Music - Aug. 17, 2009
Gig roundup: Williams tries something a bit different
You think you know Dar Williams and her music already, don't you? But, wait. Stop the presses! Williams' latest record on Razor & Tie, "The Promised Land," was produced by Brad Wood (Liz Phair, Ben Lee, Pete Yorn) and isn't entirely what you expect.
Tags: Dar Williams, Turner Hall, The Rave, Miramar, Modjeska, Lucky Boys Confusion, Band of Skulls, Cactus Club, Garibaldi, Neil Hamburger, WMSE Radio Summer Camp, Sometimes Sweet Susan, Gospel Gossip, Tristen, Wood Brothers, Megafauna, Pezzettino, Borg Ward, D

Music - Jan. 14, 2009
Elusive Parallelograms' new LP anything but vague
Classifying itself as "experimental" is as specific as it gets for Elusive Parallelograms. Able to continuously evolve while consciously side stepping a forced classification, Milwaukee-based Elusive Parallelograms combines genre, experience and instrumentation with absolutely no apologies for complexity.
Tags: elusive parallelograms, borg ward, Clayton Hamburg, Andrew Foys, Cory Husher, Stefan Dostanic, John Hense, experimental, MOBFest, Chicago Recording Company

Music - Sept. 1, 2008
Tussle at Borg Ward on Saturday
Part Public Image Limited, part Massive Attack and part Tom Tom Club without vocals, San Francisco's Tussle has a new disc -- "Cream Cuts" (Smalltown Supersound) -- and arrives at the Borg Ward -- 8th and National in Walker's Point -- for a gig on Saturday, Sept. 6.
Tags: Tussle, Borg Ward, ESG, Crime in Stereo, Fake Problems, Wholehearted

Music - Oct. 30, 2007
The week in local music: Oct. 30, 2007
Hey everyone, don't get too partied out on Halloween night because there's a weekend just around the corner, and, per usual, it's packed with local greatness.
Tags: local music podcast, wmse, the scarring party, el gordo, burbank cartel, ill groove movement, borg ward