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'Wood/Water' does not live up to Promise

Take a break from the splendor of 'YHF' with these other Wilco-related albums

Dressing the part for spring

It looks like spring's finally here, and with it, a change of fashion. To all you scenesters who spent the last five months assembling the perfect ensemble of shearling coat, commemorative knit hat and ironic scarf: It's time to start all over again. Break out the \Marathon '86!"" tees and the beat-to-hell All-Stars, because it's a whole new scene out there.  

No joke: Comet Gain kicks tail

WSUM: not for the pop fans

This place is easy to miss when walking down State Street. With a side entrance next to Urban Outfitters and a second-floor location that overlooks State Street Brats, unknowingly passing by Madison's newest radio station is not hard to do. 

'Pet Sounds,' 'NSync and other perfect pop

I found out last weekend that you can't get WSUM on the east side of the Capitol, an area where I just happened to need to be. So I was driving around with my editor listening to the supposedly progressive 105.5, and a really lame song by Five For Fighting or someone came on. 

Bob Moulds' electronic boogaloo

Big boys battle for Big Ten supremacy

One of the youngest and most popular postseason tournaments begins Thursday. The Big Ten hosts its fifth annual conference tournament. Unlike the previous four years, there are some significant changes. 

College radio more than the WSUM of its parts

Big recession going on, I hear, but I don't care: I'm balling to the tune of $6.50 an hour driving a delivery truck for downtown purveyors Capitol Centre Foods. When I was hired last summer, there was no better way to kill six hours a day pushing a Chevy S-10 down Langdon, delivering alfalfa to Statesider blondes. Lately, people seem to have an ungodly preference for cases of soda and leaden cans of tomatoes and I'm a little less keen on sliding around the ice and lugging these goods up how many flights of stairs these days, but hell, it beats being broke like some columnists I know.  

Ex-Sarge frontwoman builds The Reputation

Elizabeth Elmore hasn't exactly followed the regular career arc for an indie-rock musician. After forming the pop-punk band Sarge in 1995, she achieved moderate success, with Sarge being named by Rolling Stone as the Hot New Band of 1998. In 1999, though, Elmore enrolled in the Northwestern Law School and Sarge imploded soon after. Now on a leave of absence from school, Elmore has formed a new band, Reputation, who plays at Club 770 tonight. She discussed her new musical compatriots and other matters with the Cardinal. 

Radio fills life with magic, meaning

Last fall, my roommate and I sat on our front porch and smelled the breath of thousands, the musk of beer and the must of peanut shells. We saw a sea of fans on their feet and the green field on which baseball is played. We saw the World Series while watching an empty street.  

D-Kit plays 'Raging' rock

WSUM prepares for shift from Internet to radio

WSUM student radio will fill a long-standing gap in Madison radio when it hits the airwaves at 2:22 p.m. Friday, on 91.7 FM. 

Legacy of Lynyrd Skynyrd lives on in rock opera

Too much \concept"" can be the kiss of death for any rock album. Any project that is excessively mired in its own self importance seriously runs the risk of being dismissed as indulgent and not worth anyone's time.  

A Princely tribute with Purple pros and cons

Although many artists have paid tribute to Prince by drowning themselves in his influence (i.e. Beck Midnite Vultures) few have actually released covers.??If I Was Prince: The Tribute Album gives a few young indie/electro bands a chance to live up to Prince's incredible catalog. Conversely, though, the chance is also there to slaughter a legendary song, which is the case for a few of the bands. 

Resolve to expand your musical horizons

Still listening to that \Wayne's World"" soundtrack tape you got in the fifth grade? Does the genre ""alternative"" still mean something to you? Cardinal Arts is happy to provide help with a list of essential albums for anyone looking to expand their musical horizons. By no means is this list exhaustive, but it's a good start. 

Get down and dirty with The Get Up Kids

'Heist' familiar territory for director Mamet

David Mamet is a master at wordplay. He's also a master at writing intelligent scripts with so many twists that they generally keep the viewer guessing up until the very end. 

Aereogramme and The Cure get scary and sweet, open their bag of musical tricks

Rock favorites return from the past