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Feb 09
- Honky Tonk Tuesdays: Jeremiah Nelson And Blake Thomas Mickey's Tavern, 10:30 p.m.
  Mickey's weekly Honky Tonk Tuesdays is a casual and not strictly countrified weekly session ...
Feb 10
- Shakey Overture Center for the Arts - Overture Hall Lobby, 5 p.m.
  Madison band Shakey's shows aim not only to cover Neil Young's songs, but ...
  
  Dark Star Orchestra Barrymore Theatre, 7:30 p.m.
  
  VJ Vs. DJ: 9 Delegates, DJ Fusion, And DJ Scrump Boogz High Noon Saloon, 9 p.m.
Feb 11
- An Evening With Gene Ween High Noon Saloon, 9 p.m.
  Ween is so genuinely, helplessly odd that it tends to squirm its way out of ...
Feb 12
- The Henhouse Prowlers and Two Many Banjos High Noon Saloon, 10 p.m.
  Chicago five-piece The Henhouse Prowlers have such confidence with the sounds of traditional bluegrass that ...
  
  Lookbook and Light Pollution Memorial Union Rathskeller, 9:30 p.m.
  
  The German Art Students High Noon Saloon, 5:30 p.m.
Feb 13
- The Hanah Jon Taylor Artet Mother Fool's Coffeehouse, 8 p.m.
  Sax and flute player Hanah Jon Taylor lives in Madison but doesn't play local ...
  
  Mike Behrends and Icarus Himself Project Lodge, 7:30 p.m.
  
  The Low Czars Mickey's Tavern, 10:30 p.m.
Feb 14
- Erik Brandt And The Urban Hillbilly Quartet and Old Tin Can String Band High Noon Saloon, 7:30 p.m.
  St. Paul's Erik Brandt And The Urban Hillbilly Quartet boasts one of the sturdier ...
  
  Lowell Elementary School Benefit Harmony Bar & Grill, 4:30 p.m.
Feb 15
- Daedelus and Nosaj Thing Majestic Theatre, 9 p.m.
  Not unlike Caribou (a.k.a. Dan Snaith), Alfred “Daedelus” Darlington crafts and impossible-to-pigeonhole m ...
  
  Funky Mondays: The Clyde Stubblefield Show The Frequency, 9:30 p.m.
  
  Mr. Dibbs, Silentarmy, Sector 7G, and Isodynamics High Noon Saloon, 9 p.m.

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Music features

Interview Life intervenes with The German Art Students (or vice versa)

The power-pop band proves how much sway moms and dads have in Madison rock.

by Scott Gordon

February 9, 2010 | 12:00am -
Just Announced Mastodon and High On Fire set to punish Madison

A couple of newly announced metal shows just made April and May a whole lot scarier.

by Ben Munson

February 8, 2010 | 11:12am -
Interview Improvising definitions with Hanah Jon Taylor

Call this Madison sax and flute player a "local jazz musician" and you'll get an earful in return.

by Scott Gordon

February 8, 2010 | 12:00am -
Just Announced Abe Vigoda to lei Project Lodge with sunny sonics on March 24

Finally, a reason to get your finest Hawaiian shirt out of mothballs.

by Joel Shanahan

February 5, 2010 | 3:45pm -
Blog A "Sister Mary Katherine" crazier than Molly Shannon

A song on The Midwest Beat's new cassette release is sadly not a dated Saturday Night Live reference.

by Scott Gordon

February 5, 2010 | 12:00am -
Just Announced Jedi Mind Tricks, Martin Sexton, Jason Collett, and more new Madison shows

Plus Har Mar Superstar, Unkle Cracker, Cornmeal, and Deadstring Brothers.

by Scott Gordon

February 3, 2010 | 12:00pm -
feature "On, Wisconsin!" gets a hip-hop remix at tonight's Badger basketball game

Finally, a century-old fight song gets rapped over.

by Scott Gordon

February 2, 2010 | 2:50pm -
feature Let's assemble and experience positive emotions: Alternate ways to celebrate Bob Marley's birthday

In additon to just jammin' to his music, here's how Madisonians can honor the reggae hero's 65th birthday this weekend.

by Scott Gordon

February 2, 2010 | 12:00pm -
Just Announced Alejandro Escovedo to return to High Noon Saloon in March

One of the finest singer-songwriters out there graces Madison with another show.

by Scott Gordon

February 2, 2010 | 9:35am -
Review Droids Attack: Must Destroy

The local stoner-rockers' third album might be repetitive, but at least for the right reasons.

by Scott Gordon

February 2, 2010 | 12:00am -