Mon March 3rd @ Waldron Arts Center - 8pm - $7 - All-ages!

Bowerbirds / Phosphorescent / Ruben and Vanessa

This Dead Oceans showcase features two of the infant imprints...Bowerbirds are a three-piece outfit from the folk foothills of Raleigh, North Carolina. Like a quiet Southern evening, the Bowerbirds blend subtle harmonies with the wispy acoustics of violins and mandolin to create songs that wash over the ears life sweet tea on a summer's day.

Phosphorescent is a purveyor of maudlin acoustic rock that is as gut wrenching as it is beautiful. The man that is Matt Houck has drawn comparisons to the likes of Will Oldham and Bob Dylan with the London Evening Standard declaring Houckto be "the most significant American in his field since Kurt Cobain."

Ruben and Vanessa have been making waves in the Bloomington folk scene with their loving harmonics and deft touch on the banjo and guitar.

http://www.myspace.com/bowerbirds http://www.myspace.com/phosphore...

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Tues March 4th - Waldron Arts Center - 9pm - $7 - All-ages!

Evangelicals / Headlights / Prayer Breakfast

Evangelicals have drunk from the chalice of The Flaming Lips, creating luscious, psychedelic indie-pop. Pitchfork take it away - "The tracks on So Gone don't rock and roll, twist and shout, or perform any of the standard motor functions we expect of pop songs. Instead, they accelerate, crash, reboot, reformat"

Headlights are Champaign, Illinois' greatest export, giving the world playful harmonies and bubbly indie-pop. Sometimes you want to grab a skinny jeans clad kid and say hey hipster, why so serious? Lighten up a bit. Luckily, Headlights provide the charm and the chops to do just that.

Prayer Breakfast is a super group of local music ans culled from the talent pool of Arrah and The Ferns,Everything, Now!, husband&wife, Rapider Than Horsepower and Vollmar. The result is every bit as amazing as you would imagine that collection of musicians would sound.

http://www.myspace.com/evangelicals http://www.myspace.com/headlights http://www.myspace.com/prayerbre...

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Thurs. March 6th @ Buskirk-Chumley Theatre - 8pm - $15/$20 / All-ages!

PUNCH BROTHERS featuring Chris Thile of Nickel Creek

Within a year of their formation, Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile (of Nickel Creek) are already playing to sold-out crowds across the US and embarking on their second recording project. Comprised of the young and blazingly talented musicians Chris Thile (mandolin), Gabe Witcher (fiddle), Chris Eldridge (guitar), Noam Pikelny (banjo), and Greg Garrison (bass), the new band has captured the attention of music lovers of all kinds, from bluegrass to classical, veteran to novice. Their first album, How to Grow a Woman from the Ground, was released in September 2006 to great critical acclaim and received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Country Instrumental Performance for the song "The Eleventh Reel."

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Fri March 7th @ Art Hospital - 8pm - $5 - All-ages!

Arrah and the Ferns / Folklore / Everybody

Arrah and her assembled Ferns return to Bloomington with a fist full of new songs and bubbly favorites to get your toes a tapping and your head a nodding.

Folklore is the way the Jimmy Hughes gets his kicks when not rocking out with Elf Power. Melodic pop is what brews in Hughes' head and he has gathered a gaggle of Athens, GA's finest musicians to help him bring it to you.

We aren't going to waster platitudes on Everybody, we'll just tell you everything you need know - they are mind-blowingly awesome. Ask anyone who say them at the say hi show.

http://www.myspace.com/arrahandt... http://www.myspace.com/folkloreband http://www.myspace.com/everybody...

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Coming soon....

3/11 - Samara Lubelski @ Waldron 3/13 - David Allan Coe @ Bluebird 3/17 - School of Language @ Waldron 3/18 - Old Time Relijun @ Bluebird 3/19 - Man Man @ Waldron 3/20 - Islands @ Rhino's 3/21 - The Dirtbombs / Kelley Stoltz @ Jake's 3/27 - Le Loup / Ruby Suns @ Waldron 3/29 - Throw Me the Statue @ Art Hospital

4/2 - Why? @ Bears 4/7 - Okkervil River / Howlin Rain @ Buskirk-Chumley 4/8 - Cursive @ Rhino's 4/9 - Minus Story @ Bears 4/9 - Flosstradamus @ Buskirk-Chumley 4/11 - Feist @ IU Auditorium 4/15 - Minus the Bear @ Bluebird 4/19 - WIUX Culture Shock @ Dunn Meadow 4/26 - Nomo @ Bluebird 4/29 - Dead Meadow @ Bluebird 5/2 - Caribou @ Waldron

Tickets to many shows available at Landlocked Music and online at http://spiritof68.ducatking.com - enjoy!