Those who have not heard Rilo Kiley's music prior to Under the Blacklight will be the best audience for their latest album. '
When a new album debuts for the majority of today's bands, audiences can only expect to hear a slight variation from their past projects. Wilco is the exception to this standard. Sky Blue Sky, the latest album from this Chicago-based alt-country band, continues to challenge Wilco fans with new approaches to musical greatness.
The Overture Center's latest exhibit, ""quietLoud"" by FOURum, a group of Madison artists, is a cohesive display of brilliant art with patterned detail.
Indie-rocker Sufjan Stevens does a brilliant job convincing music fans that not all modern Christmas songs have to suck. A much needed change from female vocalists whining to Santa Claus to bring them a boyfriend, Songs for Christmas is a collection of five years worth of Christmas EPs offering a mixture of Steven's renditions of classic carols along with his cleverly observant originals.
Although the set is basic and the cast is small, little else is simple about ""The Last Five Years."" Written by Jason Robert Brown and directed by Andrew Abrams, the musical conveys the five-year relationship of a couple who just can't seem to be in the same place at the same time. The play opens with Cathy, played by Amanda Poulson, singing about the end of her relationship. Alternately, the male lead Jaime (David Niles) sings his first song about how excited he is to have met this great new girl, Cathy.
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