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SATURDAY MAY 19TH… X-KRUSH w/90’s DAUGHTER

Doors/Bar Open 8:30pm
90’s Daughter 10:00-10:45pm
X-Krush 10:45-11:30pm
90’s Daughter 11:30-12:30am
X-Krush 12:30-1:30am

WITH ALTERNATING SETS FROM 90′S DAUGHTER!!!

$7.00 at the door only (NO advance tickets)

Johnny Cash, Social D, Papa Roach, Queens Of The Stone Age, NIN, Rob Zombie, Wolfmother, Blind Melon, Disturbed, Green Day, Blink 182, David Allan Coe, AC/DC, Danzig, White Zombie, Metallica, Jimmy Eat World, Fallout Boy, Franz Ferdinand, Dead Eye Dick, STP, Velvet Revolver, Marilyn Manson, Outkast, Hank Jr., The Clash, Dope, Orgy, Godsmack, Audioslave, AFI, Garth Brooks, Hoobastank, Sublime, Black Sabbath, PM5K, Limp Biskit, Alien Ant Farm, Motorhead, The Ramones, Rancid, Neil Diamond, Cake, Alice In Chains, Beastie Boys, Blur, Drowning Pool, The Hives, Jet, Everclear, Filter, Goldfinger, Korn, Linkin Park, Radiohead, Pantera, Puddle Of Mudd, Rage Against The Machine, Smashing Pumpkins, Sponge, Weezer, The White Stripes, U2, The Toadies, 3 Doors Down, Violent Femmes, The Vines, a bunch of old METAL, hair bands, old school country and whatever else fits the mood…

www.x-krush.net

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SATURDAY MAY 26TH… EVIL TENTS

NIGHT AIR ON THE MIDWAY CD RELEASE PARTY

Doors/Bar Open 9:00pm
Fahri 10:00-10:25pm
Common Loon 10:35-11:05pm
Brief Candles 11:15-11:45pm
Evil Tents 12:00-12:45am
Psychic Twin 1:00-2:00am

$7.00 at the door only (NO advance tickets)

From the ends of past projects to the quiet beginnings of something new, John Isberg (The Firebird Band, The Blackouts, The International Theatre of War), Isaac Arms (Withershins) and visual artist Nathan Westerman play a beautiful blend of indie folk pop.

http://soundcloud.com/eviltents

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FRIDAY JUNE 1ST… SIERRA LEONE’S REFUGEE ALL STARS

Doors/Bar Open 7:00pm
Rhythm Manding 7:30-8:30pm
Refugee All Stars 9:00-10:30pm
(DJ Delayney 11:00pm)

$16.00 in advance (and $18.00 at the door)

The globally acclaimed Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars return with their third studio album, Radio Salone, out April 24, 2012. Produced by roots reggae, soul and Afrobeat guru Victor Axelrod, aka Ticklah, (Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings, Amy Winehouse, Easy Star All Stars, Antibalas) and recorded in Brooklyn’s Dunham Studios, Radio Salone marks the band’s most musically sophisticated collection of songs to date. The album is the follow-up to the band’s 2010 albumRise & Shine, which was the #1 album of the year on the World Music Charts Europe.

Out of dark times, Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars have always made music rife with hopeful messages and joyful rhythms. Radio Salone is no different, but this time it feels like a milestone album for the group. When they stepped into the studio for the Radio Salone sessions, they began laying down tracks with a definitive vintage African vibe, connecting traditional West African sounds with roots reggae in ways that they had never before explored. Employing analog technology, the band used mid-70s era microphones and 16-track tapes. With the limited takes that tape imposes on the recording process, there was often just one chance to create perfection. But perfection to this band means embracing unplanned nuances, allowing the visceral qualities of music to shine, letting the process play out in real time. The mics don’t shut off between the album’s tracks – an invitation to the listener to join the band on their creative journey.

Having persevered through the horrors of the Sierra Leonean civil war, band leader Reuben Koroma and the group continue to musically evolve in exciting ways, well past their jam sessions in the Guinean refugee camps and the rawness of their first recordings in their native capital of Freetown. The songs are infused with intricate dub elements not found in their earlier material and interludes are featured as part of the album flow for the first time. From the hollow echoes of the congoma (also known as the marimba – a percussion instrument with wooden keys and resonators) in album opener “Chant It Down” to the bubbling rhythm of lead single “Mother In Law” to the irresistible hook of “Big Fat Dog,” there are thrilling discoveries around every corner. While the band initially gained fame through the power of their story and message, Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars have since become one of Africa’s most active touring bands, and the years of experience are reflected in the virtuosity of their performance on Radio Salone.

www.sierraleonesrefugeeallstars.com

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SATURDAY JUNE 2ND… OUTBOUND DRIVE

Doors/Bar Open 8:30pm
Outbound Drive 9:30-10:30pm
Outbound Drive 10:50-11:50pm
Outbound Drive 12:10-1:15am

70s/80s/90s country rock from Central Illinois…
“Your Favorite Classic Rock with a Country Kick!”

Patrick Sheppard – Vocals/Rythm Guitar
Paige Watson – Vocals
Matthew Morgeson – Lead Guitar/Backup Vocals
Sam Umbanhowar – Drums/Percussion
Tim Bulster – Bass/Backup Vocals

$5.00 at the door only (NO advance tickets)

www.outbounddrive.com

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SATURDAY JUNE 9TH… AD/HD (AC/DC TRIBUTE)

Doors Open 8:30pm
AD/HD 9:30-10:30pm
AD/HD 10:50-11:50pm
AD/HD 12:10-1:15am

$7.00 at the door only (NO advance tickets)

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SATURDAY JUNE 16TH… BENEATH THE SKIN

Megan Johns
Carl Hauck
Tricia Scully
An Evening With Your Mother
The Palace Flophouse
(DJs Tba @ 11:00pm)

SET TIMES AND ORDER TBD (DOORS OPEN AT 7:00PM)

$10.00 in advance (at Exile On Main Street only) [and $10.00 at the door]

Beneath the Skin is an annual event benefiting the Young Survival Coalition of Champaign-Urbana. C-U Local Musicians Performing, Silent Auction, Food and Drinks. Celebrating YSC C-U members and survivors.

www.facebook.com/BeneathTheSkn

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SATURDAY JUNE 30TH… BLUES BREWS & BBQS FESTIVAL AFTER-PARTY

Doors/Bar Open 9:00pm
To Be Announced 10:00pm

www.urbanablues.com

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SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 29TH… PYGMALION MUSIC FESTIVAL

full band line-up and set times to be announced
go buy festival passes via the web link below!!!

www.pygmalionmusicfestival.com

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TUESDAY OCTOBER 9TH… RASPUTINA

Doors/Bar Open 7:00pm
Faun Fables 8:00-8:40pm
Rasputina 9:00-10:30pm

tickets $15.00 in advance (and $15.00 at the door)

The Rasputina group has existed for more than 20(0) years. Melora Creager founded it to meet like-minded young women (excellent cellists that wanted to play rock music and wear historical costumery). Although often mistakenly lumped into passing fancies, Rasputina manages to survive and defy categorization by maintaining a child-like delight in music-making alongside a clear & true integrity.

Rasputina has made something like 8 albums. It’s hard to count. Do live recordings count as albums? And what about rarity compilations? In addition to Rasputina albums, Melora Creager has released a number of limited edition short-works.

Pictured are current members:
Daniel DeJesus – cellist and vocalist extraordinaire, 3 year Gold-Star Rasputina member
Melora Creager – founder & directress, cello, voice, banjo & etc |
Dawn Miceli – celebrity podcaster in her own right, percussion/singer

www.rasputina.com

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TUESDAY APRIL 24TH… EZRA FURMAN

Doors/Bar Open 8:00pm
Ben & Will (from The Divide) 8:30-9:00pm
Chamberlin 9:20-10:00pm
Ezra Furman (band) 10:20-11:30pm

$10.00 online only (and $10.00 at the door)

Ezra Furman & the Harpoons have made numerous album of the year lists with their debut Banging Down the Doors and sophomore release Inside the Human Body. They have gained critical acclaim for performances with Lou Reed at South by Southwest, Alec Ounsworth of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The Walkmen, Spoon, and Delta Spirit, as well as at major festivals such as Lollapalooza. They have attained international notoriety by soaring to the number-one spot on European radio stations and playing to thousands at Barcelona’s Primavera music festival. Ezra personally embarked on the quixotic feat of recording an original and personalized song for every person who bought a special self-released EP. On top of all of this, Ezra Furman & the Harpoons deliver live performances that will leave you buzzing with excitement.

Furman gallops and crashes around the stage like an asylum-bound Buddy Holly complete with endearing hiccups and frightening tics. He not only christens every tour with a nom de rock, but also titles each individual gig. Furman’s witty and effusive conversations with the audience, along with his heightened attention to the crowd’s prevailing mood and the shows named like children, creates an extremely personalized feel for every performance. The band grinds out riffs stoically and belts out harmonies spiritedly as they lay the aural ties to support the verbal locomotion of Furman as he careens and caroms about, filling the room with the boiling-hot emotional steam of a fully bared soul.

www.ezrafurman.com

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SATURDAY APRIL 28TH… BAND OF HEATHENS

Doors/Bar Open 6:00pm
Lera Lynn 7:00-7:40pm
Band Of Heathens 8:00-10:00pm

PRESENTED BY WWHP “THE WHIP” 98.3

$10.00 in advance (and $12.00 at the door)

The guys in the Band Of Heathens are fond of saying they became a unit by accident. But that’s like saying the Big Bang was an accident. Unplanned, maybe, but hardly random. One might even argue that a kind of destiny was involved. The merger of singer/songwriters/multi-instrumentalists Ed Jurdi, Gordy Quist and Colin Brooks, with bassist Seth Whitney and drummer John Chipman, from their respective solo careers and bands may not be akin to a cosmic explosion, but their album, One Foot in the Ether, offers irrefutable evidence that they were meant to be together — and have evolved into a solid entity worthy of the comparisons they receive to the Black Crowes, the Band and Little Feat.

The Americana Music Association’s 2010 list of Top 100 Albums of the Year found Band of Heathens “One Foot In The Ether” slotted in at #7!

www.bandofheathens.com
www.wwhp.com

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TUESDAY MAY 1ST… LIONIZE

Doors/Bar Open 8:30pm
Scathe 9:30-10:20pm
Lionize 10:45-12:00am

$10.00 in advance (and $10.00 at the door)

Lionize performs over 200 dates a year, having been tapped to open up for bands such as CLUTCH, GALACTIC, STEEL PULSE and BAD BRAINS. Lionize also pulled double duty backing and supporting Lee “Scratch” Perry, garnering a slew of positive reviews.

Lionize takes pride in their original sound, DIY work ethic and fiery live shows. DESTRUCTION MANUAL, (produced by J. Robbins of Jawbox) finds the band continuing its exploration of the stoner-rock, funk and reggae landscapes.

This twelve-song LP calls to mind classic reggae and rock albums with a decidedly modern spin. The band’s foundation on drums and bass are LaMel Randolgh and Henry Upton who hint at a rock-and-roll version of Sly and Robbie joined with the classic scorching Hammond organ and key sounds from Chris Brooks and the commanding guitar and vocal work of Nathan Bergman. Reggae heavyweights David Hinds and Selwyn Brown of Steel Pulse lend their vocal talents on the track Killers and Crooks as well as stalwart guitar work from Tim Sult of Clutch who also lends his talents throughout this record.

Between recording in Kingston, Jamaica with Sidney Mills (Steel Pulse), collaborating on and off stage with artists such as Ozomatli and Chali 2na, and supporting heavy metal favorites Kylesa and cKy, the band begins 2011 on quite an auspicious note.

Despite its lack of mainstream press, the band’s loyal following expands daily. With DESTRUCTION MANUAL set to be released on Hardline Entertainment early Feb. 2011 and tours supporting Authority Zero and Streetlight Manifesto on the horizon, Lionize continues to turn ears as a novel addition to the sonic terrain of rock and roll with its train of heavy riffs, wailing organ, and pulsating reggae.

http://lionizemusic.com/home/

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SATURDAY MAY 19TH… X-KRUSH w/90’s DAUGHTER

Doors/Bar Open 8:30pm
90’s Daughter 9:30-10:30pm
X-Krush 10:30-11:30pm
90’s Daughter 11:30-12:30am
X-Krush 12:30-1:30am

WITH ALTERNATING SETS FROM 90′S DAUGHTER!!!

