Author Matt Wild

Let’s look at the very ’90s program for Lollapalooza ’94

June 17, 2014

Since 2005, venerable music festival Lollapalooza has taken over Chicago’s Grant Park for a two-day summer celebration of the world’s hottest musicians and the tank-top-and-neon-sunglasses-wearing fans that lov...

Investigative piece on Wisconsin iron mine to air on Al Jazeera America

Matt Wild

June 12, 2014

Since 2011, the controversy surrounding a proposed iron mine in northern Wisconsin’s Penokee mountain range has split the state into two camps: those who see the construction of the $1.5 billion open-pit mine b...

It’s all right! It’s okay! Mark Borchardt to star in new web series!

Matt Wild

June 12, 2014

It’s been 15 years (!) since Chris Smith’s documentary American Movie introduced the world to embattled Milwaukee filmmaker Mark Borchardt. That film famously tagged along with Borchardt and lotto-loving BFF Mi...

Plastic tray dining: A tour of Milwaukee’s downtown cafeterias

Matt Wild

June 11, 2014

When people talk about Milwaukee’s “downtown dining” scene, they’re usually talking about upscale restaurants that wouldn’t feel out of place in a tourism video scored by Peaches’ “Downtown.” Millioke, Carnevor...

Exclusive: Hear two new songs (and watch one new video) from Heidi Spencer And The Rare Birds

Matt Wild

June 10, 2014

Let’s talk about Heidi Spencer’s voice. It’s a voice like a waking dream: sleepy-eyed but lucid, lost in the wilderness but always in control. Over the course of four albums and more than 10 years, it’s a voice...

VISIT Milwaukee’s “You Gotta Be Here” video is hilariously awful

Matt Wild

June 6, 2014

Back in 2008, a strange video surfaced online called “This Is My Milwaukee.” The 11-minute clip was an upbeat tourism video touting the many benefits of the Brew City, hosted by an agreeably accented man named ...

Drop what you’re doing (and/or your pants) and listen to The Blue Mooners

Matt Wild

June 5, 2014

Every so often, an album comes across our desks that defies explanation. It may be a particularly inept concept album, a bizarre collection of covers, a field recording of migratory geese set to smooth jazz, or...

Where to go (and what to see) at Friday’s Bay View Gallery Night

Matt Wild

June 4, 2014

For the past few years, Made In Milwaukee’s semi-annual Bay View Gallery Night has taken the tried and true citywide art exhibition and whittled it down to a single neighborhood. By staging many of its exhibits...

Listen to new music from AUTOMatic, Yo-Dot

Matt Wild

May 30, 2014

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...

Listen to the new Canopies single, “Getting Older”

Matt Wild

May 28, 2014

Canopies' self-titled 2011 EP was only five songs long, but that was enough to land it at a lofty number four on our list of the 50 best Milwaukee albums of the 2010s (so far). A sparkling, dreamy, and ridiculo...

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The Delphines: Hush

Matt Wild

May 27, 2014

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...

Help The Scarring Party fund its final album, End Times

Matt Wild

May 27, 2014

The Scarring Party has been mostly silent since its excellent 2010 album Losing Teeth, and Milwaukee has been a lot less creepy for it. The twisted “end-timey” outfit filled the early ’00s with a sinister blend...

Marc Maron played guitar on a new Trapper Schoepp & The Shades song

Matt Wild

May 21, 2014

Stand-up comic Marc Maron is best known as the agreeably neurotic/TMI host of his insanely popular WTF podcast, as well as the star of his own IFC show, Maron. Fellow stand-ups are the most frequent WTF guests,...

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Lisa Ridgely & The Fainting Room: Heart Hot

Matt Wild

May 15, 2014

Lisa Ridgely & The Fainting Room’s 2012 EP Wine In Bed was the kind of debut that garnered faint praise like “nice.” Its dark-hued Americana was pleasant enough to pass the time, but not quite bold enough t...

It’s Tuesday, which means the Grand Ave. is being sold at auction

Matt Wild

May 13, 2014

In accordance with a federal law that states any and all news surrounding The Shops of Grand Avenue must be reported, we’re required to inform you that the long-beleaguered mall is scheduled to be sold at aucti...

Chronicling the city with “Content Milwaukee”

Matt Wild

May 13, 2014

Two months ago, a blog named Content Milwaukee quietly entered the ever-growing local publication scene. At first, its scope and ambition seemed as humble as its name: a collection of mostly black-and-white pic...

Tracklist: “In your face, Milwaukee!” 11 classic Milwaukee insults

Matt Wild

May 12, 2014

Milwaukeeans have long known that the city they call home is a wonderful place. A city faced with plenty of challenges, yes, but a wonderful place. But to many outsiders (and more than a few insiders), Milwauke...

Watch the video for The Delphines’ “Screen Door”

Matt Wild

May 12, 2014

Last month, we premiered two tracks from one of our most anticipated Milwaukee albums of the year, The Delphines’ Hush. Our love for the group isn’t exactly a secret, so it’s no surprise that a recently release...

Honey, remember when we blew up the car (for Milwaukee)?

Matt Wild

May 9, 2014

It’s been almost two years since local ad agency Flipeleven changed Milwaukee forever with its “LoveMKE. Blow Up A Car” campaign. The Kickstarter campaign set out to raise $10,000 to film a car blowing up for u...

Let’s translate the latest “Creational Trails” press release

Matt Wild

May 8, 2014

Back in May 2013, the Greater Milwaukee Committee and a slew of overlapping and cryptically named local arts groups (ART Milwaukee, MiKE, beintween, probably 8,000 more) were awarded a $350,000 ArtPlace America...