At first listen, the newest release from Bloomington band, Gentleman Caller, didn’t do anything for me. Not one of the fourteen tracks on “Vs. The Elephant” stuck out from the rest. The entire forty-five minutes of the album sailed by unremarkably.
It wasn’t until the fourth or fifth run through when musical hooks or catchy one-liners [...]

Do a quick Google search for the sixth album from The Dandy Warhols, Earth To The Dandy Warhols, and you may read some pretty unfavorable reviews from the likes of Pitchfork, Q Magazine and Rolling Stone. They called it too long, and at over 70 minutes, who can blame them? They said it was too [...]

Stay hydrated, have fun and remember, no one likes crowd surfers. Andy Weber

Tracks such as “Hyper Planets” also contain a hint of Elliot’s Smith’s sorrowful dreamlike vocal styling interspersed with melodic OOOs, Ahhhs and BA BAs. Andy Weber

Bloomington band The Impossible Shapes has been honing its craft and tightening its act for a decade now and it shows both on the albums and in concert. Andy Weber

Sufjan Stevens’s head-cheerleader, or “Illinoismaker,” Shara Worden releases the sophomore album from her project My Brightest Diamond this month.
Her new album, A Thousand Shark’s Teeth, follows her 2006 debut Bring Me the Workhorse.
It is evident immediately that ATST has much more of a classical, orchestral influence than its 2006 counterpart. Every track on the [...]

Indianapolis octet Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s made their triumphant return to Bloomington this month with a show at the Buskirk-Chumley. Margot was accompanied by openers Kentucky Nightmare and Maps and Atlases. Andy Weber

To read Andy Weber’s concert reveiw of Margot in concert, check out http://cultureweek.com/?p=160 
Cultureweek: How does it feel be to back in Bloomington?
Andy Fry: “Well, I lived here for seven years so it’s nice to come back and see Kirkwood and everything, its beautiful time of year to be back.”
CW: Can you tell us a little more about [...]

Stand out tracks: Tonight in the Sky, Like the River, Heron Blue. Andy Weber

Raucous bar rockers and Bloomington heroes Murder By Death follow up their acclaimed 2006 album, In Bocca Al Lupo this month with their fourth full-length release, Red of Tooth and Claw.