Audio

The Latex Figure has just released their new song “Spiders In Your Head.” The track blends acoustic guitar with metal and it’s kind of unlike anything I’ve heard before — and I mean that in a …

It has long been a music industry practice to use science to create the catchiest melodies or the most appealing tones, but now, members of the University of Illinois Biophysics Sonification Group are flipping the …

Champaign-Urbana native Cade Whitt has just released his self-produced, debut album People in Places.  Whitt is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer, mixing and mastering the album himself. The album blends rock, indie, and alternative, reminiscent of …

Jameatris Rimkus, a reference archivist at the University of Illinois uncovered a 1957 recording of Langston Hughes, when he visited the campus and gave a poetry reading at Gregory Hall. WILL recorded the event, where …

Champaign-Urbana based band Nim & The Diablos have released a new song — and accompanying music video — titled “Seasons.” The track is a departure from the band’s usual punk rock tunes, with “Seasons” opting for acoustic …

Bristle — the Champaign-based grunge/punk trio — released a 7-song EP last December that somehow flew under my radar. My bad on that one, Bristle. The EP is quick, energetic, and bursting with some great guitar …

Just announced today, rock band The Smashing Pumpkins will be headlining the 2022 Summer Camp Music Festival.  The band is hugely influencial in the alternative music scene, their 1995 album Mellon Collie and the Infinite …

Bumps and Otter — the new experimental, bass heavy, drum-filled project from Matthis Helmick, Roy Ewing, and Derek Niedringhaus — has released their first bit of music. Prairie Games is a short 5 track EP featuring an eclectic …

Champaign independent record label Polyvinyl has dropped the first episode of their new podcast The Polyvinyl Podcast. The show chronicles the label’s growth over the last 25 years and features interviews with the founders, artists, and “folks …