Author: Matt Wild | Page 149 | Milwaukee Record

NO/NO prepares to say goodbye with new song, final album

August 2, 2019

Search the stratosphere for stellar Milwaukee music and you'll find NO/NO. In the past five years, the new wave-y synth-rock outfit has dished up a number of defining moments: a pair of cool and sexy EPs in 201...

Mama if that’s movin’ up then the Journal Sentinel is movin’ out

Matt Wild

August 2, 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...

Soul Low, which is not a band anymore, has a new album

Matt Wild

August 1, 2019

Back in November 2018, one of Milwaukee's best indie rock bands, Soul Low, called it quits. The writing had been on the wall for some time (band members had moved to different parts of the country the previous ...

Celebrate the first day of the 2019 Wisconsin State Fair with 7 years of ride-inspection videos

Matt Wild

August 1, 2019

Today marks the glorious first day of the 2019 Wisconsin State Fair. From August 1-11, hundreds of thousands of proud Wisconsinites will flock to the State Fair Grounds in West Allis to take in all the sights, ...

“Look for more” within the campaign art for the 2019 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild

July 30, 2019

It's still summer, but it's never too early to start thinking about the Milwaukee Film Festival. The 2019 installment—the festival's 11th—is set for October 17-31 at the Oriental Theatre, Avalon Theater, Times ...

Let’s take a close look at this ’70s-era cartoon map of Milwaukee and Southeast Wisconsin

Matt Wild

July 30, 2019

Maps! Who doesn't love maps? Old maps, new maps, weird maps, unnervingly accurate maps drawn by Racine talk show hosts in under three minutes! Oh, and cartoon maps of Milwaukee and Southeast Wisconsin that look...

Buy This Book: ‘Milwaukee Jazz,’ by Joey Grihalva

Matt Wild

July 29, 2019

"I could only find so many photographs, talk to so many people, and include so much information. And so, I would like to acknowledge every soul that has ever been a part of the Milwaukee jazz scene but is not i...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Leon’s Frozen Custard looms large in city’s legacy

Matt Wild

July 29, 2019

broadstreet.zone(66838); Some places come and go, while some places become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. Join us as we revisit beloved and well-worn local staples with fresh eyes, and exp...

Jump, dive, and flip into some videos from the awesome/dangerous Redgranite Quarry

Matt Wild

July 28, 2019

broadstreet.zone(66838); Summer in Milwaukee is the best; summer in the Midwest is even better. Join Milwaukee Record and Miller High Life July 22-29 as we search the city and beyond for the Spirit Of Summer. ...

What we’re likely gonna hear at tonight’s Weird Al “Strings Attached” show

Matt Wild

July 27, 2019

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

35 pictures of NorthSouth Club, the giant new axe-throwing/shuffleboard bar in Walker’s Point

Matt Wild

July 26, 2019

To paraphrase Douglas Adams, NorthSouth Club—a.k.a. the new axe-throwing/shuffleboard bar located at 230 E. Pittsburgh Ave. in Walker's Point—is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly b...

Let’s listen to some really rare Weird Al rarities

Matt Wild

July 26, 2019

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

Watch Violent Femmes go back to their Oriental Theatre roots in “I’m Nothing” video

Matt Wild

July 25, 2019

Everyone knows the story of how Milwaukee's most famous folk/punk/weirdo export Violent Femmes were "discovered" playing outside the Oriental Theatre by members of The Pretenders in 1981. So what would happen i...

Sit down, shut up, and watch some clips from Al TV

Matt Wild

July 25, 2019

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

The drive-in lives on at Highway 18 Outdoor Theatre in Jefferson

Matt Wild

July 24, 2019

broadstreet.zone(66838); Summer in Milwaukee is the best. Join Milwaukee Record and Miller High Life July 22-29 as we search the city and beyond for the Spirit Of Summer. "The drive-in will never die." T...

Exploring the beauty (and the fishing spots) of Lakeshore State Park

Matt Wild

July 23, 2019

broadstreet.zone(66838); Summer in Milwaukee is the best; summer in the Midwest is even better. Join Milwaukee Record and Miller High Life July 22-29 as we search the city and beyond for the Spirit Of Summer. ...

Who’s fat? 8 more Weird Al songs that probably shouldn’t be played today

Matt Wild

July 23, 2019

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

It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood with Ravi/Lola’s “Winter In Winter”

Matt Wild

July 23, 2019

Let's just get this out of the way: Milwaukee psychedelic band Ravi/Lola has a new album coming out on August 9 called Neighborhood Daydream. The album contains a song about Milwaukee historian John Gurda. We'v...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (July 14-20)

Matt Wild

July 22, 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...

Reminder: A new poké place is coming to Brady Street

Matt Wild

July 22, 2019

Ever find yourself wandering around Brady Street on a beautiful early Sunday evening, thinking about how that big Walgreens used to be a creepy video store (there was porn on the second floor!), and then stumbl...

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