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(10/18/15 9:49pm)
State Street may have been dead Tuesday night, but the Majestic Theatre could not have been more alive as the New York City-based band DIIV took the stage. I stepped into the theater without expectation, having only heard of the band because they were playing at the Majestic. Not only was this my first experience with DIIV, it was my first experience in the theater itself. The venue provided an enclosed setting and as a result, I found myself fully immersed auditorily and visually within the spectacle onstage.
(10/14/15 1:53am)
Saintseneca’s dramatic third album Such Things has 15 tracks that are all unique in their own right, but stand together as a cohesive effort. The band uses a wide range of instruments to create a weaving and ethereal album full of hidden gems. After achieving commercial success for their sophomore album Dark Arc, the group from Columbus, Ohio, have expanded their sound and deepened the texture to explore new territory.
(10/12/15 2:46am)
Many times collaborations between great artists don’t work. This isn’t because of a lack of musical ability or poor production, but instead the artists are focused on their style or outperforming the other and not about the mix as a whole. Other times, artists work so impeccably well together that you almost forget it’s a collaboration and look forward to the new group’s next project. Big Grams, the hip-hop project from Big Boi and Phantogram, falls into the latter category with their debut, self-titled EP.
(10/08/15 2:08am)
Glass Animals’ performance at the Orpheum Tuesday night had everyone in attendance thankful for the difficulty of medical school. Lead vocalist Dave Bayley, the brains behind their psychedelic indie sounds meshing with soul and R&B, was, incidentally, once upon a time a student in medical school. Lucky for us, he soon realized his calling lay in creating music that attracts one of the most eclectic music crowds I’ve ever seen in Madison. Perhaps one reason perhaps why this concert brought together fans of such different genres is the addictive quality of Bayley’s music. Anyone who has ever experienced the first slow wave of getting tipsy or high would have been able to recognize that same feeling when Bayley launched into their first number, “Walla Walla,” and the wave climbed from there.
(10/07/15 11:45pm)
It’s the weekend, so get your dancing shoes on; this week’s options includes ballroom, swing and even “Magic Mike.”
(10/07/15 4:16am)
“I have done a thousand dreadful things, as willingly as one would kill a fly, and nothing grieves me heartily indeed, but that I cannot do ten thousand more.”
(10/06/15 3:57am)
The Minnesotan indie-pop band Hippo Campus released their second EP “South” Oct. 2, capturing all my spare time, so consider this a formal apology to my bosses and professors for the work I avoided.
(09/30/15 2:15am)
(09/24/15 5:39am)
The first day of fall each year, I make sure I indulge in a pumpkin spice latte and let the season have me. No other season grabs me like fall; spring’s start is nebulous, and I somewhat scorn winter and summer. I regard autumn with new music, new attitude and my indulgent, overrated elixir of what I’ve been known to describe as liquid gold. Soon, we’ll have apple cider, Halloween costumes, nude trees.
(09/24/15 5:32am)
In the midst of a new wave of alternative sound comes Youth Lagoon’s new album, Savage Hills Ballroom. The indie artist behind the album, Trevor Powers of Boise, Idaho, crafts a virtually seamless soundtrack, one song flowing into the next like the chapters of a story. Separately, each track engenders a similar mood that teeters between melancholy and angst. However, the true value in this album becomes clear when listened to as a whole.
(09/22/15 3:21am)
The Orpheum was buzzing with anticipation Sunday evening. Hipsters and indie fans from all walks of life gathered on State Street, anxiously awaiting the appearance of their idol of indifference, Father John Misty.
(09/21/15 5:30am)
I can’t dance. I feigned my way through grade school talent shows, stumbled over my feet at high school homecoming dances, hoping that one day I would grow out of it. A few weeks into my second year here at UW-Madison, and I found an unofficial dance studio with live music that accepts my awkward dance moves.
(09/17/15 10:45pm)
As the highs of Welcome Week begin to fade and the reality of September begins to sink in, some students might start to experience the dreaded, elusive phenomenon of homesickness.
(09/17/15 7:45am)
If you didn’t know better, you might mistake the band members of Hippo Campus for a group of regular college students. However, while most students are cramming for midterms, this band is opening for Walk The Moon at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado.
(09/16/15 1:47am)
I want to talk, quite seriously, about “Magic Mike XXL.” And also “Mad Max: Fury Road.” Not just because they were the two best movies of the summer, but because they represent two sides of a conversation about gender and audience identification in Hollywood movies.
(09/14/15 5:37am)
The Orpheum Theater welcomed a sold-out crowd for Ratatat Friday, kicking off what will be an impressive fall lineup at the venue for fans of electronic music.
(09/10/15 6:45am)
What does it mean to be a grown-up? Be it the 18-year-old incoming freshman or the 22-year-old senior at the cusp of graduation, adulthood and the pressure to grow up hovers above both. But do any one of us even know what it means to be a grown-up? I’ve spoken to people in their late twenties and almost thirties who scoff when referred to as a grown-up. So clearly, it isn’t the state of holding a professional full-time job, living by yourself in an apartment or seriously seeing someone. But what is it then? We’re told that turning into the milestone of our legal age and entering college puts us into the world of those that have grown up at some level. We’re also told that graduating college and entering what is sadly called the real world is the mark of adulthood. And yet we neither feel nor think of ourselves as grown-ups.
(09/10/15 5:42am)
London synthpop group Oh Wonder released their self-titled debut and it’s already gaining some hype, probably partially due to their SoundCloud origins. For the past year, the group had been releasing one song per month in an effort to gain popularity leading to their album release. The calculated approach seems to have paid off. Their music has been featured on various media platforms and has notable ratings on iTunes.
(09/09/15 2:15am)
As a lover of all things indie and alternative, I find Beach House to be a continuous creator of all things study music, and their most recent album Depression Cherry is no different. From abstract crooning lyrics that you can’t quite understand, to an instrumental melody that sounds like a dream, this album is one to add to your study list.
(07/24/15 12:33pm)
Wisconsin is not a college basketball blue-blood. As hard as it may be for Badger fans to hear, UW just doesn’t have the 50 or more years of success that teams like Kansas and UNC have enjoyed. However, the lack of elite status is one of the many things that made Wisconsin’s victory over Kentucky last season that much better.
