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MadTracks: 'Hold On' by Former Ghosts
on 11/19/09 at 12:00 pm | Madison's Nika Roza Danilova has been very busy with music the past couple years. She has released solo recordings as Zola Jesus, and another album featuring Danilova appeared in October on London's Upset the Rhythm label: Fleurs by Former Ghosts. |
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Madison Music Scene and Heard: Daniel and the Lion, Funk Out Cancer!, Ironworks Cafe
on 11/16/09 at 12:00 pm | Folk-rockers Daniel and the Lion have built a local following in less than a year, and they will offer an opportunity for fans to put their audience skills to use at a live DVD filming at the High Noon Saloon on Tuesday, Nov. 24. |
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Vinyl Cave: The Spoils by Zola Jesus
on 11/14/09 at 6:00 pm | Nika Roza Danilova is creating quite a buzz in the music blogosphere with her musical alias/one-woman band, Zola Jesus, including a stack of "best of 2008" lists and a recent mention by comics writer/king of all media Warren Ellis. |
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MadTracks: 'Moving On' by Flame Shark
on 11/11/09 at 1:00 pm | Justin Jahnke came to the Madison area from Louisiana, so Flame Shark's sound has always had some Southern roots. This time around, the band took the extra step of recording the basic tracks for Raw Flowers live during a 20 hour session at Piety Street Recording in New Orleans. |
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Madison Music Scene and Heard: Patrick Peterson, Band to Band Combat, Madison County
on 11/09/09 at 12:00 pm | Whitewater musician Patrick Peterson has played or worked at benefit shows for numerous causes. Now Peterson could use a helping hand himself. |
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Vinyl Cave: The Delta Sweete by Bobbie Gentry
on 11/08/09 at 8:00 am | Bobbie Gentry burst overnight onto the national music scene with one of the most mysterious-sounding records of 1967, "Ode to Billie Joe." With her smoky vocals and down-home guitar in the forefront, backed by foreboding strings, the record's spare production stands out when compared to the often overly elaborate records of the Summer of Love. |
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Vinyl Cave: Where does all this stuff come from, anyway?
on 11/05/09 at 5:00 pm | In Madison, we're lucky to still have a wide variety of places where those who want to browse for music can do so the old fashioned way, in person. Occasionally, there's even special events that draw hordes of serious and casual collectors, such as St. Vincent de Paul's annual collectible record sale, which started Thursday and runs through Saturday. |
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Madison Music Scene and Heard: Project Lodge, The Relics, Bach in a Backpack
on 11/02/09 at 12:00 pm | Music/art space the Project Lodge was relatively quiet over the summer after the founders moved back to Portland, Oregon. But a group of new owner-coordinators have worked through the transition process, and the venue's calendar is beginning to fill up. |
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MadTracks: 'We Will Bury You' by Optometri
on 10/20/09 at 4:00 pm | Part of the fun of being in a band is developing a stage presence, be it slightly different or wildly divergent from one's usual personality. Madison's been graced with many performers dedicated to onstage antics and fanciful band back stories; currently one of the most developed "biographies" surfaces on stage a few times a year in the form of Optometri. |
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Madison Music Scene and Heard: A.N.T. & Kinfolk, Commentaraoke, Whitney Mann
on 10/19/09 at 12:00 pm | Hip-hop continues to cross over into all musical genres, due both to bands under its influence and rappers trying out something different. New Madison band A.N.T. & KinFolk was formed in April by local emcee Anthony Ward (who performs as A.N.T.); they'll be playing at R Place on Park Thursday, Oct. 22 (note corrected date). |
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Vinyl Cave: Tiptoe Past the Dragon by Marlin Greene
on 10/17/09 at 8:00 am | On a recent long-delayed field trip to Fox Music Company in Watertown to dig through the store's thousands of 45s, disappointment reigned upon learning that they had sold the whole works to someone in Michigan just a few weeks previously. So I settled for digging through the thousands of LPs, and uncovered several obscure items to take a flyer on. |
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Madison Music Scene and Heard: Wheels on Fire, Wilco, Halfway Hootenanny
on 10/12/09 at 12:00 pm | Athens, Ohio's Wheels on Fire makes a first Madison appearance on Thursday, Oct. 15 at the Frequency. What makes this show unmissable for garage pop fans is the trio of Madison bands on the bill: The Hussy, The Honey Slides and The Hemlines. |
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MadTracks: 'Exorcist' by The Antiprism
on 10/08/09 at 1:00 pm | It's just about showtime on a Wednesday night at the Frequency, and the stage room contains only a few folks with pints ... and a band dressed in hooded black capes, forbidding sunglasses and a bit of dark makeup. |
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Madison Music Scene and Heard: The Skintones, Cardinal Bar, Daytrotter
on 10/05/09 at 12:00 pm | A weekly update about upcoming concerts around Madison and notes on the local scene. |
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Vinyl Cave: Live at the Circle A by Greg Cartwright
on 10/03/09 at 8:00 am | Garage is a genre where the majority of its bands may remain outside the mainstream of pop culture but can become legends in their circle of influence. Greg Cartwright has become one of those near-mythical giants. |
