Review: The Felix Culpa – Sever Your Roots (2010)
Back in 2002, you knew this group knew how to make music. It’s not picking up a guitar, writing a song, and performing. They could move venues-which was easy back then when it wa
Review: Sundowner – We Chase the Waves (2010)
Chris McCaughan is the mainstay that has connected the masts of Chicago punk since before 1996. Emerging in Tricky Dick and post-Slapstick The Broadways, Chris found his songw
REVIEW: NICK JAINA – A BIRD IN THE OPERA HOUSE (2010)
Earlier this year there was an artist coming to Madison, a favorite. Like Barnum & Bailey Circus, it was a show not to miss. But when Nick Jaina took to the floorboar
REVIEW ROUNDUP: CAKE, CAGE THE ELEPHANT, SOCIAL DISTORTION, THE DIRTY HEADS, AND SICK PUPPIES
It’s been a long while since the last roundup, a feature that takes brief looks at the radio singles on the FM airwaves. Time to start it back up and visit some new old friends.
Review: The dø – Dust It Off (2010)
The past month has seen Top 10 of 2010 lists crop up faster than Gremlins on summer vacation in Wisconsin Dells. The end of the end of the year started in late November, as if ever
REVIEW: THE WOODLANDS – THE WOODLANDS (2010)
It’s a lovely thing when a band enters your life with little to no buzz behind them, barely any word of mouth, and they sweep you off your feet, going so far as to integrate them
REVIEW: JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE – HARLEM RIVER BLUES (2010)
As 2010 draws to a close, it seems that Justin Townes Earle‘s year will be remembered for one thing: His well documented troubles at Indianapolis’s Radio Radio t
REVIEW: JACOB JONES – VOLUME ONE (2010)
It’s no secret that I love free music. I mean, who doesn’t? The only problem with “free music” is that there seems to be a stigma with it that… Well… If you’re giving