múm was phenomenal creating a spacious sound @oldtownschool.bsky.social in a wonderful concert of ethereal splendor.

Watch @nationoflanguage.bsky.social perform new tracks from 'Dance Called Memory' live on KEXP-> www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkhi...

Happy Henry Threadgill record release day!

“In abrupt, percussive volleys of strumming and picking, Bishop stakes out a claim on the mystic yearnings of Takoma-style picking, inspired, as the title implies, equally by Appalachia and the sub-continent.” Sir Richard Bishop’s latest at @aquariumdrunkard.com aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/09/25/s...

new Bitchin Bajas album totally rips (in a gliding through hyperspace kinda way)

“It’s about the ache of realizing some people never really leave you, no matter how much work you do to move on. Writing it felt like holding up a mirror to that quiet truth: there’s no shortcut, no easy fix. Sometimes the only way through is to sit w/ the heartbreak & let the music carry it.”

JEFF TWEEDY “Twilight Override” (dBpmRecords) www.jefftweedy.bandcamp.com Musical therapy tempered over thirty sweetly intriguing songs, Tweedy seemingly breaths music. From jukebox jams to indie-pop mantras, Chicago’s semi-acoustic troubadour’s creative fountains flow as “Twilight,” pours

EMILY YACINA “Veilfall” (self-release) www.emilyyacina.com Spirited lyrics sporting sensible, perceptive intentions beneath tastefully curated arrangements, folk-pop auteur Yacina lays supple sunshine harmonies around vibrant hindsight. Rooted in truths, the cohesive collection bends rules

CATE LE BON “Michelangelo Dying” (@mexicansummer.bsky.social) www.catelebon.com Soft voluptuous specters step into sumptuous cybernetic saunas assigning, “Dying,” rock-bound sirens sticky mermaid mysteries. A tender melancholy pervades Le Bon’s synthetic empathy,

Purity Ring release their sonically expansive self-titled album. Alongside the album release, the duo premiere an official music video for track “the long night” as a preview of the awe-inspiring visuals expected on the Place Of My Own tour. youtu.be/o4AFK3H2kv4?si…

Neko plays Madison’s Barrymore Theater January 21st 2026!

Juana Molina presents DOGA, the eighth full-length of her career and her first album of new compositions in eight years. A record that took almost six years to brew. It was like preparing a meal for six diners with ingredients for an army.

Tomorrow, we wake up to a new album from Sir Richard Bishop! YES! And today, the six-stringed woodshedder shares a new music video for “Head Bone in the ‘Tater Hole.”

Beloved Pentangle bass player Danny Thompson dead aged 86

Nevermind: youtu.be/oEBSZy5iVvI?si… Singer-songwriter-guitarists Tyler Ramsey and Carl Broemel have unveiled Celestun, their long-awaited collaborative debut album, arriving January 15, 2026

Indie-rock singer-songwriter Eliza McLamb unveils a new song from her upcoming sophomore record Good Story, set for release October 24th via Royal Mountain Records.

Tall Tall Trees made beautiful noise with his pedal-heavy banjo setup. Gluing loops to rootsy grooves, a multi-talented maestro that delighted and entertained Madison’s appreciative The Bur Oak audience.

Paul Kelly continues to cement his legacy as Australia's greatest living songwriter with the release of his moving new single The Body Keeps The Score, lifted from his forthcoming album Seventy, due 7 November.

MAPS WELCOME TO THE TUDOR GATE JAMES CHAPMAN SHARES LONG LOST SOUNDTRACK TO A HORROR FILM OUT 10/31 VIA @muterecords.bsky.social LISTEN TO “CHAPTER TWO”

@ratboysband.bsky.social present the new single/video, “Light Night Mountains All That,” their first-ever release on their new label New West Records. In conjunction, they announce a North American tour. Sat. March 14 - Milwaukee, WI @ Vivarium Fri. April 17 - Madison, WI @ Atwood Music Hall

Following the release of Inland See this Friday, September 26th, Chicago’s Bitchin Bajas will tour North America, including dates supporting Stereolab. Check out the live recording of Skylarking:

Putting on a roof raising rock show The Bell Rays close out the WORT Underground Stage at this year’s Willy St Fair!

New Wave Icon Lene Lovich proves Age is just a number and she still had the wherewithal to chirp cluck and vocalize with the best of them at Shank Hall in Milwaukee!

Sonny Curtis, a vintage rock ‘n’ roller who wrote the raw classic “I Fought the Law” and the theme song to “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” has died. He was 88. trib.al/MhvTYeH

Charles Lloyd pays homage to Zakir Hussain with the transcendent “Hymn To The Mother, for Zakir” from the legendary saxophonist's forthcoming album "Figure In Blue" www.bluenote.com/charles-lloy...

