By: Music Journalism Club Every week our Music Director, Allison, chooses new releases to add to our music library. Here are some of September’s highlights, presented to you by WSUM’s Music Journalism Club. 9.1.26 Graham Hunt, American Pyramid HIGHLIGHT TRACKS: …
Stone Temple Pilots (& the Controversy of Replacement Singers) By: Cora Linos If you haven’t seen Stone Temple Pilots (STP), go now. I saw them for the third time June 20th in Tinley Park at what was formerly the Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre. They were …
By: Cora Linos After three days straight of concerts, I stumbled home to Madison to my piles of abandoned concert ‘fits, setlists, and quick entry compatible bags. I scrounged through my piles of clothes to find something to wear to my fourth …
By: Cora Linos It was another banger year at Summerfest. I took four lovely, traffic-infested, Kopp’s-fueled trips to the big MKE and every trip was well worth the time, gas, and loss of sleep. And your girl got her steps …
By: Martha Kowalski Once again: dynamic, explosive choruses. Once again: guitar and percussion heavy production. Once again: commanding melodies and complete lyrics. Once again: a The Band CAMINO album that sounds right. NeverAlways (Vol. 2) is the sequel album to NeverAlways that I wrote about …
Light, Deaf & Ministry By: Cora Linos I’ve seen Ministry four times now, and have tickets to see them a fifth in Chicago (hometown show for the band) in October. I’ll go see them as many times as I can. There’s nothing quite like the deafening wall of noise that …
By: Allison Lukas June 25th Kim Gordon As Summerfest weekend two kicks off, you can catch Kim Gordon headlining the Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard Stage at 10:30 PM. The well known musician got her start in the band Sonic …
By: Aniruddh Nambudiri Sister albums are fun. They always add to the worlds that music can build, and I feel that aspect of them is at both their positive and negative side. The negatives are simply the feeling that they …
By: Allison Lukas and Leo Dempsey June 18th Third Eye Blind Third Eye Blind is performing on the Uline Warehouse stage Thursday, June 18th. Their self-titled 1997 album was a huge success and is known for 3 Top 10 hits …
By: Charlie Schomaker Courtney Barnett came to The Sylvee in Madison on Friday May 15th, performing for a large and very enthusiastic crowd. Opening act, Truman Sinclair – like Courtney, a solo singer/songwriter with a backing band – delivered a …
By: Allison Lukas, WSUM Music Director This past weekend, WSUM’s Music Director and Promotions Director had the pleasure of attending the Warm Love Cool Dreams Music & Arts Festival in Chicago, presented by The Salt Shed and the Empty Bottle. …
By: Ryan Mercer leroy, status update music HIGHLIGHT TRACKS: “…LIKE WATCHING A ZOMBIE TURN”, “NOTHING LASTS FOREVER (EVERY DETAIL U HAVE EVER TOLD ME)”, “GET UGLY” GENRE: Dariacore, Hard Dance, Brostep RIYL: SOPHIE, Ninajirachi, Justice, Underscores, Skrillex, Slayyyter, Snow Strippers …
