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Nothing Like It Was In My Room (The National concert review)

I can’t talk about The National without putting my hand over my heart. Boxer runs second to OK Computer on my list of albums that kill me (in a good way). The National doesn’t quite have the depth of Radiohead yet, but they occupy and bear mentioning in the same emotional, catharsis-inducing territory. Frontman Matt Berninger’s resonant Leonard Cohen-esque voice instantly distinguishes The National from other emotional alterna-rock bands such as Arcade Fire, Band of […]

By Joelle Renstrom|May 27th, 2009|News, People, Reviews|327 Comments

The More Things Change: Of Montreal Concert Review

May we never go go mental, may we always stay stay, gentle. Of Montreal’s flamboyant front man, Kevin Barnes, undoubtedly relishes in the irony of these lyrics as he performs what he dubs the “sissy dance” and shares the stage with four people in black, body-hugging one-pieces, and alien masks. For the next song, the actors peel themselves out of their extra-terrestrial leotards and put on tuxes and huge animal heads. They bumble around on […]

By Joelle Renstrom|May 4th, 2009|People, Reviews|289 Comments

Matt Keating Plays a Show Just For Me…

…well, me and six other people.Â Or seven.Â

Matt Keating at The Frequency in Madison
A particular blessing and curse of living in a city like Madison which is just big enough to occasionally attract a really great national “indie” act, but small enough that, in all likelihood, very few will have heard or even heard of that really great “indie” act, is that occasionally, you might stumble into a show like the one Matt Keating put […]

By Paul Lorentz|September 29th, 2008|People, Reviews|13 Comments

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