Arts Extract

Madison producer Jordan Cohen, aka @chantssound, discusses his new @do-the-astral-plane release, Amethyst Dust.

Madison electronic producer @mahr talks with us about her work.

Madison MC/educator Rob Dz and Isthmus staff writer Allison Geyer join us for a discussion of the new beginnings and changes of ownership happening in Madison's music venues. Photo by Robin Davies.

The Access Denied panel, recorded live on Feb. 10, 2017 at the Madison Public Library's Central Branch, discussed inequalities in Madison's nightlife.

UW-Madison professor Don Moynihan offers some level-headed perspective on the narratives surrounding free speech on college campuses.

Tone Madison contributor Chris Lay reads his essay about his first experience in a sensory-deprivation tank. Read the original piece here: http://buff.ly/2lvmHvU

From the "Skunk Ape" EP on @kitschymanitou Records. More info: http://bit.ly/2jTKad6

Laura Damon-Moore of the Library As Incubator Project discusses how federal funding has enabled public libraries, including the ones right here in Madison, to reinvent themselves. These developments could be threatened under dramatic federal cuts the Trump Administration and Republicans in Congress have proposed.

Madison band Miyha's first EP, the recently released Happy Birthday, Nick, combines bright guitar-pop with unsparing lyrics. Guitarist/singer Alejandra Perez, formerly of Tarpaulin and Automatically Yours, uses the EPs five songs to unpack the fond memories and indignities of a broken relationship. Songs like "Dodge Or Pine," "92/69/39 (Ryan Adams)," and "Raspberry Kombucha" feel very true to the...

A couple of years ago, Madison-based comedian and musician Nate Bjork released Bridge Party, an entire album of songs inspired by the three-season TV adaptation of Stephen King's Under The Dome. Bjork spoke with Scott about how he got started on this whole project, and what's kept him going. We also discussed his habit of using Internet jukeboxes to torment bar patrons.

Mixed-media artist Floor van de Velde discusses her exhibit "Luminous Scores," which is on permanent display at the Madison Science Museum.

As the year ends, we look back on our favorite Tone Madison podcast moments from 2016.

Four Tone Madison writers discuss their favorite Madison music of 2016, and the challenges of narrowing it down for our year-end best-of coverage.

Madison-based jazz bassist Ben Ferris talks about his quintet's first album, "Home," which they'll celebrate with a December 16 show at Crescendo.

Artist and UW-Madison professor Helen Lee joins us this week to discuss her neon piece "OMG," which is currently on display in the Wisconsin Triennial at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art.

Emily Mills leads a panel discussion about harassment in Madison's music community and how people are trying to create better experiences for marginalized people.

From the album "A Tighter Knot." Read our story this week: goo.gl/gv53id

From the album "A Tighter Knot." Read our story this week: goo.gl/gv53id

DJ and party organizer @lauren-franchi talks with us about her experiences creating safe-space dance nights in Madison.

From the album "Semi-Canon," available through rareplant.bandcamp.com.

Tone Madison's Mark Riechers talks with comics artist and author Box Brown about his latest book, Tetris: The Games People Play. The interview was recorded during the 2016 Wisconsin Book Festival.

Tone Madison's Scott Gordon, Mark Riechers, and Chris Lay discuss differing takes on Madison's newest and gaudiest movie theater and its much-ballyhooed recliners.

Tone Madison's Liz DiNovella talks with journalist Jeff Chang, who's coming to the Wisconsin Book Festival on Saturday, October 22 to discuss his new book "We Gon’ Be Alright: Notes On Race And Resegregation."

Tone Madison's Sarah Witman and Scott Gordon trade notes on a few of the best visual art shows currently on display in Madison. Image: Detail from Colin Matthes' "Essential Knowledge" series, currently on display at MMOCA as part of the Wisconsin Triennial.​ Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes: apple.co/1mL8vPk Co-produced with @wort-fm, wortfm.org

Tone Madison's Scott Gordon sits down with Milwaukee-based artist Sky Hopkina (skyhopinka.com), whose video piece "Jáaji Approx." is showing at the Wisconsin Triennial at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art through January 8, 2017. Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes: apple.co/1mL8vPk Co-produced with @wort-fm, wortfm.org