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 …
A solar-powered concert will be held on Thursday, August 28th, in the parking lot across from the Urbana Free Library. The local band Zmick will be playing music amplified by a 256 square-foot solar array. …
Where the gawd-love-it is Anniversary Plaza? After a quick Google search, I discovered that Anniversary Plaza is somewhere by the Illini Union. And while I am not totally sure where, my guess is that if …
Tonight at 10 p.m. on WEFT 90.1 FM, Post Historic will perform on this week’s WEFT Sessions program. The sometimes-trio, sometimes quartet will be a duo tonight for the on-air show. The band will also …
Backyard Tire Fire has long been known as a rowdy, shit-kicking alt-country band. Their new album, The Places We Lived, is a soulful departure from their previous work, and one that lead singer Ed Anderson …
Jake Fleischli has been around the Champaign-Urbana music scene for several years now, and his band, Tractor Kings, has built a solid following with heartfelt songs and rootsy arrangements that they call “Cosmic Americana.” The …
When gawking at the enormous steel and concrete structures bursting forth all around you, be thankful that you live in a town where something, anything, is happening. It keeps you thinking. While you’re thinking, you …
One of the things about growing up is watching your concept of money change. I remember Bonnie Hunt had a bit when she was a guest on Letterman about how the biggest amount of money …
Read the “sounds like” section on any bands myspace.com profile and you’ll likely get some self-aggrandizing gibberish, something nearly unintelligible, or the drivel of a band member who has no idea what their band sounds …
With so much art lining the streets of downtown Champaign this Saturday for the annual Downtown Festival of the Arts, it will be easy to miss some creations, but Cindy Sampson’s art will probably grab …
