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The Orwells, The Walters @ Metro 3/16/17
So first I should come clean, before this I had never been to a rock concert. It isn’t that I don’t like rock music – , though I’m more of an a fan of alternative rock fan than the classic but the genre certainly isn’t lost on me. It’s just when it came to live…
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New Music Review – Eternally Even by Jim James
In more ways than one, the roots of the newest solo album from My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James can be traced back to 2008. That year, his pioneering southern psych rock band released their most adventurous album to date, the R&B-influenced “Evil Urges”. Having just found broad international acclaim with their previous album, the…
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Honeyblood at Subterranean on 2016/10/28
Although the crowd gave them little to work with, Scottish duo Honeyblood put on a formidable performance at Chicago’s Subterranean to round out October. Opener Jay Som, a slowcore band from San Francisco, started the show on a reflective note. Jay Som is the musical pseudonym of multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Melina Duterte, who has supported…
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Mr. Automatic @ the Bog
Thanks to Mr. Automatic for coming out to The BOG a couple weekends ago with a fantastic Electro Swing DJ set!
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Bon Iver opens up a new world on long-awaited third album “22, A Million” This article originally appeared in TechNews In the time that Bon Iver has lain dormant, it’s clear the Justin Vernon has been paying close attention to the masters of modern songcraft. It seems strange to say such a thing about somebody who…
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Les Étoiles come full circle on ‘Alight, Alight’ This article originally appeared in TechNews. Eight years after the quiet 2008 release of his debut album ‘Never to Alight’, UK native David Fitzpatrick begins his latest release with a refrain of the closest thing…
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WIIT Fall 2016 Schedule Announced Highlights include new shows like From A Motel 6 (classic Indie) and PG-13 (artist features and interviews) along with classics like The Duke’s Classic Soul and R&B Revue (Soul/R&B/Hip Hop) and The Afternoon Breeze (Jazz). Longtime WIIT listeners will be happy to hear some of their favorite student-run programming return…
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WIIT New Music Review – “Impossible Animals” by ROAR
This article originally appeared in TechNews. For the last four years, ROAR have not been an easy band to pay attention to. Following two brief EPs in 2010 and 2012 which gained exposure through Jeff Rosenstock’s Quote Unquote Records netlabel, the Phoenix-based project of Owen Evans seemed like it was going through the time-honored tradition…
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With finals coming up, we know you need a break! Listen to some good music, shoot some pool, hang out with your friends and see what Guerrilla Mix is all about this Tuesday Night!
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Parquet Courts’ “Human Performance” Is Their Most Compelling Album Yet
There are countless many lines that can be drawn between Parquet Courts and other festival-heavy acts of the last five years. The group rose to prominence on the simultaneous nostalgia waves of revival surf punk and 60s-style psych, straddling the line between the nonchalance of groups like Wavves and the reverb-driven concentration of Cloud Nothings…
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Battle of the Bands 2016
Hello Everyone, Come to The Bog on the night of April 14th to see local artists battle it out for big prizes! An all-evening-long walk-in event with more music than you can shake a stick at. Battle of the Bands is a storied Illinois Tech tradition that WIIT is bringing back strong this year in…
