Watch Sylvan Esso break the live music drought and get out the vote in Madison

Written by Rick Panneck on October 26, 2020.

SylvanEssoAlliantEnergy

Presidential punk? Listen to Beto O'Rourke's '90s band Foss

Written by Rick Panneck on March 24, 2019.

Beto O'Rourke in Foss

Watch Monica Martin jam in the van with new track "Say"

Written by Rick Panneck on March 15, 2019.

Monica Martin

Madison bands perform at SXSW in search of the elusive buzz?

Written by Rick Panneck on March 8, 2019.

SXSW

Proud Parents, Disq, Seasaw, Slow Pulp and Labrador are gearing up for a trek to Austin.

Forward documents Wisconsin’s independent music scene

Written by Rick Panneck on February 13, 2019.

Former Madison resident Mike Krol worships power chords on new Merge Records release

Written by Rick Panneck on February 10, 2019.

Mike Krol

Club Crawl

Thanks, I Hate It,
Palette Knife,
Honey Creek,
Tiny Voices,
BUG MOMENT
The Rigby
Fri, Jun 2

Mike Love
w/ Keilana
High Noon Saloon
Thu, Jun 8

Seasaw//Jane Hobson
Shitty Barn
Thu, June 8 (sold-out)

The Heavy Heavy
Marquette
Waterfront Festival
Sat, Jun 10 (free!)

The Cancellations
w/ We Should Have
Been DJs, You First
High Noon Saloon
Sat, Jun 10 (4:30pm)

Weezer
w/ Modest Mouse,
Momma
Breese Stevens Field
Wed, Jun 14

Rodrigo Y Gabriela
w/ Ondara
Orpheum Theater
Wed, Jun 14

Jackson Browne
Orpheum Theater
Thu, Jun 15 (sold out!)

Heavy Looks,
The Earthlings,
Free Dirt
The Bur Oak
Fri, Jun 16

Mickey Sunshine,
Scam Likely,
Jane Hobson,
Combat Naps
High Noon Saloon
Fri, Jun 16

David Lowery
(of Cracker)
The Bur Oak
Sun, Jun 18

Poster Children
w/ Howler
and VomBom
High Noon Saloon
Fri, Jun 23

The Struts
w/ Mac Saturn
The SSaylvee
Sat, Jun 24

Buffalo Nichols
Memorial Union Terrace
Sat, Jun 24 (free!)

Wednesday
w/ Tenci
Cactus Club (MKE)
Tue, Jun 27

Noel Gallagher's
HIgh Flying Birds
& Garbage
w/ Metric
Breese Stevens Field
Wed, Jun 28

Swamp Thing
Harmony Bar
Fri, Jun 30

Newski
w/ Middle Names
Memorial Union Terrace
Sat, July 1 (free!)

Meskales
w/ Venus in Furs
Harmony Bar
Fri, July 7

Adem Tesfaye Band
w/ D'funk and the
Grease Monkeys
Memorial Union Terrace
Sat, Jul 8 (free!)

Igor &
the Red Elvises
The Bur Oak
Mon, Jul 10

Protomartyr
w/ TBA
High Noon Saloon
Wed, July 12

Deerhoof
w/ Interlay
Memorial Union Terrace
Thu, July 13 (free!)

Big Thief
w/ Nick Hakim
The Sylvee
Thu, July 27 (sold out!)

Sarah Shook
& the Disarmers
w/ Dusk
High Noon Saloon
Fri, Jun 30

Bon Iver
w/ TBA
Breese Stevens Field
Sat, Aug 5

Nathaniel Rateliff
& the Night Sweats
w/ Thee Sacred Souls
The Sylvee
Mon, Aug 7 (sold out!)

The National
w/ The Beths
The Sylvee
Tue, Aug 8 (sold out!)

The Head
and the Heart
& Father John Misty
The Sylvee
Mon, Aug 21

Father John Misty
& The Head and
the Heart
The Sylvee
Tue, Aug 22

Ween
w/ TBA
The Sylvee
Sun, Sept 10 (sold out!)

Gaslight Anthem
w/ TBA
The Sylvee
Sun, Sept 24

Amyl and
the Sniffers
w/ Die Spitz
The Sylvee
Thu, Oct 19

Bob Mould
(acoustic)
w/ Jason Narducy
Stoughton
Opera House
Fri, Oct 27