WHAT: Church Booty, Justin Rondon
WHERE: The Canopy Club ($1)
WHEN: Monday, February 3rd at 9 p.m.
This show is going on alongside Canopy’s Monday Night House Party, and features some local music. A couple of locals are taking the stage on Monday night. This will be a local party featuring two acts — one being a singer-songwriter and another bring a full band.
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WHAT: Terravita, Robotic Pirate Monkey, Disflow, AstraLogic
WHERE: The Highdive ($10)
WHEN: Tuesday, February 4th at 9:30 p.m.
Tuesday night multi-faceted show happening at the Highdive this week. There will be music, but in addition to that, performance art, live painters, and other productions will be happening as well. Check out all the information at the Facebook event linked above if you’re interested.
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WHAT: Patty Griffin, Anais Mitchell
WHERE: The Canopy Club ($20)
WHEN: Wednesday, February 5th at 7:30 p.m.
The lengendary Patty Giffin is in town mid-week at the Canopy Club. You’ll be able to check out our preview in a couple of days, but other than that, check out some of her music and the opener Anais MItchell as well.
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WHAT: Ill Poets Society
WHERE: Krannert Art Museum
WHEN: Thursday, February 6th at 6:45 p.m.
Following the release of Ill Poets Society Vol. 2, which John took a look at last week, this show is happening on Thursday night. With Aaron Ammons leading the way, there wil be a bunch of other featured artists, including Chase Baby, David Huettner, Jennifer Costello, Kevin Cory, KillaNoyz, Littleman Lopez, Raymond Morales, T.R.U.T.H., Xplicit, and the soundtrack will be done by theG8Thinkaz.
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WHAT: The City, The Ruins, Uncertainties, Progressions, While Heroes Sleep, Tried And True
WHERE: Error Records ($5)
WHEN: Thursday, February 6th at 7:30 p.m.
Central Illinois prog-metal outfit The City, The Ruins stop through at Error Records this week. They’re joined by a handful of other bands, locals and from places nearby C-U, along the same lines sonically as the headliner.
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WHAT: Dopapod, The Coop
WHERE: The Canopy Club ($10 advance/$12 door)
WHEN: Thursday, February 6th at 9 p.m.
Brooklyn by way of Boston experimental funk outfit Dopapod makes their way through C-U to the Canopy Club on Thursday night. They’re on their winter tour, and Urbana is a stop for them. They have some free music here if you’re interested.
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EDITOR’S PICK: ENTA, ANODES, YUSUKE, HANK.
Mike ‘N Molly’a ($5) — Friday, Febaruary 7th at 9 p.m.
A pretty stacked bill is happening at Mike ‘N Molly’s on Friday night featuring local post-hardcore/screamo outfit Enta as they are set to release their split with Anodes. They released the songs back in December, one of which made our year-end list, but this is an official release.
Not only will it feature those two acts, but add locals Yusuke and Hank. to the mix, and you’ve got yourself a hell of a bill on Friday.
Stream the album over at Enta’s Bandcamp page to check the songs out for yourself. Order it on vinyl as well, while you’re at it.
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WHAT: Old Shoe, Bones Jugs & Harmony
WHERE: The Canopy Club ($8)
WHEN: Friday, February 7th at 9 p.m.
Old Shoe and a local Bones Jugs & Harmony head over to Canopy Club for a show on Friday night. Old Shoe is a five-piece out of Chicago with an Americana/folky roots sound. Their latest album Family was released not too long ago back in 2013, so check that out if you’re interested in this show this week.
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WHAT: Digging in Exile
WHERE: Exile on Main Street (free)
WHEN: Saturday, February 8th at 12 p.m.
Check out some of your favorite local DJs and more at Exile on Saturday afternoon/evening. Starting around noon and going into the evening, DJs Mertz, Belly, LegTwo, Wesjile, Grapes and Isaac Arms will be spinning their favorites. Anything they put on the turntable is an additional 10% off as well, so there’s that.
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WHAT: The Copyrights, Hospital Job, Chain’s Gang, Bookmobile!
WHERE: Mike ‘N Molly’s ($5)
WHEN: Saturday, February 8th at 7:30 p.m.
This punk show is happening at Mike ‘N Molly’s on Saturday, featuring Carbondale’s The Copyrights coming back into town. Locals Hospital Job, Chain’s Gang and Bookmobile! join in on the fun.
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WHAT: The Polkaholics
WHERE: Big Grove Tavern
WHEN: Saturday, February 8th at 7:30 p.m.
The next Porkapalooza event is happening this week over at Big Grove. Featuring The Polkaholics, this is called Bacon Beach, as you can see by the poster to the right.
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WHAT: Witchweed, Unnerve, Dino Bravo, Table Drama, Ode Vinter
WHERE: Error Records ($5)
WHEN: Saturday, February 8th at 7:30 p.m.
A handful of punk/hardcore/metal bands lined up at Error on Saturday evening. Springfield’s Witchweed is here to play with a few C-U locals, and witness a battle set between Table Drama (Springfield) and local black metal howlers Øde Vinter. Should be wild.
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WHAT: UZ, Kyral, Banko, Heesh
WHERE: The Canopy Club ($11 advance/$15 door)
WHEN: Saturday, February 8th at 9 p.m.
Electronic artists are set to take the stage at Canopy this weekend. Headlined by UZ, this bill features a night full of DJs and sweat.
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WHAT: Swords & The Shady Perrys, AMS, Mr. F, DJ Christopher Homicide
WHERE: Cowboy Monkey ($2)
WHEN: Saturday, February 8th at 9:30 p.m.
Another solid bill is happening on Saturday night after a great show last Saturday at Cowboy Monkey. Swords and the Shady Perrys head things up, but are joined by Chicago/Champaign’s AMS, Mr. F, and DJ Christopher Homicide. Check out our feature on Swords’ excellent 2013 album Depth, and our feature on AMS from last year as well.
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WHAT: Ultra Bide, Thoughts Detecting Machines, Terminus Victor
WHERE: The Highdive ($10)
WHEN: Sunday, February 9th at 8 p.m.
“Straight up skull-shattering is what comes to mind when hearing Japanese noisesters Ultra Bidé” gives you an idea of what to expect on Sunday night, according to the Facebook event linked above. They’ll be joined by Poster Children’s Rick Valentin’s Thoughts Detecting Machines (our feature here) and locals Terminus Victor.