Immortal Girlfriend at UW-Madison

Thursday 19th April 2019
The Rathskeller, Madison, WI

Having arrived from Chicago's O'Hare airport to Madison, Wisconsin, I found myself seeking warmth in the student union building while waiting for a lift from a friend. And there was a gig on in the bar. I couldn't really get into the music, but the crowd were really into it — crowded up against the stage so I couldn't see anything going on back there except a fairly sophisticated light display. Lots of whooping. There were live vocals and keyboards involved, clearly, but it all sounded heavily sequenced from where I was sitting. Making use of the wifi, I learned that I was witnessing the sound of Immortal Girlfriend, a duo from Milwaukee. Here's more-or-less what it would have looked like from up front: