Following the release of their stellar eponymous EP, the Bloomington boys from Hoops have done it again: Their debut studio album Routines will be out May 5th via Fat Possum. You can find the album's tracklisting as well as their tour information below. The band also released a single, "Rules," ...
Local Americana extraordinaire Chris Dollar joins WIUX for the debut of our brand new Artist Showcase! In order to highlight the amazing community of local musicians Bloomington has to offer, giving them a platform and giving our listeners a weekly dose of great new music, we've created this specialty ...
FLANCH's debut self-titled album, released this past February on Darling Recordings, and it's a force to be reckoned with. Producers Peter Timberlake and Ben Peterson venture into the depths of harsh, glitchy textures, experimental hip-hop and organic, heavyset rhythms (Not unlike Arca) and emerge ...
This promises to be a bit of a unicorn in terms of Bloomington shows. Gary, Indiana producer Jlin (Jerrilynn Patton)'s masterful debut release Dark Energy was met with near universal praise last year. A dark, tense, and compellingly ambitious album with roots in the Chicago footwork scene, she's asserted ...
Hometown heroes Hoops just announced the release of their debut, self-titled EP, out August 26th via Fat Possum (Spiritualized, Youth Lagoon, Sunflower Bean). Boasting a dreamy, lo-fi sound somewhere between Real Estate, Prefab Sprout and Ariel Pink, their music is perfect for the vast expanses of ...
WIUX will be covering Pitchfork Music Festival again this year, and in anticipation of this year's phenomenal lineup, (Which includes Sufjan Stevens, Neon Indian, and even the Sun Ra Arkestra) we've concocted this playlist. Pitchfork Music Festival is in Chicago from July 15-17. You can get tickets ...
Summer is here, and as always the WIUX Blog Squad is here to celebrate with you. We hand-crafted this playlist with tunes we thought really illustrate the beauty of this season: "The opening track on arguably the National's most underappreciated album, "Secret Meeting" has an underwater feel to ...
Via 0001 5/7 When Yung Lean dropped the video for “Hoover” way back in November, he set expectations for his second studio album way high. The video was fantastic and the song really slapped. Production-wise it marked a heavy departure for Lean, owing more to the more frenzied sounds not dissimilar ...
Released: 10/2/2015 Score: 5/7 In his sophomore effort, Arthur Ashin brings a fresh set of themes and instrumental nuances while giving us more of the same of those gleaming synth lines and the oh-so-glorious delivery and presence as a vocalist. Autre Ne Veut's defining eclectic approach to structure ...
