Milwaukee Banks: “Faded”
“Looking at the ceiling / and my eyes glaze over / and my feeling ain’t sober / come on”
If you were looking for something to close out a night to from the Aussie hip-hop scene, pick this. Let me set the sce...
Boulevards: “Got to Go”
Boulevards is from Raleigh, North Carolina and maybe the past, too. His fashion sense screams throwback (something he attributes to his father), while his music sounds like something Bootsy Collins kicked off P...
Christine and the Queens feat. Perfume Genius: “Jonathan”
Christine (real name Héloïse Letissier) and the Queens (her drag queen backing band) are a French band that have made a stand in indie freak pop. Héloïse, who now regularly goes by Christine, began this project...
Arca: “Soichiro”
In anticipation of his upcoming album, Mutant, Arca released the album’s second single, “Soichiro,” which holds true to his trip-hop form. It’s titled after the middle name of his friend and frequent collaborat...
Zella Day: “East of Eden”
Zella Day has been at this game a long time. She grew up in Arizona picking tunes of Dylan and Elvis on her acoustic guitar at her parents' local coffee shop. In 2011, her stripped-down cover of Jack White's "S...
Concert Review:
San Fermin
One of the more special things about Madison is the UW's Memorial Union Terrace. It beats the pants of the student union at my alma mater (sorry IU). And if you're into music, you won't overlook the worth of th...
FKA twigs: “Two Weeks”
"Two Weeks" is the first single for FKA twigs' upcoming release, LP1 (out August 12). Twigs has released 2 EPs to date, EP1 and EP2 (I see a theme here).
Be wary listening to this song unless you're near you...
Concert Preview:
Make Music Madison 2014
Make Music Madison (MMM): a free, all-day, outdoor celebration of music in Madison. Sounds like a no brainer, right? Well, it just kicked off last year and tomorrow (June 21) will see the second iteration of th...
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Nikki Nack
Merrill Garbus, ukuleles, and drums. A child releasing creative havoc. Zig-zags and face paint. Growls, freak outs, and dissolution. Funky, rhythmic playgrounds and tantrums. Far away fairy tales. Drums and Mer...
Concert Review:
Lost in the Trees, All Tiny Creatures
The pairing of bands last night made sense: both highly produced and polished sounds intermixed with strikingly similar vocal styles. It's no wonder they're on tour together. Though both experienced moments of ...
SZA feat. Kendrick Lamar: “Babylon”
SZA produced "Babylon" with DJ Dahi and filmed a music video for it. But for her debut LP, Z, label mate Kendrick Lamar joins SZA for this impassioned introspective.
It's hard to not draw parallels between S...
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Beck
Morning Phase
Beck consistently spans the spectrum when it comes to his genre of music. Not many Beck albums can be pigeonholed into the same category. From break-beat hip hop to pop rock anthems, to abstract, ironic, and me...