Andrew Dambeck

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Civil rights groups kick off 86 days of protest

2007-10-18

Cardinal Summer Album Preview

Whether driving to your third shift job, basking on the beach or grilling out, here are a few hot albums to watch for this summer.'

Elbow's latest offers Seldom-heard creativity

Elbow's The Seldom Seen Kid manages to walk the thin line between creative art-rock and annoying hipster bells and whistles.'

'None Shall Pass' makes the grade

On the newest album, Aesop Rock shines in all except one track.'

SAC dazzle ‘Everybody’ with homage to ’90s alt-rock

Arcade Fire’s ‘neon’ burns out

While it worked wonders for Sonny and Cher, the marriage seems to be an untapped mechanism in popular music, which may be a good thing in all likelihood. Considering most pop songs deal with the topics of heartbreak and lust, an album full of ""What's for dinner, honey?"" just isn't nearly as marketable.  

Take a bite out of Dr. Dog’s new album

Considering My Morning Jacket concert ticket prices start at about 100 bones for scaffold seats and the brightness of their pretentious light shows are on par with that of Lasik surgery, it is easy to forget you're at a concert and not a test site for nuclear weapons. However, in 2004 a scraggly band called Dr. Dog tagged along on the MMJ tour, and though largely unheard of, captured the hearts of shaggy haired indie kids instantaneously.  

Local boys rise up from the Aviary

In a city where the water quality rivals that of steel mill runoff, and a mayoral candidate frenetically asserts he coined the term ""fish and wildlife"": Madison's place on the ""classy totem pole"" is that haggard frog shaped c'

No sign of ‘Writer’s Block’ for PB and J

So Sweden is where all of that fantastic hot chocolate comes from, right? No, that's Switzerland. Okay, Sweden is the country that has policemen dressed up in crimson while riding the finest of stallions, right? No, that's Canada. Sadly enough, America's only real connection to the droopy-eared shaped nation of Sweden is that horribly stereotypical chef character from The Muppet Show.""  

Bloc Party’s ‘Weekend’ gets busted

During the final lines muttered on Bloc Party's 2005 release, Silent Alarm, lead singer Kele Okereke states: ""What are we coming to / What are we gonna do?"" While Silent Alarm flirted with a plethora of different themes ranging from aggressive bass driven post-punk masterpieces to electrifying house tracks, Bloc Party never entirely delved into any single expression.