{"id":13815,"date":"2019-04-22T10:14:17","date_gmt":"2019-04-22T15:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/?p=13815"},"modified":"2019-04-27T09:32:05","modified_gmt":"2019-04-27T14:32:05","slug":"madison-calendar-april-22-april-28-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/madison-calendar-april-22-april-28-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"What to do this week: Craft Beer Week, Forward FC home opener, and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Need motivation to get through another dreaded week at your soul-sucking job? There\u2019s no shortage of cool stuff to do in Madison&#8230; it\u2019s just figuring out which cool stuff best suits you. Here\u2019s what Madison is doing this week.<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 30px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<h3>Hometown Sweethearts<\/h3>\n<p><em>Tuesday, April 23, High Noon Saloon (<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.high-noon.com\/event\/9210635\/hometown-happy-hour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>info<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.high-noon.com\/event\/9110015\/an-evening-with-hometown-sweethearts-the-long-awaited-reunion-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>info<\/em><\/a><em>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Hometown Sweethearts were always more than a cover band. The Madison rock trio dabbled in originals as well, including a song called \u201cBlackout\u201d that recently appeared in the Mark Wahlberg comedy <em>Instant Family<\/em>. And for the <a href=\"https:\/\/madison.com\/ct\/entertainment\/music\/the-hometown-sweethearts-bid-adieu\/article_f41032af-1e07-5015-bccf-2f1ae179abe2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">first time in nearly two years<\/a>, Hometown Sweethearts\u2019 original three members will perform together. (Interestingly not at Crystal Corner, where they performed every Tuesday night for five years.)<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 30px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"689\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ixw_bLVUL34?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 5px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<h3>She Wants Revenge<\/h3>\n<p><em>Wednesday, April 24, Majestic Theatre (<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/majesticmadison.com\/event\/she-wants-revenge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>info<\/em><\/a><em>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Turn back the clock to 2005 because She Wants Revenge is coming to town. The MySpace-era post-punks dissolved in 2012, but reunited in 2015 after <em>American Horror Story: Hotel<\/em> introduced a whole new audience to their goth-rock classic \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ixw_bLVUL34\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tear You Apart<\/a>.\u201d The duo of Justin Warfield and Adam Bravin are now working out their first new material since the 2011 release of the LP <em>Valleyheart<\/em>. Opening are a pair of Madison acts: psychonauts <strong>Vanishing Kids<\/strong> and power-noise czars <strong>Caustic<\/strong>.<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 30px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<h3>Nickolas Butler<\/h3>\n<p><em>Wednesday, April 24, Central Library (<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/wisconsinbookfestival.org\/events\/little-faith\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>info<\/em><\/a><em>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>When writers try to depict Wisconsin, there\u2019s generally a great deal of it lost in translation. That\u2019s not the case with Nickolas Butler, an Eau Claire-raised author with a bibliography full of acclaimed novels and short-stories. Many are set in small-town Wisconsin, including <em>Little Faith<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/madison.com\/entertainment\/books\/little-faith-inspired-by-wisconsin-faith-healing-case\/article_14d80ece-6909-54b0-84d8-7002ddc8516a.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Butler\u2019s new book<\/a>. It\u2019s about a family coping with their patriarch getting in too deep with an extremist church, and here Butler will read from it.<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 30px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"689\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_6zILxFPlIw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 5px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<h3>\u201cJust for Laughs\u201d New Faces Showcase<\/h3>\n<p><em>Wednesday and Thursday, April 24-25, Comedy on State (<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.madisoncomedy.com\/event\/jfl_showcase\/2019-04-24\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>info<\/em><\/a><em>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Since its founding, the Montreal-based Just for Laughs Festival has been a proving ground for comedy\u2019s brightest stars. Some of the funniest voices in Madison will perform here as part of a two-night showcase. The lineups includes four former Madison\u2019s Funniest Comic winners: Rory Rusch, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/johnny-walsh-madison-funniest-comic-2018\/\">Johnny Walsh<\/a>, Charlie Kojis, and David Fisher.