Your official St. Patrick’s Day celebration guide
Say whatever you will about unofficial St. Patrick's Day, but it's got nothing on the real thing in this town. Over the next two days, Champaign-Urbana will treat you to an astounding variety of Irish music. If you're like me, you have a very difficult time making decisions. Why don't you just say screw it and try to do it all?*
| The Overture: Mar. 15-21
WHAT: The Felix Culpa, Big Science, Suns
WHEN: Monday, March 15 @ 6 p.m.
WHERE: Canopy Club ($7 cover)
The Felix Culpa kick off a tour covering the eastern half of the country which will see them playing with The Dear Hunter and Caspian. Come see them before they wind up getting too famous.
WHAT: Goran Ivanovic and Andreas Kapsalis Duo
WHEN: Tuesday, March 16 @ 7 p.m.
WHERE: The Iron Post ($7 cover)
Well respected in both jazz and jam circles, Goran Ivanovic brings his latest project to town. Having shredded basically every C-U venue imaginable at least once, you'd do well to catch him at the jazz epicenter of our town.
Local band Vannatica bring a heavy-edge to their power punk tunes. Or maybe they bring a pop-tinge to their metal tunes. Whatever the case, they provide plenty of virtuoso guitar and catchy, but not quite sing-a-long choruses on their new Behind Closed Eyes EP. In advance of Saturday's Cowboy Monkey show, vocalist/guitarist Travis Leonard gave us a few minutes of his time.
Nearly two years ago, while living as an ex-pat in Toronto, I got really excited when I learned that C-U's biggest band—Headlights—would be in town for a show. As someone who had mostly ignored Champaign since moving away in 2001, I was kind of excited to see what the town had to offer by way of rock n' roll. Admittedly, I hadn't had much exposure to Headlights other than a couple of songs off of Kill Them with Kindness and …
For the next three days, Mike n' Molly's will be hosting Champaign-Urbana's newest music festival—Exit 182. A welcome addition, the fest will feature 12 bands from C-U, Chicago, Memphis, Eau Claire and Peoria. Exit 182 came about when Joe Smyth and Isaac Burgess at Mike n' Molly's realized that several of the bands they had booked for this weekend were on their way down to SXSW. And not only that, but the quality of the other bands booked lent itself …
Next week, over a thousand performers will descend upon Austin, Texas. These musicians, comedians, artists, and filmmakers will be joined by around ten thousand fans for a week of innovation, creativity and really killer music. Meanwhile, I will be here in Urbana, analyzing mouse brains and jonesing for a week away from work spent wrapped up in the best in indie music. While most of us probably can't afford to take a week off work and make it to South …
Incoming! That new Motorpsycho CD and DLP we were so excited about last week? Finally arrived today. Otherwise we're welcoming new albums from Aloha, The Knife (an electro opera with collaborators), The Besnard Lakes, Liars (available on CD & deluxe DCD; DLP delayed), Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Broken Bells (Shins guy & Danger Mouse), Pavement (new best of), Jason Collett (from Broken Social Scene), Frightened Rabbit, jj, Jimi Hendrix (a new album, really), Ted Leo & The Pharmacists, White …
WHAT: Boneyard Arts Festival WHEN: Thursday, April 15 – Sunday, April 18 WHERE: Various venues around Champaign-Urbana LINEUP: Duke of Uke, Elsinore, Mickey Karbal (more TBA) While the main announcement for Boneyard (which generally includes at least one major show) is nowhere to be found, a few details are trickling in. Elsinore and Duke of Uke will play dueling shows at the Champaign and Urbana libraries, and Chicago-based electro artist (and proud hipster) Mickey Karbal will play an Urban Outfitters …
Not that anybody in these parts needs to be reminded that the last couple of months have seen too many early exits, but the news that Mark Linkous committed suicide this past weekend adds a sad new chapter. If you have not already, please take some time to check out some of Linkous's work as Sparklehorse. WHAT: Chip Stephens TrioWHEN: Monday, March 8 @ 7 p.m.WHERE: Iron PostPiano playing U of I faculty member Chip Stephens is a veteran of …
Over the past three or four years, many bands who owe a big gratitude to a capella music have blown up — Grizzly Bear, Fleet Foxes, Dirty Projectors. Seems like that makes now a good time to re-acquaint yourself with the genre. Lucky for you, we are blessed to have quite a few a capella groups right here in C-U, including Girls Next Door, an all-female ensemble that has been around since 1971. The group is known for their willingness …
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I will be at Danu this evening. And seeing as tomorrow - St. Pat’s - is my birthday, I will be celebrating with tons of green and fun!
Big Blue will actually be on 6-9, despite what is posted elsewhere. Then, hightail it over to Bentley’s!
Ahh - good point - I will plug them in the appropriate sections.
Yeeee! This sounds so fun! Any word on covers for any/all of these? Maybe SP could spring for punch cards and some discounts if we make it to all, eh?
...and given the lack of smiley emoticons i chose to employ, that reads far more sarcastically than i ever intended (my apologies). i actually find this to be a great article and an interesting discussion, seriously : )
Once it leaves the basement, it is then called what? hmmm…....could it be mainstream? accessible? appealing on a mass-level? POP??? Quickly it will become a fad, over-saturate the media, and piss people off. Then everyone can write articles based on how that shit sucks, too. chickens are…
In general, I think music is much more interesting now than in 1995. I definitely am very glad contemporary music has expanded beyond the four-piece rock lineup that dominated much of the 90’s. The point of the above isn’t so much about a sound or an instrument…
2010 is not 1995. I’m not sure why anyone would expect a music scene to remain stationary as the world of popular music moves around it. Also, today, making popular music with mainstream appeal and being innovative and cutting-edge are usually exact opposites.
bhrama- thanks for the promo. it is true, crane and badger will be playing on friday at mike and mollys w/ the chemicals and tractor kings. we will be playing first. show starts at 10pm. come on out. rock will be had.
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I heading out on my 9 miler before my 10 hour work day right now. Do I have what it takes?
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wait, I was commenting on the wrong thing - sorry - he’s actually a gigantic sellout but who really knows what all this is about.
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That settles it… Im going.
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I read Kucinich flipped today. He must have read this and been convinced.
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I was all set to pounce on this, but it’s the truth. There used to be bands in town I was afraid of, like I’d have a heart attack during their set. There are still some great bands, but they’re pretty and dainty and low in cholesterol. …