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(04/13/11 6:00am)
It's a name that your parents are probably more familiar with, but
one that our younger generation shouldn't just shove aside: The
commercially and artistically successful Alison Krauss. Whether
recording solo or with her band, Union Station, Krauss is the
goddess of modern bluegrass music (not an oxymoron, I promise). She
has the distinction of being the singer who has won the most Grammy
awards of any artist, and she owes three of those (and her
subsequent hop over Aretha Franklin for the honor) to the
collaborative album with Robert Plant, Raising Sand, which
took home Album of the Year among others in 2007.
(04/08/11 6:00am)
Matt White coming back through Madison to relive 'Best
Days' of his life, visit old college haunts
(04/08/11 6:00am)
Friday April 8, Derek Schiller will be displaying his art inspired
by Madison at the Project Lodge. The Janesville native has only
recently begun his art career, starting off three years ago in
Chicago, but now he is looking to keep things rolling
independently. I had a chance to ask him some questions about the
show and himself before its opening.
(04/03/11 6:00am)
After releasing their third studio album, Vices and Virtues, Panic!
at the Disco seems to have chosen a slightly different path in
comparison to their past work. The band has relied much less on
computer generated techno sounds and is now depending on skilled
guitarists to back them up. This change stems from the reduced head
count of the band, as the group has officially slimmed down to two
permanent members. Lead singer and multi-instrumentalist Brendon
Urie became the new songwriter once other members of Panic! dropped
out, which gave Urie the chance to have full creative control. I
would like to commend him on his success of keeping the originality
of Panic! alive through the unique lyrics that fans have become so
accustomed to.
(03/21/11 6:00am)
AUSTIN, TX - With the year's biggest celebration of indie culture
wrapped up, all the music acts, film nerds and social media techies
have left the Texas capital and fled back to their (often chillier)
homes. However, the memories still remain. Correspondent Emma
Roller recaps some of the most memorable music acts from the 2011
South by Southwest festival, taking a look back at what is
increasingly becoming one of America's preeminent cultural
gatherings.
(03/10/11 6:00am)
Nobody really invites me to house parties anymore, and I sure do
miss going to them. For one, the beer is cheaper than at the
Paradise or the Echo Tap. Second, there's a good chance you have a
mutual friend with most people who are also sitting in your
friend's musty basement and drinking Natty Light from a keg, which
makes you seem like less of a creep when you talk to all of
them.
(03/04/11 6:00am)
It all comes down to this. The No. 18 Wisconsin men's hockey team
faces its biggest do or die series this weekend against No. 17
Colorado College in its quest to earn home ice advantage for the
WCHA playoffs.
(02/24/11 6:00am)
The Badger women's hockey team opens postseason play this weekend
with a best of three series against St. Cloud State. Awarded the
first overall seed in this year's WCHA playoffs, Wisconsin (24-2-2
WCHA, 30-2-2 overall) will host the Huskies (1-26-1, 1-31-1) at the
Eagles Nest in Verona.
(02/20/11 6:00am)
Don't be fooled by Mogwai's latest, metal-evoking album title,
Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will: after all, this is
the same group that brought us an album called Happy Songs For
Happy People. Misleading titles aside, Mogwai's formula for
building dynamic, layered instrumental anthems has hardly changed
over the course of the Scottish quintet's 13-year career. Nor has
their ability to make consistently original, if not amazing,
albums.
(02/15/11 6:00am)
Local bar Echo Tap proposed final changes to their planned
renovations at the Regent neighborhood meeting Monday. The plans
were approved earlier.
(02/08/11 6:00am)
Foreign policy is in many ways a complicated and high stakes-chess
game. Every move is carefully planned and every consequence
dreadfully considered. Like chess, the available choices for every
move are predetermined by the irreversible actions of the past.
Given these circumstances, each player must take into consideration
the complexities of every remaining piece in order to make the best
possible move. But even if we were to consider every likely course
of action, our choice remains, at best, a calculated risk—one whose
outcome could change the course of history.
(02/07/11 6:00am)
Shouts of jubilation echoed up and down State Street and University
Avenue after the score went final, as thousands of fans knew their
dream had become a reality.
(02/07/11 6:00am)
Seven higher education organizations have urged the U.S. Supreme
Court to hear a case involving UW-Madison and its refusal to fund
activities for the Badger Catholic group on campus.
(02/01/11 6:00am)
Andrew Statz, the city of Madison's first fiscal efficiency
auditor, will leave his position to take over a similar job with
the school district, according to Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz's
blog.
(01/28/11 6:00am)
The Get Up Kids have been noticeably absent from the music scene
for the last six years. After four studio albums, a live album and
numerous EPs and seven-inch records, the band called it quits in
2005 when mounting tensions made it nearly impossible for them to
play together. After a six-year hiatus, they put out an album that
is completely different from the rest of their catalog, blending
their emo style with a lot of '80s style synth and the dissonance
of modern indie rock.
(01/26/11 6:00am)
After President Obama delivered his State of the Union address
Tuesday night, all eyes turned to Wisconsin's own Rep. Paul Ryan
for the Republican response. Ryan, a Janesville native, has become
an increasingly important player in the national political scene.
The reason for his meteoric rise is simple: he represents the
future of the conservative movement.
(01/23/11 6:00am)
Instead of being perpetually tormented by Christmas carols and
merry fucking mistletoe now that Christmas is left sorely behind,
I'm haunted by the nightmare of gift returns and their
unintelligible overlords—customer service representatives.
(10/29/10 6:00am)
People inevitably compare Sean Lennon to his father, John, and
based on Acoustic Sessions, the apple doesn't fall far
from the tree.
(10/20/10 6:00am)
Whether it is due to the rampant milk consumption in America's
Dairlyand or the hard-working mentality of the Midwest, Wisconsin
seems to always possess an offensive line that ranks among the best
in college football, and this year is no exception. As the Badgers
come off a defining win last week against former No. 1 Ohio State,
they will once again turn to the veteran group to lead the charge
in Saturday's matchup with No. 15 Iowa.
(10/14/10 6:00am)
Patience. It's a virtue the hoards of Sufjan Stevens fans have
learned to embody over the course of his 10 year musical career.
First, it took patience to learn how to pronounce his name
(""soof-ee-yan""). Then it took patience to unearth Stevens'
historical narrative on 2004's Michigan and 2005's
Illinois. Most recently, though, it took a great deal of
patience to sit through Stevens' five year musical hibernation—one
that finally ended last month with his announcement that a new
Stevens album was on its way.
