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Rock of the Arts seeks writers, photographers

  We Want You 

Rock of the Arts, a Madison, Wisconsin-based indie music blog, is seeking talented writers, photographers and all-around music junkies. We're looking to expand coverage from one of the Midwest's most eclectic music cities.

Creative writers and photographers who want to push boundaries and redefine the indie blogoshpere are welcome. Don't worry, you won't have to suck-up to advertisers or push crappy shows. Sense of humor required.

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"We don't do this for money. We just write about music."
Rick Panneck - Editor at Rock of the Arts

"Snarky Underdogs!"
Marcus Gilmer - Associate Editor at the A.V. Club

"Shitty local music blogs are the worst."
Anonymous commenter - Madison A.V. Club

What can we say? When the creators of snark (The Onion) refer to us as "snarky underdogs," we must be doing something right!

Since we're based out of the most educated city in the United States, Madison, Wisconsin, a little history knowledge quiz is in order. Anyone who writes or takes pictures for us should be aware of the following people:

Lester Bangs
GG Allin
Jello Biafra
Giorgio Moroder 
Miles Davis
Philip Glass
David Lynch
Robert Moog
Hunter S. Thompson
Roky Erickson 
Patti Smith

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Rock of the Arts

Indie Club Crawl

Slow Food UW Benefit
Surgeons in Heat
w/ Sat. Nite Duets,
Pale Girls
& Golden Donna
Project Lodge
May 19

Alejandro Escovedo (Acoustic Duo)
w/ Jimmy Griffin

High Noon Saloon
May 20

Kurt Vile & the Violators
w/ Black Bananas
& True Widow
High Noon Saloon
May 21

Treefort
w/ Pushmi-Pullyu
and Dakotas
Mickey's Tavern
May 25 (Free!)

Ben Sollee
Majestic Theatre
May 25

Anna Vogelzang
w/ Bears of Blue River,
Treefort
Dragonfly Lounge
May 26

The Antlers
w/ Sat. Nite Duets
High Noon Saloon

May 30

Dietrich Gosser
and Double Ewes
w/ Sampea & the Lady Strangers
Dragonfly Lounge
June 2

Feist
w/ The Low Anthem
Orpheum Theatre
June 3

Deer Tick
w/ Turbo Fruits,
Scott Lucas & the
Married Man
Majestic Theatre
June 8

Royal Headache
w/ Heavy Times
and Lonesome Savages

Memorial Union Terrace
June 8 (Free!)

Free Energy
Memorial Union Terrace
June 14 (Free!)

Cave
Mickey's Tavern
June 23 (Free!)

Cory Chisel & the Wandering Sons
w/ Stolen Silver
Memorial Union Terrace
June 29 (Free!)

The Promise Ring
Memorial Union Terrace
June 30 (Free!)

MADFORK
Liturgy, Lotus Plaza
Dent May & Milk Music
Memorial Union Terrace
July 12 (Free!)

These United States
Memorial Union Terrace
July 20 (Free!)

Maps & Atlases
w/ Mutts
Memorial Union Terrace
July 21 (Free!)

Smoking Popes
w/ Trapper Schoepp
and the Shades
July 26 (Free!)

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New Releases (U.S.) Subject to Change

05/08/12 - M83 - Reunion EP (Mute)
05/08/12 - Silversun Pickups - Neck of the Woods (Dangerbird)
05/08/12 - S. Carey - Hoyas (Jagjaguwar)
05/08/12 - PS I Love You - Death Dreams (Paper Bag)
05/15/12 - Garbage - Not Your Kind of People (STUNVOLUME)
05/15/12 - Beach House - Bloom (Sub Pop)
05/15/12 - Best Coast - The Only Place (Mexican Summer)
05/15/12 - White Fence - Family Perfume Vol. 2 (Woodist)
05/22/12 - Cold Specks - I Predict a Graceful Expulsion (Arts & Crafts)
05/22/12 - Joey Ramone - …Ya Know? (BMG)
05/22/12 - Young Man - Vol. 1 (Frenkiss)
05/22/12 - Mount Eerie - Clear Moon (P.W. Elverum & Sun.)
05/29/12 - Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - Here (Vagrant)
05/29/12 - Sigur Ros -  Valtari (Krunk)
05/29/12 - Lemonade - Driver (True Panther)
05/29/12 - The Walkmen - Heaven (Fat Possum)
06/05/12 - Kelly Hogan - I Like To Keep Myself In Pain (Anti-)
06/05/12 - Teen Daze - All of Us, Together (Lefse)
06/05/12 - Crocodiles - Endless Flowers (Frenchkiss)
06/05/12 - Japandroids - Celebration Rock (Polyvinyl)
06/12/12 - Jaill - Trap (Sub Pop)
06/12/12 - Dent May - Do Things (Paw Tracks)
06/12/12 - The Tallest Man on Earth - There's No Leaving Now (Dead Oceans)
06/19/12 - Peaking Lights - Lucifer (Mexican Summer)
06/26/12 - The Daredevil Christopher Wright - The Nature of Things (File Under: Music)
06/26/12 - Cory Chisel - Old Believers (Readymade)
06/26/12 - Ty Segall Band - Slaughterhouse (In the Red)
07/24/12 - Passion Pit - Gossamer (Columbia)