Mipso put on a wonderful heartfelt show Stoughton Opera House. Such a tight talented foursome.

Life Experience by Vilde Tuv from the album Truthbomb released today.

múm “History of Silence” (@morrmusic.bsky.social) www.mumband.bandcamp.com The pliant “Silence,” unfolds slowly glowing in floating bouquets gathering celestial blessings from smooth, translucent moods adrift in beautiful prolonged half-songs,

BOO BOOS “Young Love” (PIAS) www.thebooboos.com Honoring the long tradition of romantic duets, Boo Boos’ bicoastal project, “Young Love,” presents unvarnished torch-song courtship through crooning country-blues, groovy canoodling boogie, starry-eyed piano ballads

@nationoflanguage.bsky.social “Dance Called Memory” (@subpop.bsky.social) www.nationoflanguage.bandcamp.com Lonely ghostly vocals ache as purring programmed ambience fizzes and froths in mechanical analogue. Despair paired with preening drum machines trimmed in blacklight velour,

Happy New Joan Shelley Album Day! Her voice is so pure and unadorned and buttery and lovely. My favorite voice ever. joanshelley.bandcamp.com/album/real-w...

Hannah Cohen brought a talented band, incredible voice and a great vibe to Madison’s Breese Steven Field highlighting her terrific Earthstar Mountain album.

Sensational performance from Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats @ Madison’s Breese Stevens Field.

@tbt-duluth.bsky.social put on an excellent show in Madison’s Breese Stevens Field

Kadhja Bonet Drops Battlewear EP Today Shares Focus Track “Transistor”

“Pom Pom’ is about being your own cheerleader, a topic that is explored throughout the whole record. It's about having to sit on the sidelines sometimes, supporting others, taking hits, and bouncing back. youtu.be/nZnQfG5rN9I?... From Snooper’s, Worldwide, out 10/3 on @thirdmanrecords.bsky.social

Internationally acclaimed saxophonist/composer Miguel Zenón has earned a 2025 Latin Grammy nomination in the category of Best Latin Jazz Album for his widely heralded album Golden City Miguel plays @artlitlab.bsky.social December 5th

The Autumn Defense is back with a new single, “I’ll Take You Out of Your Mind,” written & sung by John Stirratt, from their upcoming album, Here and Nowhere. Their record is out 10/10 & available for pre-order on Vinyl LP & CD. Pre-order & stream: ffm.to/hereandnowhe

@1sampre.bsky.social shares the title track to "Open Close", ahead of its 9/26 @thrilljockey.bsky.social release. A gentle droning liftoff before diving head-first into a fountain of micro-melodies, percussive grooves and morphing textural electronic vistas. samprekop.bandcamp.com/track/open-c...

Defeat: From The Life You Save out October 10th via @subpop.bsky.social youtu.be/St3InTLyYSg?si… Wasner says of “Defeat,“ This song represents a moment of total surrender. It’s about the moment I finally allowed myself to accept my own powerlessness…

Hear a newly reworked, previously unreleased Woods song called "Goodnight" (and a new full-band version of the previously acoustic "It Ain't Easy") ahead of Woodsist Festival and the band's tour with White Fence

Longtime friends, tourmates, and two of contemporary ambient and experimental music's most celebrated composers, Julianna Barwick and Mary Lattimore, present their new single, “Perpetual Adoration.”

30 September – Milwaukee, WI, Vivarium 2 October – Madison, WI, @majesticmadison.bsky.social Kassa Overall opening for @tuneyards.bsky.social

claire rousay shares new track "somewhat burdensome" www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWPD... New album a little death is out on October 31st, 2025 via @thrilljockey.bsky.social

Antibalas announce new album Hourglass Out October 24 on @daptonerecords.bsky.social Share first album single “La Ceiba,”

@livinghour.bsky.social release the third single from their new album Internal Drone Infinity, out October 17th. Watch the video for "Best I Did It": keeledscales.lnk.to/lh_bestididit

As Kitba, Rebecca El-Saleh fuses off-kilter melodies and golden atmospheres. This Friday, September 19, 2025, the Brooklyn-based harpist and songwriter releases their new full-length, Hold the Edges, on Ruination Record Co. Today, they share the final single, "Soften,"

Sun. Oct. 26 - Madison, WI @majesticmadison.bsky.social

On Friday, Lawn will release their 4th LP, God Made The Highway, which is due out September 19th via Exploding In Sound. Today, the band are sharing a final preview of the LP, a power pop gem entitled "Barroom Wonder."

Orchestra Luigi Cherubini Cello Quartet - Hamel Music Center @uwmadison.bsky.social