Beat Connection: “Hesitation”
Since Beat Connection’s The Palace Garden in 2012, the Seattle group has developed wide recognition and a near-solidified sound. A nose dip into Beat Connection’s water would reveal something electronic, indie,...
Q&A with
Victor Wooten
Chances are, you have heard of Victor Wooten. You may have seen his confusing/mind-blowing bass techniques under his name or with Belá Fleck and the Flecktones. Not only is he a five-time Grammy Award winner an...
Concert Preview:
Charlie Parr
The Shitty Barn Sessions are back! This Wednesday and/or Thursday night, come share an evening with Piedmont blues musician Charlie Parr in Spring Green. Hailing from Duluth, Minnesota, Parr just released his 1...
Aero Flynn: “Twist”
Aero Flynn is a fresh, humble act birthed from the mellow reflexes of its makers — Amateur Love, Solid Gold, Bon Iver, Tapes 'n Tapes, Solid Gold, and Actual Wolf. The soon-to-explode group (Josh Scott, Adam Hu...
Q&A with
William Fitzsimmons
Sunday evening at the Majestic Theatre will not be fun. William Fitzsimmons reworded my claim of excitement and suggested that the performance will be “nice.” With a deep arrangement behind him, Fitzsimmons wil...
Concert Review:
Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds
Beyond one acoustic-to-electric transducer, a friendly mouth organ lived half of his life at The Frequency obscured. Saliva-drenched, beard-battered and hidden, the harmonica — let’s call him Franklin — soon th...
5 Questions with
Typhoon
Typhoon is better than the Badgers at: Cramming the starting line behind a tiny desk; performing live FO FREE; and having fans in Kentucky.
The Badgers are better than Typhoon at: like, basketball.
WUD Mu...
Q&A with Bear’s Den’s
Andrew Davie
After opening for Daughter at the Majestic last September, Bear's Den urgently booked another Madison gig. This time, the group from London will headline a night of beautiful music at The Frequency. For only te...
Q&A with
ZZ Ward
As I peer through the sweaty folk to see who was playing next, a heavy gust of wind tosses me back. What am I dealing with here? And why are my elbows not nuzzled on the stage? I push my way forward to witness ...
Concert Preview:
Black Joe Lewis, Pickwick
Tomorrow night the High Noon Saloon will cease to exist. Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears plan to tear down the ceilings and walls and create one big orgasmatron.
Ripping a page out of Woody Allen's perc...
Concert Review:
Patty Griffin
Yesterweek's opportune fell under a new moon at the High Noon Saloon, where Patty Griffin led the swoon of middle-aged buffoons. Immediately and throughout, she set the stage for what the night was about. "I kn...
5 Questions with
Old Earth & Dietrich Gosser
Thank goodness we are live-tweeting the Grammys — now you can head to High Noon Saloon on Sunday night where you'll find a stellar variety of homegrown artists. We recently completed an interview with Jeremiah ...