Spindependence, the (normally) annual DJ marathon that previously look place in Downtown Urbana is moving back to Champaign. Of course, it didn’t happen last year. On July 2nd, Bentley’s will host dozens of DJs to …
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Wilco to perform in Bloomington as part of Black Dirt Music Festival
The Castle Theatre in Bloomington has announced Wilco will be performing outside of their venue on Saturday, September 11th to celebrate the Castle’s 10 year anniversary. The band will perform alongside Backyard Tire Fire, Chciago …
Listen to Maps of the Midwest’s new single “Streelights”
The duo of Taylor Loveall and Sarah Cramer, performing under the moniker Maps of the Midwest, has released a new single “Streetlights”, which is available for streaming now. The song was recorded and engineered by Mark …
Lanterna releasing new album Hidden Drives on June 4th
Henry Frayne’s seventh album for alternative-shoegaze project Lanterna, Hidden Drives, is slated for release next week. The new album comes out on June 4th on Badman Recording Co., the band’s follow up to 2015’s Backyards. You can preorder …
Check out C-U ex-pat Alleya Weibel’s new music video
Though violinist Alleya Weibel isn’t based here anymore, she hasn’t stopped playing and performing music as we knew her to do when she was based in C-U. She’s taken her talents across the pond to London …
Illinois Baseball combines for a no-hitter, the program’s first no-no since 1985
Why not start out the week with a bit of baseball news, shall we? Here’s a cool thing that happened: Riley Gowens, Ryan O’Hara, and Cole Kirschsieper combined for Illinois Baseball’s first no-hitter since 1985 …
Sweetmelk’s Living Room EP is out now
Sweetmelk, Kenna Mae Reiss’ project, has released a new EP, Living Room, which features three tracks you can buy/stream now on your platform of choice. Back in January, we posted about the title track and the …
Watch James Hathaway (of Truck Parts) perform “Fangorn Forest” in new video
James Hathaway, frontman of Truck Parts, and member of Hathaways, is debuting this video for his track “Fangorn Forest” by way of JAPRO’s Bedroom Broadcast series. Hathaway describes the meaning behind the song, which he …
C-U Folk & Roots Festival 2021 slated for October 21-23
Similarly to pretty much every other festival, C-U Folk & Roots Festival was held virtually in 2020. Now that fall looks a little more promising with the continued vaccine rollout, they’ve announced the dates for …
The future of The Iron Post looks uncertain
The Iron Post, located at 120 S. Race Street in Downtown Urbana, is facing an uncertain future. Sadly, longtime owner and operator Paul Wirth is suffering from a serious medical condition, which will “require long-term …