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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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.
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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...
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Getting To Know You: VIVIAN GIRLS
The Vivian Girls are a o-fi-indie rock trio from the burrough of Brooklyn. The group was found in the spring of 2007 by guitarist Cassie Ramone, bassist “Kickball Katy” Goodman and original drummer Frankie Rose who would move on to join Crystal Stilts and Dum Dum Girls before fronting her own solo project. The group took their name from the hermaphroditic heroines of outsider artist...
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Getting To Know You: DAMIEN JURADO
Unlike my mother, who spends her time away from the classroom asleep on the couch half-watching The Biggest Loser, pre-school teacher cum folkateer DAMIEN JURADO spends his extracurricular time in the studio and on the road crafting indie-folk masterpieces for nearly 20 years.
Damien Jurado - ohio from bluelinestyle.com on Vimeo.
Jurado picked up the bass after falling in love with Black...
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Hear It First: GANG GANG DANCE 'EYE CONTACT' →
Gang Gang Dance’s latest release, Eye Contact, hits stores May 10 but you can hear it first on the Brooklyn band’s website. Click here to listen to the album stream and click here to buy tickets to the group’s show July 14 at The Bishop.
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Getting To Know You: JOHN VANDERSLICE
JOHN VANDERSLICE is a man of many talents. The Gainesville, FL native bounced around the south as a child before settling in Maryland. Teenage rock band indulgence became substantial when John became part of the mid-90’s alt rockers Mk Ultra how broke up just as they were making national headway.
While others members joined up with Jets to Brazil and Creeper Lagoon, Vanderslice went solo,...
April 2011
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Getting To Know You: THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT...
Brooklyn’s THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART have been described as many things - shoegaze, dreampop, twee - but deep down they are the pop band they have always set out to be, kicking up feelings of late 80’s and 90’s college nostalgia in listeners like me.
“The great thing about pop is that it talks about songs, not style. We write pop songs. I don’t like...
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Getting To Know You: TWIN SHADOW
Twin Shadow is George Lewis Jr., the troubled son of a hairdresser and a “teacher who lived many lives” (semi-pro football, massage therapy, film maker and other things we’ll tell you about when you’re older), George was born in the Dominican Republic and spent his formative years in Venice, Florida. Relocated to Boston and made his way to Brooklyn.
“I was super cut off from all music and...
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John Vanderslice on NPR's All Songs Considered
This past week, NPR shared the video for “Overcoat” from John Vanderslice’s latest album, White Wilderness. John Vanderslice will be taking The Bishop stage here in Bloomington on May 5th, just in time to kick off the summer and celebrate end of the semester. Be sure to take a look and listen on the NPR website.
“We recorded the entire record in two days, and the...
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Pics: The Budos Band with Charles Bradley at The...
This past Friday night The Budos Band returned to The Bluebird and they brought with them “The Screaming Eagle of Soul,” Charles Bradley. Chris Swanson summed up the evening thusly, “Charles Bradley playing the first song like it was his encore.” The show was pretty much an uphill climb of awesomeness from there. Ryan Dorgan was on hand to capture the night. Click the...
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Charles Bradley on KEXP at SXSW →
There is nothing better than live soul done right and Charles Bradley live is all kinds of right. Tomorrow night the 62-year old Gainesville native opens for The Budos Band. KEXP captured his stirring session at SXSW. Click the link above to view what’s in store at The Bluebird.
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Damien Jurado live @ Södra Teatern →
I can’t read Swedish but I can share in their love of Damien Jurado. He played a show a few days back at @ Södra Teatern in Sweden and they were kind enough to post it for the rest of the world to enjoy. Click the shiny red letters above to listen and test your Swedish vocabulary.