Author: Matt Wild

Milwaukee Krampusnacht is coming back to town (and the Brewery District) December 3

November 11, 2023

Since 2017, Milwaukee Krampusnacht has celebrated the half-goat/half-demon Krampus—a.k.a. a figure from Alpine folklore who punishes naughty children and acts as a foil to the do-gooding Saint Nicholas. The ann...

Ellie Jackson gets “Dinner With A Friend,” is not your “Dream Girl”

Matt Wild

November 10, 2023

If you've paid attention to the names behind some of Milwaukee's best music of the past five years or so, you've likely seen the name Ellie Jackson. The ever-busy Jackson has lent her talents to artists and ban...

Here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (October 22 – November 4)

Matt Wild

November 9, 2023

broadstreet.zone(154824); Depending on which news sources you follow, Milwaukee is going through either a "renaissance" or a "reinvention." However you want to define it, it's safe to say that Milwaukee is cur...

Alanis Morissette will return to AmFam Amphitheater July 28, 2024

Matt Wild

November 9, 2023

Almost exactly two years after bringing her "Jagged Little Pill Tour" to Milwaukee's American Family Insurance Amphitheater on Saturday, July 23, 2022, Alanis Morissette will return to the venue on Sunday, July...

Listen to the first new Chinese Telephones music in more than 15 years

Matt Wild

November 8, 2023

If it feels like it's been a minute since you read the words "new Chinese Telephones music," that's because it has. Oh, it has. The Milwaukee punk outfit formed way back in 2004, and released a self-titled full...

Ahead of new album, Rat Bath is “Calling All Monsters”

Matt Wild

November 7, 2023

If Rat Bath was a video game, it would be a video game loaded with (free!) DLC. The Milwaukee group's debut album, 2022's Rat From Hell, wasn't just an opening level of cowpunk, queercore, and self-described "y...

Take a peek at Oriental Theatre’s newly restored 1925 Wurlitzer pipe organ

Matt Wild

November 3, 2023

Milwaukee Film's recent restoration of the Oriental Theatre has turned the stunning East Side movie palace into a really, really stunning East Side movie palace. But one element has been missing: a big ol' pipe...

Here’s the 2023-24 Bucks City Edition uniform, complete with an “abstract speckle pattern” of Deer District fans

Matt Wild

November 2, 2023

Yep, here it is. The 2023-24 Milwaukee Bucks City Edition uniform. It's Great Lakes Blue, just like it was in 2020-21 and 2022-23. However, this time it includes an "abstract speckle patter" that was "created f...

Here are Lakefront Brewery’s 2023 Black Friday beers. Get in line now.

Matt Wild

November 2, 2023

Over the last decade or so, Milwaukee's beloved Lakefront Brewery has established a new Thanksgiving tradition: releasing a bunch of rare, barrel-aged beers on the day after Thanksgiving, Black Friday. More tha...

Milwaukee psych band Zang! goes bump in the night with “Banshee In The Forest”

Matt Wild

October 31, 2023

Happy Halloween, Milwaukee! Do you enjoy spiking your Halloween festivities with something a little campy, something a little psych-y, and something that lightly goofs on Ghost Adventures? Then take a pull from...

It’s snowing

Matt Wild

October 31, 2023

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Here’s Flavor Flav singing the national anthem at a Bucks game, plus 3 random social media reactions for some reason

Matt Wild

October 30, 2023

Don't you just love those "Here's something that happened, plus some random reactions from random people on Twitter" stories? US TOO. This is one of those stories. So. Here's legendary Public Enemy hype man ...

Mötley Crüe will headline Summerfest on June 21, 2024

Matt Wild

October 30, 2023

It was 30 degrees when we woke up this morning and it's supposed to snow tomorrow so here's some info on a Summerfest headliner... Mötley Crüe will play American Family Insurance Amphitheater during the Big ...

New Kids On The Block (and Paula Abdul and DJ Jazzy Jeff!) will play AmFam Amphitheater August 24

Matt Wild

October 30, 2023

When you think of magical musical happenings, which magical musical happenings do you think of? Woodstock 1969. Wattstax 1972. Live Aid 1985. And, of course, New Kids On The Block's 1990 "Magic Summer Tour," wh...

Four new restaurants coming soon to Crossroads Collective

Matt Wild

October 26, 2023

If East Side food hall Crossroads Collective seems a little...empty these days, it's because it kind of is. A number of vendors have departed Crossroads in recent months, including Atwood Hwy BBQ Company and Th...

Here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (October 8-21)

Matt Wild

October 24, 2023

broadstreet.zone(154824); Depending on which news sources you follow, Milwaukee is going through either a "renaissance" or a "reinvention." However you want to define it, it's safe to say that Milwaukee is cur...

Oriental Theatre will soon feature a spiffy “new” (a.k.a. restored) 1925 Wurlitzer pipe organ

Matt Wild

October 23, 2023

Milwaukee Film's recent restoration of the Oriental Theatre has turned the stunning East Side movie palace into a really, really stunning East Side movie palace. But one element has been missing: the big ol' pi...

Jason Momoa vodka signing at the New Berlin Costco: A minute-by-minute report

Matt Wild

October 19, 2023

On Thursday, October 19, in the year of our lord 2023, actor Jason Momoa descended on Wisconsin to sign bottles of Meili Vodka, a brand co-created by Momoa and buddy Blaine Halvorsom. Two signing were held: the...

Explore unlikely world of Kenosha horror hosts in new documentary, ‘I’m Your Host’

Matt Wild

October 18, 2023

There's something weirdly comforting about horror hosts. Watching old black and white horror flicks in the middle of the night can be a lonely experience, but toss in a campy/corny host dressed like a vampire—t...

REYNA makes ‘Limonada’ on intimate, winning new EP

Matt Wild

October 17, 2023

"When life hands you lemons, pour yourself some limonada." That little sip of affirmation is the animating force behind Limonada, the new EP from long-running Milwaukee synth-pop act REYNA. The record finds ...

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