WHAT: Cody & The Gateway Drugs, Annie Girl & The Flight, Justin Larkin
WHERE: The Canopy Club ($7)
WHEN: Wednesday, May 14th at 9:30 p.m.
Cody Sokolski and his group the Gateway Drugs will be taking the stage at Canopy Club mid-week this week. They’re joined by Annie Girl & The Flight, and local singer-songwriter Justin Larkin.
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WHAT: Fauve, Acker, Resinator
WHERE: Figure One Error Records (free)
WHEN: Thursday, May 15th at 6 p.m.
A trio of locals is performing at Figure One for free on Thursday night. Indie rock outfit Fauve takes the lead, with rock outfit Acker and relatively new Hank. side-project Resinator joins as well. NOTE: Some details on this show changed — Krelboyne will be joining instead of Fauve, and the show will take place at Error Records instead.
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WHAT: Sky, Landon Wordswell, Task1ne, MoStafa, Chase Baby, DJ Nocturnal
WHERE: Mike ‘N Molly’s ($7)
WHEN: Thursday, May 15th at 9 p.m.
This hip-hop show is happening at Mike ‘N Molly’s on Thursday night. Sky of theGr8Thinkaz is putting out a new release on this night, and he’s joined by La bunch of others. Be on the lookout for some thoughts from us later this week on that new release. Beer garden lovers, rejoice — with good weather, this is happening outside.
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WHAT: Indigosun, Brainchild
WHERE: The Canopy Club ($8)
WHEN: Thursday, May 15th at 9 p.m.
Electronic/funk/soul outfit Indigosun make their way back to C-U at the Canopy Club on Thursday night. They’re joined by funk outfit out of Peoria, Brainchild.
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WHAT: Other Masquerades, Lasting Impressions, Orator
WHERE: Error Records ($5)
WHEN: Friday, May 16th at 7 p.m.
Experimental metal outfit out of Chicago, Other Masquerades, makes a trip to Champaign at Error Records on Frdiay. They’re joined by local metal/punk group Orator and hardcore punk Wisconsin crew Lasting Impression.
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WHAT: EGI, The New Old Calvary, Acoustics Anonymous, Church Booty
WHERE: The Canopy Club ($6)
WHEN: Friday, May 16th at 8 p.m.
EGi (Ethereal Groove, Inc.) is a dance/experimental funk group from the Chicagoland area. They’ve performed at Canopy a few times in recent memory, and they’re joined by a trio of others.
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WHAT: The Thin Souls, Jeremy Porter & The Tucos, Those Crosstown Rivals, Justin Rondon
WHERE: Mike ‘N Molly’s ($7)
WHEN: Friday, May 16th at 9 p.m.
Locals the Thin Souls take on MNM’s for a Friday night show. Their sound is based in indie rock but has some garage rock influences. They’re joined by a few others to round out a four band bill.
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WHAT: Abnormous, A Cool Hand, Thin Gin
WHERE: Cowboy Monkey ($5)
WHEN: Friday, May 16th at 9:30 p.m.
A trio of locals featured on this Cowboy Monkey bill on Friday night. Funk rock outfit Abnormous, indie rockers A Cool Hand, and Thin Gin make up the night.
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EDITOR’S PICK: PELICAN, NOTHING
The Highdive ($15) — Saturday, May 17th at 7:15 p.m.
This is the next Pygmalion Festival Summer Show Series, which is happening on Saturday night at the Highdive. Talk about a rock show — this one will have plenty of that to go around. Chicago’s Pelican head’s this one up, as they are touring to support their first record in four years, Forever Becoming, which came out last year on Southern Lord. The post-metal/rock outfit did most of their damage in the mid-2000s with a handful of great records worth checking out, including The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw, a recommendation of mine to check out. They’re joined by Nothing, a stellar shoegaze outfit that put out their great Guilty of Everything earlier this year. Check that one out as well.
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WHAT: Kastle, DJ Belly, Forrest Bump
WHERE: The Canopy Club ($12 advance/$15 door)
WHEN: Saturday, May 17th at 8 p.m.
Dubstep DJ Kastle takes the stage on Saturday night at Canopy Club. His highly anticipated debut album KASTLE droped on April 23rd, followed by his first North America live tour. Be on the lookout for something from us later this week for this show.
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WHAT: The Reckless Stiffs, Ghostwriter, Paul Kotheimer
WHERE: Mike ‘N Molly’s ($7)
WHEN: Saturday, May 17th at 9 p.m.
A couple of locals Reckless Stiffs and Paul Kotheimer are joined by Ghostwriter. Ghostwriter is on their End of the West tour, and Champaign is towards the end of that pretty lengthy tour.
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WHAT: Finer Feelings, Jared Bartman, Rebecca Rego & The Trainmen
WHERE: Cowboy Monkey ($5)
WHEN: Saturday, May 17th at 10 p.m.
Local indie rock outfit Finer Feelings are putting out their debut LP on Saturday night called Gemütlichkeit. You can preorder the album now, and check out a track “Blue to Orange-Red” on their Bandcamp as well. That’s the album art right there, and starting at 10 p.m., this late show is worth checking out on Saturday night.
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WHAT: Flesh Born, Scowler, Gas Up Yr Hearse!, Yusuke, Enta
WHERE: Thee Deathtower (donation)
WHEN: Sunday, May 18th at 8 p.m.
This screamo show features a couple of Skeletal Lightning bands that are going on a tour together. Texas emo outfit Flesh Born is joined by post-hardcore Milwaukee Scowler, Gas Up Yr Hearse!!, Yusuke, and Enta. Solid.