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(11/19/13 6:23am)
Let’s play a game. Imagine I walk up to you, a typical 20-year-old college student, and introduce myself. Moving past the niceties of introductions you inquire what my interests are. “I’m a gamer,” I reply casually. How do you respond? Do you think of me as childish? The word “gamer” has acquired a vile connotation in most people’s vernacular nowadays. I hate being embarrassed to associate myself with my passion.
(11/19/13 6:11am)
One month is up, and Communion is back for its second installment in Madison. With it comes Tennis, the nostalgic, pop-rock duo from Colorado. Although their home is in the mountains, the married couple’s first album was conceived on a trip that helped give the band national attention: an eight-month sailing trip down the eastern seaboard. I spoke with lead singer Alaina Moore about the trip, as well as their newest release, Small Sound.
(11/13/13 4:17am)
There is no shortage of lo-fi indie-folk floating around today’s music scene (aka the Internet). But I would argue much of it is produced for that reason alone—it being the current fad—not as a stylistic choice. In that light, artist Phil Elverum is refreshing—something different, though not exactly something new.
(11/04/13 7:44am)
It's that time of year again. The rental ads are endless and the showing frenzy is in full swing. But take a breath, it'll be alright. Here is our guide to help you navigate the vibrant but overwhelming Madison housing market.
(10/31/13 3:37am)
Kevin Barnes is a remarkably soft-spoken individual, especially in contrast with the hyper-literate, vaudevillian bombast of his recorded output—never mind his band of Montreal’s legendary, super-saturated, super-saccharine live shows. Barnes, a staple of the indie-rock scene since of Montreal’s debut in 1996, has covered remarkable ground during his tenure, playing everything from twee pop to psychosexual meditations over extended passages of prog rock.
(10/30/13 4:47am)
Wales-based band Los Campesinos! released their fifth album on Tuesday, returning to their witty pop sound in No Blues. The album’s 10 tracks feature the six-member band displaying perfectly timed lyricism and well developed melodies.
(10/29/13 4:42am)
Franchise fatigue is usually thrown around among video game players like pizza among the hordes of drunken friends you invited down this past weekend. It’s natural for people to hunger for a new series after playing through the twelfth “Call of Duty.” I’m someone who abhors the concept, and have mostly given up hope for new intellectual properties in the AAA space. If you’re hungering for new experiences check out the indie space, it’s the video game Mecca of innovation right now.
(10/29/13 4:19am)
Every year, tens of thousands of people descend upon New York City for a week of industry types hobnobbing around while more than 1,000 mostly below-average bands perform in 80 venues across the city.
(10/25/13 4:34am)
If you’re planning to spend next Monday at the Orpheum Theater listening to The Head and The Heart’s sold-out and much anticipated show, it might be wise to get there early. Any sober, experienced concertgoer knows the front is the best place to truly appreciate all a band has to offer but this is not why skipping class Monday afternoon might be necessary. More so, it’s because Thao Nguyen, the eccentric front woman of opener Thao & The Get Down Stay Down just may be out and about.
(10/25/13 3:13am)
Dead Gaze is a genre-blending, experimental rock group that is led by indie mastermind Cole Furlow. Reigning from Mississippi, Furlow has been independently making music under the name of Dead Gaze since 2009, releasing a limited-edition 7” in 2011 and a self-titled, full-length album in 2012.
(10/23/13 3:03am)
Omar Souleyman, born in Ra’s al-'Ayn, Syria, released his first full-length American album Tuesday. The album, titled Wenu Wenu, promises to bring the Syrian wedding singer to further recognition in the American indie electronic scene.
(10/22/13 4:25am)
Here’s the situation: you find yourself in a sweaty pit of people, waiting for your favorite band to come on—the excitement of the crowd is palpable. Then the lights drop.
(10/22/13 4:14am)
Delays are a touchy subject among video game players. Drawing on Internet ire seemingly from the fiery pits of hell, some players vent their unbridled frustration on the friendly confines of NeoGAF.com. Others take a more rational approach, believing extra time should make better product.
(10/18/13 2:52am)
Can you elaborate on the origins of Sacerdote?
(10/18/13 2:47am)
Where did the name Apollo Vermouth come from?
(10/17/13 6:33am)
On their new album, Let’s Be Still, The Head And The Heart have expanded their boundaries just a bit—enough to make the new release a full step forward. Let’s Be Still widens their style enough to label their sound pleasantly upbeat, even at its mellow, smell-the-roses pace.
(10/17/13 5:39am)
When NYC indie-pop band Cults released their self-titled EP in 2010, America was revitalized by their ’60s-style bubblegum tunes about love and happiness. However, with the split of the band’s two core members, Madeline Follin and Brian Oblivion, their recently released album Static creates a mood of confusion and disillusionment.
(10/14/13 7:50am)
Sunday night at the High Noon Saloon, bearded indie weirdo Father John Misty turned cryptic disclosures about putting babies into ovens and wanting to be called “Nancy” into soaring ballads worthy of tender love-making sessions.
(10/09/13 1:45am)
Midterms. Papers. Projects. Group projects. How many major assignments and exams are on your schedule this week?
(10/07/13 5:23am)
Many of us may not be familiar with Alex Frankel and Nick Millhiser, the two New York City natives who make up Holy Ghost!, a synthpop duo with heavy disco and funk influences. The boys have been working together under various group names since the early 2000s and are now known for creating catchy ’70s and ’80s club tunes. The duo recently released their second album, Dynamics.