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Madison Music Scene and Heard: Freakfest tickets, Hank III, Scotland Yard Gospel Choir
on 09/29/09 at 5:00 pm | A weekly update about upcoming concerts around Madison and notes about the local scene. |
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Vinyl Cave: Mad 'Twists' Rock 'n' Roll from Mad Magazine
on 09/26/09 at 8:00 am | Mad 'Twists' Rock 'n' Roll has never been released on CD, and when the LP does turn up it's nearly always been played to death. When a copy in good condition turned up recently I couldn't resist satisfying my longtime curiosity, and re-affirming my Mad fandom. |
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Vinyl Cave: Vindicator by Arthur Lee
on 09/19/09 at 8:00 am | The album today sounds like a natural progression from the second era of Love. The Hendrixisms are still here, as are weird short bits of convoluted poetry. Vindicator holds together better, though, helped by a careful sense of sequencing and its peppering with the mysterious vibe and paranoia of the Forever Changes era. |
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A day in the life of the Vinyl Cave
on 09/12/09 at 8:00 am | It's been a busy week and I haven't had time to really dig into any albums this week. So, here's a snapshot of what can be spun the turntable on one particular day -- in this case, Friday. |
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Know Boundaries says farewell with The Ghost Spell
on 09/10/09 at 6:00 pm | It's been a quiet year for fans of Madison hip-hop/rock innovators Know Boundaries, as the band has only played a couple shows in town since releasing a live disc last fall. They're returning to the High Noon Saloon stage this Saturday, but it's a farewell bow -- the group is disbanding after a bit less than a decade together. |
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Vinyl Cave: Sold for Prevention of Disease Only by Wilderness Road
on 09/05/09 at 8:00 am | Sometimes when one's record collection is too large, albums can sit around mostly forgotten. Occasionally, hanging on to something random pays off when an album becomes much more appreciated long after first hearing it -- a situation that's usually accompanied by the reaction "Why didn't I notice this before?" |
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Vinyl Cave: Detroit grease and soul by Andre Williams
on 08/29/09 at 8:00 am | The Fortune sides display the stew of influences that have continued to emerge throughout Andre Williams' career. Including singles released as a solo artist and with groups the Five Dollars, the Don Juans and others, there's straight doo-wop, crooners, jump R&B, weird near-novelty numbers and risque semi-spoken diatribes in the vein of the infamous "Jail Bait." |
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Vinyl Cave: Missed the Bloodshot Beer-B-Q in Madison?
on 08/22/09 at 8:00 am | Free tickets for the showcase of Bloodshot artists at the High Noon Saloon may be long gone, but this is of course a party for a record company, which means a more permanent musical experience is available for those who don't make the show. For vinyl fans, it's been an embarrassment of riches lately. |
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The Bloodshot Records Beer-B-Q visits Madison for its Quinceañera
on 08/13/09 at 2:00 pm | Even though Madison is one of the smallest cities on the tour, Bloodshot co-founder Rob Miller says it was a natural choice. "Madison was the first city outside of Chicago to ever pay attention to Bloodshot," he explains. |
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Vinyl Cave: Memory Almost Full by Paul McCartney
on 08/08/09 at 10:00 am | As someone who grew up a decade after the band's breakup as an absolutely non-objective Beatles fan, it's tricky to evaluate the quality of Paul's new releases as they appear. |
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Vinyl Cave: Battle Axe by Billion Dollar Babies
on 08/01/09 at 8:00 am | At one time, the moniker Alice Cooper referred to an entire band and not just singer Vincent Furnier, who eventually appropriated the name as part of the group's genius knack for marketing. |
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Vinyl Cave: The Baroques by The Baroques
on 07/25/09 at 12:00 pm | Okay, everyone, you know the tune, so sing along: When you say Wis-con-sin -- you said psychedelia! Doesn't quite seem to work, does it? |
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Vinyl Cave: Beware by Bonnie Prince Billy
on 07/18/09 at 8:00 am | If there's a dictionary definition of "indie" music, the ever-inscrutable and prolific Will Oldham should be pictured with the listing, despite the fact that what he creates is in most ways not indie rock -- or alt-country, or freak folk, or whatever other convenient tag is in the current vernacular to pigeonhole a songwriter or band. |
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Crustacean Records celebrates 15th anniversary with showcase blowout
on 07/14/09 at 2:00 pm | Crustacean Records has expanded beyond Wisconsin's borders during the last 15 years, and seems well-positioned to unleash many more albums from their ever-growing roster of aggressive and inventive rock, metal and punk bands, whatever the dominant release format may be in the future. |
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Vinyl Cave: Dollar bin diving for Dionne Warwick
on 07/11/09 at 8:00 am | Anyone familiar with crate digging knows those records that are seen over and over, for years after their release -- yesterday's hits, usually in crummy condition, clogging up every thrift store and dollar bin. But what if one was to see some of these albums in nice condition, and actually buy them? |
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