<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 30px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<h3>Chelsea Handler<\/h3>\n<p><em>Thursday, April 25, Orpheum Theater (<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/madisonorpheum.com\/event\/chelsea-handler\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>info<\/em><\/a><em>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>You know who Chelsea Handler is. Bestselling author, longtime TV staple and all-around funny person, Handler is one of the biggest draws in comedy. After all, she was one of the first women to use the same frank, often downright gross terminology that male comics do to describe her sex life. And she does it with an almost surgical precision. Without Chelsea Handler, there would be no Amy Schumer or Whitney Cummings. She\u2019s a true trailblazer, as well as a titan of the art.<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 30px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"689\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/coR59SSPWv8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 5px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<h3>Priests<\/h3>\n<p><em>Thursday, April 25, High Noon Saloon (<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.high-noon.com\/event\/9062495\/priests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>info<\/em><\/a><em>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>These DC post-punks make danceable music with a message. Their latest album, <em>The Seduction of Kansas<\/em> isn\u2019t just a banger. It\u2019s a banger that\u2019s also a scathing critique of capitalism and modern American politics. (And it\u2019s also one of the year\u2019s best albums, according to all my friends who are authorities on that sort of thing.) Support comes from German garage-pop duo <strong>Gurr<\/strong>.<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 30px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<h3>Jai Wolf<\/h3>\n<p><em>Thursday, April 25, Majestic Theatre (<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/majesticmadison.com\/event\/jai-wolf-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>info<\/em><\/a><em>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This New York-based electro act specializes in laser-lit jams sure to get even the most rhythmless out on the dancefloor. But what\u2019s interesting about Jai Wolf \u2014 whose government name is Sajeeb Saha \u2014 is the amount of influence he takes from indie rock. From post-rock walls of sound to the buoyant art pop of bands like Phoenix, Jai Wolf\u2019s musical palate is far more diverse than a lot of his more bombastic contemporaries.<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 30px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<h3>Science Man<\/h3>\n<p><em>Thursday, April 25, Mickey\u2019s Tavern (<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/578035052708057\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>info<\/em><\/a><em>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re looking for the most aggressively out-there show of the week, look no further. Science Man is a Buffalo, New York-based solo project of John Toohill (who also fronts punk bands Radiation Risks and Alpha Hopper) and caters in an industrial blend of punk rock. Joining the Science Man is the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/alex-wiley-coyote-maintenance-man-video-premiere\/\">Maintenance Man<\/a>\u201d himself, <strong>Alex Wiley Coyote<\/strong>, plus the swampy one-man jams of <strong>Roboman<\/strong>, who you might also recognize from his other gig slinging drinks at Mickey\u2019s.<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 30px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<h3>The Dirty Shirts<\/h3>\n<p><em>Friday, April 26, The Winnebago (<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewinnebago.com\/shows\/2019\/4\/1\/the-dirty-shirts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>info<\/em><\/a><em>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Without Gram Parsons, country rock as we know it would likely not exist. (We also wouldn\u2019t be blessed with this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ivNHdDlRJuw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Johnny Knoxville\/Michael Shannon comedy<\/a>, which may or may not be a good thing.) Local shitkickers The Dirty Shirts will pay tribute here to the legendary singer and songwriter by performing in full two of his most beloved albums, <em>GP <\/em>and <em>Grievous Angel<\/em>. Bear witness to the return of the grievous angel (sort of).<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 30px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<h3>Hippo Campus<\/h3>\n<p><em>Friday, April 26, The Sylvee (<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesylvee.com\/events\/hippo-campus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>info<\/em><\/a><em>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Hippo Campus has been one of the more successful acts to emerge from the Twin Cities in recent years, and rightfully so. The St. Paul-based group formed at a high school for the arts, which is unsurprising given the easy mastery they all seem to have of their respective instruments. The result is an airtight, fluid brand of indie pop that seems to hang in the air before heading straight for your ears. Upstart pop star <strong>Samia<\/strong> will open.