$7.00 at the door only (NO advance tickets)

Johnny Cash, Social D, Papa Roach, Queens Of The Stone Age, NIN, Rob Zombie, Wolfmother, Blind Melon, Disturbed, Green Day, Blink 182, David Allan Coe, AC/DC, Danzig, White Zombie, Metallica, Jimmy Eat World, Fallout Boy, Franz Ferdinand, Dead Eye Dick, STP, Velvet Revolver, Marilyn Manson, Outkast, Hank Jr., The Clash, Dope, Orgy, Godsmack, Audioslave, AFI, Garth Brooks, Hoobastank, Sublime, Black Sabbath, PM5K, Limp Biskit, Alien Ant Farm, Motorhead, The Ramones, Rancid, Neil Diamond, Cake, Alice In Chains, Beastie Boys, Blur, Drowning Pool, The Hives, Jet, Everclear, Filter, Goldfinger, Korn, Linkin Park, Radiohead, Pantera, Puddle Of Mudd, Rage Against The Machine, Smashing Pumpkins, Sponge, Weezer, The White Stripes, U2, The Toadies, 3 Doors Down, Violent Femmes, The Vines, a bunch of old METAL, hair bands, old school country and whatever else fits the mood…

www.x-krush.net

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SATURDAY MAY 26TH… EVIL TENTS CD RELEASE PARTY

*doors open 9:00pm (order/set times to be determined)*

COMMON LOON
FAHRI
PSYCHIC TWIN
BRIEF CANDLES
EVIL TENTS

$7.00 at the door only (NO advance tickets)

From the ends of past projects to the quiet beginnings of something new, John Isberg (The Firebird Band, The Blackouts, The International Theatre of War), Isaac Arms (Withershins) and visual artist Nathan Westerman play a beautiful blend of indie folk pop.

http://soundcloud.com/eviltents

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FRIDAY JUNE 1ST… SIERRA LEONE’S REFUGEE ALL STARS

Doors/Bar Open 7:00pm
Rhythm Manding 7:30-8:30pm
Refugee All Stars 9:00-10:30pm
(DJ Delayney 11:00pm)

$16.00 in advance (and $18.00 at the door)

The globally acclaimed Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars return with their third studio album, Radio Salone, out April 24, 2012. Produced by roots reggae, soul and Afrobeat guru Victor Axelrod, aka Ticklah, (Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings, Amy Winehouse, Easy Star All Stars, Antibalas) and recorded in Brooklyn’s Dunham Studios, Radio Salone marks the band’s most musically sophisticated collection of songs to date. The album is the follow-up to the band’s 2010 albumRise & Shine, which was the #1 album of the year on the World Music Charts Europe.

Out of dark times, Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars have always made music rife with hopeful messages and joyful rhythms. Radio Salone is no different, but this time it feels like a milestone album for the group. When they stepped into the studio for the Radio Salone sessions, they began laying down tracks with a definitive vintage African vibe, connecting traditional West African sounds with roots reggae in ways that they had never before explored. Employing analog technology, the band used mid-70s era microphones and 16-track tapes. With the limited takes that tape imposes on the recording process, there was often just one chance to create perfection. But perfection to this band means embracing unplanned nuances, allowing the visceral qualities of music to shine, letting the process play out in real time. The mics don’t shut off between the album’s tracks – an invitation to the listener to join the band on their creative journey.

Having persevered through the horrors of the Sierra Leonean civil war, band leader Reuben Koroma and the group continue to musically evolve in exciting ways, well past their jam sessions in the Guinean refugee camps and the rawness of their first recordings in their native capital of Freetown. The songs are infused with intricate dub elements not found in their earlier material and interludes are featured as part of the album flow for the first time. From the hollow echoes of the congoma (also known as the marimba – a percussion instrument with wooden keys and resonators) in album opener “Chant It Down” to the bubbling rhythm of lead single “Mother In Law” to the irresistible hook of “Big Fat Dog,” there are thrilling discoveries around every corner. While the band initially gained fame through the power of their story and message, Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars have since become one of Africa’s most active touring bands, and the years of experience are reflected in the virtuosity of their performance on Radio Salone.

www.sierraleonesrefugeeallstars.com

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SATURDAY JUNE 9TH… AD/HD (AC/DC TRIBUTE)

Doors Open 8:30pm
AD/HD 9:30-10:30pm
AD/HD 10:50-11:50pm
AD/HD 12:10-1:15am

$7.00 at the door only (NO advance tickets)

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SATURDAY APRIL 14TH… VANATTICA

Doors Open 7:00pm
Dari 7:30-8:00pm
Year Of The Bobcat 8:20-9:00pm
Vanattica 9:20-10:00pm
(DJ Night 11:00pm)

$5.00 at the door only (NO advance tickets)

Hailing from Champaign IL, Vanattica is an original rock/pop band that combines the vocal purity of Fall Out Boy with the edge and power of Anberlin. Coming together in 2005 the band has impacted Midwest radio and powered through over 300 self-booked shows highlighted by a 2008 Vans Warped Tour appearance.

Myspace – www.myspace.com/vanattica
Twitter – www.twitter.com/vanattica
YouTube – www.youtube.com/vanattica

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FRIDAY APRIL 20TH… JC BROOKS AND THE UPTOWN SOUND

Doors/Bar Open 7:30pm
The Thin Souls 8:00-8:40pm
JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound 9:00-10:15pm
(DJ Delayney 11:00pm)

tickets $10.00 in advance (and $10.00 at the door)

VIDEO (WILCO COVER)>>>
“I Am Trying To Break Your Heart”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK6VILyHVDE

What does post-punk soul look like? Six and a half feet of raw emotion and sweat, with one leather boot planted in gutsy R&B, the other in taut minimalist grind. Snarling at the crowd beneath an afro pompadour, while indulging in a sly wink, singing to you directly, and here to make you dance. What does post-punk soul look like? It looks like JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound.

JC Brooks was born the son of a Jersey funk diva, his voice erupts with heart and heartache over the ferocious rhythm and star-time charisma of guitarist Billy Bungeroth, drummer Kevin Marks, keyboardist Andy Rosenstein, and bassist Ben Taylor. With a take-no-prisoners live attack and lyrics speaking of the torment and triumph of these tumultuous times, it’s no wonder that the Chicago Tribune called JC Brooks “the real deal”. This is a soul band rallying against our disaffected and disengaged era, connecting with people the old-fashioned way, by whipping them into a frenzy with honest appeal and unbridled enthusiasm.

The Uptown Sound has attracted a true-blue grassroots following, with MOJO Magazine identifying them as “one of the hottest US soul acts”. Since unleashing their Bloodshot Records debut “Want More” (“A lively set of gritty old-school soul and funk injected with raw garage-rock aggression” – KEXP), they’ve barnstormed North America and Europe relentlessly, while burning up NPR and AAA radio with their stomping cover of Wilco’s “I Am Trying To Break Your Heart” (which they performed with the song’s composer, Jeff Tweedy, at Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival).

JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound have toured, warred, scored, and they’re not to be ignored. Bear witness, for these young men are on the move and they know what post-punk soul looks like. It looks like the future.

jcbrooksandtheuptownsound.com

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SATURDAY APRIL 21ST… THE DUKE OF UKE & HIS NOVELTY ORCHSTRA

Doors/Bar Open 7:00pm
The Duke Of Uke 8:00-10:00pm

CD RELEASE PARTY FOR APRIL’S EMPIRE!

$5.00 at the door only (NO advance tickets)

Energetic and unabashedly romantic, The Duke of Uke & His Novelty Orchestra enchants audiences with witty lyrics, complex vocal harmonies and funky rhythms. Their infectiously optimistic sound draws from a wide range of influences… classical composers such as Bach, to tin pan alley ragtime tunes, to elements of gospel and Motown, to rock-n-roll artists of the ’60s and 70s. The unique combination of ukulele, violin, tuba, saxophone, bass, rock drums and latin percussion swing you from sweet to funky with a sound that will remind you of summers gone by, road trips to come, and long-lost friends you’ve never met.

www.facebook.com/dukeofukemusic

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SUNDAY APRIL 22ND… BLOWER

Doors Open 8:00pm
Lou DiBello 9:00pm
Blower 10:00pm

FEATURING DOUG EVENS FROM THE DIDJITS!

$5.00 at the door only (NO advance tickets)

Blower is the creation of Doug Evans, the Didjits’ former songsmith and all around baadasssss, Merilee666 (High Times and friend of Pat Longo) and a man named Jimmy Delp who pounds the drums like he is tenderizing them for a feast. Some bands are beyond compare and others beg you to pick them apart. Blower wear their influences on the side of their rod like the decals of many sponsors. Their combination of 70′s Heavy Rock, 80′s Heavier Rock and 90′s Heavy as Hell Rock combine to make the Heaviest Rock of the 3rd Millennium. If you look under the hood you may find Turbonegro, KISS, The Dead Boys, The Dictators, The Hellicopters, etc, as well as a gleaming Max Wedge.

www.facebook.com/pages/BL%C3%96WER/128894163184

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TUESDAY APRIL 24TH… EZRA FURMAN

Doors/Bar Open 8:00pm
Ben & Will (from The Divide) 8:30-9:00pm
Chamberlin 9:20-10:00pm
Ezra Furman (band) 10:20-11:30pm

$10.00 online only (and $10.00 at the door)

Ezra Furman & the Harpoons have made numerous album of the year lists with their debut Banging Down the Doors and sophomore release Inside the Human Body. They have gained critical acclaim for performances with Lou Reed at South by Southwest, Alec Ounsworth of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The Walkmen, Spoon, and Delta Spirit, as well as at major festivals such as Lollapalooza. They have attained international notoriety by soaring to the number-one spot on European radio stations and playing to thousands at Barcelona’s Primavera music festival. Ezra personally embarked on the quixotic feat of recording an original and personalized song for every person who bought a special self-released EP. On top of all of this, Ezra Furman & the Harpoons deliver live performances that will leave you buzzing with excitement.

Furman gallops and crashes around the stage like an asylum-bound Buddy Holly complete with endearing hiccups and frightening tics. He not only christens every tour with a nom de rock, but also titles each individual gig. Furman’s witty and effusive conversations with the audience, along with his heightened attention to the crowd’s prevailing mood and the shows named like children, creates an extremely personalized feel for every performance. The band grinds out riffs stoically and belts out harmonies spiritedly as they lay the aural ties to support the verbal locomotion of Furman as he careens and caroms about, filling the room with the boiling-hot emotional steam of a fully bared soul.

www.ezrafurman.com

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SATURDAY APRIL 28TH… BAND OF HEATHENS

Doors/Bar Open 7:00pm
Lera Lynn 7:30-8:10pm
Band Of Heathens 8:30-10:30pm

PRESENTED BY WWHP “THE WHIP” 98.3

$10.00 in advance (and $12.00 at the door)

The guys in the Band Of Heathens are fond of saying they became a unit by accident. But that’s like saying the Big Bang was an accident. Unplanned, maybe, but hardly random. One might even argue that a kind of destiny was involved. The merger of singer/songwriters/multi-instrumentalists Ed Jurdi, Gordy Quist and Colin Brooks, with bassist Seth Whitney and drummer John Chipman, from their respective solo careers and bands may not be akin to a cosmic explosion, but their album, One Foot in the Ether, offers irrefutable evidence that they were meant to be together — and have evolved into a solid entity worthy of the comparisons they receive to the Black Crowes, the Band and Little Feat.

The Americana Music Association’s 2010 list of Top 100 Albums of the Year found Band of Heathens “One Foot In The Ether” slotted in at #7!

www.bandofheathens.com
www.wwhp.com

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TUESDAY MAY 1ST… LIONIZE

Doors/Bar Open 8:30pm
Scathe 9:30-10:20pm
Lionize 10:45-12:00am

$10.00 in advance (and $10.00 at the door)

Lionize performs over 200 dates a year, having been tapped to open up for bands such as CLUTCH, GALACTIC, STEEL PULSE and BAD BRAINS. Lionize also pulled double duty backing and supporting Lee “Scratch” Perry, garnering a slew of positive reviews.

Lionize takes pride in their original sound, DIY work ethic and fiery live shows. DESTRUCTION MANUAL, (produced by J. Robbins of Jawbox) finds the band continuing its exploration of the stoner-rock, funk and reggae landscapes.

This twelve-song LP calls to mind classic reggae and rock albums with a decidedly modern spin. The band’s foundation on drums and bass are LaMel Randolgh and Henry Upton who hint at a rock-and-roll version of Sly and Robbie joined with the classic scorching Hammond organ and key sounds from Chris Brooks and the commanding guitar and vocal work of Nathan Bergman. Reggae heavyweights David Hinds and Selwyn Brown of Steel Pulse lend their vocal talents on the track Killers and Crooks as well as stalwart guitar work from Tim Sult of Clutch who also lends his talents throughout this record.

Between recording in Kingston, Jamaica with Sidney Mills (Steel Pulse), collaborating on and off stage with artists such as Ozomatli and Chali 2na, and supporting heavy metal favorites Kylesa and cKy, the band begins 2011 on quite an auspicious note.

Despite its lack of mainstream press, the band’s loyal following expands daily. With DESTRUCTION MANUAL set to be released on Hardline Entertainment early Feb. 2011 and tours supporting Authority Zero and Streetlight Manifesto on the horizon, Lionize continues to turn ears as a novel addition to the sonic terrain of rock and roll with its train of heavy riffs, wailing organ, and pulsating reggae.

http://lionizemusic.com/home/

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THURSDAY APRIL 5TH… ROB DELANEY (JUPITERS AT THE CROSSING)

Doors/Mezzanine Open 8:00pm
Janelle James and Justin Voris 9:00pm
Rob Delaney 9:20pm

THIS SHOW IS JUPITERS AT THE CROSSING (NOT AT HIGHDIVE)

THIS IS A SEATED SHOW UPSTAIRS ON THE MEZZANINE LEVEL. FEEL FREE TO ARRIVE AT ANY TIME EARLIER THAN 8:00PM TO EAT AND DRINK ON THE MAIN LEVEL!

