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Album Preview:
Blueheels Weather Machine

08/21/2012

Madison-based band Blueheels has been playing the Upper Midwest — Minneapolis to Indianapolis — since 2005, which is when they played their very first show. If you haven't heard of them yet, you most certainly ...

Concert Preview:
Caroline Smith and the Good Night Sleeps

Kathryn Doers

08/20/2012

Concert Previews, Madison

When Caroline Smith was merely 16, she started performing in her hometown of Detroit Lakes, Minnesota with nothing but her guitar and beautiful voice. Family had a huge part in motivating Caroline to play, but ...

5 Questions with
PHOX

Kathryn Doers

08/16/2012

Interviews, Madison

Tomorrow night, PHOX will perform at the Majestic Theatre's Live on King Street, opening for rock group Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers. Take this opportunity to enjoy some homegrown music from an up-and-coming ...

Q&A with Yeasayer’s
Anand Wilder

Isabel Reidy

08/15/2012

Interviews, Madison

Brooklyn-based psychedelic dance wizards Yeasayer have made quite a name for themselves since their formation in 2006. The band will be touring through December to promote the release of their new album, Fragra...

5 Questions with
The Very Best

Lizzie Kirch

08/14/2012

Interviews, Madison

You may have caught our concert preview last week for The Very Best (Radioclit's Johan Karlberg and Malawian songsmith Esau Mwamwaya), who visit Madison this Thursday at the Majestic Theatre with special guests...

Concert Preview:
PHOX

Kathryn Doers

08/13/2012

Concert Previews, Madison

"You can try and hide away, from all the things that people say, that you need to be okay, but you'll just stay the same." — "Laura (Oh, Girl)" by PHOX Hypnotic. Fascinating. Beautiful. Powerful. All are w...

5 Questions with
Jeremiah Nelson

Max Simon

08/08/2012

Interviews, Madison

Music can do a number of things. It can inspire (example: Queen). It can make you dance (example: Michael Jackson). And yes, it can make you levitate (example: Jeremiah Nelson). Don't believe me? Have you ...

Concert Review:
Lollapalooza 2012

Jessikah Smith

08/07/2012

Concert Reviews, Features

Three days of some of the best music in the world, debauchery, and unforgettable moments is the best way to describe Chicago's leading music festival. As Lollapalooza 2012 came to an end, Grant Park was left wi...

Concert Preview: Pondamonium
Garbage + Flaming Lips and more

Lizzie Kirch

08/06/2012

Concert Previews, Madison

Wisconsinites and music lovers of the world rejoice: Garbage is touring again and is stopping in Madison, the town where they first assembled in 1994. The first fresh album put out since 2005's Bleed Like Me by...

Concert Preview:
The Very Best

Lizzie Kirch

08/05/2012

Concert Previews, Madison

On paper, it would seem as if the duo were complete opposites: one from Malawi, the other from Sweden, the former one-half of the electronic band Radioclit and the latter specializing in the traditional music o...

5 Questions with
Laarks

Erica Matlin

08/01/2012

Interviews, Madison

This Thursday night at the Terrace, Madison gets a visit from Eau Claire when local band Laarks takes the stage. The band is known amongst fans, and the Eau Claire music scene, for their electro-rock-fueled ene...

5 Questions with
Milo Greene

Jaime Brackeen

07/29/2012

Interviews, Madison

"I'm happily exhausted," says Graham Fink, member and one-fifth of the rising, harmony-driven indie folk band Milo Greene. The band has been high in demand around the release of their debut self-titled album...