UPDATE: 2:25 p.m. There were two victims, according to the U of I Mass email: The first incident occurred at 8:25 PM, in the 400 block of E. John Street. A 20-year-old female reported walking …
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Grandkids’ Timeshare getting physical release
Earlier this week, Grandkids announced that their stellar debut release, Timeshare, will get the CD/LP treatment with the help of Jurassic Pop Records and Heirship Records. The album is available for preorder over at Grandkids’ Bandcamp …
Champaign Center Partnership hires full time Executive Director, Erin Lippitz
From the press release: The Champaign Center Partnership (CCP), an organization focused on jointly marketing the Downtown, Campustown and Midtown areas of Champaign, has announced the hiring of a full time executive director. Erin Lippitz …
Strawberry Fields hosting back-to-school event August 24
The great folks over at Strawberry Fields in Urbana are hosting a special event celebrating the return of another school year on August 24. Here’s the information from the Facebook event: Strawberry Fields is bringing …
Elsinore releases details of new album, PUSH/PULL
Locals Elsinore have been hinting and sharing small details regarding their upcoming record and full-length follow up to Yes Yes Yes, entitled PUSH/PULL, here and there over the past few weeks. Nothing has been certain outside of …
The Overture: August 19-25
A bunch of great shows this week, including a pretty awesome bill at Cowboy Monkey highlighted by the Whigs.
Local music capsule: August 16, 2013
Week two of local music capsules just before the weekend hits. Check out this week’s capsule, plus last week’s here. Oceans: “Boy Detective” [[mp3 oceans_boy_detective]] Shipwreck: “House of Cards” [[mp3 shipwreck_house_of_cards]] Tractor Kings: “Gone to Heaven” …
Geovanti’s changing name to Papa D’s
Apparently, the Campustown establishment Geovanti’s is no longer (those deliciously painful chicken strips will remain, as the menu will allegedly be kept), and they’ve decided to replace it with a name unique to restaurants on …
2013 Pygmalion Music Festival schedule
With only a few weeks left until this year's Pygmalion Music Festival, we present to you the schedule of events for the weekend.
The Overture: August 12-18
A ton of shows again in C-U this week, highlighted by Baroness at the Highdive, as well as a few record release shows scattered throughout.