Monsters Of Poetry returns with a deep bench of Wisconsin-connected writers
The long-standing, on-again-off-again free reading series has been a staple of the city's everchanging literary scene for more than a decade.
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Why is Robin Vos withholding the names of his election cops?
A look into the likely identity of one member of the Assembly Speaker's publicly funded investigation.
Gazing into a Bucks Twitter abyss
Suspicion, basketball, and “the inevitable embrace of death.”
Cicada The Burrower charts a powerful prog-metal transition
The one-woman project’s new album, “Corpseflower,” was released in April.
Media is crumbling. We keep going.
Join our spring 2021 fundraising drive and help take Tone Madison to the next level.
The truth is out there, butt-crumb
The X-Files’ strange relationship with Wisconsin.
The “Break Stuff” compilation harnesses nu-metal for liberation
Featuring artists from across Wisconsin and beyond, the release raises money for Urban Triage.
Requiem for a rental
Let us now mourn the very Midwestern and very odd Family Video.
Tone Madison’s top 20 Madison records of 2020
The albums and EPs that did local music proud under the worst conditions.
When the J-card is a diary
Amos Pitsch on the strange discoveries in a used cassette collection.