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Tone Madison

708 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 9 ratings

Deeper conversations about arts and culture in Madison.

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Louise Bock returns with a riveting collaboration

November 08, 2021 06:00

Taralie Peterson and Pat Gubler combine their experimental projects to strong effect.

The intimate bodily motion of "Days" startles its director's usual stillness of routine

November 05, 2021 13:46

Tsai Ming-liang's latest socially conscious queer drama is screening as part of Spotlight Cinema on November 10.

Pleasure Practices with Sami Schalk: Bacon bliss

November 05, 2021 05:00

Turn breakfast into a pleasure practice with some simple seasonings.

Femme and Queer Skate Night underscores a communal embrace

November 03, 2021 15:35

As the weekly event grows, co-founder Leon C. reflects on its importance.

After 20 years on "Mulholland Dr.," David Lynch's cinematic puzzlebox still captivates

November 02, 2021 17:07

The 2001 surrealist masterpiece, "a love story in the city of dreams," is screening at UW Cinematheque on November 6 on 35mm.

Solid Freex, L.E.X., DJ Hanna, and DJ Tara will play Tone Madison's December 11 fundraising show at Garver Feed Mill

November 02, 2021 16:26

The event is part of the Eastside Winter Market, and part of our big year-end fundraising appeal.

A Four Star podcast, possessed

November 02, 2021 14:26 - 145 MB

Before the UW Cinematheque presentation of Andrzej Żuławski’s 1981 film, "Possession," on November 5, Hanna Kohn, Lewis Peterson, and Ian Adcock, and Grant Phipps talk about all the film’s lurking absurdisms and obvious horrors.

Pelt's newest album explores drones decades in the making

November 01, 2021 18:00

Band member Patrick Best discusses the new record and the long-running avant-folk outfit's history.

Join Tone Madison's fall fundraising campaign and double your impact

November 01, 2021 05:00

This year, we're part of the national NewsMatch program, and it's a big deal.

"Wheel Of Fortune And Fantasy" spins bittersweet bliss in an anthological meditation on human connection

October 29, 2021 06:01

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi's new film touches upon all his strengths as a screenwriter and director, and screens this Wednesday, November 3, at MMoCA.

Peak October

October 29, 2021 05:00

The makings of a Lynchian fall.

Godly The Ruler's universe is expanding

October 26, 2021 15:44

The multifaceted hip-hop artist performs Friday, October 29 at the Rathskeller.

UW Cinematheque celebrates a late Senegalese filmmaker's unfinished trilogy

October 25, 2021 16:25

Djibril Diop Mambéty's "Le Franc" and "The Little Girl Who Sold The Sun" screen in new digital restorations on Friday, October 29.

The university won't love you back: The UW System's pursuit of normalcy in the time of corona

October 25, 2021 13:24

What happens to a failing system when you assume that there is no need for alternatives?

Break out the fancy ham

October 22, 2021 05:00

Sure, David Brooks can come here, but why?

WORT jazz show to honor Joan Wildman on October 28

October 21, 2021 17:46

Fellow pianist Jane Reynolds will share the late avant-jazz musician's rare recordings in an afternoon broadcast.

Multidisciplinary artist Fred Stonehouse's new album is a surreal experience

October 20, 2021 13:01

Improvisational music complements striking storytelling on “Accident Prone.”

The Madison Police Department committed a smear of omission

October 19, 2021 15:26

In the aftermath of a cop-on-cop shooting, officials left a "suspect" exposed to false accusations.

Cosmic guitars and experimental percussion bring music back to Arts + Literature Laboratory

October 18, 2021 14:13

Marisa Anderson and William Tyler perform at the venue on October 20, followed by a visit from Jon Mueller, Barry Paul Clark, and Andrew Fitzpatrick on October 30.

"The Velvet Underground" stays true to the original underground rock band's countercultural spirit

October 15, 2021 17:25

Todd Haynes' collage-like first venture into the documentary format screens at MMoCA on October 20.

Bad letters and debate theater

October 15, 2021 05:00

Some publishing decisions just have to be confronted.

"I can just keep gathering things": Bob Mould's artistic renaissance

October 13, 2021 21:31

Punk's beloved alt-rock pioneer plays the Stoughton Opera House on October 16.

Madison musicians begin to break publicly with drummer accused of sexual misconduct

October 13, 2021 18:09

More allegations have emerged against David Henzie-Skogen.

