http://www.etchouse.com/cpd/ en-us aaron@etchouse.com 2006-12-29T08:00:00-06:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.etchouse.com/cpd/archives/000570.html Ambulette "If You Go Away" from The Lottery Live at Der Rathskeller Madison, WI December 9, 2006 PODCAST EXCLUSIVE! This epic closer marked the end of the Fest for me. Hockey Night were coming up next, but it was already a busy end-of-semester weekend, and I didn't really need to stick around for Pavement-meets-Byrds until 9:30. This also meant not seeing the Joanna Newsom headlining show, which I was fine with, and which turned out to be a good thing, since it became such an uncoordinated mess. All in all, what I saw of this Fest was terrific -- nobody as exciting for me as Maritime and Rainer Maria, but good local acts, compelling established names and a great new discovery. Bring on the next one! 570@http://www.etchouse.com/cpd/ Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:22:08 -06:00 NO!: The Podcast (Archived) 2006-12-29T08:00:00-06:00 http://www.etchouse.com/cpd/archives/000569.html Ambulette "Seconds Until Midnight" from The Lottery Live at Der Rathskeller Madison, WI December 9, 2006 There are a couple songs on Ambulette's debut EP that I think could be mainstream hits now that they're on a major label. One of them is the lead track, "Fall," and the other on is this song. It's actually a bit too big of a sound for the acoustics of the Rathskeller, which means that it doesn't sound perfect in this clip, but I think that's actually something that bodes well for it as a potential single. 569@http://www.etchouse.com/cpd/ Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:22:08 -06:00 NO!: The Podcast (Archived) 2006-12-28T08:00:00-06:00 http://www.etchouse.com/cpd/archives/000568.html Ambulette new song Live at Der Rathskeller Madison, WI December 9, 2006 PODCAST EXCLUSIVE! The only act of the second night that I was really excited to see was Ambulette, the new band featuring Maura Davis of Denali. They'd existed briefly as Bella Lea before a dispute with another band led to a name change; since forming they've released one five-song EP, but the songs they played at the Fest (like this one) imply that a full-length is on the way. This song feels like something from a lost era where Billy Corgan came before Kurt Cobain, and everything's a little darker, more shimmery and more electronic. Indie rock remains recognizable, but just a bit different. 568@http://www.etchouse.com/cpd/ Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:22:08 -06:00 NO!: The Podcast (Archived) 2006-12-27T08:00:00-06:00 http://www.etchouse.com/cpd/archives/000567.html The Bracelets new song Live at Der Rathskeller Madison, WI December 9, 2006 PODCAST EXCLUSIVE! The Bracelets' EP only has five songs, and this was one of the, I think, three new ones that they played during their set. The new stuff was generally more of the same, but it did tend to contain a bit more sonic expansion and experimentation than the songs on the record. 567@http://www.etchouse.com/cpd/ Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:22:08 -06:00 NO!: The Podcast (Archived) 2006-12-26T08:00:00-06:00 http://www.etchouse.com/cpd/archives/000566.html The Bracelets "Miki's Song" from The Bracelets Live at Der Rathskeller Madison, WI December 9, 2006 The second night of the Fest ended rather infamously with 1000+ people waiting in three unorganized lines, then waiting inside the Memorial Union's Great Hall for an hour and a half to see Joanna Newsom, but it began quietly with a short set local shoetweezers the Bracelets. Like Sleeping in the Aviary, they're a band I'd wanted to see for a while but never got around to, so it was nice to see them get a chance to play for the folks like me who jump at these kinds of free shows. Their sound is interesting in that it recalls both late-model Luna and early-model Galaxie 500, but very stripped down and simple. This song is from their self-titled EP, a five-song affair. It fits well there, and it fit well in the short set they played, but I'm not sure if their slight instrumentation is enough to sustain a full-length. Without a more driving sound, or maybe stronger vocal harmonies, they're just sugary enough for small doses, but too saccharine for big ones. 566@http://www.etchouse.com/cpd/ Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:22:08 -06:00 NO!: The Podcast (Archived) 2006-12-25T08:00:00-06:00 http://www.etchouse.com/cpd/archives/000565.html Sleeping in the Aviary two songs Live at Club 770 Madison, WI December 8, 2006 PODCAST EXCLUSIVE! The crowd had started to wind down and disperse by this point, but the band was still going strong. These two songs -- I'm not sure what they're called, but maybe they'll be on the bands upcoming CD, whose release party is on February 2 -- were just as energetic as the ones that opened the set, though by that time it was getting hard to stay awake. Night one of the Fest was a success, for sure, in no small part thanks to these guys' closing. 