WHAT: Kamila Glowacki, Polypsis, Tyler Daniel Bean
WHERE: Error Records ($5)
WHEN: Monday, August 19th at 7 p.m.
Kowabunga! Kid’s Kamila Glowacki has been performing solo for quite some time here and there, and she’s headlining this bill over at Error Records tonight. She’s joined by a handful of other oufits, including Tyler Daniel Bean out of Vermont.
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WHAT: Kirby Jayes, Molly Blazier, Jon Tracey
WHERE: The Clark Bar ($5)
WHEN: Tuesday, August 20th at 7 p.m.
The Champaign-Urbana Singer-Songwriter Collective continues again this week with a trio of acts. Kirby Jayes headlines, and you might recognize him from some of the work he does here at SP, as well as being a guitarist for An Evening With Your Mother. Good stuff all around here.
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WHAT: Surreal Deal
WHERE: Mike ‘N Molly’s ($5)
WHEN: Thursday, August 22nd at 7 p.m.
Surreal Deal headlines Mike ‘N Molly’s on Thursady night. Unaccompanie by any other bands, Sureal Deal is set to perform and they’re known for their 70’s style of music, self admittedly along the lines of The Grateful Dead, Eric Clapton, and many others.
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WHAT: Bones Jugs & Harmony, Flatland Harmony Experiment, A Cool Hand
WHERE: Cowboy Monkey ($5)
WHEN: Thursday, August 22nd at 9:30 p.m.
Acoustic-jammed out folk outfit Bones Jugs & Harmony headlines this trio of bands performing at a familiar place in Cowboy Monkey on Friday night. They recently released a new chunk of music, entitled Episode One. You can check that out over at their Soundcloud page for free. Joining are locals A Cool Hand and Indianapolis outfit Flatland Harmony Experiment. A lot of harmony here, literally and figuratively.
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WHERE: Downtown Urbana
WHEN: Friday, August 23rd at 6 p.m. through Saturday, August 24
The Urbana Sweetcorn Festival is back, taking over Downtown Urbana all weekend. This year’s heavyweight performers include Kansas and Calynn Green, amongst many other performers lined up for the event. You can check out all the bands lined up over at the Facebook event page linked above.
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WHAT: It’s All Happening, Horrible Things, Kowabunga Kid, Hospital Job
WHERE: Error Records ($5)
WHEN: Friday, August 23rd at 8 p.m.
Indiana pop-punk outfit It’s All Happening headlines another week-ender at Error Records. They’re joined local punk outfit Horrible Things, who put out a pretty stellar LP last year called Dumb Days. It ended up being one of our favorites of last year, no doubt. Kowabunga! Kid will provide some surf rock for the bill, and rounding things out is Hospital Job out of Springfield.
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WHAT: Turquoise Jeep, Jay Moses, Teddy Chain, DJ Belly
WHERE: The Highdive ($15)
WHEN: Friday, August 23rd at 8 p.m.
Turquoise Jeep is back in Champaign-Urbana after performing at the Highdive a short while back. There are more artists to be announced for this bill, but for now, Turquoise Jeep will bring the house down no matter who they’re accompanie by. Katie is going to write up a preview story prior to this show on Friday night, so stay tuned for that one later this week.
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WHAT: Dibiase, Lightfoils, Wicked Walls
WHERE: Mike ‘N Molly’s ($7)
WHEN: Friday, August 23rd at 8 p.m.
You might recognize Dibiase from Earth Analog Records. You might recoznize EAR as the label that HUM’s Matt Talbott runs here in Champaign-Urbana. Chicago’s shoegaze outfit Lightfoils joins, and locals Wicked Walls are set to open things up.
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WHAT: Lonely Trailer, Acker, Marathon, Comfort Food, Cairo
WHERE: Thee Deathtower ($5)
WHEN: Saturday, August 24st at 8:30 p.m.
A pretty large pack of bands performing at house venue Thee Deathtower on Saturday night. Lonely Trailer put out a pretty solid album last year, and they’re performing as the headliner for this one. You can take a listen to their record at their Bandcamp to prepare. Brendan will sit down with the band prior and we’ll run a preview later this week for it.
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WHAT: Terminus Victor, The Directionals, Smoke Off Vinyl
WHERE: Mike ‘N Molly’s ($7)
WHEN: Saturday, August 24th at 9 p.m.
Terminus Victor headlines this Saturday night show at the always-great outdoor spot at Mike ‘N Molly’s. The band has had a pretty great year thus far, performing at a bunch of shows as well as putting out a solid record earlier in the year, Prevention Vs. Intervention. One of the better ones to come out this year locally, and is defintely worth the listen.
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WHAT: So Long Forgotten, Hank., Thin Gin, Abbi Rajasekhar, John Davey
WHERE: Canopy Club ($7)
WHEN: Saturday, August 24th at 9 p.m.
So Long Forgotten are no strangers to the Champaign-Urbana music scene, as they’re coming back after moving away not too long ago. Hank. has been extremely busy lately, as they recently released a stellar new record, Pinched., at Mike ‘N Molly’s not too long ago. Thin Gin also released an EP recently, which we took a look at in July’s version of B-Sides. Good stuff all around for those bands. Five bands for seven bucks, not too shabby.
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EDITOR’S PICK: THE WHIGS, HI HO BUFFALO
Cowboy Monkey ($5) — Saturday, August 24th at 9:30 p.m.
In one of the more surprising bookings at Cowboy Monkey this week, The Whigs are performing for close to nothing with a $5 cover charge. Pretty incredible considering the short-yet-sweet catalog the band has. Their debut record Mission Control still holds up fairly well, in addition to their record from a few years back called In The Dark. Solid band to be performing for this amount in a pretty good space for them on Saturday night.
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WHAT: Thieves, Wolfs, Doomsayer, Sloths, Yusuke
WHERE: Error Records ($5)
WHEN: Sunday, August 25th at 7:30 p.m.
Hardcore band out of Chicago headlines Error Records on Sunday night. Thieves will give their best shot at this on on Sunday night, with a couple of awesome locals and Sloths from Oregon. Doomsayer is a pretty new local outfit who have performed a handful of times in the last few months. In addition, locals Yusuke fill the room with screamo sounds.