RHCP: They may be old, but they’re still awesome
By: Rachel Ogle Instead of going home for Easter weekend, some friends and I road tripped to South Carolina to see the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Some might say it’s crazy to drive ten hours for a concert (thanks, mom). I prefer to think of it as dedication. The painfully long drive was well worth...
Bear in Heaven hit The Bishop
As Bear in Heaven belted out the lyrics to their last song, “Lovesick teenagers, don’t ever die, they will live forever,” I knew that this would be a concert that I would not soon forget. The night started off with an explosion of sound from Doldrums. This electronic DJ let loose on the Bishop stage...
The Sick Tour 2012
By: Pat Olson As the noises died down, I could not help but think of what had just happened over the past 5 hours. The thundering of the amps, the brightness of the lights, the fog from the smoke machines, the crash of the drums — all of it culminated in that particular instance. The...
Maps and Atlases at The Bishop 3/8/12
By: Bari Finkel From the moment the opening band started on time, I knew this was going to be a unique show at The Bishop. The sold out Spirit of ’68 and WIUX cosponsored Maps and Atlases show created an exciting atmosphere, one where wiggle room was sacrificed for more energetic fans. The night began...
Bombay Bicycle Club @ The Subterranean
Bombay Bicycle Club at The Subterranean, Chicago 2/27/12 By: Paul Morris Last Monday I, along with WIUX’s own D.J. Rhiannon Noot, embarked on an excursion to the Mid-West Mecca, Chicago, to seethe British band Bombay Bicycle Club. Now I had heard of these boys about five years ago from their first EP released in...
Laura Stevenson and The Cans, Ivory Wave, and Odd Folk at WIUX
“This song is about falling in love,” Laura Stevenson says with a smile while adjusting her guitar. “I wrote it before I was ever in love, I thought it wouldn’t be that great but I soon found out that it’s pretty amazing.” Spoken like a true indie-pop artist and with that the song began. Laura...
Fly Painted Feathers, Neulore at The Bishop 2/28
By: Ashley Jenkins In a barefooted, seizure-esque dance, Harlan Kelly led his fellow bandmates in a spewing of sounds that, beginning with the first chords, had me dreading the time that the Fly Painted Feathers’ set would draw to a close. In songs about everything from Joaquin Phoenix to insects to what frontman Kelly calls...
Asobi Seksu at The Bishop 2/15
By: Alex Bulli The day began as all good Wednesday’s do – with a Latin book in hand and a bagel in my stomach. However, while my body travelled from place to place studying cultures not so different from our own, my mind was riding on a wave of flashbacks to Asobi Seksu’s set on...
Concert Review: Papadosio
Going to a Papadosio concert was a multi-sensory experience. Flashing lights of different colors illuminated the four men, painting them in different shades of red, blue, and green. Smoke, partially from the band’s smoke machine and partially from the crowd’s hastily smoked joints, showed trails of red lasers. A hallucinatory slideshow was projected on screens...
Steve Aoki/Datsik’s Deadmeat Tour at The Egyptian Room
By: J. Arturo Contreras Furry pink boots, guys in black and yellow zentai suits, and a Native American chief hat. Those were some of the eccentricities happening at the Steve Aoki/Datsik’s Deadmeat Tour at the Egyptian Room at Old National Centre in Indianapolis. As I walked into the building I could not help but notice...
Charles Bradley at The Bluebird Slideshow
Charles Bradley gave a fantastic performance at The Bluebird on February 19, 2012. Check out the slideshow below. Photos by Andrew Olanoff.
Lera Lynn and The Calumet Reel Slideshow
Did you miss seeing Lera Lynn and The Calumet Reel at The Bishop? Well don’t fret, you can look at the beautiful photos of the show. Throw on some headphones, listen to Lera Lynn and scroll through these photos for the best viewing experience. Photos by Jeff Ubelhor
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