565@http://www.etchouse.com/cpd/ Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:22:08 -06:00 NO!: The Podcast (Archived) 2006-12-22T08:00:00-06:00 http://www.etchouse.com/cpd/archives/000564.html Sleeping in the Aviary "Junkie" (Johnny and the Church Camp Rebels) Live at Club 770 Madison, WI December 8, 2006 PODCAST EXCLUSIVE! Like jokes? A broken snare provides the opportunity for an extended joke to be told during this clip. Also, singer Elliott Kozel acquiesces to the crowd's demand that he begin disrobing for some reason. Then comes a cover of a spazzed-out tune from former local favorites Johnny and the Church Camp Rebels. Enjoy! 564@http://www.etchouse.com/cpd/ Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:22:08 -06:00 NO!: The Podcast (Archived) 2006-12-21T08:00:00-06:00 http://www.etchouse.com/cpd/archives/000563.html Sleeping in the Aviary "Face Lift Floats" & "The Pop Song" Live at Club 770 Madison, WI December 8, 2006 Sleeping in the Aviary was one of those local bands that I somehow always kept missing. Until the Pop Fest I didn't even know what they sounded like, but I was excited to finally see them after skipping or missing probably half a dozen of their shows over the past couple years. Turns out that they're... hard to describe. Most of their material comes in the form of short, bright-sounding blasts of silly garage pop. This clip features two such songs in the span of a little over two minutes. 563@http://www.etchouse.com/cpd/ Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:22:08 -06:00 NO!: The Podcast (Archived) 2006-12-20T08:00:00-06:00 http://www.etchouse.com/cpd/archives/000562.html Wax on Radio "Dawn Architects" from Exposition Live at Club 770 Madison, WI December 8, 2006 PODCAST EXCLUSIVE! I could keep going on about the attention-hungry hipsters who jammed their way up to the front of the crowd, but instead I'll just tell you to dig the transition a few minutes into this clip as it goes from soft to full-on, pounding, heavy rock. It was a little too much for my camera's little mic to handle properly, but the quality is decent enough to feel what's going on. A big sound from these guys, and a joy to be there for. 562@http://www.etchouse.com/cpd/ Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:22:08 -06:00 NO!: The Podcast (Archived) 2006-12-19T08:00:00-06:00 http://www.etchouse.com/cpd/archives/000561.html Wax on Radio "Guilding the Lily" from Exposition Live at Club 770 Madison, WI December 8, 2006 The excited drunks from the Maps and Atlases set stuck around for Wax on Radio, also from Chicago. This leads me to believe that they were a cadre of Chicago-based scenesters. As annoying as they were, I can't really blame them. I was pretty jazzed about Wax on Radio, who are one of a number of bands vying to fill the alt-prog hole left by Cave In, and they do a pretty good job for the most part. 561@http://www.etchouse.com/cpd/ Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:22:08 -06:00 NO!: The Podcast (Archived) 2006-12-18T08:00:00-06:00 http://www.etchouse.com/cpd/archives/000560.html Maps and Atlases "The Sounds They Make" & "Songs For Ghosts to Haunt To" from Tree, Swallows, Houses Live at Club 770 Madison, WI December 8, 2006 PODCAST EXCLUSIVE! During the Maps and Atlases set, a distinct crowd of attention-seekers showed up and unfortunately spent a lot of time trying to turn the floor into a mosh pit. They seemed pretty loaded are were desperate to get people looking at them, to the point of frequently reaching up to the band for high fives, but the really weird thing is they appeared to know the words for at least half the songs. Maps and Atlases have one seven-song record out, and they haven't been around that long. Are these guys from Chicago? Math-rock fiends? Extremely intuitive? Dunno. 