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Milwaukee Public Museum spares no expense, opens Sci-Fi Film Fest with Jurassic Park

October 13, 2014

Back in 1993, director Steven Spielberg thrilled the world with Jurassic Park, the tale of out-of-control dinosaurs, the hubris of man, and Jeff Goldblum’s bare, glistening chest. Now, 21 years, two sequels, an...

Exclusive: Get pummeled by Volunteer’s four-song EP, Goner

Matt Wild

October 9, 2014

In a time when the number of bands on planet Earth rivals the amount of water on planet Earth, it’s rare to find a “band’s band.” You know, a band that other bands respect, regardless of style or genre. Milwauk...

Put on your (orthopedic) dancing shoes for Scrimshaw’s “Hoopula” video

Matt Wild

October 8, 2014

If there’s a more willfully weird and gleefully enjoyable Milwaukee band working today than Scrimshaw, we haven’t found it. For the past few years, the oddball trio of singer-guitarist Robert Thomas, singer-dru...

Exclusive: Chris Porterfield takes off mask in video for Field Report’s “Decision Day”

Matt Wild

October 7, 2014

Field Report’s second album, Marigolden, sees its official release today on Partisan Records. It’s a stunner. From bittersweet road song “Home (Leave The Lights On)” and electronic-tinged “Wings,” to somber pia...

According to this map, Nicolet National Forest is Milwaukee’s “zombie safe zone”

Matt Wild

October 6, 2014

There exists a type of person who spends an inordinate amount of time thinking about, dreaming about, and worrying about zombies—an undead brain-eating creature that, last time we checked, does not exist. How w...

Bar Rescue turned Y-Not III into a ’70s-themed bar called Nick’s House

Matt Wild

October 3, 2014

A few months ago, rumors flew that popular SPIKE TV reality-ish show Bar Rescue was searching for a Milwaukee bar in need of a makeover. The city buzzed with shaker-cocktail-infused excitement. Then, on Monday,...

James Randi tells the truth about ‘An Honest Liar’

Matt Wild

October 2, 2014

James Randi originally chose “The Amazing Randi” as a stage name back when he was plying his trade as a magician and escape artist; little did he know it would nicely sum up his entire seven-decade-and-counting...

Listen to the Sylvan Esso remix of Phox’s “Slow Motion”

Matt Wild

October 2, 2014

Brooklyn-based label Partisan Records is home to some top-tier national talent (Eagulls, John Grant) as well as some top-tier local (or local-ish) talent, including Field Report, Sylvan Esso, and Phox. Those la...

Lorde punches above her weight at BMO Harris Pavilion

Matt Wild

September 27, 2014

Ever since becoming a worldwide pop sensation at 16 with last year’s Pure Heroine, New Zealand singer-songwriter Lorde has straddled the line between “aw-shucks” teenager and canny superstar-in-the-making. She’...

The Disclaimer: Bad downtown ads, Milwaukee’s hip-hop scene, Dave Chappelle

Matt Wild

September 25, 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...

MFF2014: Psychopath explores oversized ambition, haunted theme parks

Matt Wild

September 23, 2014

There’s no better subject for a documentary than a tragic, constantly put-upon hero fighting for his or her dreams in the face of insurmountable odds. If those dreams involve filmmaking, even better: Francis Fo...

Great job, Wisconsin! Our state has a thing for banning books, apparently

Matt Wild

September 22, 2014

Depending on whom you ask, Wisconsin is either a forward-looking state with a proud progressive past, or a backwards-looking flyover state best left to blaze-orange Cheeseheads and the dopes that wear them. Tha...

Tracklist: 10 reasons to get excited for the 2014 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild

September 22, 2014

// Beginning Thursday, September 25 and running through Thursday, October 9, the 6th annual Milwaukee Film Festival promises to be a can’t-miss event. A total of 276 films will light up the screens of the L...

Milwaukee’s once-mighty “Bring PBR Home” campaign defeated by Russia

Matt Wild

September 19, 2014

It seems like only last April when local and national media outlets were crapping themselves over a story of a group of Milwaukeeans determined to bring Pabst Brewing Company back to the Brew City. The incredib...

Spoon plays to its strengths at Riverside Theater, pays tribute to Jay Reatard

Matt Wild

September 18, 2014

The word “journeymen” gets tossed around a lot when talking or writing about Spoon. On the surface, it’s something of a compliment: The Austin, Texas band has been at it for more than two decades, releasing alb...

Watch the hypnotic video for Death Blues’ “Languaging”

Matt Wild

September 17, 2014

When we awarded a perfect five-out-of-five stars to Ensemble, the latest release from Jon Mueller’s sprawling Death Blues project, it wasn’t because it was necessarily better than any other Milwaukee album we’v...

We ordered Burger King delivery because that’s a thing you can do now in Milwaukee

Matt Wild

September 17, 2014

Back in 2012, fast-food giant and all-American tax-dodger Burger King rolled out a new, terrifying service: home delivery. No longer would slovenly and undiscriminating eaters in selected cities have to suffer ...

The Get Down will return to Turner Hall for New Year’s Eve 2014

Matt Wild

September 16, 2014

If there’s one constant in an ever-changing, ever-frustrating world, it’s The Get Down, Milwaukee’s long-running funk and soul dance party. For more than 10 years, DJs Andy Noble, Brent Goodsell, and Nesh have ...

Listen to Allen Coté’s absinthe-fueled Sublimative Sessions Vol. 2: Darling Hall (RIP)

Matt Wild

September 16, 2014

If you had to name Milwaukee’s finest utility musician, you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone better than Allen Coté. The Austin, Texas transplant has been a familiar presence in the linear notes of some of the ...

10 infamous Milwaukee concerts

Matt Wild

September 15, 2014

This article was originally published in 2014. In a perfect world, music or comedy shows go something like this: fans show up to a venue, artists show up to a venue and perform for fans, fans leave venue hap...

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