This Dayglow thing you may have read about lately (apparently something involving DJs, a large quantity of neon paint, and [we assume] MDMA), has moved to the David S. Palmer arena in Danville. It was originally …
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Purity Ring: Act like you mean it
A night at Mike ‘N Molly’s reveals the importance of having a stage show and acting like you give a fuck in the blog era.
The Overture: August 23 – 29
Risin’ up, back on the street / Did my time, took my chances / Went the distance, now I’m back on my feet / Just a man and his will to survive…
R.T. Finney to retire as Champaign Chief of Police
WILL reports that Champaign Police Chief R.T. Finney will retire, effective January 20th. Finney has been Chief of Police since 2003, and presided over the Kiwane Carrington shooting. Finney states on the city of Champaign …
Local capsule reviews: August 2011
Catching up on releases that slipped under our radar this summer, including Evil Tents, Horrible Things, Petunias and more.
New Ruins announce This Life is Not Ours to Keep
On, September 20th, New Ruins will release their third album entitled This Life is Not Ours to Keep on Earth Analog Records. Produced by Brian Deck (Califone, Iron and Wine, Modest Mouse) and recorded with Matt Talbott …
Barnstormer Tour in danger of cancellation
As Daytrotter wrote in their weekly email today: We don’t like to claim desperate times, but ticket sales have been hovering at 15% of our projections to break even on the tour and we can’t …
The Overture: August 16 – 22
Those pesky students done showed up again. Flee, flee to downtown Champaign.
Polyvinyl’s UK distro affected by warehouse fire
In case you’ve been living under a rock as of late, things are fucked in London right now. Now, Pitchfork is reporting that the massive Tottenham warehouse which burned earlier today was housing the main …
The Overture: August 9 – 15
Before the students return, the townies are still churnin’ it out for the homies.