Priceless perfection from COIN

It does not happen often that bands play the same place twice over a weekend but here in Madison we were lucky enough to have that happen with rising stars 'COIN'. Even though the band have been playing since 2012 they are just starting to get the recognition and ever growing fan base they deserve.

Welcome to Madison, Wi, 'COIN' although they are not strangers to the city this weekend was bound to be special. Saturday (19th Oct) seen the band play a session for radio station (Resistance 106.7) at a local brewery (Delta Lab). Although the band were not down for sampling the local concoctions they did marvel in the location of this new setting for a session. The band did a small interview and a four song set to a sold out audience and killed it in this intimate location, stopping to talk with fans.

The next day the band were hitting up the Majestic Theatre in Madison to an almost sold out crowd. The opening act 'WLDLFE' brought their own unique style to the stage, imagine a pop heavy 'Bon Iver' mixed with 'Sir Sly'. They were certainly an exciting band to see and hear live delivering an energetic performance, they even included a sing along moment from current fans from the audience.

Then it was 'COIN's time to shine and shine they did. The production was one of the biggest I have seen at the Majestic theatre, a huge lighting rig and sound system bathed the classic theatre into 'Coin's musical playground. The whole crowd was rolling in the golden atmosphere and energy from the band as they delivered a staple hit after hit. As the band flew through three albums worth of material they were greeted with not only applause but sheer admiration from a local and travelled audience, as more than a handful of people travelled from Chicago for this event tonight. The set was pure mintage especially when they fired out their 7 Million viewed video, 'Talk Too Much'. With the release of their new album they certain to reach the next step of their musical career and possibly into households world wide. Checkout the new chart hitting album out in January 2020.

Around the world and back

The Slyvee in Madison continues to put on huge shows this week from the vocal range of 'Lizzo' to the technical wizard of 'Zedd', we were lucky enough to be invited to the sold out show for 'Zedd' and what an experience it was.

To warm up the crowd for the international DJ was a young Swedish duo, 'NOTD'. For a young duo they have grown from strength to strength, supporting world rounded acts to remixing some of the biggest songs in the world. Their latest track, 'Keep you Mine' was a hit from the first note, charging up the audience for 'Zedd'. It will be exciting to see them wrangle a crowd of this size on their own one day.

With the crowd pumped and stage set it was time to go 365 into 'Zedd's' immersive world. From impressive visuals and effects to the basic rhythm you could feel the electric atmosphere on the back of your neck tingle. This was one of the shows to remember from a global act growing in super star status.

Bowling For Soup & Less Than Jake strike it out!

Two staple punk bands go bowling for victory on this intimate headline tour. Tonight’s show at the smaller Majestic Theater in Madison comes with not one but two headlining bands, ‘Bowling For Soup’ & ‘Less Than Jake’, both equally enough to sell this venue out on their own. Luckily for the fans on this tour they get to embrace two pop/punk legends face to face in this intimate venue.

Before the two legends hit the stage there was a newly re branded act which aimed to warm up the audience and that they did plus some. ‘Authority Zero’ hit the ground running full of energy and break downs to lift the crowd up. Although the vocals were hard to hear at times, the music was delivered with high octane energy.

Next up was, ‘Less Than Jake’ the pop punk veterans that have influenced a generation of new punk/scar bands. Since 1994 they have entertained audiences around the world and this show was no different, involving the crowd at every given stage from sing-along’s to on stage dance offs.  The show was beyond a standard Sunday night show, it felt like a real home town show with the band having a real passion for wanting to live every night. Then we were treated to a band who didn’t want to play, ‘Bowling For Soup’. 

‘BFS’ opted to play one song at a time before breaking for a joke or interesting conversation about the new member’s poor bladder functions. However, as you might be able to tell it was a great time by all, playing their hits and even other bands #staciesmom. From ‘Punk Rock 101’ to ‘1985’ and ‘High School Never Ends’ there was so much awesomeness it was hard to contain ourselves. 

It was a shame to not see the original line up for ‘BFS’ again but it still rocked! We wish the old member Erik all the best on his future endeavors. This was about my 4^th time seeing the band ‘Bowling For Soup’ and as ever they hit a strike. Always got time for the pop punk legends!

Success for Sigrid

On this cooler autumn night at Madison Majestic Theatre things are about to heat up with the introduction of international star, “Sigrid”.

For any act it is key to make a name for yourself in your country before perusing further afield.  However, Norwegian native, “Sigrid” is one of them few rare acts that has exploded up around the world after her debut album, “Sucker Punch” went viral on the market receiving a warm reception from fans and critics across the board as a well produced feel good record. Although it might feel rushed it was only natural to tour the record to as many countries as possible, for example tonight’s show in the Midwest of America was sold out a week in advance.

The support for the tour and tonight’s show is a New York based musician called, “Raffaella”. An impressive and enjoyable but short set from the new comer seen her win over the entire crowd, from the first track “Bruce Willis” to last track, “Sororicide”.  It will be really exciting to see her develop as an artist beyond her current debut EP.

As the venue was full and backing band in place it was time for the hits to fly as “Sigrid” came out fighting into song one, “Sucker Punch”. From that moment the crowd were hooked and even singing along to most songs, some were even word for word. The power that this artist has had on the local crowd at this show alone is impressive and resonates a lot to the future career. The show included most of her debut album performed perfectly with a cheeky smile never leaving her face. This was a show to remember from a legend that has begun. Next stop in Madison will be The Slyvee, guaranteed.