<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 30px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"689\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JK6zuii2OLI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 5px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<h3>Shane Torres<\/h3>\n<p><em>Friday-Saturday, April 26-27, Comedy on State (<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.madisoncomedy.com\/event\/shane_torres\/2019-04-26\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>info<\/em><\/a><em>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll be frank, my knowledge of Shane Torres is pretty limited. But he\u2019s one of the only comedians whose jokes I think about <em>every day<\/em>. Namely his bit questioning why, exactly, do we hate Guy Fieri so much? What did Guy ever do to us? He\u2019s a good guy, but he\u2019s also a human cheese fry. This dilemma torments my soul. I should go to the show and suss it out with Mr. Torres.<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 30px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<h3>Son Volt<\/h3>\n<p><em>Friday, April 26, Majestic Theatre (<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/majesticmadison.com\/event\/son-volt-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>info<\/em><\/a><em>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The connection may not be direct, by you\u2019ve got Jay Farrar to thank in part for <em>A Star is Born<\/em>. Without Farrar\u2019s influential output with Uncle Tupelo and his rootsier recordings with Son Volt, Bradley Cooper\u2019s country rock star Jackson Maine likely would have been a yarbling grunge washout. Farrar helped spearhead an Americana movement that\u2019s still growing. And with his gruff, Midwestern twang and picaresque lyrics, Farrar and Son Volt are still at its forefront. Their latest, <em>Union<\/em>, was released in March.<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 30px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<h3>Madison Craft Beer Week<\/h3>\n<p><em>Friday, April 26 through Sunday, May 5, various locations (<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/madbeerweek.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>info<\/em><\/a><em>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the most wonderful week(-plus) of the year! Bars and restaurants all over the city will celebrate the area\u2019s craft beer scene, highlighting the brews and also the cuisine and culture that goes with it. Get out there and raise a glass to your local brewmasters.<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 30px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"689\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/57QyIBb36Kk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 5px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<h3>Forward Madison FC home opener<\/h3>\n<p><em>Saturday, April 27, Breese Stevens Field (<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forwardmadisonfc.com\/2019-schedule\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>info<\/em><\/a><em>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>After what seems like an eternity of buildup, Madison\u2019s first professional soccer team will make its home debut. The Flamingos picked up their <a href=\"https:\/\/madison.com\/wsj\/sports\/soccer\/josiel-nunez-and-shaun-russell-score-as-forward-madison-fc\/article_a9801e33-d304-5fce-b344-3d7ed4cfb864.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">franchise-first win<\/a> on April 19, with a 2-1 victory over Orlando City B. Now they\u2019re looking to equalize their 1-2 record against Greenville Triumph SC. Put on your pinkest shirt and get ready to go full \u2019mingo. (And if you\u2019re not busy before the match, stop by the High Noon Saloon for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.high-noon.com\/event\/9307765\/forward-madison-fc-home-opener-the-flock-tailgate\/\">tailgate<\/a> hosted by the Flamingos\u2019 official supporter section, The Flock.)<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 30px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<h3>Cribshitter<\/h3>\n<p><em>Saturday, April 27, Art In (<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2123828564361680\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>info<\/em><\/a><em>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I am very confident in saying that \u201cCribshitter\u201d is the best band name in this city. But they\u2019re much more than a funny name: Cribshitter makes art-pop with an emphasis on \u201cart.\u201d Each of their songs is a multi-layered collage of sounds, from funk and world music to alternative rock. With a couple of the area\u2019s finest \u201990s kids, <strong>Labrador <\/strong>and <strong>Heavy Looks<\/strong>.<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 30px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3606261347\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=51bcce\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/genderconfetti.bandcamp.com\/album\/queers-of-joy\">QUEERS OF JOY by Gender Confetti!!!<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 5px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<h3>Gender Confetti<\/h3>\n<p><em>Saturday, April 27, Mickey\u2019s Tavern (<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/268861024032434\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>info<\/em><\/a><em>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>When I saw Gender Confetti in January at the Wisconsin Punk Fest, the local duo blasted the roof off the Majestic \u2014 and they were <em>the<\/em> <em>first band! <\/em>Sylvia Johnson and Elyse Clouthier make music that exists at the crossroads of many of punk\u2019s subcategories, and they absolutely kill live.