“Why would you go to a cello concert?” “Won’t it just be boring classical music? You’ll probably fall asleep.” “Shouldn’t you be studying for midterms?” Many of my friends reiterated these sentiments to me as I told them …

As I crossed the threshold into the elegant Majestic Theater I heard the instrumental to Qualifiers, my favorite Open Mike Eagle song, queue up.  Half kicking myself for my lack of punctuality and half giddy with excitement, …

It was a night of boom-bap rap at the High Noon Saloon, to put it calmly. PRhyme, consisting of the legendary DJ Premier and longtime-rapper Royce da 5’9”, are fresh off the release of their first project …

In the words of Diplo himself, “Every festival in the world is not complete without booking Paper Diamond.” Alexander Botwin, better known as DJ and electronic music producer Paper Diamond, will be bringing the heat to Madison …

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It was an honor to represent WSUM at the Lettuce show on February 18th and it could not have been a better time. Opening and setting the tone for the evening was Brooklyn-based musician Break Science. Incorporating …

Where can you combine classical instruments, modern music, and drug related naming puns? A Portland Cello Project concert, of course! PCP (as they are lovingly known in short) is a cello collective that performs a variety of …

Why do one show when you can play two? That’s the Floozies attitude as they head into Madison on Thursday, February 19th and Friday, February 20th, both at the Majestic Theatre. Their new album Do Your Thing …

Every now and then a show gets announced that checks off all of the boxes, and this is one of those shows. A perfect storm of hip-hop, if you will. The rap patrons of Madison have recognized …

It sucks to get things wrong in a preview. You want to do your best to give readers a good idea of what the show will be like. Obviously, a preview shouldn’t give an exact rundown of …

Quite a few miles have been traveled (and milestones reached) since Kacey Musgraves last played Madison. Her sold-out show at the Barrymore Theatre last February came days after winning the Grammy for Best Country Album for “Same …

When I found out the Cold War Kids were going to be gracing the stage of The Majestic, I was ecstatic for two main reasons. First, the band’s recently released album Hold My Home was easily …