KA-BOOM! BOX – Pop! (2006 Boat Records) Ka-boom!Box is a “before-and-after” puzzle I’m pretty sure Wheel of Fortune hasn’t thought of yet, and their debut, the appropriately exclamatory Pop!, is a danceable electronic delight. Five songs
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KA-BOOM! BOX – Pop! (2006 Boat Records) Ka-boom!Box is a “before-and-after” puzzle I’m pretty sure Wheel of Fortune hasn’t thought of yet, and their debut, the appropriately exclamatory Pop!, is a danceable electronic delight. Five songs
Sunshine for the Blind – See the River Rise 2006 DNA Music Labs It seems I’m doing a lot of rewriting this month. First I had to rewrite my Blueheels review because I didn’t quite
VARIOUS ARTISTS – Wisconsin Pop Explosion Compilation (2006 Self-Release) No one would ever accuse Charlemagne of being over-produced, but with “Nematode” (from last year’s Detour Allure) they sound like absolute studio rats in comparison to the
VARIOUS ARTISTS – Sector Five Records Compilation 2006 (2006 Sector Five Records) Sector Five Records has always been the home of some of Madison’s loudest rock and punk bands. You know, the kind of bands that keep
ROB ANTHONY – Inside You & Inside Me (2006 Self-Release) At several points on Rob Anthony’s third CD Inside You & Inside Me he sounds an awful lot like Neil Diamond. What I really mean is
VARIOUS ARTISTS (FAWM) – 14 Songs in 28 Days II (2006 Rebels Trust) For those of us who can’t imagine writing even one song, the concept of writing 14 during the shortest month of the year is
KELLY PARDEKOOPER – Brand New Bag (2006 Sonic Rendezvous Records) Kelly Pardekooper is usually seen wearing a cowboy hat, but you can forget all your preconceptions because his new release Brand New Bag is definitely not
GOOD LUCK JOES – What Do You Think of That Noise? (2006 Third Ward Records) As I listened to this record prior to writing the review I played it for a number of people. “So, who
EARL FOSS’S BROWN DERBY – This Drinkin’ Life (2006 Self-Release) Like Linus waiting in the pumpkin patch for the Great Pumpkin to appear, the boys in Earl Foss’s Brown Derby are trying to summon the spirit
DRIFTLESS PONY CLUB – Cholera (2006 Sector Five Records/ Two Thumbs Down Records) After writing for Rick’s Café for over two years, I thought, foolishly, that I knew all the good Madison bands. I was wrong,
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