East Central Illinois was brought together last Saturday, as Bloomington’s Ohtis and C-U’s New Ruins converged for a roof-shaking rock show.
Posts by Brian Kagel:
Contrast in styles at Canopy
Joe Pug and Horse Feathers take different approaches, but the tour mates put on a cohesive show in the Void Room on Sunday night.
Album Review: Gazelle, Sunblown
Gazelle is the new super group project between Jeff Dimpsey, a veteran of such legendary Champaign bands as Hum, Honcho Overload and Poster Children (just to name a few) and Adam Fein of Absinthe Blind, …
Islands with Headlights (04/18/08) – IMC
I always like going to shows at the IMC. The space is inside the old historic Urbana post office building, which is a neat old structure, and the couches and paintings are very nice and …
Show Review: John Vanderslice (04/17/08) – The Canopy Club
With all the scenesters I see walking around campus, I was very surprised when I walked into the Canopy to find this show in the Void Room, or, their front bar area. An indie-rock veteran …
Cursive Returns to The Canopy Club Monday Night
Stopping by the Canopy Club on a short spring jaunt through the northern Midwest and out to New York is Saddle Creek’s indie-rock veterans, Cursive. Expect a night of personal catharsis; a live musical exorcism …
Album Review: Aloha, Light Works
Now that those years are said and done, it seems like Isberg has decided to shift focus for good, and we couldn’t be happier about it. Both of his electronica projects have delivered: The International …
British Sea Power Saturday Night at The Canopy’s Void Room
It’s not every week that an act from overseas decides to stop in town, and tomorrow night the Canopy Club has Brighton England’s indie-rock post-punk revivalists British Sea Power. From their great frantic spazztastic debut …
Album Review: Headlights, Some Racing, Some Stopping
There is something to be said for growth and maturity. Whereas Headlights’ debut album Kill Them With Kindness sounded like a band still shedding atmospheric remnants of influence from the band member’s former creative outlet, …
Common Loon 7″ – Dinosaur vs. Early Man/Palestine Everywhere
Common Loon’s first official release is a two song 7”, out now on Berkeley, CA based label Ideal Utopia. At a very stripped down level, the duo that make up the band, Matt Campbell and …