Cymbals Eat Guitars to play at the Bishop

Indie rock band Cymbals Eat Guitars will perform at 9 p.m. tonight at the Bishop Bar. Bloomington band Stagnant Pools will open.

Tickets cost $10 and can be purchased at the door, at Landlocked Music or also online at the Bishop’s website, www.thebishopbar.com.

From Staten Island, N.Y., Cymbals Eat Guitars includes singer/songwriter/guitarist Joseph D’Agostino, bassist Matthew Whipple, keyboarder Brian Hamilton and drummer Andrew Dole.

The group released its debut album, “Why There Are Mountains,” in 2009, followed by stints touring with bands such as the Flaming Lips and the Hold Steady.

Cymbals Eat Guitars also performed at music festivals such as Lollapalooza and Glastonbury. 

The band signed with Barsuk Records in 2011 and released its second album, “Lenses Alien.”

For this album, the band recorded primarily in Whipple’s basement in New Jersey.

Cymbals Eat Guitars’ Bloomington show is one stop on the fall tour, which will also take the group to Columbus, Ohio; Washington, D.C.; Philadelphia and Brooklyn, N.Y.

—Carolyn Crowcroft