Making the Nature Scene: Biking The "400" Trail

October 13, 2021 16:30

Built on an old railbed, the enigmatic trail is lined with eye-catching wetlands and woodlands.

The mystery of "Chan Is Missing" speaks equally to the philosophical and psychological

October 12, 2021 16:59

Wayne Wang's influential postmodern detective story screens at UW Cinematheque on October 16 in a new restoration.

Madison must commit to permanently affordable housing

October 11, 2021 15:13

The city should take long-overdue steps to decommodify land and housing.

So, the Cap Times platformed some wild bullshit about slavery

October 08, 2021 16:22

The self-poisoning debate in Madison's opinion sections.

Pleasure Practices with Sami Schalk: It's onesie season

October 08, 2021 05:00

How to zip yourself into fall comfort.

Longtime Madison musician accused of sexual misconduct with drum-corps students

October 06, 2021 22:38

Youngblood Brass Band co-founder David Henzie-Skogen was fired in May from his staff position at Shadow Drum and Bugle Corps.

"Crowns In Chaos" spotlights the tenderness and solidarity of Black sisterhood

October 06, 2021 16:52

This Central Library exhibition will be on display through Fall 2021.

Please endure a Room Tax Commission meeting

October 05, 2021 14:41

The body steers much of Madison's public arts funding, but who's watching?

Mickey’s booker Liz Granby looks for a safe path forward

October 04, 2021 18:02

The essential Willy Street bar is holding off on reviving indoor shows in an effort to put community safety first.

From traveling jazz to balanced pop

October 01, 2021 05:00

More Madison music highlights for October 2021's Bandcamp Friday.

Putting the spotlight back on Spotlight Cinema

September 29, 2021 19:05

The arthouse and international film series returns to MMoCA on Wednesdays, starting October 6.

Restoring symbols at a seat of unchecked power

September 28, 2021 14:15

When beloved monuments adorn a busted democracy.

Dear Mr. Watterson unleashes on a new EP

September 28, 2021 13:24

"Confusion Perfected" is an all-out blitz of scuzzy, twee-inflected punk.

In six portraits, Madison musicians get a grandiose treatment

September 27, 2021 14:30

Local artists worked with Dane Arts Mural Arts to create the large-scale, stylistically varied pieces.

Wind, water, and speed

September 24, 2021 05:00

Watching the kiteboarders on a gusty day.

Joan Micklin Silver's patient films challenged a bombastic Hollywood system

September 22, 2021 18:46

Starting September 24, UW Cinematheque honors the director, who was fascinated by cultural shifts in American society, with a four-film retrospective across four Fridays.

Market Square, Madison's discerning budget movie theater, reopens

September 21, 2021 17:00

The five-screen budget theater on Madison's west side is now back at full capacity after its closure on March 16, 2020.

Madison and America have outgrown the Freedom From Religion Foundation

September 21, 2021 05:00

This lifelong atheist and Madisonian doesn't need the out-of-touch local organization, and neither do you.

LINE lets it all go on "No Burden"

September 20, 2021 14:03

The Madison band finds space for joy with its new single and video.

The pre- and post-Fork steal

September 17, 2021 05:00

Catching Ka and other festival-bound musicians at the Terrace.

Robin Vos is intellectually lonesome

September 16, 2021 16:47

Politico captures a perfectly ghoulish portrait of the Assembly Speaker's political vanity.

Memorial show will celebrate drummer Travis Nelsen's singular impact

September 14, 2021 20:30

Several of Nelsen's former projects and collaborators will honor his legacy on Saturday, September 18, with a concert at the East Side Club.

"The Card Counter" contemplates how fallen people carry on in a fallen world

September 14, 2021 13:00

Paul Schrader’s latest psychological noir drama is now playing at AMC Madison 6 and Marcus Point.

Audio engineer Justin Perkins returns to Madison

September 13, 2021 17:05

The Wisconsin native opens up about mastering and the importance of saving one's work.

The second Queer Madison Mixtape turns "low-effort recordings" into a charming listen

September 10, 2021 20:16

Sales of "Summer's Ends" will raise funds for Freedom Inc.

Pleasure Practices with Sami Schalk: Fires and fancy s'mores

September 10, 2021 05:00

Embracing fall over an open flame.

When WILL collaborates with a hate group, treat it like one

September 09, 2021 05:00

Wisconsin needs to reframe how it talks about its leading right-wing lawsuit factory.

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