May 2012
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Damien Jurado live on WBEZ →
Damien Juardo (singer/songwriter/proud papa to be) stopped by Chicago’s WBEZ studio’s for some chit-chat and to play a few tracks off his stellar new album, Maraqopa. His travels bring him through Bloomington on May 26th at Russian Recording with JBM and Mike Adams At His Honest Weight.
Watch Damien Jurado live at WBEZ
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Retribution Gospel Choir, "The Stone...
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...
April 2012
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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Black Keys' Dan Auerbach Producing Hanni El Khatib...
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...
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Here We Go Magic, 'How Do I Know'
Here We Go Magic are hitting the road this spring in support of their latest album, A Different Ship, hitting stores May 8. We are happy to bring them to The Bishop on May 16 with Hospitality and happier to share new jams with the release of their album’s second single “How Do I Know” via the peeps at AOL Spinner.
Stream “How Do I Know”
March 2012
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Sharon Van Etten & Shearwater, "Stop Draggin' My...
Sharon Van Etten and Okkervil River ex-pats Shearwater stopped by the AV Club offices to record an off menu cover of the classic Stevie Nicks / Tom Petty duet “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around.” Compare, contrast and enjoy the modern take to the orignal below.
Sharon Van Etten and Shearwater cover “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around”
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A Place To Bury Strangers | So Far Away (School of...
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...
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Sharon Van Etten, "Leonard" Video
Sharon Van Etten has released a new video for “Leonard,” the latest single off of her critically adored release Tramp. Enjoy the road kaleidoscope goodness.
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Bear in Heaven, "Sinful Nature"
Bear in Heaven continue to roll out singles as they approach the April 3rd release of their new album, I Love You, It’s Cool. “Sinful Nature” finds the band giving the shy ladies (and fellas?) a helping hand in letting down their guards and indulging their freakier sides.
Stream it now via NPR.
February 2012
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Retribution Gospel Choir, "The Revolution EP"
Low side-project RETRIBUTION GOSPEL CHOIR are set to release The Revolution EP March 27 on Sub Pop. The album is their first output since 2010’s 2. Before it hits the stores, you can download it for your digital enjoyment below.
Retribution Gospel Choir hits the road this summer with a visit to The Bishop on Wednesday, May 2. Tickets are $8 and go on sale this Friday at 10 AM.
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Big Freedia forced to reschedule due to medical...
Early Saturday morning Big Freedia had emergency surgery due to a burst ulcer. She had a large portion of her stomach removed but, thankfully, she will make a full recovery. As a result, her show at The Bishop on March 9th has been cancelled and we are working to reschedule. Ticket holders, please return to your point of sale for a full refund.
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Bear in Heaven, "Reflection of You" Video
Following in the footsteps of Jay-Z and Kanye’s “Ni***s in Paris,” the new video for Bear in Heaven’s single, “Reflection of You” is like a Japanese kids show from the 90’s: full of flashing lights, colorful characters strangely dancing and possessing the ability to cause epileptic seizures. Directed by John Lee of the infamous art collective PFFR...
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Milagres: Tiny Desk Concert
Brooklyn’s MILAGRES have a shiny new record, Glowing Mouth, out now on Kill Rock Stars and recently stopped by the NPR offices to record a Tiny Desk Concert full of new tunes from it. Watch below and watch as Milagres ventures out onto the road this spring, with a visit to The Bishop on April 3rd.
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Screaming Females, "It All Means Nothing" Video
A few days after releasing the single for “It All Means Nothing,” Screaming Females have released the songs video. A lot of backyard rocking out in the snow and guitarist Marissa learns an invaluable lesson: Don’t fuck with a man’s cat.
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Listen: Bear In Heaven, "The Reflection of You...
Bear in Heaven have turned over their song “The Reflection of You” to the capable remix hands of CFCF who have done remixes of HEALTH, Holy Ghost!, Porcelain Raft, Owen Pallett, memoryhouse, Junior Boys and Fever Ray.
Here is the less danceable but still glorious original version, off of the group’s impending release, I Love You, It’s Cool, April 3rd on Dead...
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Langhorne Slim, "Beautiful Freaks"
Langhorne Slim recorded a stripped down version of his song “Beautiful Freaks” in the back of a taxi garage for Avett Brothers chronicler Crackerfarm. With just a guitar and some ambient street noise, the wearied rasp that has endeared Slim to many is put on full display in this ode to the carefree joys of being young.
