Author Matt Wild

The Eastsider is closing, turning into a “wine/craft cocktail bar with a soccer twist”

November 20, 2017

And the North Avenue changes just keep on coming: Today, venerable East Side bar The Eastsider, 1732 E. North Ave., announced it will soon go to that big North Avenue bar crawl in the sky. Yes, The Eastsider is...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (November 12-18)

Matt Wild

November 20, 2017

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," like that crappy Tim Burton version of Planet Of Th...

Everything is falling apart, but Miller Park is putting in a baby-nursing station, which is nice

Matt Wild

November 18, 2017

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• Do you really need to be reminded of how everything is terrible? No, no you d...

Scott Walker’s annual “Welcome to deer season” videos, ranked

Matt Wild

November 16, 2017

This Saturday, men, women, and children of all ages will take to the Wisconsin woods for the beginning of the state's annual nine-day gun deer season. It's a time-honored tradition that combines the magic of th...

Let’s check the health of the East Side by seeing how many of these businesses still exist

Matt Wild

November 15, 2017

For the last year or so, many folks in Milwaukee (including us) have been bemoaning the death of the East Side. The pocket of E. North Avenue, in particular, has been hit hard by high-profile closing after high...

Great Job, Milwaukee! Milwaukee’s RiverWalk has won a Global Award of Excellence

Matt Wild

November 14, 2017

Here at Milwaukee Record, we employ a sentient machine known as the Great Job Milwaukee Bot to keep track of the city's many appearances on dopey online lists, as well as any time a national publication deigns ...

Jens Lekman will play The Back Room @ Colectivo February 9

Matt Wild

November 13, 2017

Has it really been 10 years since Jens Lekman played Milwaukee? Unless someone knows otherwise, it appears the Swedish indie darling last played our fair city March 29, 2008 at the Pabst Theater. Sheesh. Well, ...

John Cusack and ‘Say Anything’ will be in your eyes February 3 at Riverside Theater

Matt Wild

November 13, 2017

Is there anyone better than John Cusack? If you were weaned on '80s movies like Sixteen Candles, Better Off Dead, and Say Anything..., the answer is "no." If you were weaned on '90s movies like Grosse Pointe Bl...

Milwaukee woman featured in incredible, hopeful new episode of Radiolab

Matt Wild

November 13, 2017

Back in 2009, when she was 18, Milwaukee woman Jennell Jenney came across a bone marrow donor tent while at a Warped Tour. She decided to sign up. Her cheek was swabbed, she signed some papers, and she was on h...

Bright Black returns with pitch-black “Zealots”

Matt Wild

November 13, 2017

When we last checked in with Bright Black, the hard rocking Milwaukee band was getting angst-y on its self-titled EP. "Bright Black is an unapologetic statement of purpose from a band paying tribute to its infl...

Galerie Kenilworth brings art, fresh perspective to the East Side

Matt Wild

November 9, 2017

The East Side, you may have heard, is changing. The past 18 months have seen multiple businesses in the once bar-heavy North and Farwell area closing their doors, new businesses taking their place, and a more "...

Let’s ask the Uecker 8-Ball about Von Trier’s plans to remain a German bar and restaurant

Matt Wild

November 6, 2017

Back in August, Von Trier owners John and Cindy Sidoff announced they would be closing their beloved German bar and reopening it as an "upscale cocktail lounge." Milwaukee was not impressed, and demanded the Si...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (October 29-November 4)

Matt Wild

November 6, 2017

Abandon all hope: Milwaukee’s beer gardens are closing for the season this weekend

Matt Wild

November 3, 2017

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• In the Inferno, "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here" is the sign Dante sees ...

We found an Easy Street jacket in a closet of Milwaukee’s most haunted bar and we have questions

Matt Wild

November 2, 2017

A few weeks ago we spent the night at Shaker's, a.k.a. Milwaukee's most haunted bar, a.k.a. the fifth most haunted bar in America. Things got, well, emotional. One thing that didn't make our final report: durin...

Rocket Paloma chalks one up with cheeky “Critic’s Choice” video

Matt Wild

November 2, 2017

When we last checked in with Rocket Paloma, the solo-act-turned-full-band was releasing a self-titled, four-song debut EP. "The full-bodied, unabashedly rock sound the band so effortlessly channels is light yea...

Lose your head over Soul Low’s “Amputee” video

Matt Wild

November 1, 2017

Soul Low's Cheer Up is one of the great Milwaukee albums of 2017. The record is the perfect distillation of the band's happy-sad aesthetic, with sometimes aggressively upbeat pop tunes masking decidedly melanch...

49 years ago today: The Bucks win! For the first time!

Matt Wild

October 31, 2017

The Milwaukee Bucks' 2017-2018 season is only just underway, but it's already a memorable one. The "Return to the MECCA" game (which we totally went to in person), the dude dressed as Milhouse, the existence of...

I spent the night at Milwaukee’s haunted cigar bar and things got emotional

Matt Wild

October 31, 2017

The interesting thing about ghosts is that they don't exist. Not now, not ever, not on the set of Three Men And A Baby, not anywhere. They simply don't. The non-existence of ghosts is so self-evident to me, so ...

Well, it looks like the whole “save Von Trier” thing actually worked

Matt Wild

October 31, 2017

Remember when it was announced that beloved German-themed bar Von Trier would be closing and reopening as an "upscale cocktail lounge"? Remember when everyone got really mad about that idea? Remember when the "...