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John Kruse steps back out

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John Kruse played a very active role in Madison’s music community during the late oughts and early 2000s, playing in bands including Pushmi-Pullyu, Fambly Fun, and Nude Human. On top of that, he ran an ambitious web label called Mine All Mine Records, booked a regular show series at the now-defunct Dragonfly Lounge in downtown […]

Voted Top of the Charts Oct. 23-30

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Here’s what got the most “votes” or spins on WORT in the last week of Rocktober. New this week: a top 10 Blues chart! Browse our playlists and listen to archives of all shows on-demand right here on the WORT website. WORT Charts for October 30, 2018 top 30 Artist Record Label 1 ELVIS COSTELLO […]

Lykanthea

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Tone Madison, Just Coffee, Union Cab, and MadCity Music present a show on August 19 at Arts + Literature Laboratory: Lykanthea (Chicago). Olyvia Jaxyn opens the night with “powerful tender tunes from a baby queer in madison, wi” and CHANTS, one of Madison’s most compelling electronic producers, closes out the night with a spin into […]

Case-fitter

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Join us on Friday, August 17, 2018 for the ALL performance by Chicago-based group Case Fitter, who just released their new album on Base Records. The music combines the realms of jazz, improvisation, post-rock and electronic/ambient sounds with some great players, including Greg Ward (alto saxophone), Dustin Laurenzi (tenor saxophone), Paul Bedal (keyboards), Greg Artry […]

Lykanthea on constantly revising memories through music

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Lykanthea, the project of Chicago-based musician, multidisciplinary artist, and academic Lakshmi Ramgopal, explored a mix of ambient music, carnatic music, and a healthy bit of pop on the 2014 EP Migration. But since Migration came out, Ramgopal has been working on all kinds of different performances and installations, including “A Half Light Chorus,” a project at Chicago’s Lincoln […]