Spirit of '68

Making Bloomington a better place to live one show at a time

Retribution Gospel Choir, “The Stone (Revolution!)” Video

Retribution Gospel Choir recently released a video for “The Stone (Revolution!)”. The video shows the Low side project having fun in the recording studio with a collection of horns and percussion instruments.

RCG are currenrtly on the road in support of their latest release, The Revolution EP, out now on Sub Pop. Their tour brings them to The Bishop tomorrow night with Dreamers of The Ghetto.

Here We Go Magic, ‘How Do I Know’ Video

Here We Go Magic have released the video for “How Do I Know,” the lead single off of their latest, A Different Ship, out May 8 (which you can stream now in full here via AOL Spinner). The video is directed by Fleet Foxes’ Sean Pecknold and tells the story of a dancing robot being returned to the factory from whence she came.

Here We Go Magic will be at The Bishop on May 16 with Hospitality.

Exitmusic - KEXP Session

Etherial dream-pop duo Exitmusic have been living on the road as of late, touring with The Joy Formidable and School of Seven Bells, a tour tour that brings them to The Bishop this Sunday. Before venturing out, the duo and their touring band stopped by New York’s Cutting Room Studios to record a live session for Seattle’s venerable KEXP. Enjoy now, enjoy more Sunday.

Gauntlet Hair, Into The Woods.tv Session

Gauntlet Hair dropped into the realm of Portland’s Into The Woods.tv to record a wooded version of their song “Light’s Out” for the ‘Far From Home Series.’ 

The group hits the road this week with a stop at Russian Recording on Saturday night with dance upstart Pictureplane. Watch now, enjoy live later. Tickets $10 adv / $12 dos and available at Landlocked Music and here.

Anaïs Mitchell On NPR’s World Cafe

Vermont singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell rose to prominence with the release of her 2010 album Hadestown which featured collaborations with Justin Vernon of Bon Iver, Ani DiFranco, Greg Brown and Ben Knox Miller of The Low Anthem. Mitchell is back with her latest, Young Man in America released on her own Wilderland Records label. 

She recently stopped by NPR’s World Cafe to talk about the new album and play a few new tracks.

Listen to Anaïs Mitchell on World Cafe

We welcome Anaïs Mitchell to The Bishop on Tuesday April 17th. Tickets are $10 adv / $12 dos and are available at The Bishop and Landlocked Music.

Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach Producing Hanni El Khatib Album

Hanni El Khatib has had quite a ride the past year and a half. The Los Angeles skateboarder cum rocker opened for Florence + The Machine and his cover of Funkadelic’s “I Got A Thing” was heard the world over as part of Nike’s “Chosen” campaign.

The coming year could be even brighter now that The Black Key’s Dan Auerbach has decided to produce his next album.

“A friend owns a bar in Paris and introduced us when I was deejaying after a show,” Khatib told LA Weekly of connecting with the Black Keys member. “He went deep into music and started dropping knowledge about all these obscure L.A. bands. We ended up going back and forth deejaying all night.”

We welcome Hanni to The Bishop Thursday April 19 with The Sundelles and Charlie Wilson’s War. Tickets are $8 and are available at The Bishop and Landlocked Music.

A Place To Bury Strangers | So Far Away (School of Seven Bells Remix) Free Download

A Place To Bury Strangers recently had their song “So Far Away” given the  remix treatment by School of Seven Bells. Compare and contrast the two below and feel free to shout requests for the remix live at A Place To Bury Strangers when they open for The Joy Formidable at The Bluebird March 22 and at School of Seven Bells when they swing by The Bishop April 29.

“So Far Away (School of Seven Bells Remix)”

“So Far Away (OG version)