$15.00 in advance ($15.00 at the door)

Jupiters At The Crossing
www.jupiterspizza.com
2511 Village Green Place Champaign IL 61822
(217-366-8300)

Rob Delaney is originally from Boston. After an idyllic childhood during which he was never, ever lonely, he attended New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. He performs stand up regularly at the top comedy venues in Los Angeles, New York, and various comedy clubs across the United States. Rob is currently in development for both a pilot for Comedy Central and a book deal for Random House. His television credits include FUEL TV’s The Daily Habit, and the pilot Movie Nook for TBS. On Twitter, Rob has created a following of nearly 230,000 followers that grows every day. He’s been listed on “The Funniest People on Twitter” on such sites as the Huffington Post, Vice Magazine, Paste Magazine, Comedy Central, and Funny or Die. Most recently Rob was a contributing writer on the British version of the IT Crowd as well as the show Ridiculousness on MTV. Rob also sings the national anthem for the Boston Red Sox and the Los Angeles Dodgers.

http://twitter.com/#!/robdelaney

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SATURDAY APRIL 7TH… MURDER BY DEATH

Doors/Bar Open 7:00pm
Grandkids 7:30-8:00pm
New Ruins 8:20-8:50pm
Murder by Death 9:10-10:30pm
(DJ Night to follow at 11:00pm)

PYGMALION SPRING SHOW SERIES PRESENTED BY WPCD 88.7

$12.00 in advance (and $14.00 at the door)

Adam Turla: vocals, guitar
Sarah Balliet: cello, keyboards
Matt Armstrong: bass, noises
Dagan Thogerson: drums, percussion
Scott Brackett: keys, coronet, accordion, percussion, mandolin, vocals, theramin

They may call Bloomington, Indiana, home, but since their 2000 formation, Murder by Death have been a band without musical borders. Theirs is a world where Old West murder ballads mingle with rock-injected aestern classicism; where an album’s sequencing can take listeners from a haunted back alley in rural Mexico to a raucous Irish pub. All of which is to say, Murder by Death albums don’t just string together songs; they create experiences. With their fifth album (and second for Vagrant), Good Morning, Magpie, Murder by Death continue the tradition of border expansion that drove career standouts like 2006’s In Bocca al Lupo and 2008’s Red of Tooth and Claw.

www.murderbydeath.com

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SATURDAY APRIL 14TH… VANATTICA

Doors Open 7:00pm
Dari 7:30-8:00pm
Sing Me A Fiction 8:20-9:00pm
Vanattica 9:20-10:00pm
(DJ Night 11:00pm)

$5.00 at the door only (NO advance tickets)

Hailing from Champaign IL, Vanattica is an original rock/pop band that combines the vocal purity of Fall Out Boy with the edge and power of Anberlin. Coming together in 2005 the band has impacted Midwest radio and powered through over 300 self-booked shows highlighted by a 2008 Vans Warped Tour appearance.

Myspace – www.myspace.com/vanattica
Twitter – www.twitter.com/vanattica
YouTube – www.youtube.com/vanattica

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FRIDAY APRIL 20TH… JC BROOKS AND THE UPTOWN SOUND

Doors/Bar Open 7:00pm
To Be Announced 7:30-8:10pm
JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound 8:30-10:00pm
(DJ Delayney 11:00pm)

tickets $10.00 in advance (and $10.00 at the door)

VIDEO>>>
“I Am Trying To Break Your Heart”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK6VILyHVDE

What does post-punk soul look like? Six and a half feet of raw emotion and sweat, with one leather boot planted in gutsy R&B, the other in taut minimalist grind. Snarling at the crowd beneath an afro pompadour, while indulging in a sly wink, singing to you directly, and here to make you dance. What does post-punk soul look like? It looks like JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound.

JC Brooks was born the son of a Jersey funk diva, his voice erupts with heart and heartache over the ferocious rhythm and star-time charisma of guitarist Billy Bungeroth, drummer Kevin Marks, keyboardist Andy Rosenstein, and bassist Ben Taylor. With a take-no-prisoners live attack and lyrics speaking of the torment and triumph of these tumultuous times, it’s no wonder that the Chicago Tribune called JC Brooks “the real deal”. This is a soul band rallying against our disaffected and disengaged era, connecting with people the old-fashioned way, by whipping them into a frenzy with honest appeal and unbridled enthusiasm.

The Uptown Sound has attracted a true-blue grassroots following, with MOJO Magazine identifying them as “one of the hottest US soul acts”. Since unleashing their Bloodshot Records debut “Want More” (“A lively set of gritty old-school soul and funk injected with raw garage-rock aggression” – KEXP), they’ve barnstormed North America and Europe relentlessly, while burning up NPR and AAA radio with their stomping cover of Wilco’s “I Am Trying To Break Your Heart” (which they performed with the song’s composer, Jeff Tweedy, at Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival).

JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound have toured, warred, scored, and they’re not to be ignored. Bear witness, for these young men are on the move and they know what post-punk soul looks like. It looks like the future.

jcbrooksandtheuptownsound.com

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SATURDAY APRIL 21ST… THE DUKE OF UKE & HIS NOVELTY ORCHSTRA

Doors/Bar Open 7:00pm
To Be Announced 7:30pm
The Duke Of Uke 8:00-10:00pm

CD RELEASE PARTY FOR APRIL’S EMPIRE!

$5.00 at the door only (NO advance tickets)

Energetic and unabashedly romantic, The Duke of Uke & His Novelty Orchestra enchants audiences with witty lyrics, complex vocal harmonies and funky rhythms. Their infectiously optimistic sound draws from a wide range of influences… classical composers such as Bach, to tin pan alley ragtime tunes, to elements of gospel and Motown, to rock-n-roll artists of the ’60s and 70s. The unique combination of ukulele, violin, tuba, saxophone, bass, rock drums and latin percussion swing you from sweet to funky with a sound that will remind you of summers gone by, road trips to come, and long-lost friends you’ve never met.

www.facebook.com/dukeofukemusic

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TUESDAY APRIL 24TH… EZRA FURMAN

Doors/Bar Open 8:00pm
Ben And Will (from The Divide) 8:30-9:00pm
Chamberlin 9:20-10:00pm
Ezra Furman (band) 10:20-11:30pm

$10.00 online only (and $10.00 at the door)

Ezra Furman & the Harpoons have made numerous album of the year lists with their debut Banging Down the Doors and sophomore release Inside the Human Body. They have gained critical acclaim for performances with Lou Reed at South by Southwest, Alec Ounsworth of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The Walkmen, Spoon, and Delta Spirit, as well as at major festivals such as Lollapalooza. They have attained international notoriety by soaring to the number-one spot on European radio stations and playing to thousands at Barcelona’s Primavera music festival. Ezra personally embarked on the quixotic feat of recording an original and personalized song for every person who bought a special self-released EP. On top of all of this, Ezra Furman & the Harpoons deliver live performances that will leave you buzzing with excitement.

Furman gallops and crashes around the stage like an asylum-bound Buddy Holly complete with endearing hiccups and frightening tics. He not only christens every tour with a nom de rock, but also titles each individual gig. Furman’s witty and effusive conversations with the audience, along with his heightened attention to the crowd’s prevailing mood and the shows named like children, creates an extremely personalized feel for every performance. The band grinds out riffs stoically and belts out harmonies spiritedly as they lay the aural ties to support the verbal locomotion of Furman as he careens and caroms about, filling the room with the boiling-hot emotional steam of a fully bared soul.

www.ezrafurman.com

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SATURDAY APRIL 28TH… BAND OF HEATHENS

Doors/Bar Open 7:00pm
Lera Lynn 7:30-8:10pm
Band Of Heathens 8:30-10:30pm

PRESENTED BY WWHP “THE WHIP” 98.3

$10.00 in advance (and $12.00 at the door)

The guys in the Band Of Heathens are fond of saying they became a unit by accident. But that’s like saying the Big Bang was an accident. Unplanned, maybe, but hardly random. One might even argue that a kind of destiny was involved. The merger of singer/songwriters/multi-instrumentalists Ed Jurdi, Gordy Quist and Colin Brooks, with bassist Seth Whitney and drummer John Chipman, from their respective solo careers and bands may not be akin to a cosmic explosion, but their album, One Foot in the Ether, offers irrefutable evidence that they were meant to be together — and have evolved into a solid entity worthy of the comparisons they receive to the Black Crowes, the Band and Little Feat.

The Americana Music Association’s 2010 list of Top 100 Albums of the Year found Band of Heathens “One Foot In The Ether” slotted in at #7!

www.bandofheathens.com
www.wwhp.com

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TUESDAY MAY 1ST… LIONIZE

Doors/Bar Open 8:00pm
To Be Announced 8:45-9:20pm
Scathe 9:40-10:20pm
Lionize 10:45-12:00am

$10.00 in advance (and $10.00 at the door)

Gaining fans across the world, Lionize takes pride in their original sound, DIY work ethic and fiery live shows. DESTRUCTION MANUAL, (produced by J. Robbins of Jawbox) finds the band continuing its exploration of the stoner-rock, funk and reggae landscapes.

This twelve-song LP calls to mind classic reggae and rock albums with a decidedly modern spin. The band’s foundation on drums and bass are LaMel Randolgh and Henry Upton who hint at a rock-and-roll version of Sly and Robbie joined with the classic scorching Hammond organ and key sounds from Chris Brooks and the commanding guitar and vocal work of Nathan Bergman. Reggae heavyweights David Hinds and Selwyn Brown of Steel Pulse lend their vocal talents on the track Killers and Crooks as well as stalwart guitar work from Tim Sult of Clutch who also lends his talents throughout this record. Lionize continues to tour over 200 dates a year, having been tapped to open up for bands such as Clutch, Galactic, Steel Pulse and Bad Brains. Lionize also pulled double duty backing and supporting Lee “Scratch” Perry, garnering a slew of positive reviews.

Between recording in Kingston, Jamaica with Sidney Mills (Steel Pulse), collaborating on and off stage with artists such as Ozomatli and Chali 2na, and supporting heavy metal favorites Kylesa and cKy, the band begins 2011 on quite an auspicious note.

Despite its lack of mainstream press, the band’s loyal following expands daily. With DESTRUCTION MANUAL set to be released on Hardline Entertainment early Feb. 2011 and tours supporting Authority Zero and Streetlight Manifesto on the horizon, Lionize continues to turn ears as a novel addition to the sonic terrain of rock and roll with its train of heavy riffs, wailing organ, and pulsating reggae.

http://lionizemusic.com/home/

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MONDAY MARCH 26TH… CURSIVE

Doors/Bar Open 7:00pm
Conduits 7:30-8:00pm
Cymbals Eat Guitars 8:20-9:00pm
Cursive 9:20-10:50pm
(DJ/80’s Night 11:00ish)

PYGMALION SPRING SHOW SERIES PRESENTED BY WPCD 88.7

$12.00 in advance (and $15.00 at the door)

Cursive is the longtime trio of Tim Kasher (vocals, guitar), Matt Maginn (bass), and Ted Stevens (guitar, vocals), with Patrick Newbery (keys) and Cully Symington
(drums). I Am Gemini (out February 21, 2012 via Saddle Creek), the band’s seventh LP, is the follow-up to 2009’s critically praised Mama, I’m Swollen, which caught the attention of publications including Alternative Press, Billboard, Playboy, Rolling Stone, and Time Out New York, among others, and earned the band their network television debut on The Late Show with David Letterman. Cursive has released six full-length albums – including the heralded Cursive’s Domestica (2000), The Ugly Organ (2003), and Happy Hollow (2006) – two EPs, a disc of rarities, and numerous singles since the band’s 1995 inception.

The band is also known for their vital, magnetic live show, earning rave reviews from outlets including the Cleveland Scene’s C-Note music blog (”[Tim Kasher’s] effect on the crowd was chilling last night…Cursive was focused and on-spot, composed and gripping”), Nuvo Weekly (“…the five-piece slashed through a near-perfect set of songs from their last nine years of albums”), and the Orlando Sentinel’s Soundboard blog (“…the band still knows how to rock on stage…[Cursive] thrashed away with an abandon that heightened the passion of Kasher’s dense, emotionally charged wordplay.”).

www.cursivearmy.com

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THURSDAY APRIL 5TH… ROB DELANEY (JUPITERS AT THE CROSSING)

Doors/Mezzanine Open 8:00pm
Janelle James and Justin Voris 9:00pm
Rob Delaney 9:20pm

THIS SHOW IS JUPITERS AT THE CROSSING (NOT AT HIGHDIVE)

THIS IS A SEATED SHOW UPSTAIRS ON THE MEZZANINE LEVEL. FEEL FREE TO ARRIVE AT ANY TIME EARLIER THAN 8:00PM TO EAT AND DRINK ON THE MAIN LEVEL!

