Interview: Love Inks
Sorry, Midwest geekout for a second. Especially in Texas, anytime you meet someone from the Midwest you’re like, “Oh! You’re my people!” As days go by, that’s what happens at SXSW. You start running into people either you know or from your town or city. It just happens. First night, for i
PHOTOGRAPHY: BLUEPRINT AT THE FREQUENCY (MADISON)
Blueprint (Ohio), Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (Seattle)March 30th, 2011The Frequency in Madison, Wisconsin The long awaited album The Adventures in Counter Culture hits the world Tuesday. Print is from Columbus, and has also released albums with RJD2 
INTERVIEW: PENGUIN PRISON
Alas, SXSW was only a few short weeks ago. Upon returning to Madison, life decided to unleash a torrent of everything that’s delayed some of the content coming to you all. Regardless, it begins today with an interview with Chris Glover, aka Penguin Prison. At first fleeting listen, he could be ro
REVIEW: L’ALTRA – TELEPATHIC (2011)
It was up until recent when I started to become curious about what this whole Nouvelle Vaguemovement was in film. I would not say I’m a film buff, but after undergrad I unexpectedly had too much free time and started to watch classics left and right. Up until recently, the 1950s and 1960s mov
REVIEW: CROOKED BARS – EP (2011)
I was a little intimidated when I first turned on Crooked Bars’ self-titled EP. The Portland quartet describes its sound as being heavy in jazz influences, and it is, in fact, jazzy. Perhaps jazzier than anything in my music collection. Just by clicking the “play” button I was venturing int
INTERVIEW: L’ALTRA
New York City/Chicago’s L’Altra returns after six years with their upcoming album, Telepathic. If you’re down in Austin at SXSW, be sure to check out their performance Wednesday night at 1AM at the Hideout Theatre. We had a chance to speak with Joseph Desler Costa. You just came back from Jap
REVIEW: GREENLAND IS MELTING – OUR HEARTS ARE GOLD, OUR GRASS IS BLUE (2009)
“And I know that I’ll always be alright, as long as I got them singing boys by my side. We drive from city to town still trying to figure out just what we have found.” What has happened to Gainsville? Against Me! infuriated the purists with New Wave, and poor Less Than Jake
MEZZIC PRESENTS!: ARCHIE POWELL & THE EXPORTS AT THE PROJECT LODGE (MADISON) MARCH 12TH, 2011
Archie Powell & The Exports (Chicago)Double Ewes (Madison)P.C. Allen (Madison)Sat Nite Duets (Madison) March 12th, 2011 at 7PM – Facebook EventAll Ages, $8, BYOB! The Project Lodge817 E. Johnson StreetMadison, Wisconsin We write, we photograph, we interview, we ma
REVIEW: SIMS – BAD TIME ZOO (2011)
The Twin Cities’ Sims is one of the many talents behind the Doomtreecollective which, in 2010, really branched into something more than just a hip-hop group. Producers Paper Tiger and Lazerbeak took that family tree and sprouted solo efforts Made Like Us&nbs