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5 Questions with
Sleeper Agent

04/08/2014

Sleeper Agent visits the High Noon Saloon on Thursday night for their first headlining tour. The garage pop band from Kentucky (insert Badgers-Final Four comment here) has been touring relentlessly since their ...

Q&A with
Dessa

Riley Beggin

04/08/2014

Interviews, Madison

Combine a philosophy graduate, a classical composer, and a creative non-fiction writer and you've got Minneapolis-based rapper and spoken word artist Dessa. If it sounds like a handful, it is — Dessa is current...

Q&A with Fanfarlo’s
Simon Balthazar

Lee Gordon

04/07/2014

Interviews, Madison

With its eclectic instrumentation and contemplative and earthly lyrics, London-based Fanfarlo is currently touring in support of its dynamic third full-length album, Let's Go Extinct. The five-piece indie band ...

5 Questions with
Typhoon

Max Simon

04/04/2014

Interviews, Madison

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...

Essential Tracks:
Against Me!

Andrew Brandt

04/03/2014

Essential Tracks, Madison

Against Me! exists in a perpetual state of unrest: over the last 17 years, they've tapped into questioning political powers, personal identity, and even the scene itself. Led by the tremendous Laura Jane Grace,...

Q&A with
Har Mar Superstar

Rebecca Edwards

03/31/2014

Interviews, Madison

In anticipation of his performance at the High Noon Saloon in Madison on Wednesday, Sean Tillmann (a.k.a. the wonderful Har Mar Superstar) was good enough to answer some of my questions about the music that we ...

Essential Tracks:
Warpaint

Lexy Brodt

03/28/2014

Essential Tracks, Madison

Warpaint is an indie band comprised of idiosyncratic young ladies and defined by a creepy, lulling mesh of instruments and vocals. Started by a group of childhood friends, the band was formed in 2004 and releas...

Q&A with Bear’s Den’s
Andrew Davie

Max Simon

03/27/2014

Interviews, Madison

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...

5 Questions with
Future Islands

Andrew Brandt

03/25/2014

Interviews, Madison

Every dog has its day and thanks in part to a frenzied Letterman performance and seven years of hard work, grit-wave band Future Islands is finally having theirs. Fresh off of their latest release, Singles (ser...

5 Questions with
Yellow Ostrich

Andrew Brandt

03/24/2014

Interviews, Madison

Three years ago, Yellow Ostrich's Alex Schaaf journeyed from Wisconsin to Brooklyn. At some point in the trip, he swapped his home-looped recordings for a full band — and signed a contract with indie heavyweigh...

Q&A with
ZZ Ward

Max Simon

03/20/2014

Interviews, Madison

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 ...

Profile:
Pure X

Lee Gordon

03/19/2014

Interviews, Madison

Making music can often entail demanding physical and emotional hardships within a band trying to crank out as much music as it can. Pure X, the indie-garage trio from Austin, TX is one of those instances — lead...