Author Matt Wild

Prospect Avenue Colectivo closed “until further notice”

January 18, 2021

As first reported by OnMilwaukee, the Colectivo Coffee cafe at 2211 N. Prospect Ave. on Milwaukee's east side is closed. A sign on the door says the location is "temporarily on hiatus." (A previous sign stated ...

Let’s listen to the new Lil Wayne and Victor DeLorenzo Packers hype songs

Matt Wild

January 16, 2021

It's a match made in playoffs heaven: rapper Lil Wayne, Milwaukee musician Victor DeLorenzo, and your Green Bay Packers. Yes, ahead of Saturday's NFC divisional playoff game between the Packers and the Los Ange...

Milwaukee PBS reveals 2021 production plans (with no new John McGivern shows)

Matt Wild

January 14, 2021

Viewers like you were shook back in December when it was revealed that Milwaukee PBS would not be renewing popular travel show Around The Corner With John McGivern. "We understand Around The Corner With John Mc...

Stay updated on Wisconsin’s COVID-19 response, vaccine progress with weekly newsletter

Matt Wild

January 14, 2021

Want to stay updated on Wisconsin's COVID-19 response and vaccine progress? There's a new weekly email newsletter for that.The Department of Health Services (DHS) announced the newsletter Thursday morning. ...

Snack Boys makes pandemic pivot to “Plant Boys”

Matt Wild

January 14, 2021

For many Milwaukee businesses, 2020 and 2021 will go down as the "pivot" years: Taking once thriving business models and trying something new and different—anything new and different—in order to stay afloat ami...

Milwaukee health order limiting bars and restaurants with previously approved full-capacity safety plans to 50% capacity will expire Friday, thus allowing bars and restaurants with previously approved full-capacity safety plans to return to full capacity

Matt Wild

January 14, 2021

It couldn't be simpler: A Milwaukee health order limiting bars and restaurants with previously approved full-capacity safety plans to 50% capacity will expire on Friday, January 15, thus allowing bars and resta...

Victor Buell IV scores the apocalypse with synth-drenched solo album, ‘Fallen Angels’

Matt Wild

January 13, 2021

The last time we checked in with Victor Buell IV, the Vinz Clortho leader was getting down—real low down—with a winning cover of Sheryl Crow's "If It Makes You Happy." The song was eventually included on Vinz C...

9 delightful regional pizza Instagram accounts you should follow for National Pizza Week

Matt Wild

January 12, 2021

This week (January 10-16) is National Pizza Week. Finally, an excuse to eat and celebrate pizza.Need some pizza-related levity on your Instagram feed, both during this week and beyond? Of course you do. Her...

Aaron Rodgers will guest host an upcoming episode of ‘Jeopardy!’

Matt Wild

January 12, 2021

A few years after appearing on Jeopardy! as a contestant, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers will soon host the beloved game show. The BREAKING NEWS was broken today on the Pat McAfee Show:BREAKING...

In case you blinked last week, here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (Jan. 3-9)

Matt Wild

January 11, 2021

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...

Weird Storm gets, well, weird in video for “Brittle Pastimes”

Matt Wild

January 8, 2021

There's unfortunate timing, and then there's Milwaukee's Weird Storm. Formed in summer 2019, the group (Charlie Hoehnen, Bob Schaab, brothers Chris and Nicholas Ouchie) wrote, rehearsed, and recorded some demos...

Lauryl Sulfate and LUXI team up for “Basement Show”

Matt Wild

January 8, 2021

Ahhh, the basement show. That magical beast where 17 hardcore bands are on one bill, where three dozen people have to squeeze past the washer and dryer without accidentally unplugging the Christmas lights, and ...

Everything at West Allis Bakers Square is up for auction (sorry, no pies)

Matt Wild

January 8, 2021

Last month saw the closing of the last remaining Bakers Square in Wisconsin. The Elm Grove location followed the closing of a Shorewood location in 2016, and locations in Greenfield and West Allis earlier in 20...

When will the Marcus Center parking structure snow piles melt THIS year?

Matt Wild

January 6, 2021

Back in spring 2019, we asked a perennial Milwaukee question: When would the big snow piles on the sides of the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts parking structure, 929 N. Water St., finally melt? We kept t...

Favorite Milwaukee Music We Forgot To Include In Our Year-End Favorites: Red Stuff, ‘Bless Us’

Matt Wild

January 6, 2021

In 2020 we dropped our usual year-end "25 Best Milwaukee Albums" list and went with something less stuffy. "Milwaukee Record's favorite Milwaukee music of 2020" contained lists of our favorite LPs and EPs, but ...

Greet the new year with Mere Of Light and the wistful “Moon From A Well”

Matt Wild

January 5, 2021

Entering a new year is a lot like waking up in the morning: it's best done slowly, quietly, and, if at all possible, without doomscrolling through Twitter. With that in mind, please let new Milwaukee project Me...

Ranking Milwaukee-themed polka songs by the number of times they say “Milwaukee”

Matt Wild

January 5, 2021

Back in December, Milwaukee-area polka king Mike Schneider released a video for his delightful "Christmas Kielbasa." The song ended up getting stuck in our heads for approximately three weeks. Go figure.htt...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Kicking icy chunks of slush out of your vehicle’s wheel wells

Matt Wild

January 4, 2021

Some things come and go, while some things become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: kicking icy chunks of slush out of your vehicle's wheel wells!Poke around the weird-but-not-t...

Rexxx goes to the toppermost of the poppermost in video for “Animal”

Matt Wild

January 4, 2021

Back when the Beatles were a struggling band playing dingy clubs and ratty ballrooms, John Lennon would cheer the group on with a rallying cry. "Where are we going, fellas?" Lennon would ask. "To the top, Johnn...

Milwaukee Admirals “opt out” of 2020-21 American Hockey League season

Matt Wild

January 4, 2021

Milwaukee Admirals owner and CEO Harris Turer announced on Monday that the team will "opt out" of the 2020-21 American Hockey League season. Why? Because of the "financial and related implications caused by the...