Bob Nanna’s newest band plays the Courtyard tonight
The Champaign-Urbana alum brings his latest musical venture, Certain People I Know, to campus tonight as an opener for Smoking Popes. Read on to win tickets!
The Champaign-Urbana alum brings his latest musical venture, Certain People I Know, to campus tonight as an opener for Smoking Popes. Read on to win tickets!
The Shadowboxer Collective, a new coalition of local musicians Ryan Groff, Nic Dillon and Cole Rabenort, aims to organize shows with a quieter dynamic in C-U.
In the course of the busy pre-finals music weekend that is coming up, you may have only one opportunity to see painstakingly-recreated Pink Floyd songs. If that’s your bag, then Eclipse, a Nashville-based septet, will …
David Bazan is from the Pacific Northwest, so the little winter squall that delayed his flight’s arrival into Champaign Wednesday night didn’t faze him. Bazan, who will be back in town Saturday night for a …
There are some phrases that never lead to anything good, and “cracked skull” is certainly one of them. Fortunately, Nic Dillon of local indie-rock/folk duo Casados is almost fully recovered from injuries he suffered in …
Tonight, local indie pop outfit The Brother Whys is headlining at Canopy Club. Earlier this week, I met with Tom Riordan, lead singer of the quintet, to ask him a few questions shortly after he …
As “one of three million white singer songwriters who play acoustic guitar” (so says his MySpace page), Todd Reese doesn’t have singularity on his side. So he has to battle to rise above the maddening …
Alex Smith of the Normal, Illinois, band Constant Velocity took me out for grilled cheese sandwiches at Sunsinger, where we talked about his new CD, Muttonhead; Eric Clapton; and why he can get a gig …
Kate and James Hathaway, who together comprise the Hathaways, are like two sides of a coin. It’s not that they are complete opposites (this brother and sister duo don’t work off the little bit country, …
Earlier this week, Smile Politely talked to So Long Forgotten. The band has been touring of late but this Sunday night you can see them live at the Canopy Club. Colour Revolt, a guitar-heavy outfit …