Women: Memorial Union - Terrace - Friday, May 8; 9:30 PM FREE

Are you looking for a great band to check out on Friday night?

Women (Jagjaguwar) are from Calgary, AB and released their self-titled debut album late last year. They've been steadily getting serious attention with various critical sources. They played at Fader Magazine's party at SXSW and will be performing at the Pitchfork festival in July. It is very hard to describe their sound but what comes to mind is very early Velvet Undergound with a touch of Brian Wilson era Beach Boys (e.g. Pet Sounds and Smile). They have also been compared with Pitchfork darlings Times New Roman as well as Deerhunter. Check them out for FREE at the Union Terrace Friday night. 

Women was recorded by Sub Pop artist Chad VanGaalen in his basement, at least partially on boom boxes. Below are links to two individual mp3s from their self titled lastest release.

The Afromotive at Der Rathskeller - Free!

The Afromotive

Free Show at Der Rathskeller
on Saturday, December 6th
9pm - All ages

Are you ready for some Afrobeat music? (. . . Always!) Well the Afromotive promises to satisfy your need to get dancing, when they bring their funky afro-beat to Madison on Saturday, December 6th for a free show in Der Rathskellar in the Memorial Union.

They are a nine piece ensemble based in Asheville, NC and includes thirty-third generation djembe player Adama Dembele from Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa. He brings his vast musical background to the Afromotive - where they combine these traditional West African rhythms with their own upbeat funky vibe.

This promises to be a fun show, and a perfect antidote to the winter blues... Check 'em out!

www.theafromotive.com

FREE MUSIC! Extra Golden and Fleet Foxes - 07/18

Extra Golden and Fleet Foxes July 18, 2008; 6:00PM; FREE SHOW TO HEAR SOUNDS FROM THESE TWO ARTISTS CHECK OUT THE LINK: http://madisonmusicreview.com/Artists/ExtraGolden-FleetFoxes/ExtraGoldenFleetFoxes.html

We are fans here at MMR of Fleet Foxes, and very much enjoyed their recent appearance at High Noon Saloon (opening for Blitzen Trapper). So we were delighted to see them scheduled to be play again at the Memorial Union Terrace on Friday night! We also encourage you to get there early and see Extra Golden – who is scheduled to start at 6:40pm! Extra Golden is an international collaboration between Kenyan and American musicians playing an innovative combination of east African benga guitar pop and American rock. The band has five singers, all trading off on lead vocals duty from song to song, and three guitarists trading off on rhythm and lead roles, some times doing all at once. This will be the band's second US tour, and their most recent release - Hera Ma Nono (Thrill Jockey) - was recorded during the band's first US tour in fall of 2006, which was the Kenyan members' first trip outside of east Africa. Their first album was 2006's Ok-Oyot System, recorded mostly in one afternoon at a Nairobi nightclub. Ok-oyot is Luo for "It's not easy," Luo being the ethnic group and native language of Extra Golden's Kenyan members and the benga tradition. . . Well things have certainly not been easy for Extra Golden, from the death of original singer and co-founder Otieno Jagwasi in 2004, to the visa difficulties on the last tour that were solved only with the help of Illinois Senator Barack Obama (a Luo descendant), and more recently the political and ethnic crisis in Kenya after the recent presidential elections. (You may have heard of those difficulties and the support Extra Golden received from their fans around the world recently on NPR's All Things Considered.) For those of you planning to attend the 10,000 Lakes Music Festival – Extra Golden will be performing Wednesday, 7/23 at 9:30p on the Barn Stage!

Photos of Deerhoof at The Union Terrace, Madison, WI (10/01/07)

Deerhoof tore it up at the Union Terrace last evening...

To visit the full photo page at Madison Music Review's site click here

Seun Kuti and Egypt 80 .... a night in pictures

Seun Kuti with horns blowing in background

Crowd Partiseepaayshaaan

Mr. Keyboard man

Lady dynamos

Seun shaking his stuff

A carbon copy of his father

- more pictures to come so keep a look out - Malliman/AM