MadCity Music’s 2014 Staff Picks

December 8, 2014

DAVE ZERO – Vinyl Baron

Real Estate – “Atlas” – Galaxie 500 meets The Feelies and it’s wonderful.

Bob Mould – “Beauty & Ruin” – Age means nothing, still a lot of rock to Du!

The Roots – “And Then You Shoot Your Cousin…” – A surprisingly, dark, dense and weird album from a band that refuses to take it easy.

Reigning Sound – “Shattered” – Always soulful kings of garage get mod, a little mellow, and add strings

Death – “III” – A charming collection of demos & outtakes that shows what this band could have been

J Mascis – “Tied To A Star” – As stunning quiet as he is loud

King Tuff – “Black Moon Spell” – Marc Bolan is smiling up on his cloud because of this album

Brimstone Howl – “Magic Hour” – Tom Verlaine/Television inspired, reverb soaked garage stompers

Ex Hex – “Rips” – All lady band that delivers a great blast of cool, 70s inspired glam
rock & power pop

Honorable Mentions:
Ian McLagan – “United States”
Paul Collins – “Feel The Noise”
Black Keys – “Turn…

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Record Store Day – Black Friday 2014!

October 6, 2014

Mark your calendars for November 28th, 2014! MadCity Music Exchange will once again be participating in Record Store Day – “Black Friday”! We will have copies of the limited Black Friday Record Store Day exclusives available in the store. We will also have the ever popular and semi-annual Collectible Vinyl Sale bin full of rare and hard to find titles on the floor! Many of the titles in the collectible bin have not been seen on our shelves before!

And, we will have another 500+ new used LP on the floor and ready for new homes!

We will be opening early at 9 a.m. to give you more time to shop the Black Friday releases and collectible vinyl.

No long lines or gaudy promotions, just great music with your local independent record store!

The complete list of RSD Exclusives for Black Friday can be found at the official Record Store Day Web Page by clicking here!

Check back soon for more details about Black Friday at MadCity Music Exchange! And keep up to date with MadCity by signing up for emails below, or by following…

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Record Store Day 2014!

March 31, 2014

Thank you for making Record Store Day 2014 our most fun and successful
yet! It was great seeing so many familiar and new faces. If there
are any limited edition Record Store Day releases you’re still looking
for, please stop by or call the store. We still have a few items in
stock.

The bands who played our RSD party, Building On Buildings and Dharma
Dogs, were fantastic! Make sure to catch them next time they play in
town. Also, thanks to the local arts website/podcast Arts Extract for
setting up all the great live music! They are your best source for
everything that is happening in town! And, thanks to Bandung for
being such great neighbors, hosting our bands and celebrating with us.

Here’s a link to a few photos from the day! If you have any photos,
videos or stories from this year’s Record Store Day, please share them
on our facebook, twitter or instagram pages. Or email them to us and
we’ll take care of it for…

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Arts Extract Madison Calendar, March 6 through 12

March 5, 2014

The week’s best events, from our partners at Arts Extract!

THURSDAY MARCH 6 Bitchin’ Bajas, Watch Out!, Baird, Adcock and Deveraux. Mickey’s Tavern, 10 p.m.

Chicago’s masters of stargazing, flute-tinged electro-psych, Bitchin’ Bajas, have been good to us here in Madison, paying almost quarterly visits for the last couple years. But while we’ve come to rely on the fact that they come around pretty often, this show offers a couple more undeniably rare treats in the form of Chilean fuzz-rockers Watch Out! and a lysergic, improvised team-up from Spires That In The Sunset Rise’s Kathleen Baird, Conjuror’s Ian Adcock, and Samantha Glass’ Beau Devereaux. The Bajas are currently supporting their questionably titled (but killer) Drag City debut ‘Bitchitronics.’

Classixx, Gems. Majestic, 9 p.m.

With a syrupy mix that borrows as much from the maddeningly hooky Valerie-collective school of French house as it does from classic yacht-rock, Los Angeles’ Classixx are a refreshing addition to mainstream dance music, even if they tend to err on the side of instant gratification. The duo are currently touring behind last year’s luxuriously catchy full-length…

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