560@http://www.etchouse.com/cpd/ Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:22:08 -06:00 NO!: The Podcast (Archived) 2006-12-15T08:00:00-06:00 http://www.etchouse.com/cpd/archives/000559.html Maps and Atlases "The Most Trustworthy Tin Cans" from Tree, Swallows, Houses Live at Club 770 Madison, WI December 8, 2006 Back when I worked a 9-to-5 job and first found myself with nigh-unlimited time to peruse the Internet for new music, I briefly dabbled in the Chicago post-rock/math-rock scene that was home to the likes of Tortoise, Joan of Arc and the Sea and Cake. This dabbling lasted for about a day. I imagine it would've lasted longer if Maps and Atlases had been around then. They actually sound much more like an amped-up version of Minus the Bear than any of those Chicago bands but they fit the scene well and seem to already be generating a bit of a following, based on how the crowd at this show responded to them. 559@http://www.etchouse.com/cpd/ Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:22:08 -06:00 NO!: The Podcast (Archived) 2006-12-14T08:00:00-06:00 http://www.etchouse.com/cpd/archives/000558.html Mason Proper "Chemical Dress Eliza" from There Is a Moth Inside Your Chest Live at Club 770 Madison, WI December 8, 2006 PODCAST EXCLUSIVE! I got a Myspace comment from one of the Mason Proper guys saying that he'd gone to Michigan Tech for a semester, which is interesting, although my immediate reaction was along the lines of, "Damn you, semester switch!" Anyway. One of the nice things about discovering an excellent, new, relatively unknown band at a live show is that they're usually playing first and the crowd hasn't gotten too annoying yet. Mason Proper were playing the first set of the Fest, starting at about 7:00 on Friday night, and though people kept trickling in throughout the set, the attention-starved hipster undergrads hadn't gotten there yet. It actually turned out to be one of the most overall enjoyable sets I've seen at Club 770, between the good band, the good lighting and the fact that none of the Union South sound equipment just decided to stop working suddenly. And oh yeah, these guys are going to be Important in 2007, I swear. 558@http://www.etchouse.com/cpd/ Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:22:08 -06:00 NO!: The Podcast (Archived) 2006-12-13T08:00:00-06:00 http://www.etchouse.com/cpd/archives/000556.html Mason Proper "Miss Marylou Carreau" from There Is a Moth Inside Your Chest Live at Club 770 Madison, WI December 8, 2006 PODCAST EXCLUSIVE! Mason Proper are from the Ann Arbor area, which has at least as distinct a musical scene from Detroit's as Madison's is from Milwaukee's, but I think they fit well with the post-White Stripes rock sound that's coming out of Detroit. They're not as spazzy as Thunderbirds Are Now!, but they definitely are in that vein. The recommendations at Last.fm connect them to the Talking Heads and I think that's reasonably accurate. Also, check out that guy plugging and unplugging stuff in his Suitcase of Vintage Keyboard Guts. That's pretty cool! 556@http://www.etchouse.com/cpd/ Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:22:08 -06:00 NO!: The Podcast (Archived) 2006-12-12T08:00:00-06:00 http://www.etchouse.com/cpd/archives/000555.html Mason Proper "The World Is Smaller Than You Think" from There Is a Moth Inside Your Chest Live at Club 770 Madison, WI December 8, 2006 And, we're back. Today I've got the first of 15(!) clips from last weekend's Madison Pop Fest. Mason Proper were the first band of Friday's Union South festivities, but they may have been my favorite of the whole affair. I'd never heard of them before this show was announced, but I think we all will be hearing a lot more from them soon. They apparently played Madison last year, but, according to the singer, "no one came," but I think this performance and their terrific new album will change that the next time they come back. 555@http://www.etchouse.com/cpd/ Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:22:08 -06:00 NO!: The Podcast (Archived) 2006-12-11T08:00:00-06:00 http://www.etchouse.com/cpd/archives/000551.html The Elected "Would You Come With Me" from Sun, Sun, Sun Live at Club 770 Madison, WI October 26, 2006 PODCAST EXCLUSIVE This was our second Elected show of the year -- we saw them open for Metric back in April -- and I remain unimpressed. It's not that they're bad. I actually kind of enjoy both this song and the one I recorded before, "I'll Be Your Man." But they're so inconsequential -- when I listen to Sun, Sun, Sun I have a really hard time picking out which song is which, and when one stops and another begins. It seems like they're constructing