Blogs

POSTED ON February 27 AT 06:17 PM BY Stefania

Interview with Cursive

Go back 15 years and you have the birth of Cursive, an indie rock band from Omaha, Nebraska.  This mid-western city may seem like an odd place for bands to get their start, but [...]

POSTED ON February 24 AT 01:09 PM BY Stefania

Hip Hop Awareness Week!

Monday’s Caucus Bus Tour kick-started the 10th annual Hip-Hop Awareness Week, run by the IU Hip Hop Congress chapter and derived from its international grassroots [...]

POSTED ON February 22 AT 10:18 PM BY Stefania

Q&A with Balmorhea

*Due to a family emergency, Balmorhea has canceled some tour dates including Bloomington. But you should still read all about ‘em (Pronounced Bal-Moray) In 2009, acoustic [...]

POSTED ON February 22 AT 11:30 AM BY Stefania

TODAY! Hip Hop Caucus Bus tour on campus

I wish that I knew about this event earlier. Hip Hop Caucus and Repower America have come together to bring you The Hip Hop Caucus Bus Tour, and Bloomington is one of six [...]

POSTED ON February 15 AT 12:12 AM BY rayd

Surfer Blood – Astro Coast Review

Surfer Blood is a band of four dudes (who don’t surf) from Florida that have done a good job cultivating the laid back party/drug/cool kid image that is catching on these [...]

POSTED ON February 08 AT 10:19 PM BY Stefania

The week in shows (February 9-17)

Sanka’s Redemption, Sports and Jackalantern Tues., Feb. 9 The Bishop (18+) $1 Facebook’d NO! MTV Raps Showcase feat. Jet One and Stakzilla, Sony Bamboo, Remnent and DJ [...]

POSTED ON January 24 AT 08:20 PM BY Stefania

Pit Stop Music Marathon March 6-13

Ladies and germs, For an entire week, Bloomington will be hosting Pit Stop Music Marathon, in which 20+ acts will perform at The Bishop and the Video Saloon(21+). The official Web [...]

POSTED ON January 24 AT 08:10 PM BY Stefania

Jens Lekman Surprise Show 12/30/09

Jens at the Secretly Canadian headquarters, photo via the label’s twitter I first found out that I couldn’t attend Jens Lekman’s New Year’s Eve show in Chicago,  [...]

POSTED ON January 20 AT 08:20 PM BY Stefania

Landlocked Top 5 1/11-17

Landlocked Music Top 5 Sellers For the week of 1/11-1/17/10: 1. Vampire Weekend- Contra 2. Yeasayer- Odd Blood 3. The xx- The xx (coming to Bloomington April 6 at the [...]

POSTED ON January 05 AT 12:14 AM BY B-Mac

B-Mac’s Top 50 Albums of 2009

Okay, you’ve recovered from your New Year’s hangover, you’re down to the last of the holiday leftovers, and yet you still have more than a week before classes [...]

POSTED ON March 14 AT 05:55 PM BY Brett Eppley

TV Recaps: ‘American Idol,’ “Four [...]

After watching Thursday night’s American Idol results show, I think one thing has become very clear. Anyone wanting to vote needs to be put through a field sobriety test. I [...]

POSTED ON March 13 AT 10:56 PM BY Brian Welk

TV Recap: “24″ ‘2:00 a.m. – 3:00 [...]

When we last left our heroes, Jack had figured out how to communicate with the young, American born terrorist Marcos inside the giant air compressor MacGuffin, and in a sinister [...]

POSTED ON March 13 AT 06:59 PM BY jbarrar

TV Recaps: “Grey’s Anatomy,” [...]

Finally something worth talking about. There’s steam back in Seattle, to say the least. “We push ourselves because we have to, not because we like it.” And yes, [...]

POSTED ON March 12 AT 10:13 PM BY Megan Clayton

TV Recap: “30 Rock,” ‘Future Husband’

On this week’s episode of “30 Rock” Liz once again searched for Mr. Right, Jack dealt with a big-time merger and Tracy perfected his acting skills to further his new dream of [...]

POSTED ON March 11 AT 04:06 PM BY Kyle Kerns

TV News: Spartacus halts production, Whitfield diagnosed [...]

Bad news, guys. Actor Andy Whitfield, who plays Spartacus, has been diagnosed with cancer. The Hollywood Reporter is saying that Whitfield was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s [...]

POSTED ON March 11 AT 11:01 AM BY Brett Eppley

TV Recaps: ‘American Idol,’ “Top 8 Girls [...]

Image courtesy of Nj.com We’re one step closer to the top 12 performing on the big stage. Tuesday night brought us a lightning-fast one hour episode. Some girls stepped it [...]

POSTED ON March 11 AT 01:57 AM BY Alex Rast

TV Recap: ‘Greek,’ “The Big Easy does [...]

Photo courtesy of abcfamily.com College students wearing decorative masks and running around wearing different color beads around their necks… yes it is mardi gras in [...]

POSTED ON March 10 AT 10:51 PM BY Cory Barker

TV Recap: ‘Lost,’ “Dr. Linus”

It’s odd that there has only been three Ben-centric episodes in Emerson’s five years on the series, but those other two were some of the series’ best. Ever. So [...]

POSTED ON March 10 AT 10:29 PM BY Brian Marks

TV Recap: ‘Parenthood,’ “Man vs. [...]

Week two was still strong for “Parenthood.” Adam and Kristina try to cope with Max’s Asperger’s diagnosis, while Amber and Drew struggle with a new school [...]

POSTED ON March 10 AT 03:45 PM BY Brett Eppley

TV Recaps: ‘Gossip Girl,’ “The Hurt [...]

“It was so much easier when it was just about where we sat on the Met steps.” You’re damn right. After that long winter break Gossip Girl is back, and it seems, [...]