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Braid will headline WMSE’s 15th annual Backyard BBQ August 23

May 5, 2025

For the past decade and a half, WMSE's Backyard BBQ has spiced up the waning days of summer with a shot of music, food, drink, and good vibes. And it's all free! Two years ago, the legendary Bob Mould headlined...

They’re gonna remove the Milwaukee Boat on Tuesday. For real this time. Weather permitting.

Matt Wild

May 2, 2025

After more than 200 days, nearly seven months, and more than a week after Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson himself said the infamous abandoned Milwaukee Boat would be gone by day's end, it seems the Boat's days...

Xposed 4Heads issue call to arms on ‘Crack The Sky’

Matt Wild

May 2, 2025

When we last checked in with Xposed 4Heads in January 2024, the veteran Milwaukee New Wave/art-rock band was in a mood. "It's messed up beyond belief / We've gone too far, we're in too deep," cried frontman Mar...

Alley Eyes embrace the anthemic side of indie sleaze with excellent “No Good”

Matt Wild

April 30, 2025

Are we in the midst of an "indie sleaze" revival? You know, that pocket of 2000s-era music and culture epitomized by bands like The Strokes, The Killers, and LCD Soundsystem? That moment in time when everyone w...

After 18 years, Smiths/Morrissey tribute act The Salford Lads Club hangs up its flowers

Matt Wild

April 29, 2025

For a band that was only active for five years, The Smiths cast a remarkably long shadow. Morrissey, Johnny Marr, Andy Rourke, and Mike Joyce formed The Smiths in 1982, and released their self-titled debut in 1...

The owners of the Milwaukee Boat speak (allegedly, via a wild Google Maps review)

Matt Wild

April 28, 2025

After nearly 200 days, the Milwaukee Boat—a.k.a. The Minnow, the S.S. Minnow, the S.S. Milwaukee, Deep Thought, or just The Boat—is still stranded on the Milwaukee shores of Lake Michigan, between Bradford and ...

Astronaut Husband takes emotional journey ‘Into The Sun’

Matt Wild

April 28, 2025

The words "astronaut husband" evoke distance—both physical and emotional. Somewhere out in the emptiness of space is Major Tom, asking Ground Control to tell his wife he loves her very much (she knows). Milwauk...

“Think Fast” and listen to new single from Oh Geeez, Not Again

Matt Wild

April 25, 2025

Think fast, hotshot: Do you like music of the pop-rock variety? If so, do you like your pop-rock to be extra sugary, hooky, 2000s-y, and polished to such a blinding shine that it should come with a complimentar...

Breakfast at Mayville’s Sherwood Family Restaurant, which used to be a Pizza Hut

Matt Wild

April 24, 2025

A few weeks ago, when I learned that the 2025 Milwaukee Film Festival (April 24 - May 8) would feature a documentary about businesses that occupy former Pizza Huts, my eyes lit up. "This movie is kind of a hard...

Rejoice, typewriter enthusiasts, for there’s now a Christopher Latham Sholes bobblehead

Matt Wild

April 23, 2025

Do you love bobbleheads? Do you love typewriters? Do you love bobbleheads that pay tribute to the inventor of the first commercial typewriter? Then have we got news for you! The National Bobblehead Hall of F...

My wildly ambitious, never-gonna-happen-but-I’ll-try-anyway MFF25 itinerary

Matt Wild

April 22, 2025

The 2025 Milwaukee Film Festival cometh! From April 24 through May 8, 96 feature films and 112 short films will light up the screens of the Oriental and Downer theatres. (The full lineup can be found HERE. Tick...

Socially Suspect has something to add with cathartic “P.S.”

Matt Wild

April 22, 2025

When we last checked in with Socially Suspect, the genre-flouting Milwaukee band was...releasing its own card game where players "experience the glamorous life of a DIY band"? It's true! Oh, and tickling listen...

Here are the Bank Five Nine Amphitheater headliners for the 2025 Wisconsin State Fair

Matt Wild

April 22, 2025

The 2025 Wisconsin State Fair is exactly 100 days away. That's 100 days until the sights, sounds, and smells of the State Fair take over West Allis from July 31 through August 10. As for the music, we already k...

Nadi Plates will open brick-and-mortar Italian restaurant in full Crossroads Collective space

Matt Wild

April 21, 2025

Last week, East Side food hall Crossroads Collective, 2238 N. Farwell Ave., announced its impending closure on May 8. Crossroads noted that an unnamed local restaurant was set to expand into the full space. A w...

When and where to see the Cinema Hooligante films at the 2025 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild

April 21, 2025

The 2025 Milwaukee Film Festival begins...this week! From April 24 through May 8, 96 feature films and 112 short films will light up the screens of the Oriental and Downer theatres. Tickets and passes are avail...

5pm To Nowhere gets jangly on “One More Chance”

Matt Wild

April 18, 2025

Earlier this year, Milwaukee alt-rock group 5pm To Nowhere released the six-song City Of Light - Act I EP. It was a mostly moody and emotional affair, highlighted by crooning mid-tempo jams like "City Of Light,...

We created a treasure hunt for the 2025 Milwaukee Film Festival. Here’s the first clue.

Matt Wild

April 17, 2025

In case you missed it, the 2025 Milwaukee Film Festival is set to run April 24 – May 8. It'll feature approximately 200 feature-length and short films from around the world (and Milwaukee, of course) screening ...

Food/Drink Roundup: Mother’s will open in former SAGE/White House space

Matt Wild

April 17, 2025

Looking for a roundup of Milwaukee food and drink news? Then take a bite of our cleverly titled, bi-weekly Food/Drink Roundup! This week: Mother's! • It was only a few weeks ago that SAGE, the restaurant on ...

Boat still there, now topless

Matt Wild

April 16, 2025

Mere days after celebrating its six-month anniversary of still being there, the Milwaukee Boat—a.k.a. the S.S. Milwaukee, the S.S. Minnow, the Minnow, Deep Thought, or just The Boat—is still still there. But no...

Here’s the lineup for Wilson Center’s 2025 Starry Nights concert series

Matt Wild

April 16, 2025

Last week, we gave you a look at the Sharon Lynn Wilson Center for the Arts' 2025-2026 Performing Arts Season. (Country legends! Jazz greats! More!) Today, we're focusing on a much smaller—but no less delightfu...

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