Here is a band press list for Madison, WI.  Contacts marked with a * are crucial for all shows.  The others are mainly genre specific.  

*High Noon Saloon
Email: booking@high-noon.com to submit info for your High Noon Saloon show.

*Rhythm
John Wiedenhoeft
Ph: 608-252-6182
Email: jwiedenhoeft@madison.com
Address: PO Box 8058
Madison, WI 53708
This is a supplement to our daily papers that comes out on Wednesdays. They do reviews and "spotlights" for upcoming events.

*WORT 89.9 FM
Sybil Augustine
Ph: 608-256-2001
fax: 608-256-3704
Email: musicdir@wort-fm.org
Address: 118 S. Bedford St.
Madison, WI 53703
Community supported radio. This one is very important for anyone with a CD out.

*Isthmus
Karen Darcy
Ph: 608-251-5627 ext. 164
Fax: 608-251-2165
Address: 101 King St.
Madison, WI 53703

Also send info to calendar@isthmus.com
This is our weekly independent newspaper. Very important. They do critic's picks and will sometimes review CDs of artisits coming to town.

*The Onion
Ph: 608-256-5902 ext.28
Fax: 608-256-1372
Email: avclub@theonion.com
or
Scott Gordon
Madison City Editor
The Onion A.V. Club
Email: sgordon@theonion.com
551 W. Main St., First Floor
Madison, WI 53703
Office: 608-256-1372 ext. 229

Critic's picks, CD reviews, Justify Your Existence. Very helpful.

*Maximum Ink
Rokker
Ph: 608-245-0781
Fax: 608-245-0782
Email: rokker@maximumink.com
Address: PO Box 3245
Madison, WI 53704-0245
Publishes a monthly calendar and reviews CDs. This one goes statewide.

*The Daily Cardinal
Music Editor
Ph: 608-262-8000
Fax: 608-262-0404
Address: 2142 Vilas Communication Hall 821 University Ave.
Madison, WI 53715
Email: arts@cardinal.Wisc.edu
UW-Madison student newspaper- published Monday-Friday throughout the school year.

*Badger Herald
Address: PO Box 260285
Madison, WI 53726-8437
Email: editor@music-critic.com
The other UW-Madison student newspaper- published Monday-Friday throughout the school year.

*WSUM 91.7 FM
Music Director
Phone: 608-262-1206
Fax: 608-265-3549
Address: PO Box 260020
Madison, WI 53726-0020
Email: music@wsum.wisc.edu
UW-Madison's student radio station.

muzzleofbees.com
Ph: 608-239-1170
Email: uwmryan@yahoo.com
Ryan Matteson and his Madison music blog featuring album and concert reviews.

Chris Powers
Ph: 608-241-9575
Ph (WORT): 608-256-2001
Host of "Mud-Acres" Fridays 9am-noon on WORT. The show is folk and bluegrass, and he enjoys having people play in the studio.