$15.00 in advance ($15.00 at the door)

Jupiters At The Crossing
www.jupiterspizza.com
2511 Village Green Place Champaign IL 61822
(217-366-8300)

Rob Delaney is originally from Boston. After an idyllic childhood during which he was never, ever lonely, he attended New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. He performs stand up regularly at the top comedy venues in Los Angeles, New York, and various comedy clubs across the United States. Rob is currently in development for both a pilot for Comedy Central and a book deal for Random House. His television credits include FUEL TV’s The Daily Habit, and the pilot Movie Nook for TBS. On Twitter, Rob has created a following of nearly 230,000 followers that grows every day. He’s been listed on “The Funniest People on Twitter” on such sites as the Huffington Post, Vice Magazine, Paste Magazine, Comedy Central, and Funny or Die. Most recently Rob was a contributing writer on the British version of the IT Crowd as well as the show Ridiculousness on MTV. Rob also sings the national anthem for the Boston Red Sox and the Los Angeles Dodgers.

http://twitter.com/#!/robdelaney

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SATURDAY APRIL 7TH… MURDER BY DEATH

Doors/Bar Open 7:00pm
Grandkids 7:30-8:00pm
New Ruins 8:20-8:50pm
Murder by Death 9:10-10:30pm
(DJ Night to follow at 11:00pm)

PYGMALION SPRING SHOW SERIES PRESENTED BY WPCD 88.7

$12.00 in advance (and $14.00 at the door)

Adam Turla: vocals, guitar
Sarah Balliet: cello, keyboards
Matt Armstrong: bass, noises
Dagan Thogerson: drums, percussion
Scott Brackett: keys, coronet, accordion, percussion, mandolin, vocals, theramin

They may call Bloomington, Indiana, home, but since their 2000 formation, Murder by Death have been a band without musical borders. Theirs is a world where Old West murder ballads mingle with rock-injected aestern classicism; where an album’s sequencing can take listeners from a haunted back alley in rural Mexico to a raucous Irish pub. All of which is to say, Murder by Death albums don’t just string together songs; they create experiences. With their fifth album (and second for Vagrant), Good Morning, Magpie, Murder by Death continue the tradition of border expansion that drove career standouts like 2006’s In Bocca al Lupo and 2008’s Red of Tooth and Claw.

www.murderbydeath.com

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FRIDAY APRIL 20TH… JC BROOKS AND THE UPTOWN SOUND

Doors/Bar Open 7:00pm
To Be Announced 7:30-8:10pm
JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound 8:30-10:00pm
(DJ Delayney 11:00pm)

tickets $10.00 in advance (and $10.00 at the door)

VIDEO>>>
“I Am Trying To Break Your Heart”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK6VILyHVDE

What does post-punk soul look like? Six and a half feet of raw emotion and sweat, with one leather boot planted in gutsy R&B, the other in taut minimalist grind. Snarling at the crowd beneath an afro pompadour, while indulging in a sly wink, singing to you directly, and here to make you dance. What does post-punk soul look like? It looks like JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound.

JC Brooks was born the son of a Jersey funk diva, his voice erupts with heart and heartache over the ferocious rhythm and star-time charisma of guitarist Billy Bungeroth, drummer Kevin Marks, keyboardist Andy Rosenstein, and bassist Ben Taylor. With a take-no-prisoners live attack and lyrics speaking of the torment and triumph of these tumultuous times, it’s no wonder that the Chicago Tribune called JC Brooks “the real deal”. This is a soul band rallying against our disaffected and disengaged era, connecting with people the old-fashioned way, by whipping them into a frenzy with honest appeal and unbridled enthusiasm.

The Uptown Sound has attracted a true-blue grassroots following, with MOJO Magazine identifying them as “one of the hottest US soul acts”. Since unleashing their Bloodshot Records debut “Want More” (“A lively set of gritty old-school soul and funk injected with raw garage-rock aggression” – KEXP), they’ve barnstormed North America and Europe relentlessly, while burning up NPR and AAA radio with their stomping cover of Wilco’s “I Am Trying To Break Your Heart” (which they performed with the song’s composer, Jeff Tweedy, at Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival).

JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound have toured, warred, scored, and they’re not to be ignored. Bear witness, for these young men are on the move and they know what post-punk soul looks like. It looks like the future.

jcbrooksandtheuptownsound.com

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SATURDAY APRIL 21ST… THE DUKE OF UKE & HIS NOVELTY ORCHSTRA

Doors/Bar Open 7:00pm
To Be Announced 7:30pm
The Duke Of Uke 8:00-10:00pm

CD RELEASE PARTY FOR APRIL’S EMPIRE!

$5.00 at the door only (NO advance tickets)

Energetic and unabashedly romantic, The Duke of Uke & His Novelty Orchestra enchants audiences with witty lyrics, complex vocal harmonies and funky rhythms. Their infectiously optimistic sound draws from a wide range of influences… classical composers such as Bach, to tin pan alley ragtime tunes, to elements of gospel and Motown, to rock-n-roll artists of the ’60s and 70s. The unique combination of ukulele, violin, tuba, saxophone, bass, rock drums and latin percussion swing you from sweet to funky with a sound that will remind you of summers gone by, road trips to come, and long-lost friends you’ve never met.

www.facebook.com/dukeofukemusic

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TUESDAY APRIL 24TH… EZRA FURMAN

Doors/Bar Open 8:00pm
Ben And Will (from The Divide) 8:30-9:00pm
Chamberlin 9:20-10:00pm
Ezra Furman (band) 10:20-11:30pm

$10.00 online only (and $10.00 at the door)

Ezra Furman & the Harpoons have made numerous album of the year lists with their debut Banging Down the Doors and sophomore release Inside the Human Body. They have gained critical acclaim for performances with Lou Reed at South by Southwest, Alec Ounsworth of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The Walkmen, Spoon, and Delta Spirit, as well as at major festivals such as Lollapalooza. They have attained international notoriety by soaring to the number-one spot on European radio stations and playing to thousands at Barcelona’s Primavera music festival. Ezra personally embarked on the quixotic feat of recording an original and personalized song for every person who bought a special self-released EP. On top of all of this, Ezra Furman & the Harpoons deliver live performances that will leave you buzzing with excitement.

Furman gallops and crashes around the stage like an asylum-bound Buddy Holly complete with endearing hiccups and frightening tics. He not only christens every tour with a nom de rock, but also titles each individual gig. Furman’s witty and effusive conversations with the audience, along with his heightened attention to the crowd’s prevailing mood and the shows named like children, creates an extremely personalized feel for every performance. The band grinds out riffs stoically and belts out harmonies spiritedly as they lay the aural ties to support the verbal locomotion of Furman as he careens and caroms about, filling the room with the boiling-hot emotional steam of a fully bared soul.

www.ezrafurman.com

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SATURDAY APRIL 28TH… BAND OF HEATHENS

Doors/Bar Open 7:00pm
Lera Lynn 7:30-8:10pm
Band Of Heathens 8:30-10:30pm

PRESENTED BY WWHP “THE WHIP” 98.3

$10.00 in advance (and $12.00 at the door)

The guys in the Band Of Heathens are fond of saying they became a unit by accident. But that’s like saying the Big Bang was an accident. Unplanned, maybe, but hardly random. One might even argue that a kind of destiny was involved. The merger of singer/songwriters/multi-instrumentalists Ed Jurdi, Gordy Quist and Colin Brooks, with bassist Seth Whitney and drummer John Chipman, from their respective solo careers and bands may not be akin to a cosmic explosion, but their album, One Foot in the Ether, offers irrefutable evidence that they were meant to be together — and have evolved into a solid entity worthy of the comparisons they receive to the Black Crowes, the Band and Little Feat.

The Americana Music Association’s 2010 list of Top 100 Albums of the Year found Band of Heathens “One Foot In The Ether” slotted in at #7!

www.bandofheathens.com
www.wwhp.com

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TUESDAY MAY 1ST… LIONIZE

Doors/Bar Open 8:00pm
To Be Announced 8:45-9:20pm
Scathe 9:40-10:20pm
Lionize 10:45-12:00am

$10.00 in advance (and $10.00 at the door)

Gaining fans across the world, Lionize takes pride in their original sound, DIY work ethic and fiery live shows. DESTRUCTION MANUAL, (produced by J. Robbins of Jawbox) finds the band continuing its exploration of the stoner-rock, funk and reggae landscapes.

This twelve-song LP calls to mind classic reggae and rock albums with a decidedly modern spin. The band’s foundation on drums and bass are LaMel Randolgh and Henry Upton who hint at a rock-and-roll version of Sly and Robbie joined with the classic scorching Hammond organ and key sounds from Chris Brooks and the commanding guitar and vocal work of Nathan Bergman. Reggae heavyweights David Hinds and Selwyn Brown of Steel Pulse lend their vocal talents on the track Killers and Crooks as well as stalwart guitar work from Tim Sult of Clutch who also lends his talents throughout this record. Lionize continues to tour over 200 dates a year, having been tapped to open up for bands such as Clutch, Galactic, Steel Pulse and Bad Brains. Lionize also pulled double duty backing and supporting Lee “Scratch” Perry, garnering a slew of positive reviews.

Between recording in Kingston, Jamaica with Sidney Mills (Steel Pulse), collaborating on and off stage with artists such as Ozomatli and Chali 2na, and supporting heavy metal favorites Kylesa and cKy, the band begins 2011 on quite an auspicious note.

Despite its lack of mainstream press, the band’s loyal following expands daily. With DESTRUCTION MANUAL set to be released on Hardline Entertainment early Feb. 2011 and tours supporting Authority Zero and Streetlight Manifesto on the horizon, Lionize continues to turn ears as a novel addition to the sonic terrain of rock and roll with its train of heavy riffs, wailing organ, and pulsating reggae.

http://lionizemusic.com/home/

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FRIDAY MARCH 9TH… FRED EAGLESMITH

Doors/Bar Open 6:00pm
Bill Poss And The Useful Tools 7:00-7:30pm
The Fabulous Ginn Sisters 7:50-8:30pm
Fred Eaglesmith 8:50-10:30pm

PRESENTED BY WWHP “THE WHIP” 98.3

$12.00 in advance (and $15.00 at the door)

Acclaimed singer, songwriter and bandleader Fred Eaglesmith is a genuine iconoclast and true original. It’s the natural result of following the cue of his musical career and now 19 albums with the January 2012 release of 6 Volts. The result is one of the most fascinating and musically rewarding careers in contemporary music.

As he has doggedly gone his own way as an independent musical artist, Eaglesmith has also enjoyed such high profile rewards in recent years as having his songs covered by country superstars Toby Keith, Alan Jackson and Miranda Lambert, among many other accomplishments.

6 Volts is yet another landmark on a journey. The album takes its title from the battery that powered the game-changing transistor radio – introduced in 1954, the same year that rock-n-roll emerged into popular consciousness – and embodies the notion of back to the future. Captured live in the studio with one microphone onto a one-track reel to reel recorder like so many enduring classics, 6 Volts also bristles with contemporary urgency.

www.fredeaglesmith.com

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MONDAY MARCH 26… CURSIVE

Doors/Bar Open 7:00pm
Conduits 7:30-8:00pm
Cymbals Eat Guitars 8:20-9:00pm
Cursive 9:20-10:30pm
(DJ/80’s Night 11:00pm)

PYGMALION SPRING SHOW SERIES PRESENTED BY WPCD 88.7

$12.00 in advance (and $15.00 at the door)

Cursive is the longtime trio of Tim Kasher (vocals, guitar), Matt Maginn (bass), and Ted Stevens (guitar, vocals), with Patrick Newbery (keys) and Cully Symington
(drums). I Am Gemini (out February 21, 2012 via Saddle Creek), the band’s seventh LP, is the follow-up to 2009’s critically praised Mama, I’m Swollen, which caught the attention of publications including Alternative Press, Billboard, Playboy, Rolling Stone, and Time Out New York, among others, and earned the band their network television debut on The Late Show with David Letterman. Cursive has released six full-length albums – including the heralded Cursive’s Domestica (2000), The Ugly Organ (2003), and Happy Hollow (2006) – two EPs, a disc of rarities, and numerous singles since the band’s 1995 inception.

