gone. The last five years or so have seen a...

BMO Harris Bank partners with Pabst Theater Group, releases music mini-docs

Matt Wild

June 22, 2015

BMO Harris Bank’s support of Milwaukee arts and entertainment is plain to see, what with the BMO Harris Bradley Center and BMO Harris Pavilion and all. Today, that support has only grown deeper with the announc...

Peter Mulvey wrote a song for Charleston, and it’s spreading

Matt Wild

June 22, 2015

The way in which we, the rank and file citizens of the United States, react to mass shootings in this country has become depressingly predictable. Our initial feelings of shock and grief almost instantly give w...

Belle And Sebastian, Courtney Barnett leave Pabst Theater dancing, wanting more

Matt Wild

June 22, 2015

There were multiple moments during Friday night’s Belle And Sebastian show at the Pabst Theater when it was possible to mistake the proceedings for a ribald comedy show instead of a rock concert. “One of the an...

Is the Bucks arena deal on “life support”?

Matt Wild

June 19, 2015

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• Hot off pondering the great teenage-Redditor question of why a woman can hit ...

Who Said It Best (And Worst): June 15-19

Matt Wild

June 19, 2015

Who Said It Best (And Worst) rounds up the best and worst quotes of the week from notable Milwaukee figures, pundits, and folks-about-town.SAID IT BEST WISPIRG Director Peter Skopec, on the Wisconsin Depar...

Learning to let go, lighten up, and love Sofar Sounds

Matt Wild

June 18, 2015

Some of my first live music memories are of seeing shows in basements, attics, and living rooms. These were dingy, dirty affairs, with oodles of teenage crusty punks (and their dogs, always their dogs) crammed ...

Help fund a documentary about breaking the cycle of homelessness in Milwaukee

Matt Wild

June 17, 2015

It’s rare to find a Kickstarter campaign that’s both worthwhile and financially feasible. Ridiculous ideas paired with ridiculous funding goals are all too common on the popular crowdfunding site. But every now...

UWM’s Concert Chorale will provide backup vocals for The Rolling Stones

Matt Wild

June 16, 2015

The Rolling Stones’ much-anticipated, much-hyped, and much-priced show at the Marcus Amphitheater is exactly one week away. Yes, on Tuesday, June 23, the Stones will take to the Marcus stage and deliver hit aft...

Klassik completes the seasonal cycle with Autumn EP

Matt Wild

June 16, 2015

Klassik has always been a man for all seasons—he’s a musician, rapper, producer, and video director, among other things—but now he’s literally a man for all seasons. With the release of his new Autumn EP, Klass...

Get funky now with Bo Triplex’s debut single, “Thump-Tastic”

Matt Wild

June 15, 2015

Yesterday, during the New Age Narcissism set at Locust Street Festival 2015, Bo Triplex kicked things off with a preview of a new solo track called “Thump-Tastic.” As expected from the NAN/Kane Place Record Clu...

Exclusive: Listen to the Dashcam remix of Klassik’s “STAGESlayer”

Matt Wild

June 12, 2015

Klassik has always been a man ahead of the curve. Since bursting on the scene with 2012’s In The Making and 2013’s YRP (Young Rising Phenoms), the rapper/singer/musician/producer has continually raised the bar ...

I finally saw The Rocky Horror Picture Show with a live cast at the Oriental Theater

Matt Wild

June 11, 2015

Prior to last month, I had seen The Rocky Horror Picture Show only once, when I was 15. My friends and I were gathered in the wood-paneled basement of the only girl who would give us the time of day, watching m...

Get some cheap thrills from The Hullmen’s new record, Expensive Taste

Matt Wild

June 9, 2015

Down-and-dirty rock and roll served with a side of gutter-punk edge isn’t very fashionable these days, what with all the kids and their electro-pop EDM projects or whatever. Still, that very lack of hipness giv...

So much drama in the P-B-R: Snoop Dogg is suing Pabst Brewing Co.

Matt Wild

June 8, 2015

File this one under “G’s up, breaches of contract down”: The Associated Press is reporting that legendary rapper Snoop Dogg is suing legendary beer manufacturer Pabst Brewing Co. In a lawsuit filed Monday in Lo...

Do octopuses have souls? Have a drink at Milwaukee Public Museum and find out

Matt Wild

June 8, 2015

Go figure that on the day we round up 12 weird Milwaukee drinking locations, the Milwaukee Public Museum announces an event that combines the simple joys of alcohol with the not-so-simple joys of lectures about...

Bucks arena deal, by the numbers

Matt Wild

June 5, 2015

Yesterday, Gov. Scott Walker formally announced a public financing plan for a new downtown Milwaukee Bucks arena, which, not unlike a forced ultrasound, sounds pretty cool. As expected, the plan calls for taxpa...

Celebrate the return (and restoration) of Von Trier’s Colnik chandelier

Matt Wild

June 4, 2015

Nestled in the broiling bro-dom of North Avenue is Von Trier, a longtime East Side German-themed bar that boasts an agreeably dim, rustic, and foosball-less ambience. It’s the place you go when you’re too old f...