Bands/Musicians I Like
31 Knots
All Girl Summer Fun Band
American Analog Set
Andrew Bird
The Arcade Fire
And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
The Beatings
Beulah
Brendan Benson
Broken Social Scene
Built To Spill
Calexico
Cat Power
The Constantines
Cursive
Death Cab For Cutie
The Deathray Davies
The Decemberists
The Dismemberment Plan
Earlimart
Enon
The Faint
Guided By Voices
The Heavenly States
The Hold Steady
Hot Hot Heat
Interpol
John Vanderslice
LCD Soundsystem
Les Savy Fav
Life at Sea
The Magnetic Fields
Menomena
Mates of State
Matters and Dunaway
Modest Mouse
The Natural History
Of Montreal
The New Pornographers
Pedro the Lion
The Pernice Brothers
Pretty Girls Make Graves
Radiohead
The Rapture
Rilo Kiley
The Russian Futurists
The Shins
Single Frame
Spoon
Spymob
The Starlight Mints
Stars
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
Super Furry Animals
Superchunk
The Streets
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
The Thermals
The Unicorns
Weezer
The Wrens
The White Stripes

Local Madison bands:
Awesome Car Funmaker
Art Paul Schlosser
The Box Social
Colony of Watts
The Cummies
The Dorothy Heralds
The Dress Rehearsal
Electric Automatic
The German Art Students
The Hat Party
His and Her Vanities
Jimmy's Comet
The Profits
The Shivers
Sibling Rivalry
Spry Specter
The Treats
Transformer Lootbag
Vox Humana

Local Minneapolis bands:
The Afterglow
Cowboy Curtis
Grickle Grass
Kid Dakota
The Plastic Constellations

Local Milwaukee bands:
El Oso
The Etiquette
The Lovelies

Local Chicago bands:
Bang! Bang!
Canasta
The Candyland Riots
Chin Up Chin Up
The Dials
The Driftless Pony Club
Katie Todd
Mabel
May or May Not
The Quicksand Brothers
The Returnables
Ripley Caine
Scotland Yard Gospel Choir
Torben Floor
Troubled Hubble

Record Labels and Studios
2024 Records
54, 40 or Fight! Records
Absolutely Kosher Records
Arts and Crafts Records
Asthmatic Kitty Records
Barsuk Records
Bloodshot Records
Desoto Records
DFA Records
Drag City Records
Failed Experiment Records
Flameshovel Records
French Kiss Records
Fueled by Ramen Records
Future Apple Tree Records
Future Farmer Recordings
Ghostly International Records
Hush Records
Jade Tree Records
K Records
Kill Rock Stars
Kindercore Records
Kompakt Records
Kranky Records
Kung Fu Records
Level Plane Records
Locust Music
Lookout! Records
Matador Records
Merge Records
Midriff Records
Mint Records
Off Records
Outreach Records
Polyvinyl Records
Post Parlo Records
Rough Trade Records
Saddle Creek Records
Secretly Canadian Records
Southern Records
Startime Records
Sub Pop Records
Suicide Squeeze Records
Team Love Records
Thrill Jockey Records
Tigerbeat6 Records
Tooth and Nail Records
Touch and Go Records
Two Thumbs Down Records
Upper Class Records
V2 Records
Vagrant Records
Victory Records
Warp Records

Madison labels/studios:
Broken Shit Studios
Coney Island Studios
Dharmakaya
Kill Deer Records
Science of Sound Records
Sector Five Records
Smart Studios
Winterlander Records


Websites for reviews, music news, interviews, etc.
www.adequacy.net
www.bohemianplayboy.com
www.looserecord.com
www.metacritic.com
www.modsquare.com
www.neumu.net
www.nme.com
www.pitchforkmedia.com
www.pollstar.com
www.popmatters.com
www.radiofreechicago.com
www.rickscafe.org
www.tinymixtapes.com
www.twentyfortyzine.com
www.ubl.com
www.unpop.com
www.venuszine.com


Great Independent Radio Stations
WSUM-Madison Student Radio 91.7 FM
WLUW 88.7 FM- Chicago
WOXY 97X- Cincinatti
KEXP 90.3 FM- Seattle
WFMU 91.1 FM- Jersey City


Venues

Madison:
The Annex
The Barrymore Theatre
The Catacombs Coffee House
The High Noon Saloon
The King Club
Luther's Blues
The Majestic
The Orpheum Theatre
Wisconsin Union Music

Minneapolis:
400 Bar
First Avenue
The Quest Club
The Triple Rock Social Club
The Uptown Bar

Chicago:
The Abbey Pub
The Aragon Ballroom
The Beat Kitchen
The Bottom Lounge
The Double Door
The Empty Bottle
The Fireside Bowl
Gunther Murphys
The Hideout
The Hot House
The Logan Square Audiorium
House of Blues
Martyr's
The Metro
The Old Town School of Folk Music
Park West
Schubas
Sonotheque
Subterranean
Texas Ballroom
The Vic Theatre

Milwaukee:
The Cactus Club
Mad Planet
The Modjeska Theatre
The Onopa Brewing Company
The Rave/Eagles Ballroom