Author: Matt Wild

Exclusive: Stream Arctic Sleep’s heavy, gorgeous new album, Passage Of Gaia

August 18, 2014

Like rock, hip-hop, and nearly every other genre of music known to man, metal comes in a variety of subtle but recognizable flavors: classic, speed, doom, sludge, Norwegian death, etc. The metal embraced by Mil...

Here’s a video of Paul Ryan awkwardly milking a goat

Matt Wild

August 15, 2014

Lest you think U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan has been taking it easy and/or working on his ’ceps since his failed 2012 vice presidential bid, think again. The Janesville Republican is still the golden child of his party,...

Bublr Bikes (not WatrFountain Bikes) hit Milwaukee streets

Matt Wild

August 15, 2014

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • We’re forever barred from making jokes about NEWaukee’s NEWaukeean of the Week (sponsored ...

Milwaukee Film announces music docs, live music series for 2014 fest

Matt Wild

August 14, 2014

The sixth annual Milwaukee Film Festival is just over a month away (cue another round of heart attacks at Milwaukee Film), which means the fest is in full announcement mode. Programs spotlighting Mexican cinema...

Tracklist: 10 dubious Milwaukee listicle appearances

Matt Wild

August 11, 2014

If there’s one thing Milwaukee is good at, it’s appearing on dopey online lists—or “listicles,” if you’re nasty. Yes, there’s something about the Brew City that makes it a perennial go-to name for lists of 10 C...

Exclusive: Listen to Body Futures’ terrific debut album, Brand New Silhouettes

Matt Wild

August 5, 2014

Let’s take a moment to honor those bands that refuse to play the kind of music that typically gets streamed on NPR. Let’s take a moment to pay tribute to bands that stick to their noisy, straight-up rock-and-ro...

Hayward Williams previews new album at Walker’s Point Anodyne residency

Matt Wild

August 5, 2014

Back in the spring of 2012, Milwaukee’s gone-but-not-forgotten Juniper Tar set up shop at The Hotel Foster for four Wednesdays in a row, previewing songs from their then-upcoming album Since Before, and collabo...

Welcome to August: Here’s what you’re doing this month

Matt Wild

August 1, 2014

Is there anything more punch-worthy than saying “It’s August already? Where did the summer go?” Probably not, so we won’t say it. Instead, we’ll look ahead (past this weekend’s Breadfest/Center Street Daze mayh...

The Disclaimer: Breadfest 2014

Matt Wild

July 31, 2014

Every Wednesday at noon, WMSE’s Ryan Schleicher, Shepherd Express’ Evan Rytlewski, and Milwaukee Record’s Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called T...

Listen to a previously unreleased (and totally bad-ass) Hollowz track, “Heist”

Matt Wild

July 29, 2014

It’s been a few years since Milwaukee hip-hop duo The Hollowz have dropped new music on the city—three years to be exact, which is when the group’s last LP, Dreams Of Sex And Flying, was released. Not that rapp...

Postmodern dance, heavy metal, and venturing outside one’s comfort zones

Matt Wild

July 29, 2014

This past Sunday, I went to the Lynden Sculpture Garden to see a retrospective performance from the Trisha Brown Dance Company, which kicked off Alverno Presents’ 2014-15 season. To say I knew nothing—and still...

6 reasons to get excited for Alverno Presents’ 2014-15 season

Matt Wild

July 24, 2014

For more than five decades, Alverno Presents has pollinated the city with some of the most original and rewarding performing arts in the world. International music and dance have long been staples of Alverno’s ...

Exclusive: Listen to the putrid new Drugs Dragons album, II & I/II

Matt Wild

July 24, 2014

Some albums instantly reward listeners with big hooks, sparkling production, and an eagerness to please. Other albums offer up complex arrangements and knotty lyrics, challenging listeners to unlock the rewards...

Great job, Milwaukee! Milwaukee named 4th unhappiest city in U.S.

Matt Wild

July 23, 2014

For a few months out of the year, Milwaukee is a magical place, filled with festivals, fireworks, and babes and bros on the beach. But the fleeting summer months hide an ugly truth: Milwaukee is a deeply unhapp...

Milwaukee Film adds Times Cinema as venue for 2014 festival

Matt Wild

July 22, 2014

If our calculations are correct, the 2014 Milwaukee Film Festival is little more than two months away. (Cue heart attacks from everyone at Milwaukee Film.) Like past fests, the sixth annual installment—schedule...

Jack White at The Rave or: In defense of good artists playing bad venues

Matt Wild

July 22, 2014

Walk into the Cactus Club and you’ll see a silk-screened 12” record created by Milwaukee artist Von Munz promoting The White Stripes’ first out-of-state show, November 13, 1999, in which they opened for The Mis...

September Sylvan Esso show at Cactus Club moved to Pabst Theater

Matt Wild

July 21, 2014

Durham-by-way-of-Milwaukee electro-pop duo Sylvan Esso have been having what music industry insiders call “a really, really, really big year.” Amelia Meath and former Milwaukeean Nick Sanborn met at a Cactus Cl...

Video for “Weird Al” Yankovic’s “Mission Statement” created by Wisconsin company

Matt Wild

July 21, 2014

For fans of perennial song parodist/national treasure/greatest human alive “Weird Al” Yankovic, the past eight days have been bliss. In honor of what will likely be his last proper album, Mandatory Fun, Yankovi...

Tracklist: 8 bizarre Milwaukee Kickstarter campaigns

Matt Wild

July 21, 2014

Recently, the Internet has done what it does best—flip the fuck out—over a Kickstarter campaign dedicated to making potato salad. What started as a lark with a $10 goal (tagline: “Basically I’m just making pota...

Let’s find some dumb ideas in the city’s “Action Agenda”

Matt Wild

July 18, 2014

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • Milwaukee has plenty of wonderful qualities—music, art, food, festivals, sports, cheap booze...

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