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Screaming Females, "It All Means Nothing"
New Jersey trio SCREAMING FEMALES are set to release their fifth album, Ugly, April 3rd on Don Giovanni Records. The group released the album’s first single, “It All Means Nothing,” via RollingStone.com. The group will hit the road this spring in support, making a stop at The Bishop on April 11th.
Stream Screaming Females, “It All Means Nothing” via...
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New Horse Feathers: "Fit Against the Country"
Portland folk group Horse Feathers are dropping their latest release April 17 on Kill Rock Stars (the support of which brings them to The Bishop on May 23rd). They released the albums first single, “Fit Against the Country” via the good folks at Pitchfork. Take a gander before they come to a stage near you.
Horse Feathers, “Fit Against the Country” via Pitchfork
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NEW MAPS & ATLASES: "WINTER"
After dropping a teaser trailer last week for their upcoming album, Beware and Be Grateful, today Maps & Atlases released the albums first single, “Winter,” over at Rollingstone. You can take a listen and download it here. Album drops April 17 and the boys will be playing new jams from it live at The Bishop March 8.
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CULTS, "YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN" VIDEO
Retro-popsters CULTS released a video today for “You Know What I Mean,” the latest single from the group’s eponymous debut. The clip, brought to us via NPR, features slow motion falls and fire aplenty as a sullen Madeline Follin sings a lament of love to her carnival daredevil beau played by Brian Oblivion.
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Cheyenne Marie Mize: Laundromatinee Session
Cheyenne Marie hs been popping up all over the interwebs lately, from a glowing endorsement from The A.V. Club to a live video debut of her single “It Lingers” over at PASTE. Also this week our friends over at MOKB released two videos via their Laundromatinee Sessions of the Louisville singer performing “It Lingers” and “Wishing Well” off her latest...
January 2012
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First Listen: Sharon Van Etten, 'Tramp'
Sharon Van Etten’s Jagjaguwar debut Tramp hits stores February 7th but you can stream the album in its entirety now over at NPR.
Stream Tramp
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$5 ASOBI SEKSU STUDENT DISCOUNT TICKETS!
We know that college can be rough - distance from home, classes, navigating your way through 4 years of alcohol and hormone driven indiscretion. On top of that there is finding enough money for books, food and the occasional rock n roll show.
We feel your pain so we are partnering with WIUX to cut you, poor college student, a break. Beginning with Asobi Seksu, we will be offering a special $5...
December 2011
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WatchCults helped the kids of America celebrate the holidays when they stopped by Yo Gabba Gabba!’s Holiday Special this past weekend. Because like Trick Daddy, Cults love da kids.
October 2011
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September 2011
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Getting to know you: A HAWK AND A HACKSAW
A HAWK AND A HACKSAW began as a solo project for Neutral Milk Hotel drummer Jeremy Barnes who played all instruments on the projects debut LP before enlisting a cadre of musicians for subsequent releases, among them musical life partner violinist Heather Trost. The pair have scoured the globe to be influenced by and inspired in, creating wondrous Balkan inflected Eastern European folk.
Barnes...
August 2011
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Getting to know you: CHEAP TIME
CHEAP TIME is a garage rock trio from Tennessee that brings a healthy dose of glam, punk and power pop to the garage rock wheelhouse. At the heart of the band is Jeffery Novak, who started as a Tennessee teen playing in punk bands the aptly named Jeffrey Novak’s One Man Band and the now defunct Rat Traps. He fell under the wing of the late Jay Reatard who encouraged Novak in music and in...
WatchMerrill Garbus is very good at making the musics as tUnE-yArDs. Merrill Garbus with Questlove and Black Thought of The Roots is very, very good at making the musics as tUnE-yArDs, which she did last night when she stopped by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to perform “Gangsta”. It’s not just that the song is a banger, which it is, the magic of tUne-yArDs has always been in the show....
July 2011
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Don't Forget, Kurt Vile tonight at Russian...
Pitchfork may be this weekend, but don’t forget to stop by Russian Recording tonight when Kurt Vile and Woods take the stage for what is surely going to be one of the best shows to come through Bloomington this summer.
“Smoke Ring for My Halo
is the fourth full-length album from Kurt Vile — and, more importantly, the first since his 2009 breakthrough, Childish Prodigy. The...
