AltWeeklies Wire
How DJ Shadow Helped Man Mantis Embrace Instrumental Hip-Hopnew
What sets instrumental hip-hop apart from just beats?
Madison Seeks MOH-Better Muzaknew
The city of Madison is moving forward with a plan to drop the hideous, heinous, god-awful hold music on the city's phone system.
Will Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra Musicians Strike?new
After seven bargaining sessions, the WCO's 34 core musicians and the WCO aren't close to hammering out the terms of a new contract. In fact, musician representative Todd Jelen says that the players became so discouraged with the WCO's unwillingness to bargain on key issues they requested that a mediator from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service join the proceedings.
Trent Reznor Dreams Up a Remarkable Way to Sell Albumsnew
With its web-based, pay-what-you-want distribution of In Rainbows, Radiohead demonstrated that it's easy for established acts to take control of their own releases. Now Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor has one-upped the Englishmen.
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Mainstream Pop Worked its Magic in '07new
To be honest, I thought my susceptibility to commercial music had faded long ago. Boy, was I wrong.
Name that Band!new
The stories behind Madison's strangest pop monikers.
Roundtable: The Digital Reality of Musicnew
Five Madison-area musicians talk about how they use the internet to promote, sell and even pen their music in the MySpace age.
