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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. Surprisingly, the openers were almost as good as the headliner. Sun Airway started off the evening. Unfortunately, I missed most of their set. I made it in time for the last two songs, which were both enjoyable, but I don't feel qualified to judge their set based on them. Sun Airway has received a lot of buzz from Pitchfork, including comparisons to Animal Collective. However, those comparisons were based on two tracks, a trend in pre-releases of which I'm not a big fan. The next band was Lower Dens. The band is a project of Jana Hunter, who was previously known for folkier music. Her Lower Dens music is a drastic departure. Often dark, sometimes slow, always dreamy, I heard strains of bands like Sonic Youth and The xx. Some of the guitar style came from Sonic Youth; the guitarists coaxed out chimes and drones from their guitars. Like The xx, there was a focus on dark pop, although it was a bit darker with this band.

https://www.idsnews.com/blog/livebuzz/2010/11/bear-in-heaven-at-the-bishop-1028

This week on VH1’s ‘We Love the 1790’s’ : Classical music

(10/28/10 12:28am)

Are they still making that stuff? Yes, yes they are.

https://www.idsnews.com/article/2010/10/this-week-on-vh1s-we-love-the-1790s-classical-music

‘Love Remains’ for Tom Krell

(10/27/10 11:30pm)

An absorbing and haunting journey

https://www.idsnews.com/article/2010/10/love-remains-for-tom-krell

‘Please Give’ time to this small indie

(10/27/10 11:14pm)

Film successfully straddles line between dark and light

https://www.idsnews.com/article/2010/10/please-give-time-to-this-small-indie

Bear in Heaven to play The Bishop 10/28

(10/25/10 1:25am)

Their first album was Red Bloom of the Boom, and they followed it with the critically acclaimed Beast Rest Forth Mouth. I've had that album on heavy rotation for the last few weeks. At times it sounds like some kind of Joy Division/New Order hybrid, combining the dark mood of the former with the pop sensibilities of the latter. I find the album difficult to describe, probably because it's so hypnotizing; it's easy to forget what you're doing when it's playing. A standout from the album is "Lovesick Teenagers", a song I dare you not to like.

https://www.idsnews.com/blog/livebuzz/2010/10/bear-in-heaven-to-play-the-bishop-1028

The Belle of the ball

(10/20/10 11:39pm)

Indie pop outfit drops one of its best

https://www.idsnews.com/article/2010/10/the-belle-of-the-ball

Stevens at ‘Adz’ with expectations

(10/13/10 10:16pm)

Singer's dark electronica exploration a success

https://www.idsnews.com/article/2010/10/stevens-at-adz-with-expectations

Stunning visuals in ‘Kells’

(10/13/10 9:58pm)

Oscar nominee beautiful to behold

https://www.idsnews.com/article/2010/10/stunning-visuals-in-kells

Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band at The Bishop 10/4

(10/07/10 4:38am)

Monday night's show at The Bishop a bit of a mixed bag. I heard one band (that I had seen before) that I don't really care for, but also got to experience a new and exciting group. You can probably guess which is which based on the performance order. The first group to go on was The Growlers. I had seen them previously when Dr. Dog came to town. They served the same purpose then as now: to lower my expectations so they could be promptly be blown away by the headliner. The Growlers play some kind of mix of psychedelia and folk (sorta), but nothing seems to click. Their singer's voice was rough and his range extremely limited. That's not a death sentence by any means, but he couldn't find a way around those limitations; he gave every song a similar vocal melody. That was exacerbated by music that didn't sound much different.

https://www.idsnews.com/blog/livebuzz/2010/10/mt-st-helens-vietnam-band-at-the-bishop-104

Tracing the evolution of documentary film through the decades

(10/07/10 12:16am)

WEEKEND's favorite docs

https://www.idsnews.com/article/2010/10/tracing-the-evolution-of-documentary-film-through-the-decades

Deerhunter gets better and better

(10/06/10 9:16pm)

Indie crew drops magnum opus

https://www.idsnews.com/article/2010/10/deerhunter-gets-better-and-better

Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band to Play The Bishop 10/4

(10/04/10 6:34am)

The band's first exposure was through a series of mock-PSAs, before they had released any music. Shortly afterward, Dead Oceans picked up the band. Despite their dubious beginnings, the two albums that followed show an evolving band worth checking out.

https://www.idsnews.com/blog/livebuzz/2010/10/mt-st-helens-vietnam-band-to-play-the-bishop-104

Yeasayer at The Bluebird 9/30

(10/03/10 3:41pm)

This Thursday featured plenty of quality music acts performing in Bloomington, but the real draw for me was the Yeasayer show at The Bluebird. I had seen them this summer at Lollapalooza, so I knew their stage show had plenty of promise, but it also seemed shaky enough to collapse at any moment. The band members had to supplement their playing with prerecorded music (nothing unusual), but sometimes the levels would get out of whack and the live music would be eclipsed by the prerecorded sounds, or vice versa. Of course, this may just have been a consequence of playing on an outdoor stage on a windy day. After The Bluebird show, I have to assume that Lollapalooza was an anomaly.

https://www.idsnews.com/blog/livebuzz/2010/10/yeasayer-at-the-bluebird-930