This week features two big ones at Assembly Hall, plus a benefit fundraiser.
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Pygmalion arrives
Once a year, Christmas comes to Champaign-Urbana in September, with more skinny jeans than you can shake a stick at. The perfect guide to plan your weekend awaits merely a click away.
Gang Gang Dance: A different animal
The Brooklyn experimental collective’s Lizzi Bougatsos on labels, touring, and Alexis Taylor
Pygmalion local artist interviews
We check in with local musicians, including members of Easter and Evil Tents, to find out what Pygmalion means to the bands that aren’t traveling to get here.
The Overture: September 20 – 26
If you’re going to insist on being difficult, I guess there are some non-Pygmalion shows going on this week.
The Overture: September 13 – 19
That calm week before Pygmalion hits actually isn’t calm at all.
Gratifying Enough
SP sits down with Hum singer/guitarist Matt Talbott for an interview that touches on live performances, the band’s musical legacy and possible future plans.
The Overture: September 6 – 12
Hope you took this weekend off work, because the local show calendar is starting to get completely ridiculous.
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Troubadour darling David Bazan will be in the area on a house tour (a low-key, intimate sort of deal — don’t expect any drinking or raucousness) next Sunday, September 11th. The show has sold out, …
The Overture: August 29 – September 5
The word of the week is “outside”