This Thursday is a wonderful opportunity to experience an intimate performance from some of the heaviest hitters in free and improvised music, well, for free. In the second installment of this semester’s Sudden Sound Concert …
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Bang on a Can Marathon From Noon to Midnight Saturday at Krannert
I must confess that I dismissed the Bang on a Can Marathon listing when I first perused the fall line-up at the University of Illinois’ Krannert Center. I instinctively associated the name Bang on a …
Monotonix Ready to Mix It Up With Canopy Crowd Thursday Night
Monotonix, the other band I’m really looking forward to seeing at Pygmalion Music Festival, are playing Thursday night. Monotonix are sharing the bill at the Canopy Club with Robots Counterfeiting Money, Dark Meat and Dan …
Times New Viking Headlines Opening Night of Pygmalion Tomorrow
On Wednesday night, Times New Viking, one of the two bands I’m most looking forward to at this year’s Pygmalion Festival, will bring their fuzzed out rock to the Canopy Club. Based out of Columbus, …
Capital Brewing at the Blind Pig – An Evening of “Leisure With Dignity”
Stop on by the Blind Pig tonight from 7 to 9 p.m. for a unique opportunity to sample the beers of Capital Brewery, one of the premier Midwestern craft breweries. Not only is this a …
Krukid, The Chemicals and Scurvine Bring Back the Rock to Cowboy Monkey
Trot on down to Cowboy Monkey tonight to check out three local acts: Scurvine, The Chemicals, and Krukid rock the restaurant/club that’s getting its feet wet again with live bands. After closing its doors for …
Plenty of Good Selections on Tap at Bentley’s and Mike ‘N Molly’s
In this edition of “B-double E-double R-U-N, Beer Run,” I’m featuring two of the more comfortable and homey bars in downtown Champaign: Bentley’s Pub and Mike ‘N Molly’s. Bentley’s Pub – 419 N. Neil, Downtown …
Album Review: Jay Reatard, Singles 06-07 and King Khan, The Supreme Genius of King Khan
Jay Reatard and King Khan have a lot in common. They each started out in the late 90’s – a teenage Jay with the legendary, obnoxious and moronically brilliant The Reatards out of Memphis, and …
Album Review: Flying Lotus, Los Angeles
Flying Lotus ’ new album Los Angeles is quite similar to a piece of visual art in that the more time spent with it, the more you get out of it. While Los Angeles grabbed …
Beer Variety Abounds at Local Taverns
Champaign-Urbana really is a beer enthusiast’s paradise. Though C-U lacks its own brewery, beer drinkers have virtually hundreds of quality beers to choose from at the local watering holes. Many of the area bars make …