Big Freedia at Russian Recording
The Queen Diva Big Freedia came to Russian Recording for a little BBQ and a WHOLE LOT of booty shaking. It was drunken, sweaty delirium. Grant Heger and his camera were on hand to capture a small taste of what went down. Click the pic below to view his gallery.
June 2011
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WatchBloomington ex-pat and current New Orleans resident Dan Burton of Early Day Miners recounts his experience watching Big Freedia live.
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Bon Iver on The Colbert Report
Day 4,380 of the Bon Iver Charm offensive rolls on, this time with a celebratory stop by The Colbert Report the same day their latest record, Bon Iver, received a 9.5 on Pitchfork and the day before the album hits store shelves, i.e. today. Justin Vernon chats with Colbert before performing a full bodied version of “Calgary” and a bonus performance of “Skinny Love.”
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Hear It First: NPR Streams Bon Iver, 'Bon Iver' →
NPR is streaming Bon Iver’s new album, Bon Iver, on the website. Listen. Enjoy. Join in the simmering discussion surrounding “Beth/Rest”. I’ll check back later
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Getting To Know You: TELEKINESIS
TELEKINESIS is the artists nom de plume of Seattle musician Michael Benjamin Lerner. The son of a Seattle radio DJ who filled his son’s early days with a steady diet of The Beatles and The Kinks, Lerner’s fate as a musician was ordained from the womb: “When my mom was pregnant with me, my parents went to see Stevie Wonder,” Lerner told Under The Radar. “He walked...
May 2011
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WatchEarlier this month Times New Viking released a video for “Ever Falling In Love,” off of the band’s Merge records debut, Dancer Equired!. Enjoy and enjoy them live when they return to The Bishop June 30 with Sleeping Bag and Tyler Jon Tyler.
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Justin Vernon - Charming Young Fellow
Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon stopped by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to charm the pants off of America and to perform a cover of Bonnie Raitt’s “I Can’t Make You Love Me.” The charm offensive is in preparation for the release of Bon Iver’s self-titled LP hitting the streets July 5. The band hits Indianapolis July 25 at The Murat. Videos of Justin’s Fallon chat...
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Pics: VIVIAN GIRLS & NO JOY at Max's Place
VIVIAN GIRLS and NO JOY returned to Bloomington last weekend with a visit to Max’s Place with some help from Open Sex and Apache Dropout. Julia Rickles was on hand to capture the fun. Click the photo above to view her gallery.
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The Woes Are Coming!
Brooklyn musical amalgamation The Woes returns to Bloomington Tuesday May 24 at The Bishop. I could keep throwing adjectives at you (bluegrass, pre-war blues, soul, Americana) or I could just let you watch a few live videos and let you figure it out for yourselves. Enjoy.
THE WOES “Quiet Faith” from Possum Den Productions on Vimeo.
The Woes - Black Bramble from Live &...
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Gang Gang Dance 4AD Session
Gang Gang Dance dropped by the 4AD studios to play several tracks off of their recently released album, Eye Contact. Recorded in England on a backdrop inspired by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama’s “infinity rooms,” the 4-track session features album tracks “Chinese High,” “Mindkilla,” “Adult Goth,” the Japanese bonus track “Bond,”...
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Bon Iver, 'Calgary'
The first single, “Calgary,” off of Bon Iver’s eponymous new record has been unleashed upon the word. Feel free to enjoy sans commentary or criticism from the likes of me. While you listen, click here and pick up a ticket to the group’s show July 25 at The Murat Theatre at Old National Centre in Indianapolis.
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Daytrotter Double-Shot: VIVIAN GIRLS & NO JOY
Saturday night Max’s Place is going to be full of ladies who rock. Specifically, the 5 ladies spread across Vivian Girls and No Joy (6 if you include Daun from Open Sex). Before you check them out live, take a listen to their visits to the Daytrotter studios last year.
Vivian Girls Daytrotter Session
No Joy Daytrotter Session
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Getting To Know You: NO JOY
No Joy is the Canadian duo of Laura Lloyd (vocals/guitar) and Jasmine White-Gluz (guitar/vocals). They played together as members of indie-pop band Bad Flirt before disbanding in 2009 and Jasmine moving to Los Angeles to escape the harsh Canadian winter. The duo began writing songs about their shared winter depression Postal Service-style, mailing tracks back and forth. In December of that year...