This Week’s Nightlife and Giveaways: Giving Thanks For Great Music In Madison

Posted on November 30, 2009 by Shelley Peckham

We hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!  The sentiment is felt year-round, but since the recent holiday has us thinking about it on a deeper level, please allow us to extend thanks to our awesome blog readers and Madison concert-goers, without whom the Madison music scene would hardly be as vibrant as it is!  [...]

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Pitchfork Gives Local Artist Zola Jesus Some Love

Posted on October 2, 2009 by Shelley Peckham

“…the music, in nodding to avant-garde and proto-goth forbearers while using back-in-vogue bargain-basement production, sounded both familiar and fresh..” –Pitchfork.com We’re predicting great things for this Madison-based rising star.  Check out Pitchfork’s full review of Zola Jesus’ recently-released full-length album, The Spoils, and our interview with her here.

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Monday Concert Connection: Going Underground

Posted on August 31, 2009 by Shelley Peckham

There has been an all-too-familiar chill in the air these last few days.  While it’s not yet time to dig a burrow and start hibernating, let’s “go underground” this week with shows from garage punks The Spits, and Rootbeer‘s delicious danceable hip hop.  Read on to find out how you could win tickets to the [...]

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Punk: A Beginner’s Guide

Posted on June 25, 2009 by Shelley Peckham

Well Joe, you called it.  The suits did their best to turn your rebellion into money.  To a great deal of people living in the post Hot Topic world, the very idea of punk is viewed as little more than a cute “phase.”  It’s part of life, right?  Infant, toddler, kid, punk, adult?  Oh they [...]

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Farewell to Ron Asheton

Posted on January 14, 2009 by Shelley Peckham

On January 6th, groundbreaking Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton was found dead in his home in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The cause of death, though not confirmed, is widely speculated to have been a heart attack. The following statement was posted on The Stooges’ website: We are shocked and shaken by the news of Ron’s death. He [...]

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