<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 30px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<h3>Miyha<\/h3>\n<p><em>Saturday, April 27, Crystal Corner Bar (<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2266296636945179\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>info<\/em><\/a><em>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Miyha are sort of like Voltron. The Madison quartet is made up of pieces of some of the area\u2019s best bands, including We Should Have Been DJs, Tarpaulin and Parsing. (They are not, however, giant robots.) They\u2019re celebrating the release of <em>World\u2019s Biggest Crush<\/em>, an album that recalls Hop Along in its confessional indie punk. It\u2019s out Friday but is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegreyestates.com\/blog\/album-stream-premiere-worlds-biggest-crush-miyha\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">streaming here<\/a> now. Joining for this show are <strong>According to What <\/strong>and <strong>CNL<\/strong>, the solo project of Proud Parents\u2019 Claire Nelson-Lifson.<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 30px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<h3>Pokey LaFarge<\/h3>\n<p><em>Saturday, April 27, High Noon Saloon (<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.high-noon.com\/event\/9188615\/pokey-lafarge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>info<\/em><\/a><em>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Pokey LaFarge is the only guy on Earth who can pull off dressing like a Coen Brothers character every day. But the rest of us normies aren\u2019t anywhere near as musically talented as Pokey. His throwback country swing has won him fans all over the world and scored his band a cameo in the 2013 film <em>The Lone Ranger<\/em>. Hopefully you already got your tickets for this one, because it\u2019s sold out.<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 30px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<h3>Pork Tornadoes<\/h3>\n<p><em>Saturday, April 27, Majestic Theatre (<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/majesticmadison.com\/event\/pork-tornadoes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>info<\/em><\/a><em>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Given that they\u2019re a cover band, there are certain songs these Iowans are pretty much required by law to play (\u201cMr. Brightside\u201d). But Pork Tornadoes\u2019 setlists include some atypical pieces, from Cold War Kids to Amos Lee to a cover of a bluegrass cover of \u201cGin and Juice.\u201d As in the Snoop Dogg(gy Dogg) song. It\u2019s like cover band <em>Inception<\/em>.<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 30px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<h3>Dan Savage\u2019s HUMP! Film Festival<\/h3>\n<p><em>Saturday, April 27, Barrymore Theatre (<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/barrymorelive.com\/event\/14th-annual-hump-film-festival\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>info<\/em><\/a><em>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Dan Savage was working at Four Star Video Heaven in Madison when he started Savage Love in 1991. Nearly 30 years later, he\u2019s one of the most high-profile sex columnists in history. That means he gets to do cool stuff like host the HUMP! Film Festival, a sex-positive showcase of DIY pornography from all around the world. And it all gets destroyed after the festival, so this is truly your only chance to see it.<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 30px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<h3>Madison\u2019s Best Bloody<\/h3>\n<p><em>Sunday, April 28, Edgewater Hotel (<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/glhf.org\/event\/madisons-best-bloody\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>info<\/em><\/a><em>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I feel like we don\u2019t need to talk you into drinking bloody marys, but if you were on the fence, maybe you should know it\u2019s for a good cause? Madison\u2019s Best Bloody <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/madisons-best-bloody-fundraiser-returns-april-28\/\">supports the Great Lakes Hemophilia Foundation<\/a> and will feature drinks from local favorites like Avenue Club, The Nitty Gritty and Tangent, among others.<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 30px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3876161672\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=51bcce\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wash-band.bandcamp.com\/album\/ritual\">Ritual by Wash<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 5px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<h3>Cave Curse + Wash<\/h3>\n<p><em>Sunday, April 28, High Noon Saloon (<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.high-noon.com\/event\/9135975\/cave-curse-7-inch-release-wash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>info<\/em><\/a><em>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Set aside a mere $7 and treat yourself to a set featuring two of the 608\u2019s best alt-rock bands. Bobby Hussy\u2019s synth-slingers Cave Curse project will celebrate the release of a new 7-inch, while rising shoegazers Wash will co-headline (and add further proof of their status as one of Madison\u2019s most exciting new bands). Additional support comes from <strong>Genau<\/strong> and <strong>Tarek Sabbar<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Need motivation to get through another dreaded week at your soul-sucking job? 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