The band is also known for their vital, magnetic live show, earning rave reviews from outlets including the Cleveland Scene’s C-Note music blog (”[Tim Kasher’s] effect on the crowd was chilling last night…Cursive was focused and on-spot, composed and gripping”), Nuvo Weekly (“…the five-piece slashed through a near-perfect set of songs from their last nine years of albums”), and the Orlando Sentinel’s Soundboard blog (“…the band still knows how to rock on stage…[Cursive] thrashed away with an abandon that heightened the passion of Kasher’s dense, emotionally charged wordplay.”).

www.cursivearmy.com

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THURSDAY APRIL 5TH… ROB DELANEY (JUPITERS AT THE CROSSING)

Doors Open 8:00pm
Opening Act Tba 9:00pm
Rob Delaney 9:20pm

THIS SHOW IS JUPITERS AT THE CROSSING (NOT AT HIGHDIVE)

$15.00 in advance ($15.00 at the door)

Jupiters At The Crossing
www.jupiterspizza.com
2511 Village Green Place Champaign IL 61822
(217-366-8300)

Rob Delaney is originally from Boston. After an idyllic childhood during which he was never, ever lonely, he attended New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. He performs stand up regularly at the top comedy venues in Los Angeles, New York, and various comedy clubs across the United States. Rob is currently in development for both a pilot for Comedy Central and a book deal for Random House. His television credits include FUEL TV’s The Daily Habit, and the pilot Movie Nook for TBS. On Twitter, Rob has created a following of nearly 230,000 followers that grows every day. He’s been listed on “The Funniest People on Twitter” on such sites as the Huffington Post, Vice Magazine, Paste Magazine, Comedy Central, and Funny or Die. Most recently Rob was a contributing writer on the British version of the IT Crowd as well as the show Ridiculousness on MTV. Rob also sings the national anthem for the Boston Red Sox and the Los Angeles Dodgers.

http://twitter.com/#!/robdelaney

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SATURDAY APRIL 7th… MURDER BY DEATH

Doors/Bar Open 7:00pm
Grandkids 7:30-8:00pm
New Ruins 8:20-8:50pm
Murder by Death 9:10-10:30pm
(DJ Night to follow at 11:00pm)

PYGMALION SPRING SHOW SERIES PRESENTED BY WPCD 88.7

$12.00 in advance (and $14.00 at the door)

Adam Turla: vocals, guitar
Sarah Balliet: cello, keyboards
Matt Armstrong: bass, noises
Dagan Thogerson: drums, percussion
Scott Brackett: keys, coronet, accordion, percussion, mandolin, vocals, theramin

They may call Bloomington, Indiana, home, but since their 2000 formation, Murder by Death have been a band without musical borders. Theirs is a world where Old West murder ballads mingle with rock-injected aestern classicism; where an album’s sequencing can take listeners from a haunted back alley in rural Mexico to a raucous Irish pub. All of which is to say, Murder by Death albums don’t just string together songs; they create experiences. With their fifth album (and second for Vagrant), Good Morning, Magpie, Murder by Death continue the tradition of border expansion that drove career standouts like 2006’s In Bocca al Lupo and 2008’s Red of Tooth and Claw.

www.murderbydeath.com

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SATURDAY APRIL 21st… THE DUKE OF UKE & HIS NOVELTY ORCHSTRA

Doors/Bar Open 7:00pm
To Be Announced 7:30pm
The Duke Of Uke 8:00-10:00pm

CD RELEASE PARTY FOR APRIL’S EMPIRE!

$5.00 at the door only (NO advance tickets)

Energetic and unabashedly romantic, The Duke of Uke & His Novelty Orchestra enchants audiences with witty lyrics, complex vocal harmonies and funky rhythms. Their infectiously optimistic sound draws from a wide range of influences… classical composers such as Bach, to tin pan alley ragtime tunes, to elements of gospel and Motown, to rock-n-roll artists of the ’60s and 70s. The unique combination of ukulele, violin, tuba, saxophone, bass, rock drums and latin percussion swing you from sweet to funky with a sound that will remind you of summers gone by, road trips to come, and long-lost friends you’ve never met.

www.facebook.com/dukeofukemusic

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TUESDAY APRIL 24TH… EZRA FURMAN

Doors Open 8:00pm
Evil Tents 9:00pm
Ezra Furman 10:00pm

$10.00 online only (and $10.00 at the door)

LISTEN HERE>>>
Hard Time In A Terrible Land (EZRA)

Ezra Furman & the Harpoons have made numerous album of the year lists with their debut Banging Down the Doors and sophomore release Inside the Human Body. They have gained critical acclaim for performances with Lou Reed at South by Southwest, Alec Ounsworth of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The Walkmen, Spoon, and Delta Spirit, as well as at major festivals such as Lollapalooza. They have attained international notoriety by soaring to the number-one spot on European radio stations and playing to thousands at Barcelona’s Primavera music festival. Ezra personally embarked on the quixotic feat of recording an original and personalized song for every person who bought a special self-released EP. On top of all of this, Ezra Furman & the Harpoons deliver live performances that will leave you buzzing with excitement.

Furman gallops and crashes around the stage like an asylum-bound Buddy Holly complete with endearing hiccups and frightening tics. He not only christens every tour with a nom de rock, but also titles each individual gig. Furman’s witty and effusive conversations with the audience, along with his heightened attention to the crowd’s prevailing mood and the shows named like children, creates an extremely personalized feel for every performance. The band grinds out riffs stoically and belts out harmonies spiritedly as they lay the aural ties to support the verbal locomotion of Furman as he careens and caroms about, filling the room with the boiling-hot emotional steam of a fully bared soul.

www.ezrafurman.com

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SATURDAY APRIL 28TH… BAND OF HEATHENS

Doors/Bar Open 7:00pm
Lera Lynn 7:30-8:10pm
Band Of Heathens 8:30-10:30pm

PRESENTED BY WWHP “THE WHIP” 98.3

$10.00 in advance (and $12.00 at the door)

The guys in the Band Of Heathens are fond of saying they became a unit by accident. But that’s like saying the Big Bang was an accident. Unplanned, maybe, but hardly random. One might even argue that a kind of destiny was involved. The merger of singer/songwriters/multi-instrumentalists Ed Jurdi, Gordy Quist and Colin Brooks, with bassist Seth Whitney and drummer John Chipman, from their respective solo careers and bands may not be akin to a cosmic explosion, but their album, One Foot in the Ether, offers irrefutable evidence that they were meant to be together — and have evolved into a solid entity worthy of the comparisons they receive to the Black Crowes, the Band and Little Feat.

The Americana Music Association’s 2010 list of Top 100 Albums of the Year found Band of Heathens “One Foot In The Ether” slotted in at #7!

www.bandofheathens.com
www.wwhp.com

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THURSDAY APRIL 5TH… ROB DELANEY (JUPITERS AT THE CROSSING)

Doors Open 8:00pm
Opening Act Tba 9:00pm
Rob Delaney 9:20pm

THIS SHOW IS JUPITERS AT THE CROSSING (NOT AT HIGHDIVE)

$15.00 in advance ($15.00 at the door)

Jupiters At The Crossing
www.jupiterspizza.com
2511 Village Green Place Champaign IL 61822
(217-366-8300)

Rob Delaney is originally from Boston. After an idyllic childhood during which he was never, ever lonely, he attended New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. He performs stand up regularly at the top comedy venues in Los Angeles, New York, and various comedy clubs across the United States. Rob is currently in development for both a pilot for Comedy Central and a book deal for Random House. His television credits include FUEL TV’s The Daily Habit, and the pilot Movie Nook for TBS. On Twitter, Rob has created a following of nearly 230,000 followers that grows every day. He’s been listed on “The Funniest People on Twitter” on such sites as the Huffington Post, Vice Magazine, Paste Magazine, Comedy Central, and Funny or Die. Most recently Rob was a contributing writer on the British version of the IT Crowd as well as the show Ridiculousness on MTV. Rob also sings the national anthem for the Boston Red Sox and the Los Angeles Dodgers.

http://twitter.com/#!/robdelaney

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THURSDAY MARCH 1ST… ZOSO: THE ULTIMATE LED ZEPPELIN EXPERIENCE

Doors/Bar Open 8:30pm
ZOSO 10:00pm-12:30am

PRESENTED BY JAY GOLDBERG EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT

$8.00 online only (and $8.00 at the door)

BUY TICKETS>>>
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In February 1995, ZOSO, The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience was brought together in Los Angeles, California. Bound and determined to create the most mesmerizing and accurate portrayal of the original band, each individual member was selected to portray both the image and playing styles of Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Bonham, and John Paul Jones. Together the quartet pays homage with its powerful and unmistakable Zeppelin sound.

Since its conception ZOSO has played a remarkable 2000 shows (and counting) in just under eleven years. Their passion, musical ability, showmanship and “we don’t cancel” attitude has made them America’s #1 certified Led Zeppelin show. If you missed Led Zeppelin live in the 70′s or are looking for a great chance to relive the Music, Magic and Mystery of Zeppelin, you must experience ZOSO. The sound and visual effects will astound you and bring you back to the “Hammer of Gods” era (from 1968-1980).

www.zosoontour.com

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SATURDAY MARCH 3TH… 6TH ANNUAL BELLIES FOR LIFE BENEFIT/DANCE

Doors/Bar Open 6:00pm
Bellies For Life 7:00-9:00pm

$10.00 in advance
($7.00 with student ID)
$15.00 at the door

TICKETS AVAILABLE VIA PANGEA WEB LINK BELOW

Bellies For Life is an annual all belly dance breast cancer fundraiser. Thanks to the special amazingly supportive community in Champaign-Urbana, almost everything required for this night is either donated or accounted for by volunteers (dancers, emcee, doorman, camera man etc). This minimizes the costs and maximizes the total donation. Other than money that BFL strives to raise, via this festive event, breast cancer awareness and encourage young women to perform self exams. This is a night of fun and entertainment, all the while for a extraordinary good cause.

http://pangaea.fatcow.com

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SUNDAY MARCH 4TH… THE LIFE AND TIMES

Doors/Bar Open 8:00pm
Alpha Mile 8:30-9:00pm
Withershins 9:20-10:00pm
The Life And Times 10:20-11:30pm

$8.00 at the door only (NO advance tickets)

The Magician EP (Stiff Slack), TLAT’s fourth overall release, is a fad-free snapshot of a band that’s constantly morphing from a dragon, to a butterfly, to blinding white light, to a bird, to Godzilla, and back again, often within the space of just one song. RIYLs don’t do the band justice from a recorded or live standpoint, but suffice it to say that the sound on the Magician EP puts them in company with artists like Pink Floyd, Slowdive, My Bloody Valentine, Swervedriver, Built to Spill and just a pinch of early U2.

http://thelifeandtimes.com/

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WEDNESDAY MARCH 7TH… REVEREND HORTON HEAT

Doors/Bar Open 7:00pm
Goddamn Gallows 8:00pm
Larry And His Flask 9:00pm
Reverend Horton Heat 10:00pm

$20.00 in advance (and $22.00 at the door)

Without a doubt, the mighty Reverend has won a cult following around the world these past 20+ years with a nearly endless touring ethic and musical style that’s equally as rooted in tradition as it is in breaking it. He’s one of the lynchpins of the neo-roots movement and responsible for moving the genre forward and garnering it a whole new generation of fans. Mix that with a mythic stage presence and you’ve got a live act that turns rock clubs into psychobilly tent-revivals across the country 300 days a year.

www.reverendhortonheat.com

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FRIDAY MARCH 9TH… FRED EAGLESMITH

Doors/Bar Open 6:00pm
Bill Poss And The Useful Tools 7:00-7:30pm
The Fabulous Ginn Sisters 7:50-8:30pm
Fred Eaglesmith 8:50-10:30pm

PRESENTED BY WWHP “THE WHIP” 98.3

$12.00 in advance (and $15.00 at the door)

Acclaimed singer, songwriter and bandleader Fred Eaglesmith is a genuine iconoclast and true original. It’s the natural result of following the cue of his musical career and now 19 albums with the January 2012 release of 6 Volts. The result is one of the most fascinating and musically rewarding careers in contemporary music.

As he has doggedly gone his own way as an independent musical artist, Eaglesmith has also enjoyed such high profile rewards in recent years as having his songs covered by country superstars Toby Keith, Alan Jackson and Miranda Lambert, among many other accomplishments.

6 Volts is yet another landmark on a journey. The album takes its title from the battery that powered the game-changing transistor radio – introduced in 1954, the same year that rock-n-roll emerged into popular consciousness – and embodies the notion of back to the future. Captured live in the studio with one microphone onto a one-track reel to reel recorder like so many enduring classics, 6 Volts also bristles with contemporary urgency.

www.fredeaglesmith.com

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MONDAY MARCH 26… CURSIVE

Doors/Bar Open 7:00pm
Conduits 7:30-8:00pm
Cymbals Eat Guitars 8:20-9:00pm
Cursive 9:20-10:30pm
(DJ/80’s Night 11:00pm)

PYGMALION SPRING SHOW SERIES PRESENTED BY WPCD 88.7

$12.00 in advance (and $15.00 at the door)

Cursive is the longtime trio of Tim Kasher (vocals, guitar), Matt Maginn (bass), and Ted Stevens (guitar, vocals), with Patrick Newbery (keys) and Cully Symington
(drums). I Am Gemini (out February 21, 2012 via Saddle Creek), the band’s seventh LP, is the follow-up to 2009’s critically praised Mama, I’m Swollen, which caught the attention of publications including Alternative Press, Billboard, Playboy, Rolling Stone, and Time Out New York, among others, and earned the band their network television debut on The Late Show with David Letterman. Cursive has released six full-length albums – including the heralded Cursive’s Domestica (2000), The Ugly Organ (2003), and Happy Hollow (2006) – two EPs, a disc of rarities, and numerous singles since the band’s 1995 inception.

