Author Matt Wild

Milwaukee is once again the “drunkest city in America.” Or maybe not? Who knows.

August 14, 2023

If there's one thing Milwaukee loves more than drinking, it's sharing random internet lists that reveal how much Milwaukee loves drinking.Yep, it's time for another "Milwaukee is the drunkest city in Americ...

In case you blinked, here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (July 30 – August 12)

Matt Wild

August 14, 2023

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." However you want to define it, it's safe to say tha...

Stuff We Missed: We sure made some lists this week, Milwaukee

Matt Wild

August 11, 2023

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week.• Isn't it funny that certain local websites toil away day in and day out, hig...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Beans & Barley has been an East Side dining staple (and more) for 50 years

Matt Wild

August 10, 2023

Some Milwaukee things come and go, while some Milwaukee things become iconic. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: Beans & Barley!Look up the phrase "Milwaukee dining, deli, and cute ...

Work has begun on protected bike lanes for East North Avenue

Matt Wild

August 8, 2023

If you've driven on the East Side stretch of East North Avenue in the last few days—you know, that stretch between Prospect Avenue and the east end of the Milwaukee River bridge—you've probably noticed that tra...

Rat Bath is “drowning in a tub full of cheap cognac” on new single, “Scale Of The Fish”

Matt Wild

August 7, 2023

Throw a stone in Milwaukee and you'll likely hit a show from one of the city's busiest bands, Rat Bath. The self-described "queer y'allternative" group (lol that's good) has been a fixture of the Milwaukee musi...

A visit to the Wisconsin Dells McDonald’s, one of the “most beautiful McDonald’s in the world”

Matt Wild

August 5, 2023

broadstreet.zone(152652); Summer is the best. Join Milwaukee Record and Lakefront Brewery August 2-9 as we search the city and beyond for the Spirit Of Summer.On January 18, 2023, Architectural Digest publ...

Beans & Barley will celebrate 50th anniversary at August 12 “Beans Fest”

Matt Wild

August 3, 2023

Look up the phrase "Milwaukee dining, deli, and cute little general store staple" and you'll find a picture of Beans & Barley. Located at 1901 E. North Ave., Beans has survived decades of changing tastes, a...

Globe East “reunion show” set for September 2 at Miramar Theatre

Matt Wild

August 3, 2023

Remember The Globe East? You know, the legendary East Side music club that opened in 1993 and closed in 2003? The one located at 2028 E. North Ave. before the space hosted Live, Lava, The Hotel Foster, Snack B...

Celebrate the first day of the 2023 Wisconsin State Fair with 10 years of ride-inspection news stories

Matt Wild

August 3, 2023

broadstreet.zone(152652); Summer is the best. Join Milwaukee Record and Lakefront Brewery August 2-9 as we search the city and beyond for the Spirit Of Summer.Today marks the glorious first day of the 2023...

Members of KISS opening a restaurant at Potawatomi: A minute-by-minute report

Matt Wild

August 2, 2023

At the risk of starting an article involving two members of KISS on a shaky note, I've never quite "gotten" KISS. There's just something about the band's combination of blood-spitting spectacle and streamlined ...

The inevitable loss of beloved Milwaukee things

Matt Wild

August 1, 2023

A version of this article originally appeared on our Patreon. Want to support Milwaukee Record and get exclusive articles and podcasts? Click HERE. Thanks!A few months ago I took a behind-the-scenes tour of...

Ride Milwaukee’s “polka escalator” one last time at an August 18 deaccession ceremony

Matt Wild

August 1, 2023

Somewhat lost in all the hoopla surrounding the $456 million expansion of the downtown Wisconsin Center (now known as the Baird Center) and the on-again, off-again removal of the "Portals and Writings Celebrati...

Milwaukee fish fry expert Caleb Westphal reflects on 500 (!) consecutive Friday fish frys

Matt Wild

July 28, 2023

"It just kind of snowballed. I moved down here in the beginning of 2012, and it dawned on me later: 'Wow, there are probably more fish frys here in Milwaukee, at least Friday night ones, than anywhere else in t...

We’re screening ‘Jaws’ at Avalon Theater on August 23

Matt Wild

July 27, 2023

Y'all know Milwaukee Record. Know how we earn a livin'. Music, culture, gentle sarcasm, monthly movie screenings at the Avalon Atmospheric Theater. We're screening Jaws at the Avalon on Wednesday, August 23, bu...

Wasted lives and pop-music salvation: Inside Rustbelt’s “Oh My God Here It Comes Now” video

Matt Wild

July 25, 2023

It's been one year since New-York-by-way-of-Milwaukee musician John Chiaverina called it a day on his long-running Juiceboxxx project. "Juiceboxxx was an exercise in believing in myself despite everything," Chi...

A lot of people rode that darn streetcar during the big Harley/Bastille weekend

Matt Wild

July 25, 2023

Despite the ire of Republicans in the state legislature and the withering opinions of dudes on Facebook who list "School of Hard Knocks" as their education, a whole lot of folks rode the Milwaukee streetcar a f...

In case you blinked, here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (July 9-22)

Matt Wild

July 24, 2023

Rose Of The West honors Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin in “Come And Find Me”

Matt Wild

July 24, 2023

It's been a minute (or two) since we heard from Rose Of The West, a moody Milwaukee dream-pop project led by singer Gina Marie Barrington. The group released its eponymous debut record in 2019; that same year, ...

Stuff We Missed: Two months until we REALLY start talking about what to do with the Domes

Matt Wild

July 21, 2023

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week.• Has it really been seven years since a fallen chunk of concrete was discover...