Madison Music Weekend (11/15-17): Audio Preview

John J. O'Connor - Itchy Face [July 28] (2008)

Another incredible music weekend sweeps through Madison with the early November cold front...  My pick is to start tonight at the beautiful Majestic for a warm set by Over the Rhine (this time with Minneapolis' Haley Bonar), sprint over the Club 770 to meet up with homemade Best Friends and Best Fwends, and set your jeans on fire in a Matt & Kim riot.  If the night truly ends by midnight, you'll have plenty of time to rest before Deerhunter & Times New Viking grind strangely against the concrete of the High Noon on Sunday.  And just because a weekend isn't long enough... the UW kids have assembled an incredible lineup topped by No Age to smash your Monday into fuzzy irregular pieces.  What are you up to?

SATURDAY

7pmish (Majestic): Haley Bonar - Ransom (mp3)

8:30pmish (Majestic): Over the Rhine - Born (mp3)

9:30pmish (Club 770): Best Friends Forever - Twins In Love (mp3)

10pmish (Club 770): Best Fwends - Bump in the Day (mp3)

11pmish (Club 770): Matt & Kim - It's A Fact (Printed Stained) (mp3)

SUNDAY

8pmish (High Noon): Disappears - Hearing Things (mp3)

9pmish (High Noon): Times New Viking - No Sympathy (mp3)

10pmish (High Noon): Deerhunter - Nothing Ever Happened (mp3)

MONDAY

9:30pmish (Club 770): Soft Circle - Shimmer (mp3)

10pmish (Club 770): Titus Andronicus - Titus Andronicus (mp3)

11pmish (Club 770): No Age - Sleeper Hold (mp3)