The band is also known for their vital, magnetic live show, earning rave reviews from outlets including the Cleveland Scene’s C-Note music blog (”[Tim Kasher’s] effect on the crowd was chilling last night…Cursive was focused and on-spot, composed and gripping”), Nuvo Weekly (“…the five-piece slashed through a near-perfect set of songs from their last nine years of albums”), and the Orlando Sentinel’s Soundboard blog (“…the band still knows how to rock on stage…[Cursive] thrashed away with an abandon that heightened the passion of Kasher’s dense, emotionally charged wordplay.”).

www.cursivearmy.com

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SATURDAY APRIL 7th… MURDER BY DEATH

Doors/Bar Open 7:00pm
Grandkids 7:30-8:00pm
New Ruins 8:20-8:50pm
Murder by Death 9:10-10:30pm
(DJ Night to follow at 11:00pm)

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$12.00 in advance (and $14.00 at the door)

Adam Turla: vocals, guitar
Sarah Balliet: cello, keyboards
Matt Armstrong: bass, noises
Dagan Thogerson: drums, percussion
Scott Brackett: keys, coronet, accordion, percussion, mandolin, vocals, theramin

They may call Bloomington, Indiana, home, but since their 2000 formation, Murder by Death have been a band without musical borders. Theirs is a world where Old West murder ballads mingle with rock-injected aestern classicism; where an album’s sequencing can take listeners from a haunted back alley in rural Mexico to a raucous Irish pub. All of which is to say, Murder by Death albums don’t just string together songs; they create experiences. With their fifth album (and second for Vagrant), Good Morning, Magpie, Murder by Death continue the tradition of border expansion that drove career standouts like 2006’s In Bocca al Lupo and 2008’s Red of Tooth and Claw.

www.murderbydeath.com

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SATURDAY APRIL 21st… THE DUKE OF UKE & HIS NOVELTY ORCHSTRA

Doors/Bar Open 7:00pm
To Be Announced 7:30pm
The Duke Of Uke 8:00-10:00pm

CD RELEASE PARTY FOR APRIL’S EMPIRE!

$5.00 at the door only (NO advance tickets)

Energetic and unabashedly romantic, The Duke of Uke & His Novelty Orchestra enchants audiences with witty lyrics, complex vocal harmonies and funky rhythms. Their infectiously optimistic sound draws from a wide range of influences… classical composers such as Bach, to tin pan alley ragtime tunes, to elements of gospel and Motown, to rock-n-roll artists of the ’60s and 70s. The unique combination of ukulele, violin, tuba, saxophone, bass, rock drums and latin percussion swing you from sweet to funky with a sound that will remind you of summers gone by, road trips to come, and long-lost friends you’ve never met.

www.facebook.com/dukeofukemusic

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TUESDAY APRIL 24TH… EZRA FURMAN

Doors Open 8:00pm
Evil Tents 9:00pm
Ezra Furman 10:00pm

$10.00 online only (and $10.00 at the door)

LISTEN HERE>>>
Hard Time In A Terrible Land (EZRA)

Ezra Furman & the Harpoons have made numerous album of the year lists with their debut Banging Down the Doors and sophomore release Inside the Human Body. They have gained critical acclaim for performances with Lou Reed at South by Southwest, Alec Ounsworth of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The Walkmen, Spoon, and Delta Spirit, as well as at major festivals such as Lollapalooza. They have attained international notoriety by soaring to the number-one spot on European radio stations and playing to thousands at Barcelona’s Primavera music festival. Ezra personally embarked on the quixotic feat of recording an original and personalized song for every person who bought a special self-released EP. On top of all of this, Ezra Furman & the Harpoons deliver live performances that will leave you buzzing with excitement.

Furman gallops and crashes around the stage like an asylum-bound Buddy Holly complete with endearing hiccups and frightening tics. He not only christens every tour with a nom de rock, but also titles each individual gig. Furman’s witty and effusive conversations with the audience, along with his heightened attention to the crowd’s prevailing mood and the shows named like children, creates an extremely personalized feel for every performance. The band grinds out riffs stoically and belts out harmonies spiritedly as they lay the aural ties to support the verbal locomotion of Furman as he careens and caroms about, filling the room with the boiling-hot emotional steam of a fully bared soul.

www.ezrafurman.com

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SATURDAY APRIL 28TH… BAND OF HEATHENS

Doors/Bar Open 7:00pm
Lera Lynn 7:30-8:10pm
Band Of Heathens 8:30-10:30pm

PRESENTED BY WWHP “THE WHIP” 98.3

$10.00 in advance (and $12.00 at the door)

The guys in the Band Of Heathens are fond of saying they became a unit by accident. But that’s like saying the Big Bang was an accident. Unplanned, maybe, but hardly random. One might even argue that a kind of destiny was involved. The merger of singer/songwriters/multi-instrumentalists Ed Jurdi, Gordy Quist and Colin Brooks, with bassist Seth Whitney and drummer John Chipman, from their respective solo careers and bands may not be akin to a cosmic explosion, but their album, One Foot in the Ether, offers irrefutable evidence that they were meant to be together — and have evolved into a solid entity worthy of the comparisons they receive to the Black Crowes, the Band and Little Feat.

The Americana Music Association’s 2010 list of Top 100 Albums of the Year found Band of Heathens “One Foot In The Ether” slotted in at #7!

www.bandofheathens.com
www.wwhp.com

SAT 2/25… MY BIG FAT GREEK EXCHANGE

THU 3/01… ZOSO (PRESENTED BY JAY GOLDBERG EVENTS)

SAT 3/03… 6TH ANNUAL BELLIES FOR LIFE BENEFIT DANCE

SUN 3/04… THE LIFE AND TIMES w/WITHERSHINS + ALPHA MILE

WED 3/07… REVEREND HORTON HEAT w/GODDAMN GALLOWS

FRI 3/09… WWHP PRESENTS: FRED EAGLESMITH

MON 3/26… WPCD PRESENTS: CURSIVE w/CYMBALS EAT GUITARS

TUE 4/03… MOUNTAIN SPROUT w/TO BE ANNOUNCED

THU 4/05… ROB DELANEY (JUPITERS AT THE CROSSING)

SAT 4/07… MURDER BY DEATH w/NEW RUINS + GRANDKIDS

SUN 4/15… WARD’S ROCK-N-ROLL SWAP MEET (2:00-6:00PM)

TUE 4/23… EZRA FURMAN (FULL BAND) w/TBA

SAT 4/28… WWHP PRESENTS: BAND OF HEATHENS

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THURSDAY APRIL 5TH… ROB DELANEY (JUPITERS AT THE CROSSING)

Doors Open 8:00pm

Opening Act Tba 9:00pm

Rob Delaney 9:20pm

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2511 Village Green Place Champaign IL 61822

(217-366-8300)

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Rob Delaney is originally from Boston. After an idyllic childhood during which he was never, ever lonely, he attended New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. He performs stand up regularly at the top comedy venues in Los Angeles, New York, and various comedy clubs across the United States. Rob is currently in development for both a pilot for Comedy Central and a book deal for Random House. His television credits include FUEL TV’s The Daily Habit, and the pilot Movie Nook for TBS. On Twitter, Rob has created a following of nearly 230,000 followers that grows every day. He’s been listed on “The Funniest People on Twitter” on such sites as the Huffington Post, Vice Magazine, Paste Magazine, Comedy Central, and Funny or Die. Most recently Rob was a contributing writer on the British version of the IT Crowd as well as the show Ridiculousness on MTV. Rob also sings the national anthem for the Boston Red Sox and the Los Angeles Dodgers.

http://twitter.com/#!/robdelaney

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THURSDAY MARCH 1ST… ZOSO: THE ULTIMATE LED ZEPPELIN EXPERIENCE

Doors/Bar Open 8:30pm

ZOSO 10:00pm-12:30am

PRESENTED BY JAY GOLDBERG EVENTS &amp; ENTERTAINMENT

$8.00 online only (and $8.00 at the door)

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In February 1995, ZOSO, The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience was brought together in Los Angeles, California. Bound and determined to create the most mesmerizing and accurate portrayal of the original band, each individual member was selected to portray both the image and playing styles of Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Bonham, and John Paul Jones. Together the quartet pays homage with its powerful and unmistakable Zeppelin sound.

Since its conception ZOSO has played a remarkable 2000 shows (and counting) in just under eleven years. Their passion, musical ability, showmanship and “we don’t cancel” attitude has made them America’s #1 certified Led Zeppelin show. If you missed Led Zeppelin live in the 70′s or are looking for a great chance to relive the Music, Magic and Mystery of Zeppelin, you must experience ZOSO. The sound and visual effects will astound you and bring you back to the “Hammer of Gods” era (from 1968-1980).

<a href=”http://www.zosoontour.com”>www.zosoontour.com</a>

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SATURDAY MARCH 3TH… 6TH ANNUAL BELLIES FOR LIFE BENEFIT/DANCE

Doors/Bar Open 6:00pm

Bellies For Life 7:00-9:00pm

$10.00 in advance

($7.00 with student ID)

$15.00 at the door

TICKETS AVAILABLE VIA PANGEA WEB LINK BELOW

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Bellies For Life is an annual all belly dance breast cancer fundraiser. Thanks to the special amazingly supportive community in Champaign-Urbana, almost everything required for this night is either donated or accounted for by volunteers (dancers, emcee, doorman, camera man etc). This minimizes the costs and maximizes the total donation. Other than money that BFL strives to raise, via this festive event, breast cancer awareness and encourage young women to perform self exams. This is a night of fun and entertainment, all the while for a extraordinary good cause.

<a href=”http://pangaea.fatcow.com”>http://pangaea.fatcow.com</a>

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SUNDAY MARCH 4TH… THE LIFE AND TIMES

Doors/Bar Open 8:00pm

Alpha Mile 8:30-9:00pm

Withershins 9:20-10:00pm

The Life And Times 10:20-11:30pm

$8.00 at the door only (NO advance tickets)

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The Magician EP (Stiff Slack), TLAT’s fourth overall release, is a fad-free snapshot of a band that’s constantly morphing from a dragon, to a butterfly, to blinding white light, to a bird, to Godzilla, and back again, often within the space of just one song. RIYLs don’t do the band justice from a recorded or live standpoint, but suffice it to say that the sound on the Magician EP puts them in company with artists like Pink Floyd, Slowdive, My Bloody Valentine, Swervedriver, Built to Spill and just a pinch of early U2.

<a href=”http://thelifeandtimes.com/”>http://thelifeandtimes.com/</a>

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WEDNESDAY MARCH 7TH… REVEREND HORTON HEAT

Doors/Bar Open 7:00pm

Goddamn Gallows 8:00pm

Larry And His Flask 9:00pm

Reverend Horton Heat 10:00pm

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$20.00 in advance (and $22.00 at the door)

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Without a doubt, the mighty Reverend has won a cult following around the world these past 20+ years with a nearly endless touring ethic and musical style that’s equally as rooted in tradition as it is in breaking it. He’s one of the lynchpins of the neo-roots movement and responsible for moving the genre forward and garnering it a whole new generation of fans. Mix that with a mythic stage presence and you’ve got a live act that turns rock clubs into psychobilly tent-revivals across the country 300 days a year.

<a href=”http://www.reverendhortonheat.com”>www.reverendhortonheat.com</a>

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FRIDAY MARCH 9TH… FRED EAGLESMITH

Doors/Bar Open 6:00pm

Bill Poss And The Useful Tools 7:00-7:30pm

The Fabulous Ginn Sisters 7:50-8:30pm

Fred Eaglesmith 8:50-10:30pm

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$12.00 in advance (and $15.00 at the door)

PRESENTED BY WWHP “THE WHIP” 98.3

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Acclaimed singer, songwriter and bandleader Fred Eaglesmith is a genuine iconoclast and true original. It’s the natural result of following the cue of his musical career and now 19 albums with the January 2012 release of 6 Volts. The result is one of the most fascinating and musically rewarding careers in contemporary music.

As he has doggedly gone his own way as an independent musical artist, Eaglesmith has also enjoyed such high profile rewards in recent years as having his songs covered by country superstars Toby Keith, Alan Jackson and Miranda Lambert, among many other accomplishments.

6 Volts is yet another landmark on a journey. The album takes its title from the battery that powered the game-changing transistor radio – introduced in 1954, the same year that rock-n-roll emerged into popular consciousness – and embodies the notion of back to the future. Captured live in the studio with one microphone onto a one-track reel to reel recorder like so many enduring classics, 6 Volts also bristles with contemporary urgency.

<a href=”http://www.fredeaglesmith.com”>www.fredeaglesmith.com</a>

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MONDAY MARCH 26… CURSIVE

Doors/Bar Open 7:00pm

Conduits 7:30-8:00pm

Cymbals Eat Guitars 8:20-9:00pm

Cursive 9:20-10:30pm

(DJ/80’s Night 11:00pm)

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$12.00 in advance (and $15.00 at the door)

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Cursive is the longtime trio of Tim Kasher (vocals, guitar), Matt Maginn (bass), and Ted Stevens (guitar, vocals), with Patrick Newbery (keys) and Cully Symington

(drums). I Am Gemini (out February 21, 2012 via Saddle Creek), the band’s seventh LP, is the follow-up to 2009’s critically praised Mama, I’m Swollen, which caught the attention of publications including Alternative Press, Billboard, Playboy, Rolling Stone, and Time Out New York, among others, and earned the band their network television debut on The Late Show with David Letterman. Cursive has released six full-length albums – including the heralded Cursive’s Domestica (2000), The Ugly Organ (2003), and Happy Hollow (2006) – two EPs, a disc of rarities, and numerous singles since the band’s 1995 inception.

