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The days are getting shorter, the leaves are starting to change and everything is pumpkin spiced. Yep, it\u2019s fall again. This also means a whole new slate of phenomenal live music in Madison. To mark the start of the season, we\u2019ve compiled a list of 35 shows coming through town and offer up a superlative for each, kinda like in your high school yearbook but without all those dicks your friend Jeremy drew. From Spoon to Slowdive to Susto, we\u2019ve got some ideas on how to spend those autumn nights \u2014 maybe you\u2019ll find your own personal Show Most Likely to Make You Leave the House This Fall.<\/span>\n

Best Sunday night show<\/h5>\n

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit<\/strong>
\nBreese Stevens Field, Sept. 3<\/em>
\nWhile calling someone \u201cthe songwriter of our time\u201d may sound hyperbolic, it\u2019s truly the case with Jason Isbell. Since sobering up in 2012, he\u2019s churned out three instant-classic albums, including this summer\u2019s The Nashville Sound<\/em>, which was recorded with his band, The 400 Unit. And though Isbell\u2019s reputation is built on stark, gutting tunes, his work with The 400 Unit is closer to his hard-rocking Drive-By Truckers days than anything else. Isbell will be joined here by English folk punk Frank Turner and Twin Cities-based indie rock upstarts Communist Daughter. With this being both a holiday weekend and the last Sunday without football until February, why not live it up? \u2014TW<\/em><\/p>\n

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit: “If We Were Vampires”<\/a><\/h6>\n<\/span>\n
\"Tank
Tank and the Bangas \/\/ Photo by Gus Bennett Jr.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Coolest Disney soundtrack<\/h5>\n

Tank and the Bangas<\/strong>
\nMemorial Union Terrace, Sept. 6<\/em>
\nWhen The Times-Picayune<\/em> of New Orleans asked Tank and the Bangas what the heck to call the kind of music they play, vocalist Anjelika \u201cJelly\u201d Joseph had an answer<\/a>: Soulful Disney. Indeed, the NOLA-based band\u2019s joyous combination of funk, soul, gospel, jazz and rock results in what could be the soundtrack to the funkiest film The Mouse has ever put out. (And for bonus cred, Tank and the Bangas were the winners<\/a> of this year\u2019s NPR Tiny Desk Contest.) \u2014TW<\/em><\/p>\n

Tank and the Bangas: “Quick”<\/a><\/h6>\n<\/span>\n
Band you\u2019d most want to deliver you bad news<\/h5>\n

Foster the People<\/strong>
\nOrpheum Theater, Sept. 9<\/em>
\n\u201cPumped Up Kicks\u201d was unavoidable in 2011. No matter where you went, it seemed Foster the People\u2019s melodically sunny hit single would follow. But for as ubiquitous and massive a pop hit as the song was, it was also pretty fucking dark \u2014 it\u2019s about a teenager dealing with homicidal thoughts. If Mark Foster is able to make that<\/em> danceable, I hope he\u2019s around to deliver to me all the bad news I\u2019ll experience in my life, because nothing screams \u201csong of the summer\u201d like \u201csorry, you\u2019ve got lupus.\u201d \u2014TW<\/em><\/p>\n

Foster the People: “Doing It for the Money”<\/a><\/h6>\n<\/span>\n
Best show to practice hamboning<\/h5>\n

AJJ<\/strong>
\nHigh Noon Saloon, Sept. 10<\/em>
\nAJJ \u2014 formerly Andrew Jackson Jihad \u2014 has certainly evolved over the years. Beyond the obvious name change, the Phoenix folk punx have filled out their sound, adding a full band to what used to be just Sean Bonnette on guitar\/vocals and Ben Gallaty on upright bass. But this year marks the 10th anniversary of their album People Who Can Eat People Are the Luckiest People in the World<\/em>, and Bonnette and Gallaty are turning the clock back to celebrate. The pair will perform it here in full as a duo, harkening back to their hootenanny-like early performances. Given the intimate relationship AJJ has always had with their fans and it being one of their more popular records, this one will feel more like an Appalachian singalong jamboree than a punk rock show.\u00a0\u2014TW<\/em><\/p>\n

AJJ: “Junkie Church”<\/a><\/h6>\n<\/span>