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Gaines at a loss on new album

The Music's too big

Mayer's unreleased songs shine on new live album

Califone rings and Rutili answers

In the late '90s, Califone formed from the ashes of the respected blues influenced indie-rock band Red Red Meat. Since then, the band has been building up a loyal following, independently releasing albums on frontman Tim Rutili's record label, Perishable. The band's upcoming excellent album, Quicksand/Cradlesnakes, their first released by the seminal Thrill Jockey record label, is a mellow symphony of piano, strings, banjos, distortion and laptops that fans of Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot should feel right at home with. The Cardinal recently talked to Rutili about the band's new album and upcoming tour with label mates the Sea and Cake. 

Cat nips Power-ful album

Cat Power 

Waiting for Malkmus: tougher than Beckett

In his novel \Love in the Time of Cholera,"" Gabriel Garcia Marquez writes of a man, Florentino Ariza, who has been in love with a married woman for more than 50 years. During that time he has had hundreds of liaisons, but in his heart he remains true to his love and waits patiently until he can be with her. In a way I can relate to poor Florentino Ariza, at least with regards to music. Although my heart remains faithful to Stephen Malkmus, my ears have strayed during the long wait until the release of his new album, Pig Lib. Even with its March release date in sight, I was unable to resist the temptations offered by other recent releases. 

Massive Attack shatters its '100th Window'

Downtown will see addition of Club Majestic next week

There will soon be a new addition to the downtown area: Club Majestic, 115 King St. The old Majestic Theater has been transformed into a dance club and will open its doors to the public on Wednesday, Feb. 19, according to Nick Nice, the creative director for the club. 

Rolling Stone: Madison hip town

According to Rolling Stone magazine, Madison rocks. While campus tours may boast College Library's national reputation as the place to pick up a date, this time the magazine is focused on Madison's music scene. 

'Yeah,' say it twice more

Chapman, SR-71 a Sinch to hear

Rereleases age well

I am getting old. I turned 22 last week and ever since that, the signs have been both telltale and plentiful: I can't drink so much as I used to, I'm tired all the time and various bodily functions have been steadily degrading (a condition that my father recommended \hitting the track"" to remedy). Perhaps even more telling, just as I've finally amassed an admirable music collection, I can't hit a record store without being alerted that some of my favorite CDs are now obsolete, replaced with greatly superior rereleases. Dammit. 

New fangled 3-D? SNES, NES still best

I went home last weekend and returned with a good friend of mine: my family's Super Nintendo Entertainment System.  

'Diamond' in the rough

Except for this weekend's third Lecter movie, there truly aren't many options in the theaters for movie fans. If you don't want to subject yourself to \Sweet Home Alabama"" or ""The Tuxedo,"" and you're tired of hearing about ""My Big Fat Greek Wedding,"" what's a filmgoer to do? Turn to a former New Kid On The Block, of course.  

Karate's chops at the Union

In the midst of its ninth year of making music, Boston-based trio Karate is touring in support of its fifth album, Some Boots. Due to the eclectic nature of its discography, Karate has become synonymous with mixing genres and borrowing from improvised jazz. Some Boots follows this trend, but lends itself more heavily to rock than jazz and even spices things up with some elements of funk. It is possible that the only thing that remains constant throughout Karate's catalog of albums is the insightful lyrics and fresh vocals of singer/ guitarist Geoff Farina. The Daily Cardinal recently spoke with Farina about what has kept the band together for all this time, the indie-rock scene both in Boston and in general, and how Karate creates its unique sound.  

Examining the state of Denali

In an effort to expand its catalog of bands to include more diverse sounding musical acts, Jade Tree Records has been searching for some new talent. The label has recently proven this venture a success as it added Richmond, Va.'s Denali to its roster. The four-piece was the brainchild of singer/guitarist Maura Davis, who wanted to assemble a band to fully realize the songs she had been working on.  

Indie folk and cream cheese

While music journalists actively speculate as to which upcoming artist may become the next Elliot Smith, Madison residents will get a chance to see three candidates firsthand when a trio of Pennsylvania based indie-folk acts perform at the Catacombs Coffeehouse, 731 State St., Saturday, 8 p.m. 

Marketing plan fails to woo Arby's

It was sunny and I was in a bad mood despite the immediate prospect of Popeye's red beans and rice. We were facing another night in Chattanooga with some treacherous kids from Detroit, and as I bit into the macaroni and cheese, the phone rang.  

Rock out and about around town

As befitting a progressive mid-size college town, Madison has a number of unique and appealing music venues only a hop, skip or a $7 cab ride away from the campus area. These span the gap from university cafeterias (Club 770) to wine bars (Cafe Montmartre), and the music represented is just as varied. In that spirit, here is an overview of the some of the best clubs around town. 

Grotte clears the vaults

If there's one thing that all Cardinal Arts writers have in common, it's the stack of promotional CDs that they've swiped from the office at one point or another. Sometimes we took them with the best intentions of actually reviewing them; other times simply hoping that nobody would notice. I used to be able to get away with this, but now my self-righteous editor is my self-righteous roommate, and since he's always in my room borrowing a Fountains of Wayne CD or something, he keeps tabs, and far be it from me to say anything about the huge stack of unreviewed'sometimes unopened'discs next to his bed. But I digress.