The band is also known for their vital, magnetic live show, earning rave reviews from outlets including the Cleveland Scene’s C-Note music blog (”[Tim Kasher’s] effect on the crowd was chilling last night…Cursive was focused and on-spot, composed and gripping”), Nuvo Weekly (“…the five-piece slashed through a near-perfect set of songs from their last nine years of albums”), and the Orlando Sentinel’s Soundboard blog (“…the band still knows how to rock on stage…[Cursive] thrashed away with an abandon that heightened the passion of Kasher’s dense, emotionally charged wordplay.”).

<a href=”http://www.cursivearmy.com”>www.cursivearmy.com</a>

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TUESDAY APRIL 3RD… MOUNTAIN SPROUT

Doors/Bar Open 8:00pm

To Be Announced 9:00pm

Mountain Sprout 10:00pm

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$10.00 online only (and $10.00 at the door)

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The Mountain Sprout Band is the most authentic modern Ozark music available today. Hailing from Eureka Springs, Arkansas, four incredible musicians work seemlessly to bring forward the kind of bass thumping, banjo picking, guitar playing, fiddle shredding, that makes you get and stomp your feet. The lyrics present a variety of stories and jokes that resonate with drunk and sober listeners alike. If you are a hillbilly, a good ‘ol boy, or just a finely crafted music lover, Mountain Sprout is not to be missed! (KC MO News)

<a href=”http://www.mountainsprout.com”>www.mountainsprout.com</a>

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SATURDAY APRIL 7th… MURDER BY DEATH

Doors/Bar Open 7:00pm

Grandkids 7:30-8:00pm

New Ruins 8:20-8:50pm

Murder by Death 9:10-10:30pm

(DJ Night to follow at 11:00pm)

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Adam Turla: vocals, guitar

Sarah Balliet: cello, keyboards

Matt Armstrong: bass, noises

Dagan Thogerson: drums, percussion

Scott Brackett: keys, coronet, accordion, percussion, mandolin, vocals, theramin

They may call Bloomington, Indiana, home, but since their 2000 formation, Murder by Death have been a band without musical borders. Theirs is a world where Old West murder ballads mingle with rock-injected aestern classicism; where an album’s sequencing can take listeners from a haunted back alley in rural Mexico to a raucous Irish pub. All of which is to say, Murder by Death albums don’t just string together songs; they create experiences. With their fifth album (and second for Vagrant), Good Morning, Magpie, Murder by Death continue the tradition of border expansion that drove career standouts like 2006’s In Bocca al Lupo and 2008’s Red of Tooth and Claw.

<a href=”http://www.murderbydeath.com”>www.murderbydeath.com</a>

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TUESDAY APRIL 23RD… EZRA FURMAN

Doors/Bar Open 8:00pm

Opening Act Tba 9:00pm

Ezra Furman (band) 10:00pm

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LISTEN HERE&gt;&gt;&gt;

<a href=”http://thehighdive.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Hard-Time-In-A-Terrible-Land.mp3″>Hard Time In A Terrible Land (EZRA)</a>

Ezra Furman &amp; the Harpoons have made numerous album of the year lists with their debut Banging Down the Doors and sophomore release Inside the Human Body. They have gained critical acclaim for performances with Lou Reed at South by Southwest, Alec Ounsworth of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The Walkmen, Spoon, and Delta Spirit, as well as at major festivals such as Lollapalooza. They have attained international notoriety by soaring to the number-one spot on European radio stations and playing to thousands at Barcelona’s Primavera music festival. Ezra personally embarked on the quixotic feat of recording an original and personalized song for every person who bought a special self-released EP. On top of all of this, Ezra Furman &amp; the Harpoons deliver live performances that will leave you buzzing with excitement.

Furman gallops and crashes around the stage like an asylum-bound Buddy Holly complete with endearing hiccups and frightening tics. He not only christens every tour with a nom de rock, but also titles each individual gig. Furman’s witty and effusive conversations with the audience, along with his heightened attention to the crowd’s prevailing mood and the shows named like children, creates an extremely personalized feel for every performance. The band grinds out riffs stoically and belts out harmonies spiritedly as they lay the aural ties to support the verbal locomotion of Furman as he careens and caroms about, filling the room with the boiling-hot emotional steam of a fully bared soul.

<a href=”http://www.ezrafurman.com”>www.ezrafurman.com</a>

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SATURDAY APRIL 28TH… BAND OF HEATHENS

Doors/Bar Open 7:00pm

Lera Lynn 7:30-8:10pm

Band Of Heathens 8:30-10:30pm

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The guys in the Band Of Heathens are fond of saying they became a unit by accident. But that’s like saying the Big Bang was an accident. Unplanned, maybe, but hardly random. One might even argue that a kind of destiny was involved. The merger of singer/songwriters/multi-instrumentalists Ed Jurdi, Gordy Quist and Colin Brooks, with bassist Seth Whitney and drummer John Chipman, from their respective solo careers and bands may not be akin to a cosmic explosion, but their album, One Foot in the Ether, offers irrefutable evidence that they were meant to be together — and have evolved into a solid entity worthy of the comparisons they receive to the Black Crowes, the Band and Little Feat.

The Americana Music Association’s 2010 list of Top 100 Albums of the Year found Band of Heathens “One Foot In The Ether” slotted in at #7!

<a href=”http://www.bandofheathens.com”>www.bandofheathens.com</a>

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THURSDAY MARCH 1ST… ZOSO: THE ULTIMATE LED ZEPPELIN EXPERIENCE

Doors/Bar Open 8:30pm
ZOSO 10:00pm-12:30am

PRESENTED BY JAY GOLDBERG EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT

$8.00 online only (and $8.00 at the door)

BUY TICKETS>>>
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In February 1995, ZOSO, The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience was brought together in Los Angeles, California. Bound and determined to create the most mesmerizing and accurate portrayal of the original band, each individual member was selected to portray both the image and playing styles of Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Bonham, and John Paul Jones. Together the quartet pays homage with its powerful and unmistakable Zeppelin sound.

Since its conception ZOSO has played a remarkable 2000 shows (and counting) in just under eleven years. Their passion, musical ability, showmanship and “we don’t cancel” attitude has made them America’s #1 certified Led Zeppelin show. If you missed Led Zeppelin live in the 70′s or are looking for a great chance to relive the Music, Magic and Mystery of Zeppelin, you must experience ZOSO. The sound and visual effects will astound you and bring you back to the “Hammer of Gods” era (from 1968-1980).

www.zosoontour.com

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SATURDAY MARCH 3TH… 6TH ANNUAL BELLIES FOR LIFE BENEFIT/DANCE

Doors/Bar Open 6:00pm
Bellies For Life 7:00-9:00pm

$10.00 in advance
($7.00 with student ID)
$15.00 at the door

TICKETS AVAILABLE VIA PANGEA WEB LINK BELOW

Bellies For Life is an annual all belly dance breast cancer fundraiser. Thanks to the special amazingly supportive community in Champaign-Urbana, almost everything required for this night is either donated or accounted for by volunteers (dancers, emcee, doorman, camera man etc). This minimizes the costs and maximizes the total donation. Other than money that BFL strives to raise, via this festive event, breast cancer awareness and encourage young women to perform self exams. This is a night of fun and entertainment, all the while for a extraordinary good cause.

http://pangaea.fatcow.com

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SUNDAY MARCH 4TH… THE LIFE AND TIMES

Doors/Bar Open 8:00pm
Alpha Mile 8:30-9:00pm
Withershins 9:20-10:00pm
The Life And Times 10:20-11:30pm

$8.00 at the door only (NO advance tickets)

The Magician EP (Stiff Slack), TLAT’s fourth overall release, is a fad-free snapshot of a band that’s constantly morphing from a dragon, to a butterfly, to blinding white light, to a bird, to Godzilla, and back again, often within the space of just one song. RIYLs don’t do the band justice from a recorded or live standpoint, but suffice it to say that the sound on the Magician EP puts them in company with artists like Pink Floyd, Slowdive, My Bloody Valentine, Swervedriver, Built to Spill and just a pinch of early U2.

http://thelifeandtimes.com/

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WEDNESDAY MARCH 7TH… REVEREND HORTON HEAT

Doors/Bar Open 7:00pm
Goddamn Gallows 8:00pm
Larry And His Flask 9:00pm
Reverend Horton Heat 10:00pm

$20.00 in advance (and $22.00 at the door)

Without a doubt, the mighty Reverend has won a cult following around the world these past 20+ years with a nearly endless touring ethic and musical style that’s equally as rooted in tradition as it is in breaking it. He’s one of the lynchpins of the neo-roots movement and responsible for moving the genre forward and garnering it a whole new generation of fans. Mix that with a mythic stage presence and you’ve got a live act that turns rock clubs into psychobilly tent-revivals across the country 300 days a year.

www.reverendhortonheat.com

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FRIDAY MARCH 9TH… FRED EAGLESMITH

Doors/Bar Open 6:00pm
Bill Poss And The Useful Tools 7:00-7:30pm
The Fabulous Ginn Sisters 7:50-8:30pm
Fred Eaglesmith 8:50-10:30pm

$12.00 in advance (and $15.00 at the door)

PRESENTED BY WWHP “THE WHIP” 98.3

Acclaimed singer, songwriter and bandleader Fred Eaglesmith is a genuine iconoclast and true original. It’s the natural result of following the cue of his musical career and now 19 albums with the January 2012 release of 6 Volts. The result is one of the most fascinating and musically rewarding careers in contemporary music.

As he has doggedly gone his own way as an independent musical artist, Eaglesmith has also enjoyed such high profile rewards in recent years as having his songs covered by country superstars Toby Keith, Alan Jackson and Miranda Lambert, among many other accomplishments.

6 Volts is yet another landmark on a journey. The album takes its title from the battery that powered the game-changing transistor radio – introduced in 1954, the same year that rock-n-roll emerged into popular consciousness – and embodies the notion of back to the future. Captured live in the studio with one microphone onto a one-track reel to reel recorder like so many enduring classics, 6 Volts also bristles with contemporary urgency.

www.fredeaglesmith.com

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MONDAY MARCH 26… CURSIVE

Doors/Bar Open 7:00pm
Conduits 7:30-8:00pm
Cymbals Eat Guitars 8:20-9:00pm
Cursive 9:20-10:30pm
(DJ/80’s Night 11:00pm)

PYGMALION SPRING SHOW SERIES PRESENTED BY WPCD 88.7

$12.00 in advance (and $15.00 at the door)

Cursive is the longtime trio of Tim Kasher (vocals, guitar), Matt Maginn (bass), and Ted Stevens (guitar, vocals), with Patrick Newbery (keys) and Cully Symington
(drums). I Am Gemini (out February 21, 2012 via Saddle Creek), the band’s seventh LP, is the follow-up to 2009’s critically praised Mama, I’m Swollen, which caught the attention of publications including Alternative Press, Billboard, Playboy, Rolling Stone, and Time Out New York, among others, and earned the band their network television debut on The Late Show with David Letterman. Cursive has released six full-length albums – including the heralded Cursive’s Domestica (2000), The Ugly Organ (2003), and Happy Hollow (2006) – two EPs, a disc of rarities, and numerous singles since the band’s 1995 inception.

The band is also known for their vital, magnetic live show, earning rave reviews from outlets including the Cleveland Scene’s C-Note music blog (”[Tim Kasher’s] effect on the crowd was chilling last night…Cursive was focused and on-spot, composed and gripping”), Nuvo Weekly (“…the five-piece slashed through a near-perfect set of songs from their last nine years of albums”), and the Orlando Sentinel’s Soundboard blog (“…the band still knows how to rock on stage…[Cursive] thrashed away with an abandon that heightened the passion of Kasher’s dense, emotionally charged wordplay.”).

www.cursivearmy.com

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TUESDAY APRIL 3RD… MOUNTAIN SPROUT

Doors/Bar Open 8:00pm
To Be Announced 9:00pm
Mountain Sprout 10:00pm

$10.00 online only (and $10.00 at the door)

The Mountain Sprout Band is the most authentic modern Ozark music available today. Hailing from Eureka Springs, Arkansas, four incredible musicians work seemlessly to bring forward the kind of bass thumping, banjo picking, guitar playing, fiddle shredding, that makes you get and stomp your feet. The lyrics present a variety of stories and jokes that resonate with drunk and sober listeners alike. If you are a hillbilly, a good ‘ol boy, or just a finely crafted music lover, Mountain Sprout is not to be missed! (KC MO News)

www.mountainsprout.com

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SATURDAY APRIL 7th… MURDER BY DEATH

Doors/Bar Open 7:00pm
New Ruins 8:00-8:40pm
Murder by Death 9:00-10:15pm

$12.00 in advance (and $14.00 at the door)

Adam Turla: vocals, guitar
Sarah Balliet: cello, keyboards
Matt Armstrong: bass, noises
Dagan Thogerson: drums, percussion
Scott Brackett: keys, coronet, accordion, percussion, mandolin, vocals, theramin

They may call Bloomington, Indiana, home, but since their 2000 formation, Murder by Death have been a band without musical borders. Theirs is a world where Old West murder ballads mingle with rock-injected aestern classicism; where an album’s sequencing can take listeners from a haunted back alley in rural Mexico to a raucous Irish pub. All of which is to say, Murder by Death albums don’t just string together songs; they create experiences. With their fifth album (and second for Vagrant), Good Morning, Magpie, Murder by Death continue the tradition of border expansion that drove career standouts like 2006’s In Bocca al Lupo and 2008’s Red of Tooth and Claw.

www.murderbydeath.com

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SATURDAY APRIL 28TH… AN EVENING WITH BAND OF HEATHENS

Doors/Bar Open 7:00pm
Lera Lynn 7:30-8:10pm
Band Of Heathens 8:30-10:30pm

$10.00 in advance (and $12.00 at the door)

PRESENTED BY WWHP “THE WHIP” 98.3

The guys in the Band Of Heathens are fond of saying they became a unit by accident. But that’s like saying the Big Bang was an accident. Unplanned, maybe, but hardly random. One might even argue that a kind of destiny was involved. The merger of singer/songwriters/multi-instrumentalists Ed Jurdi, Gordy Quist and Colin Brooks, with bassist Seth Whitney and drummer John Chipman, from their respective solo careers and bands may not be akin to a cosmic explosion, but their album, One Foot in the Ether, offers irrefutable evidence that they were meant to be together — and have evolved into a solid entity worthy of the comparisons they receive to the Black Crowes, the Band and Little Feat.

