Music

The University of Illinois Summer Band performed their second and final Twilight Concert on the Quad this past Thursday, and a mightily-sized crowd gathered to enjoy the sounds.

Maddie and Patrick talk about the sights and sounds of this year's Pitchfork Music Festival in Union Park, Chicago.

Micah profiles local jazz musician, Donnie Heitler during his run of performances at local restaurant, Minecci's at the Crossing.

Find a local band you haven't seen, and go see them this week.

Poster Children superfan Kaleb Asplund has good music taste and is a Karaoke DJ — turns out that's a great combo.

Maddie gives her recommendations on who to see at Pitchfork Music Festival 2015, and relates the bands to their C-U equivilants.

Allerton Park has been hosting a series of monthly concerts, and this time they brought candy for everyone that attended… Candy Foster and Shades of Blue Band, that is!

From punk karaoke to local showcases, C-U music is having a good week.

This past Saturday the Champaign Park District hosted the 2015 Champaign Music festival in Downtown Champaign. While the bad weather did bring an early end to the concert, fans were treated to a meet & greet consolation prize with some of the night’s headliner band members.

The hard rocking Nashville six-piece makes its way to Champaign.

It's been a while since we've published B-Sides. See what we have to say about some timely releases from the beginning of the summer.

Neighborhood Nights is a free weekly music event brought to you by the Urbana Park District and held at various parks in Urbana throughout the summer. Last week we were treated to Brazilian jazz, courtesy of Desafinado.

Tara Terra recaps their trip down south in their first tour diary entry.

Tom caught some photos at the Audiofeed 2015 music festival over the 4th of July weekend.

This week is packed with lady wrestlers, bodily functions and rock galore.

Audiofeed is in its third year of bringing Christian alternative music to the masses.

The holiday weekend yields two festivals—take your pick.

See what's in store at this year's fest.

Lindsey Barr makes music and helps spread music to the next generation of C-U scenesters.

On June 20th the Urbana Park District hosted Strawberry Jam 2015 at Meadowbrook Park in Urbana. It was a great evening filled with music, ice cream, and tons of free fun for everyone.

Plenty of shows this week, including a Dolly Parton tribute show this weekend.

A new media outlet covers Illinois music, Maddie digs a bit deeper for what it's all about.

There aren't that many shows going on this week, but the ones that are going on definitely have got it going on!

Tom caught an astounding bout of post-metal and rock influenced music at Mike N Molly's on Saturday.

Last weekend may have brought storms, but Hi Ho Buffalo braved the rain clouds (and some lightning) to bring some good sounds to Mullikin Park in Champaign.

The rain didn't stop the party, it just moved it inside. Mike N Molly's and the Sunday Stripdown — a winning combination, indeed.

There’s lots of music happening around town this week. Check out The Overture to see what’s in store.

Neoga Blacksmith's Brad Olson organized a C-U “Opry” for the third year.

It gets better as the week continues — here's BEST Music for you, readers.

There was something different about the Decadents show this past Friday night.  Check it out.

C-U, you’ve got OPTIONS this week.

Friday Night Live kicked off its 2015 season this past weekend, and we were on hand to catch the action.

There were more donuts to be had. Catch up on Kowabunga! Kid's tour saga here in part two of the series.

Aaron Shults of Kowabunga! Kid recaps the C-U band's donut-filled adventures on their tour to the east coast.

Summer is in full swing, and so is C-U music.

Tom was at the Motes record release party over the weekend with his camera. Here are the results.

Maddie reviews Motes' debut LP. You listen to an advance stream of it.

A local record release, a Chicago metal band and more in this week's Overture.

Madie talks to Brian Przybylsk, the guitarist of Bitter Canon, before their set at Mike N Molly's this Friday.

Tom caught up with the guys from Euriah to discuss their start in the C-U music scene and their passion for emotional music.

Emo and live graffiti… but not at the same time.

Katie talks with Fred Eaglesmith before his performance at the Rose Bowl on Saturday.

See what C-U sounds like this week.

Krannert saw a great show Friday night, mixing both art and music in an intersting way.

In anticipation of this weekend's ILL Rock Block Party, Boswell shares his opinion on the state of local hip-hop.

Madie talks to Canopy Club's Block for the Spot winner, Peoria's D Webb, before his set this upcoming Saturday at the ILL Rock Block Party. 

Spring Jam 2015 hosted their very first concert on the quad this past Sunday afternoon and Alisa Greene had a chance to check it out. Read on to view the photo journal. 

Party pop band BUHU from Austin, TX, brings their dance-happy sound to Champaign this Wednesday.