Music journalist and AllMusic.com senior editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine joins Tone Madison editor Scott Gordon to discuss the ups and downs of Record Store Day, which returns on Saturday, April 16.

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Veteran Madison selector @dj-phil-money spans R&B, hip-hop, Malian music, Latin grooves, and more in this installment of the Tone Madison guest mix series. Read more: bit.ly/1MaZNp8

Madison instrumental-rock outfit El Valiente will play its final show on April 9 at the Crystal Corner Bar. Guitarist Eric Caldera, drummer/glockenspiel player Joe Bernstein, and Kris Hansen sat down with us to discuss the band's 10-year, three-album run.

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Wendy Schneider, director of the documentary The Smart Studios Story, joined Tone Madison editor Scott Gordon at the High Noon Saloon this week for a live conversation. The documentary gets its local premiere in April with two screenings at the Wisconsin Film Festival (wifilmfest.org/2016/#Event=16793).

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Ben Taylor explores the sophisticated world of ants and the creatures who mooch off their success. Also, Alf. For more information, visit madison.nerdnite.com and tonemadison.com.

The Wisconsin Film Festival returns April 14 through 21, and the schedule is out today. Tone Madison contributor Chris Lay discusses some highlights in the 2016 festival's lineup of 150-plus films.

Read Chris' rundown of his most anticipated WFF selections this year (http://bit.ly/1UCywx1) and look for more of his WFF preview coverage on tonemadison.com.

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Veteran Madison-based jazz pianist Dave Stoler sits down with Tone Madison's Scott Gordon to discuss how the support structure and economics of local music have changed over the years. Read Dave's guest column proposing a new jazz venue in Madison: http://bit.ly/1SFHNo5

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Brad Van, guitarist and vocalist for long-running Madison metal outfit Droids Attack, talks with @tonemsn's Scott Gordon about the band's fourth album, Sci-Fi Or Die. They'll be celebrating its release with a March 10 show at the High Noon Saloon.

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Ken Goldstein delves into the history of American comics, explaining how the self-censorship effort known as the Comics Code Authority changed the course of the medium. For more information, visit madison.nerdnite.com and tonemadison.com.

Journalism Jon Ronson catches up with us by phone ahead of his Tuesday, February 23 talk at the Wisconsin Union Theater (info: http://bit.ly/1OkgIiY).

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