The Americana Music Association’s 2010 list of Top 100 Albums of the Year found Band of Heathens “One Foot In The Ether” slotted in at #7!

www.bandofheathens.com
www.wwhp.com

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SATURDAY FEBRUARY 11TH… SUPERSUCKERS

Doors/Bar Open 8:00pm
Porn Again Christians 8:30-9:00pm
Spittin’ Cobras 9:20-10:05pm
Supersuckers 10:30-12:00am

$15.00 online only (and $15.00 at the door)

NOTE NEW/UPDATED SET TIMES!!!

Eddie Spaghetti (Vocals, Bass)
Dan ‘Thunder’ Bolton (Guitar, Vocals)
‘Metal’ Marty Chandler (Guitar, Vocals)
Scott ‘Scottzilla’ Churilla (Drums)

You’ve heard our name, you’ve seen our records, our t-shirts and our stickers. We’re probably the favorite band of someone you know and yet we’re still a mystery to you. Well my friend, that’s okay, I’m here to fill you in and help you to get to know the greatest rock-n-roll band in the world, The Supersuckers…

READ THE FULL BIO AT SUPERSUCKERS.COM !

“If you don’t like the Supersuckers, you don’t like Rock-N-Roll.”
(Lemmy Kilmister from Motorhead)

www.supersuckers.com
www.spittincobras.com

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TUESDAY FEBRUARY 14TH… STEPHEN KELLOGG AND THE SIXERS

Doors/Bar Open 7:00pm
Katrina 7:30-7:55pm
Chris Koza 8:05-8:45pm
SK6ERS 9:00-10:30pm

$15.00 online only (and $15.00 at the door)

PRESENTED BY WPGU 107.1

On Gift Horse, their second album for Vanguard and fifth studio effort overall, Stephen Kellogg and his bandmates – Kit “Goose” Karlson (keys, bass, vocals), Brian “Boots” Factor (drums, vocals) and Sam “Steamer” Getz (guitars, vocals) – bring the rich legacy of American rock & roll into the present tense. This is thrilling music, muscular, immediate and life-embracing, steeped in tradition but addressing the present moment boldly and eloquently. To get to this point in their evolution, SK6ERS (as their loyal fans fondly refer to them) simply had to come to terms with their collective identity once and for all, and producer Mark Weinberg had a hand in getting them there.

“Every time you make a record, you learn a whole bunch of new things, and this was no different,” says Kellogg, who formed the Sixers with Karlson and Factor eight years ago in Western Massachusetts. “When we met with Mark, he encouraged us to be unapologetic about who we are, not masking our influences but embracing them and running with it. He kept reminding us, ‘You’re not gonna be Bob Seger if you spend your whole life trying. You’re Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers, so just play this music the way you write, from your hearts.’”

www.sk6ers.com

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THURSDAY MARCH 1ST… ZOSO: THE ULTIMATE LED ZEPPELIN EXPERIENCE

Doors/Bar Open 8:30pm
ZOSO 10:00pm-12:30am

PRESENTED BY JAY GOLDBERG EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT

$8.00 online only (and $8.00 at the door)

BUY TICKETS>>>
event.etix.com/ticket/online/frontDoor.jsp?performance_id=1586601&cobrand=white

In February 1995, ZOSO, The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience was brought together in Los Angeles, California. Bound and determined to create the most mesmerizing and accurate portrayal of the original band, each individual member was selected to portray both the image and playing styles of Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Bonham, and John Paul Jones. Together the quartet pays homage with its powerful and unmistakable Zeppelin sound.

Since its conception ZOSO has played a remarkable 2000 shows (and counting) in just under eleven years. Their passion, musical ability, showmanship and “we don’t cancel” attitude has made them America’s #1 certified Led Zeppelin show. If you missed Led Zeppelin live in the 70′s or are looking for a great chance to relive the Music, Magic and Mystery of Zeppelin, you must experience ZOSO. The sound and visual effects will astound you and bring you back to the “Hammer of Gods” era (from 1968-1980).

www.zosoontour.com

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SATURDAY MARCH 3TH… 6TH ANNUAL BELLIES FOR LIFE BENEFIT/DANCE

Doors/Bar Open 6:00pm
Bellies For Life 7:00-9:00pm

$10.00 in advance
($7.00 with student ID)
$15.00 at the door

TICKETS AVAILABLE VIA PANGEA WEB LINK BELOW

Bellies For Life is an annual all belly dance breast cancer fundraiser. Thanks to the special amazingly supportive community in Champaign-Urbana, almost everything required for this night is either donated or accounted for by volunteers (dancers, emcee, doorman, camera man etc). This minimizes the costs and maximizes the total donation. Other than money that BFL strives to raise, via this festive event, breast cancer awareness and encourage young women to perform self exams. This is a night of fun and entertainment, all the while for a extraordinary good cause.

http://pangaea.fatcow.com

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SUNDAY MARCH 4TH… THE LIFE AND TIMES

Doors/Bar Open 8:00pm
Alpha Mile 8:30-9:00pm
Withershins 9:20-10:00pm
The Life And Times 10:20-11:30pm

$8.00 at the door only (NO advance tickets)

The Magician EP (Stiff Slack), TLAT’s fourth overall release, is a fad-free snapshot of a band that’s constantly morphing from a dragon, to a butterfly, to blinding white light, to a bird, to Godzilla, and back again, often within the space of just one song. RIYLs don’t do the band justice from a recorded or live standpoint, but suffice it to say that the sound on the Magician EP puts them in company with artists like Pink Floyd, Slowdive, My Bloody Valentine, Swervedriver, Built to Spill and just a pinch of early U2.

http://thelifeandtimes.com/

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WEDNESDAY MARCH 7TH… REVEREND HORTON HEAT

Doors/Bar Open 7:00pm
Goddamn Gallows 8:00pm
Larry And His Flask 9:00pm
Reverend Horton Heat 10:00pm

$20.00 in advance (and $22.00 at the door)

Without a doubt, the mighty Reverend has won a cult following around the world these past 20+ years with a nearly endless touring ethic and musical style that’s equally as rooted in tradition as it is in breaking it. He’s one of the lynchpins of the neo-roots movement and responsible for moving the genre forward and garnering it a whole new generation of fans. Mix that with a mythic stage presence and you’ve got a live act that turns rock clubs into psychobilly tent-revivals across the country 300 days a year.

www.reverendhortonheat.com

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FRIDAY MARCH 9TH… FRED EAGLESMITH

Doors/Bar Open 6:00pm
Bill Poss And The Useful Tools 7:00-7:30pm
The Fabulous Ginn Sisters 7:50-8:30pm
Fred Eaglesmith 8:50-10:30pm

$12.00 in advance (and $15.00 at the door)

PRESENTED BY WWHP “THE WHIP” 98.3

Acclaimed singer, songwriter and bandleader Fred Eaglesmith is a genuine iconoclast and true original. It’s the natural result of following the cue of his musical career and now 19 albums with the January 2012 release of 6 Volts. The result is one of the most fascinating and musically rewarding careers in contemporary music.

As he has doggedly gone his own way as an independent musical artist, Eaglesmith has also enjoyed such high profile rewards in recent years as having his songs covered by country superstars Toby Keith, Alan Jackson and Miranda Lambert, among many other accomplishments.

6 Volts is yet another landmark on a journey. The album takes its title from the battery that powered the game-changing transistor radio – introduced in 1954, the same year that rock-n-roll emerged into popular consciousness – and embodies the notion of back to the future. Captured live in the studio with one microphone onto a one-track reel to reel recorder like so many enduring classics, 6 Volts also bristles with contemporary urgency.

www.fredeaglesmith.com

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MONDAY MARCH 26… CURSIVE

Doors/Bar Open 7:00pm
Conduits 7:30-8:00pm
Cymbals Eat Guitars 8:20-9:00pm
Cursive 9:20-10:30pm
(DJ/80’s Night 11:00pm)

PYGMALION SPRING SHOW SERIES PRESENTED BY WPCD 88.7

$12.00 in advance (and $15.00 at the door)

Cursive is the longtime trio of Tim Kasher (vocals, guitar), Matt Maginn (bass), and Ted Stevens (guitar, vocals), with Patrick Newbery (keys) and Cully Symington
(drums). I Am Gemini (out February 21, 2012 via Saddle Creek), the band’s seventh LP, is the follow-up to 2009’s critically praised Mama, I’m Swollen, which caught the attention of publications including Alternative Press, Billboard, Playboy, Rolling Stone, and Time Out New York, among others, and earned the band their network television debut on The Late Show with David Letterman. Cursive has released six full-length albums – including the heralded Cursive’s Domestica (2000), The Ugly Organ (2003), and Happy Hollow (2006) – two EPs, a disc of rarities, and numerous singles since the band’s 1995 inception.

The band is also known for their vital, magnetic live show, earning rave reviews from outlets including the Cleveland Scene’s C-Note music blog (”[Tim Kasher’s] effect on the crowd was chilling last night…Cursive was focused and on-spot, composed and gripping”), Nuvo Weekly (“…the five-piece slashed through a near-perfect set of songs from their last nine years of albums”), and the Orlando Sentinel’s Soundboard blog (“…the band still knows how to rock on stage…[Cursive] thrashed away with an abandon that heightened the passion of Kasher’s dense, emotionally charged wordplay.”).

www.cursivearmy.com

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TUESDAY APRIL 3RD… MOUNTAIN SPROUT

Doors/Bar Open 8:00pm
To Be Announced 9:00pm
Mountain Sprout 10:00pm

$10.00 online only (and $10.00 at the door)

The Mountain Sprout Band is the most authentic modern Ozark music available today. Hailing from Eureka Springs, Arkansas, four incredible musicians work seemlessly to bring forward the kind of bass thumping, banjo picking, guitar playing, fiddle shredding, that makes you get and stomp your feet. The lyrics present a variety of stories and jokes that resonate with drunk and sober listeners alike. If you are a hillbilly, a good ‘ol boy, or just a finely crafted music lover, Mountain Sprout is not to be missed! (KC MO News)

www.mountainsprout.com

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SATURDAY APRIL 7th… MURDER BY DEATH

Doors/Bar Open 7:00pm
To Be Announced 8:00-8:40pm
Murder by Death 9:00-10:15pm

$12.00 in advance (and $14.00 at the door)

Adam Turla: vocals, guitar
Sarah Balliet: cello, keyboards
Matt Armstrong: bass, noises
Dagan Thogerson: drums, percussion
Scott Brackett: keys, coronet, accordion, percussion, mandolin, vocals, theramin

They may call Bloomington, Indiana, home, but since their 2000 formation, Murder by Death have been a band without musical borders. Theirs is a world where Old West murder ballads mingle with rock-injected aestern classicism; where an album’s sequencing can take listeners from a haunted back alley in rural Mexico to a raucous Irish pub. All of which is to say, Murder by Death albums don’t just string together songs; they create experiences. With their fifth album (and second for Vagrant), Good Morning, Magpie, Murder by Death continue the tradition of border expansion that drove career standouts like 2006’s In Bocca al Lupo and 2008’s Red of Tooth and Claw.

www.murderbydeath.com

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SATURDAY APRIL 28TH… AN EVENING WITH BAND OF HEATHENS

Doors/Bar Open 7:00pm
Band Of Heathens 8:00-10:00pm

$10.00 in advance (and $12.00 at the door)

PRESENTED BY WWHP “THE WHIP” 98.3

The guys in the Band Of Heathens are fond of saying they became a unit by accident. But that’s like saying the Big Bang was an accident. Unplanned, maybe, but hardly random. One might even argue that a kind of destiny was involved. The merger of singer/songwriters/multi-instrumentalists Ed Jurdi, Gordy Quist and Colin Brooks, with bassist Seth Whitney and drummer John Chipman, from their respective solo careers and bands may not be akin to a cosmic explosion, but their album, One Foot in the Ether, offers irrefutable evidence that they were meant to be together — and have evolved into a solid entity worthy of the comparisons they receive to the Black Crowes, the Band and Little Feat.

The Americana Music Association’s 2010 list of Top 100 Albums of the Year found Band of Heathens “One Foot In The Ether” slotted in at #7!

www.bandofheathens.com
www.wwhp.com