an atmosphere more than making music, which is fine as far as it goes, but wasn't enough to keep us at this show for more than a couple songs into their set. [technorati tags: madison live music video podcast the elected] 551@http://www.etchouse.com/cpd/ Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:22:08 -06:00 NO!: The Podcast (Archived) 2006-11-17T08:00:00-06:00 http://www.etchouse.com/cpd/archives/000550.html Margot & the Nuclear So and So's "Talking in Code" from The Dust of Retreat Live at Club 770 Madison, WI October 26, 2006 PODCAST EXCLUSIVE At the beginning of this clip, Margot singer Richard Edwards notes how cool it is that Union South has a bar downstairs, and challenges any and all comers to venture down to take him on in foosball after the set. I don't know if anybody did, but I do there were noticeably fewer people around for the Elected's set afterwards. We thought about going down to take the challenge ourselves, but quickly realized that we were way too tired for that shit. [technorati tags: madison live music video podcast margot nuclear] 550@http://www.etchouse.com/cpd/ Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:22:08 -06:00 NO!: The Podcast (Archived) 2006-11-16T08:00:00-06:00 http://www.etchouse.com/cpd/archives/000549.html Margot & the Nuclear So and So's "The Ocean" Live at Club 770 Madison, WI October 26, 2006 PODCAST EXCLUSIVE There was a pretty big crowd on hand to see Margot at Club 770, despite the fact that a) it was their third trip to Madison in four months, b) they were not actually the headliner, and c) Club 770 stinks. I think more people might have watched Margot than watched the Elected later on, and it was nice to get to see them play a full set after their Terrace show got cut short last summer. It was also nice to be treated to this non-album track, the first of I think two they played during their set. [technorati tags: madison live music video podcast margot nuclear] 549@http://www.etchouse.com/cpd/ Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:22:08 -06:00 NO!: The Podcast (Archived) 2006-11-15T08:00:00-06:00 http://www.etchouse.com/cpd/archives/000548.html Whispertown 2000 "Hello Wishin' Well" from Livin' in a Dream Live at Club 770 Madison, WI October 26, 2006 I wonder if Whispertown 2000 are best buds with Rilo Kiley or something. We saw them in March opening for Jenny Lewis at the Pabst Theatre, and again opening for the Elected (Blake Sennett's side project) at Club 770. They're really a much less interesting band than they should be -- the idea of a Rilo Kiley-influenced band of slight popsters featuring two female singers and a lot of acoustics is very appealing to me, but they don't really execute it very well. Since we've seen them twice this year I figured I should record one song from them at least, but the one I picked turned out to be a short a cappella number that featured the non-vocalists members of the band just sitting around. So I guess you'll just have to take my word for it that they're kind of disappointing as a band. [technorati tags: madison live music video podcast whispertown 2000] 548@http://www.etchouse.com/cpd/ Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:22:08 -06:00 NO!: The Podcast (Archived) 2006-11-14T08:00:00-06:00 http://www.etchouse.com/cpd/archives/000547.html Jail "Had Roles" from Kept Me Spitting Live at River Horse Milwaukee, WI September 23, 2006 PODCAST EXCLUSIVE! A few songs into the set, the lights in the bar started to flicker a bit. Since it was so stormy outside, and there was a giant fan running inside, we figured it was just a momentary brownout. A couple songs later it happened again. Then, during this song, the lights started going all the out and back in with the beat of the song and we realized somebody (behind the bar, perhaps?) was putting together and impromptu stage show for us. So that was kind of nice. Also, at this point in the show a few people in the crowd finally gave into temptation and tried to merge with the band, since there isn't actually in a stage at the River Horse. All in all kind of a hectic, adrenalized show that got pulled off well nonetheless. [technorati tags: milwaukee live music video podcast jail] 547@http://www.etchouse.com/cpd/ Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:22:08 -06:00 NO!: The Podcast (Archived) 2006-11-10T08:00:00-06:00 http://www.etchouse.com/cpd/archives/000546.html Jail "First to Pinch" from Kept Me Spitting Live at River Horse Milwaukee, WI September 23, 2006 