Reviews

Lively banter outshone the so-so music Thursday at the Courtyard Cafe, as two sensitive, charismatic men won the audience through sheer likeability.

Indianapolis bands Everything, Now! and Everthus the Deadbeats brought the spirit of ’70s glam rock to Champaign last night.

The latest release in the Guitars from Agadez series spotlights music from Niger that only gets better with repeated listens.

The Station Theater’s new play from Mark Roberts leaves Springer wanting for more plot and fewer repetitive attempts at humor.

Trampolines. Silks. Hula hoops. Classical music. Pebbles raining down from above. Cirque Éloize was not your typical ensemble performance at the Krannert.

The former frontman of the Foremen plays a complex set of left-leaning political satire. But he doesn’t look like a hippie…

Ben Kweller continues to write albums that shouldn’t be great, but somehow are. Zack Adcock can’t explain it, but will keep listening as long as it’s good.

Staunchly independent label Mississippi Records re-issues two records by bands that exemplify the do-it-yourself ethos in the US and UK in the early ’80s.

The veteran crowd-pleasing Chicago ensemble is still able to refresh and rejuvenate, even when working with LeAnn Rimes’ material.