"WOW!" "So beautiful." "Awesoooome." "Oh my gosh, he has an ACCENT?!" That was the extent of my vocabulary last night as I hit up the John Waldron Arts Center to check out one of this season's hottest Bloomington shows featuring Ra Ra Riot with Cut Off Your Hands and So Many Dynamos.
Starting promptly at 9:30 p.m. at the Cinemat, a melange of some of Bloomington's best local bands and two nationally known indie rock bands--Crystal Stilts and Woods--will inject a very much needed dose of rhythm and energy into IU student's week-after-spring-break hangover blues. By Yahya Chaudhry Fresh from playing at South by Southwest (SXSW) musical festival in Austin, both Crystal Stilts and Woods have been recently added to the scheduled performers tonight. Hailing from Brooklyn NY, Crystal Stilts is a minimalist post-punk band consisting of five members: JB Townsend, Brad Hargett, Andy Adler, Miss Frankie Rose and Kyle Forester.
B-Mac If you're a fan of the show LOST -- and we're talking a somewhat obsessive, slightly scary fan -- you may have noticed that there are repeated references to a 1970's band named Geronimo Jackson.
B-Mac Hello there, Internets! You're looking nice, if I might say so. Are those several thousand new servers that you have on?
Zion Crossroads: The best damn dredneck revival band east of the Mississippi. The owner of the pizza joint and music venue, Travers Marks, forged this band together.
Just received news that Passion Pit has canceled for the Ra Ra Riot show tomorrow night at the Waldron.
Tuesday nights are usually a drag. BUT, boredom be gone--the Waldron Arts Center is the place to be this very Tuesday, March 24, as Syracuse, NY's very own chamber pop collective, Ra Ra Riot, will take the stage with opening acts Cut Off Your Hands and Passion Pit. With New Zealand natives Cut Off Your Hands touring with new material from their latest album,You & I, and Massachusetts band Passion Pit coming fresh off of SXSW, the show will be an exciting showcase of some of the indie world's newest up-and-comers. Stealing the night's buzz, however, is Ra Ra Riot, recent label darlings of Barsuk Records, former home of indie mega-stars and April tour mates Death Cab For Cutie. Swirling strings and synth with infectiously melodic indie-pop, Ra Ra Riot have garnered accolades from the likes of Spin Magazine, especially with the release of their 2008 debut, The Rhumb Line, ranked the 38th best album of 2008 by Rolling Stone. Check out live videos of the band here. Spirit of '68 presents 9 p.m. $10 advance/$12 door Facebook'd.
Rock N Roll Prom is on April 18 at the Bluebird. Bands announced straight from prom's facebook page: -Shanghai Surprise (Madonna covers by some dorks in Whipporwill, Magnolia Electric Co., and the Coke Dares) -Belle & Sebastian (covers by dweebs from Good Luck, The Delicious, Nowlin-Mulholland Quintet, and Defiance, Ohio) -Border Collie and the Infinite Badasses (Smashing Pumpkins covers by dolts in Gourmet Scum, What the Kids Want, Disaster, and Quadrillion Babes) -Marvin & Tammi (Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell covers by Michael Hodges, members of Metal in the Microwave, Crystal Sullivan and friends)
I was reading "Fargo Rock City" by Chuck Klosterman today, which is pretty good so far. In the book he mentions an episode of VH1's Behind the Music.
I don't know about you, but I'm a little bit TOO excited for this year's Pitchfork Music Festival.
Missed out on Bonnie "Prince" Billy tonight at the Buskirk, didn't get there in time before it sold out, or just want more? Then wake yo ass up tomorrow and head over to Landlocked Music to see a free performance of Bonnie with his full band.
If you didn't already know, I'm kind of obsessed with going to the Cinemat. So, when I say that last night was one of the best shows I've seen there in a while, that's saying a lot. Although the show started an hour late with no more than a handful of people standing around chatting, it was worth the wait. Bloomington based, Vollmar started the night off with Justin Vollmar on vocals and acoustic guitar, and his brother Nathan on drums. The duo played a very quiet, skin and bones set.
Check out our preview here.
Post by Katie McKenna, Photos by Ryan Dorgan I started my birthday off the right way the eve of March 2, after I headed over to Jake's to check out the free Push-Pull, Tammar, and Blk Jks show.
All photos by Ryan Dorgan. Check out the review of the show here.
Serving as both a place of recording and a concert venue, Russian Recordings is a fantastic place to see shows.
I don't think it's currently possible for me to get my fill of Cinemat shows. As one of the more intimate venues in Bloomington, The Cinemat has easily become one of my favorite places to watch bands perform.
Pitchfork just announced part of their lineup for their upcoming festival and let me tell you: it's amazing! Friday Built to Spill The Jesus Lizard Yo La Tengo Tortoise *This year, Friday has the theme of "Write the Night: Set Lists by Requests". After buying your tickets, you can vote on which songs you want your favorite bands to play that night. Saturday The National Pharoahe Monch The Pains of Being Pure at Heart Sunday Grizzly Bear The Walkmen Vivian Girls Tickets go on sale on March 13, so get your pocketbooks ready!
The bewitching vocal harmonies of the Watson Twins and the twangs of Ben Kweller's acoustic guitar serenaded a cheering audience last Friday night when the three performed at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. Beginning promptly at 8:00 p.m., The Watson Twins started off the night on a high note by opening with a short set filled with memorable covers.
Another reason to get excited about summer: Spirit of '68 and My Old Kentucky Blog bring you.. Grizzly Bear 06/09 Buskirk Chumley Theater $15 Tickets go on sale Friday at Landlocked, Tracks, TDs CDs and LPs, Sunrise Box Office and the Buskirk Chumley site. Facebook'd.
