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This page is a Daily Archive of entries for Friday, October 3, 2008 listed from newest to oldest.
Mercury Rev, the once-proclaimed "weirdest band on planet Rock," performed alongside local heroes HUM at the old Blind Pig in 1995, just after the major label signing spree that included almost half a dozen of bands calling Champaign their home. Since that time, the Rev have gone on to release one of the most important records in recent history, Deserter's Songs, as well as a handful of albums that haven't done much for them in the States, but have steadily increased their worth in Europe and Asia.
"I'm sort of a perpetual motion machine," says Robert Pollard, and if such a device can indeed be created, it would probably look a lot like the former Guided By Voices lead singer and guitarist. Pollard detailed his current slate of projects, which include:
It's enough to make your head spin.
Pollard's not a prolific tourer, though, which is why it's important that you get your tickets early for his show next Thursday, October 9, at the Highdive. Doors open at 8 p.m., The High Strung open at 9, and tickets are only $15. With the exception of Champaign, it's strictly a big-city tour, so it's a tremendous opportunity to see a legend of indie rock without wasting time and gas traveling.
The crowd throbs and vibrates with Kevin Barnes’ tightly packaged package. One shining beam of glitter on my right is dry humping my leg, and the person to my left’s nylon wing is obscuring my view from the hypersexual spectacle on stage. I’m wearing the person behind me like a furry, sweaty coat as the crowd methodically sways and grinds to the prog-pop fury of Of Montreal.
Of Montreal has become synonymous with a musical parade of sparkle, ecstasy and a traveling clan of alien-esque androids. Their newest album Skeletal Lamping , coming out on October 7, doesn’t drop the ball far from their shiny pedestal.
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