Pygmalion

Already in its 6th year, the annual Champaign-Urbana Pygmalion Music Festival kicked off last night. This ever-improving multi-venue collaboration of local and touring, mostly indie-rock, acts still has tickets available for most shows. If you're in central Illinois this weekend, here's what's on tap:

WEDNESDAY – 9/21

Canopy Club (18+)
8:00 — Common Loon
9:00 — Viva Voce
10:00 — Explosions in the Sky

THURSDAY – 9/22

Canopy Club (18+) 6:30 — Easter
7:00 — Ava Luna
7:30 — Bachelorette
8:00 — Unknown Mortal Orchestra
8:45 — Youth Lagoon
9:30 — Toro y Moi
11:30 — DJ Britche$ 12:00 — DJ SOLO
12:45 — MiM0SA

Channing-Murray (All Ages)

8:30 — The Leadership
9:30 — Scattered Trees
10:30 — Gardens & Villa
11:30 — Delicate Steve
12:30 — NewVillager

Krannert Art Museum (All Ages)

6:00 — Horrible Things 7:00 — The Parson Red Heads
8:00 — The Capstan Shafts
9:00 — Bear Hands

6:30 — Teeadora Nikolova
7:30 — Kayla Brown
8:30 — Pamela Machala

FRIDAY – 9/23

Canopy Club (18+) 6:30 — Midnight Magic
7:30 — Washed Out
8:45 — Cut Copy
10:30 — Mickey Karbal 11:00 — D-Roka
11:30 — Miss Thang
12:00 — Tigorilla
12:30 — White Rabbit

12:00 — Only Children
1:00 — The Hood Internet

Caffe Paradiso (All Ages)

7:00 — Emily Otnes
8:00 — Jill Andrews
9:00 — Good Night and Good Morning
10:00 — Jessica Lea Mayfield

Red Herring (All Ages)
6:00 — Roberta Sparrow
7:00 — Midstress
8:00 — Grave Babies
9:00 — Panel Van

Channing-Murray Foundation (All Ages)

9:30 — Ivan and Alyosha
10:30 — Grandkids
11:30 — The Luyas
12:30 — The Dodos

SATURDAY – 9/24

 Canopy Club (18+)

9:00 — Factory Settings
9:30 — Mansions on the Moon
10:45 — Space Police
10:15 — Venus X & $hayne
11:15 — Gang Gang Dance
12:15 — Positive Vibr8ions
1:00 — MartyParty (of PANTyRAiD)

The Highdive — Outdoor Stage (All Ages)

2:30 — Joan of Arc
3:20 — Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
4:10 — Asobi Seksu
5:00 — Owen
5:40 — STRFKR
6:40 — Xiu Xiu
7:50 — Japandroids
9:10 — Deerhoof
10:30 — Braid

Exile on Main St. (In-Store) (All Ages) :: FREE CONCERT!

12:30 — X Amount of Villains
1:30 — An Evening with your Mother
2:30 — TBD
3:30 — Morgan Orion
4:30 — Evil Tents
5:30 — Northern Magnolia
6:30 — Allen Strong
7:30 — Year of the Bobcat
8:30 — White Birds

Mike N Molly’s (19+)

4:00 — Hedgehog
5:00 — Deathtram
6:00 — Why I Like Robins
7:00 — These Old Ghosts
8:00 — Take Care
9:00 — Withershins
10:00 — Frank Maloney and the Dolt City Ramblers
11:00 — Adam Arcuragi
12:00 — Bass Drum of Death
1:00 — The Dirty Feathers
  
Cowboy Monkey (19+) 
10:00 — Mammoths
11:00 — Iron Tigers
12:00 — Brass Bed
1:00 — That’s No Moon (CD Release Show!)

Boltini Lounge (21+)
12:00 — The Duke of Uke and His Novelty Orchestra

SUNDAY – 9/25

The Highdive (19+)

8:30 — Elsinore
9:30 — Big Troubles
10:30 — The Pains of Being Pure at Heart