Boduf Songs December 2, 2008 The Cinemat Bloomington, IN Recorded by Ben Myers Stream/Download I snuck in somewhere around the first or second song and caught most of Boduf Songs. I had to share it. Apache Dropout and When We Might also played but I missed them both as I was closing Bloomingfoods dish pit that winter. There might have been color, b…

Devil's Night Asshole: Children of Scare-Midget/Angels of Pot October 30, 2007 Recorded at The Cinemat Angels of Pot: Last Tokes January 29, 2008 Recorded at the Werehouse Lather: Wash All the Time/Being Watched February 8, 2008 Recorded at the Werehouse Last Tokes Band: Last Tokes Release Prty September 29, 2008 Recorded at TD's CDs & LPs thx mkl …

Jenny is a Boy Dust From 1000 Yrs May 23, 2008 Mike's House Bloomington, IN Recorded by Ben Myers Stream/Download This was the party which was Mike's first party as full host, and from what I remember it went well. There was an odd little alcove in the basement with an anti-stage and I think a fireplace where Ben stood on a stage above the pit, as …

Smut June 11, 2009 The Sauce Box Bloomington, IN Recorded by Ben Myers Stream/Download This show marked the tenth of Smut: Justin Rhody and Keith Wright, of Friends & Relatives Records. This was a huge show and if you want to know about the rest of it you can check it out on Facebook but I'm only going to talk about Smut because I really showed up,…

drekka OS lather. December 2, 2007 The Waldron Firebay Bloomington, IN Recorded by Ben Myers Stream/Download Sweet show. I opened up with snares a blaring placed spectacularly in front of the huge Peavey cabinet. The focus was on resonating the snare and then the entire room. Did I mention I also like dynamic changes? OS was fairly subdued for the …

Redbird Hermit Thrushes Ben Fowler April 28, 2010 The Bishop Bloomington, IN Recorded by Ben Myers Stream/Download Keep This Boat Afloat: Learn about the situation with which the Fowlers are struggling and find out how you can help. The "Yer Mom Likes to Party" series consists of benefit shows for Ben Fowler and his mother, who had an unfortunate a…

OS Nux Vomica Hail Architeuthis! September 29, 2009 The Bishop Bloomington, IN Recorded by Ben Myers Stream/Download I recall this show being tons of fun. That is, except for those dicks who kept talking loudly (but luckily not during a band's set) about some joke band they were going to start called Butt Piss. I bet they'd blow if any of them even…

Bunny Hoover vs. Lather Whatfunnybirdsdiveintowater Oscine May 13, 2009 The Cinemat Bloomington, IN Recorded by Ben Myers Stream/Download Because the two artists share similar worldviews but have completely different ideas on how the world will ultimately be affected by people, Bunny Hoover being an entity from space whose mission is to help humans…

Dust From 1000 Yrs Pants Howard's Dilemma Strictly Off the Record Bunny Hoover April 15, 2009 The Bungalow Bloomington, IN Recorded by Chris Couchman Stream/Download I made an appearance at this show for a few minutes, with Janice and Atem (then 3 months old). You can hear him crying upstairs right before Company Slogan. I can only form opinions ba…

Awesome Color Dinosaur jr. April 10, 2009 The Bluebird Bloomington, IN Recorded by Chris Couchman Stream/Download I cannot give a review of the show since I did not attend, but I will warn you that due to the excessive (or not) sound pressure levels at this show there is severe digital clipping. I gave Chris my Olympus DS-50 so that he could record…

Found Objects Adeptive Radiation Officer Deaf Mindfreak April 2, 2009 IMUG NOISE Bloomington, IN Recorded by Ben Myers Stream/Download From what I understand many of the NOISE shows were not noise shows at all, though if it's an acronym I have no clue what it means. "Inside-Starbucks Experience" is the best I can come up with and it isn't even comp…

Sword of Exactly Dark Dark Dark April 7, 2010 The Bishop Bloomington, IN Recorded by Ben Myers Stream/Download I was happy to go to such a beautifully appropriate and succinctly scheduled show with but two artists who fit well together musically. Evelyn continues to remind me of Scout Niblett with piano. She delivers an appropriate amount of amusem…

Kid Primitive Family Doog/Brother Dolphin Normanoak Castle Oldchair April 2, 2008 Sonny's Log Cabin Bloomington, IN Recorded by Ben Myers Stream/Download Two years ago Sonny lived in a cabin in the heart of Bloomington's south-central neighborhood, hidden away by suburban illusion. A dozen to two dozen people gathered there that evening for shared …

When We Might Sgt Dunbar and the Hobo Banned Dust From 1000 Yrs March 15, 2009 Rockit's Pizza Bloomington, IN Recorded by Ben Myers Stream/Download Chester gracefully opened up this show, and someone was on stage (used loosely) with him but whether it was Josh or Jimmy I don't recall. Either way the show sounds great, and it was of Atem's first sho…

Eric Knipstine Deserter Humans dante augustus scarlatti Pendra Gon Hail Architeuthis! March 30, 2010 The Bishop Bloomington, IN Recorded by Ben Myers Stream/Download This month Black Mass showcased several artists from the Auris Apothecary label, curators of the monthly event. As it was the first performance for four of the artists, technical diffi…

Brother Dolphin Whoa Bro Awesome Grampall Jookabox Electric Serpent Power January 29, 2008 The Cinemat Bloomington, IN Recorded by Ben Myers Stream/Download Brothers Eric and Sonny Alexander played graceful psych-folk, Sonny's guitar entwining with his brother's voice. Whoa Bro played his first show with guitar, a rollicking good time akin to Jonat…

Marty Belcher & Bart Galloway Children of Scare-Midget Adeptive Radiation November 13, 2008 Racheal's Cafe Bloomington, IN Recorded by Ben Myers Stream/Download Chris Rall was to join Bart and Marty in improvisation, but could not make it. In that case they would have been titled ICBM (Improvisation: Chris, Bart, Marty). Their set is quite free, us…

(DBH) Lather Styrofoam Duck February 2, 2008 The Cinemat Bloomington, IN Recorded by Ben Myers Stream/Download The DBH recording suffered (or perhaps a different word?) from operator malfunction, so their actual set is lost in time. Lather played with a cd a few songs from The Death Sound and Styrofoam Duck graced Bloomington on their "Free Boys" t…