Author Matt Wild

Common Council keeps Milwaukee flag debate in limbo, congratulates Juvenile

October 15, 2024

The nearly decade-long debate about Milwaukee's city flag stayed true to its history and went nowhere on Tuesday. The Milwaukee Common Council, having previously held the matter of whether or not to make the so...

Garden Home’s “The Worst Of It” video is one shot of pummeling perfection

Matt Wild

October 15, 2024

Back in April, Milwaukee screamo/post-hardcore band Garden Home released its excellent self-titled debut album. "Garden Home is now a band in full bloom," we said, "as its long-awaited debut album shows those s...

Diet Lite’s Max Niemann goes solo, hits the road with ‘The Fellow Travelers’

Matt Wild

October 14, 2024

One of the busiest and most beloved Milwaukee bands to make its name post-pandemic has been Diet Lite. The scruffy indie-rock outfit released the excellent Seems To Be The Way It Tends To Go in 2021, and follow...

Sushi restaurant 1033 Omakase planned for old 1033 MKE space at 1033 S. 1st St.

Matt Wild

October 14, 2024

Can't get enough of sushi restaurants? Neither can we, which is why we're excited to inform you that a new sushi restaurant is being planned for Walker's Point.What's the name of the new joint? 1033 Omakase...

Summerfest announces first 2025 headliner, Lainey Wilson, 254 long days ahead of time

Matt Wild

October 14, 2024

Wildly popular country artist Lainey Wilson will headline the American Family Insurance Amphitheater on Thursday, June 26, during Summerfest 2025. The Big Gig announced its first 2025 headliner on Monday—254 da...

The Hallelujah Ward comes to life (finally!) with ‘I Forced Myself To Live, Charlie Bee’

Matt Wild

October 11, 2024

It's a bright and bustling morning at Radio Milwaukee and Mark Waldoch is ready to begin the day."They used to have this thing where they would frenetically interview somebody for eighty-eight seconds," he ...

Great Job, Wisconsin! We want to die while eating brats

Matt Wild

October 10, 2024

Here at Milwaukee Record we employ a sentient machine known as the Great Job, Wisconsin! Bot to keep track of the state's many appearances on dopey online lists and studies, as well as any time a national publi...

Food/Drink Roundup: Support East Side businesses in their construction time of need

Matt Wild

October 9, 2024

broadstreet.zone(154824); 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: East Side businesses that need support while ...

Everybody loves Miller High Life, including Kamala Harris and the Real Housewives

Matt Wild

October 9, 2024

"Bottle of High Life?"That's what the bartender at Landmark Lanes says every time I (Matt) approach the bar. I've been going to the Landmark for 8,000 years, and they know that I drink Miller High Life. It'...

Enjoy lyric videos for two of our current favorite Milwaukee songs

Matt Wild

October 8, 2024

Remember that part in Twin Peaks where Cooper says "When two separate events occur simultaneously pertaining to the same object of inquiry, we must always pay strict attention"? Of course you do. Well, if the o...

HUMID delivers heavy, atmospheric shoegaze with ‘Pulverize’ LP

Matt Wild

October 7, 2024

Pulverize, the second full-length album from Milwaukee group HUMID, doesn't waste time. Opener "Infrared" begins with a bang—an instant wall of towering, bashing drums and swirling, distorted guitars—and keeps ...

Lady Gaga went to Culver’s with her Minnesotan fiancé

Matt Wild

October 2, 2024

Tuesday night, soon after Minnesota Governor Tim Walz went toe-to-toe with Ohio Senator JD Vance during the vice presidential debate, Lady Gaga appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! What's the connection? Well, Gaga's...

Great Job, Milwaukee! Condé Nast Traveler readers name Milwaukee 3rd best big city in U.S.

Matt Wild

October 1, 2024

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 and studies, as well as any time a national publi...

Hello. My name is The Hop. I recorded 49,573 rides in August 2024. Prepare to argue.

Matt Wild

September 26, 2024

Milwaukee's streetcar system, The Hop, recorded 49,573 rides in August 2024. That works out to an average of 1,599 rides per day. August 2024 ridership was up slightly from August 2023, when 47,552 rides were r...

Pizza Man set to open on Downer Avenue (again)

Matt Wild

September 26, 2024

Remember when Milwaukee pizza stalwart Pizza Man left its 10-year Downer Avenue home in March 2023? Remember when it then moved to the former Stubby's Gastrogrub space on Humboldt Avenue/Boulevard? Remember whe...

Yo La Tengo will play Harris/Walz fundraiser show October 17 at Anodyne

Matt Wild

September 25, 2024

You read the headline: legendary and forever-awesome indie-rock icons Yo La Tengo will play a fundraiser show for the Harris/Walz campaign on Thursday, October 17 at the Walker's Point Anodyne Coffee Roasting C...

I rappelled down the side of the 13-story Milwaukee Athletic Club for…reasons

Matt Wild

September 24, 2024

It's Friday and I'm in a small utility room near the top of the 13-story Milwaukee Athletic Club, watching Bango the Buck get a crash course in rappelling down a building."This is an emergency mechanism," e...

Divided and tired Common Council votes to…keep talking about the “People’s Flag”

Matt Wild

September 24, 2024

Tired of talking about flags? Tired of talking about the so-called "People's Flag of Milwaukee"? Tired of talking about whether or not the "People's Flag" should be the official flag of Milwaukee? You're not al...

17 photos of the Halloween-decorated Streets of Old Milwaukee

Matt Wild

September 19, 2024

For the first time ever, Milwaukee Public Museum's beloved Streets of Old Milwaukee have been decorated for fall and Halloween. You should check 'em out!Stroll through the 1900s-era streetscape exhibit and ...

Food/Drink Roundup: Yep, ‘Bar Rescue’ is back in Milwaukee

Matt Wild

September 19, 2024

broadstreet.zone(154824); 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: Bar Rescue!Has it really been 10 years si...