PODCAST EXCLUSIVE! Watching this set was a little like being in the eye of a storm. There were really far too many people inside the bar -- the show was meant to be out in the street, after all -- which produced sort of an organic, constant, wave-type motion in the crowd throughout the set. On top of that, the door was open, letting in a little rain and a lot of wind. The band kept losing their set lists but pressed on confidently nonetheless. Of course, this was before the lights started going crazy... [technorati tags: milwaukee live music video podcast jail] 546@http://www.etchouse.com/cpd/ Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:22:08 -06:00 NO!: The Podcast (Archived) 2006-11-08T08:00:00-06:00 http://www.etchouse.com/cpd/archives/000543.html Jail new song Live at River Horse Milwaukee, WI September 23, 2006 PODCAST EXCLUSIVE! The day after the Mates of State show, we suddenly found out Jail was playing at Center Street Days (or Center State Daze or possibly Rockerbox) in Milwaukee that evening. The weather was crap, but we drove over anyway and took a big umbrella just in case. When we got there it was pouring, and there didn't seem to be any kind of street festival going on. We found Emily's parents, went to get food and were going to just turn around and head home when her brother called and told us they were playing at River Horse instead of out in the rain. We got over there just in time to hear them open with this new song, playing to basically an entire street fair packed into a relatively small bar. And if anybody reading this found a fleece hoodie in a booth at El Chico Zuma on September 23, well, enjoy. [technorati tags: milwaukee live music video podcast jail] 543@http://www.etchouse.com/cpd/ Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:22:08 -06:00 NO!: The Podcast (Archived) 2006-11-06T08:00:00-06:00 http://www.etchouse.com/cpd/archives/000542.html System and Station "Simple Machines" from In the Twilight Live at High Noon Saloon Madison, WI September 20, 2006 As you'll hear before the song starts in this clip, this just wasn't System and Station's night. Of the 50-60 people who were there for the Selfish Gene's set, seven were left by the time of this song. On top of being somewhat mismatched with the bill, and it being a Wednesday night, the show started so late that it didn't finally end until 1:45 in the morning, by which point only loud-mouthed drunks and myself remained. It's too bad, because -- aside from the too-loud guitars -- they put on a really good in support of a solid new album. I'd hope they come back again soon, but that seems somehow unlikely after this experience. [technorati tags: madison live music video podcast system and station] 542@http://www.etchouse.com/cpd/ Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:22:08 -06:00 NO!: The Podcast (Archived) 2006-11-03T08:00:00-06:00 http://www.etchouse.com/cpd/archives/000541.html System and Station "Ghosts" from Here Is Now Live at High Noon Saloon Madison, WI September 20, 2006 PODCAST EXCLUSIVE! I first heard of System and Station when I randomly found a copy of their last album, In the Twilight, in the public library's local music section. The band used to be based in Madison but moved to Portland a couple years ago. That album didn't really impress me, but I like their new one, Here Is Now, quite a bit. This song is one of several good ones on that record, and hopefully they'll be back soon so I can record some of the others. [technorati tags: madison live music video podcast system and station] 541@http://www.etchouse.com/cpd/ Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:22:08 -06:00 NO!: The Podcast (Archived) 2006-11-02T08:00:00-06:00 http://www.etchouse.com/cpd/archives/000539.html System and Station "When You're the Witness" from Here Is Now Live at High Noon Saloon Madison, WI September 20, 2006 PODCAST EXCLUSIVE! By the time System and Station finally took the stage it was well past midnight and much of the Selfish Gene's audience had taken off. A few more people left after the band started playing, because they seemed to be turned up to 11 for some reason. The audio in this clip unfortunately reflects this -- it's a good track that suffered some severe distortion from the unholy blast of decibels. [technorati tags: madison live music video podcast system and station] 539@http://www.etchouse.com/cpd/ Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:22:08 -06:00 NO!: The Podcast (Archived) 2006-11-01T08:00:00-06:00