White Hinterland W/ Dreamers of the Ghetto and The French & Indian War @ The Bishop Sunday, Dec 5 8pm $5 adv/ $8 day of show 18+ Come out to The Bishop Sunday and catch this amazing duo on local label Dead Oceans create, hypnotic, spacious music that is seductive, but not sleep-inducing.
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Scared of going to the Black Friday sales at malls and major stores/corporations? Skip the insanity and think local.
A tweet from Freddie Gibbs twitter led me to the Dope Couture clothing store, which was where my night started.
Live Buzz spoke with Khaela Maricich of The Blow about her first memories of music, being on K records, and her work as an artist. The Blow will be playing at The Bishop alongside Blair and DJ Phenom at 9pm this Sunday.
Freddie Gibbs w/ DJ Metrognome, Alpha Live, Sonny Bamboo, and R-Juan @ The Bishop 9:30pm 18+ $10 Students $15 Public Being dropped from his label has not stopped Freddie Gibbs from spitting his raw uncensored rhymes.
Before I got to the Bishop, I wondered what the three bands, Brass Bed, Frontier Ruckus, and David Vandervelde, would do; how would they confront the common challenges that occur with live performance, while still establishing their signature individual sounds?
Start strong and end strong seemed to be Tuesday's motto at The Bishop. Visiting Bloomington from the atypical west coast of Washington for the first time, The Globes introduced themselves to the crowd.
Screening of The Builder Wednesday, November 10 7:00pm to 10:00 pm Rawles Hall room 100 Following an Irish immigrant carpenter from coastal Queens to the Catskills and beyond, The Builder is an American existential portrait that explores the gulf between the idea of a thing and the thing itself.
Have you ever had something really, really great ruined for you by something someone said or did? That happened to me this past Friday at the Guided By Voices concert.
Marmoset w/ Pravada & Throwing Stars @ The Bishop Wednesday November 3 9pm 18+ $5 Marmoset, Throwing Stars, and Pravada each have a decent following in Bloomington, and the three Indiana band's show at The Bishop Wednesday will most likely be filled to the brim with faithful fans. The Indy-based band, Pravada, which includes former members of Margot and the Nuclear So and So's will kick everything off with their easy-going pop sounds, which are sure to induce crowd-swaying.
David Vandervelde w/Frontier Ruckus, and Brass Bed @ The Bishop. $5 in adv/$8 the night of the show Friday, November 5 9 pm 18+ Authentic, genuine and catchy are words to describe the music of Secretly Canadian band, David Vandervelde.
Candy Claws w/ The Chain Gang of 1974 & Osteoferocious @ The Bishop Thursday, November 4 9pm $5 18+ Candy Claws was named one of the best new bands of 2010 on Stereogum and with good reason.
White Hinterland's song, "Icarus" was featured on Project Runway finale catwalk scene by the winner Gretchen Jones.
Maps & Atlases w/ Tera Melos and The Globes @ The Bishop Tuesday, November 2 9 pm $10 18+ When folk music inspired four guys by the names of Hiraz Dada, Chris Hainey, Dave Davison, and Erin Elders to experiment with dissonant chords, the result was math rock band Maps & Atlases.
Bear in Heaven played The Bishop this Thursday, and what a show it was. The concert was one of the best I've seen in a long time.
Twin Sister w/ Oberhofer @ The Bishop Monday November 1 9pm $7 18+ Twin Sister take a fresh approach to making dreamy, hazy pop, which is why I can't wait to see them at The Bishop tomorrow.
Bob Dylan is notorious for leaving the best stuff off his albums. Which is why the Bootleg Series is such a treat.
Guided By Voices w/ The Love Language at The Bluebird 10/29 9pm $30 Tickets available at The Bluebird & Landlocked Music. One of the most popular indie rock groups of all time, Guided By Voices, are set to play a show at The Bluebird this Friday, October 29.
Pop Music icon Todd Rundgren will give a lecture, titled, Longhair: Todd Rundgren on the Beatles Effect at 7pm on October 28th in Ballantine 013.
