WRBC Presents the Hood Internet with The Knocks

November 29th, 2010 • Audio, Electronic, Events, Maine, Media, News, Press Release

We know what you’ve been pining for all semester. A big, sweaty dance party concert. Well, lucky for you, WRBC 91.5 and your own Bates College Student Government are bringing just that on December 10. We know it’s the weekend before finals — but guess what? All that studying will make you want to let loose and dance your face off. This will be an appropriate venue for that.

Odds are the Hood Internet has mashed up your two favorite artists. And then your next two favorite artists. Get ready to dance to what ever surprises they’ve got in store for us. Check out their site: http://www.thehoodinternet.com/

The Knocks will also be performing for what is sure to be a set where you don’t stop moving. Check them out: http://www.myspace.com/itstheknocks

Doors open at 9:30, Music starts at 10.
Tickets will be sold at the door. $1 for Bates students and $3 for non-students.

Phantogram, Yellow Roman Candles visit Bates

June 21st, 2010 • Concert Calendar, Concert Review, Electronic, Events, Folk, Maine, News, Rock, Uncategorized

Electronic rock duo Phantogram and local folk group Yellow Roman Candles lit up the Bates campus on May 20th, with Bates DJ Jamie Cook closing out the show.  Yellow Roman Candles, based in Bath, Maine, journeyed up to share several original compositions with a growing crowd of Bates students in the Mays Center.  The mellow lights and reverberating acoustic instruments set the tone for the group’s stellar performance.  In the words of WRBC’s Doug Ray:

Yellow Roman Candles is the brainchild of singer-songwriter Aaron Morse, and based on their first release, If It’s Right, there is a sense that this band could really make a run at achieving a certain level of national notoriety. The album certainly has shades of LaMontagne’s earlier work. Its gritty and working-class sensibilities leave the listener transported to perhaps a greater understanding of the plight of much of middle America….. If It’s Right is a decidedly raw album, which, if given a few listens can really tear into one’s soul. It’s part Springsteen and part Dylan, but certainly all Maine. Not to say that I am surprised, but this simple little album proves that Yellow Roman Candles will one day be deserving of a place among the pantheon of great Maine folk musicians.”

Phantogram took the stage next, playing songs off of their recent full-length release, Eyelid Movies. The performance featured Josh Carter on guitar and keyboardist Sarah Barthel playing and singing over big-beat inspired drum machines.  The band’s simple setup echoed the style of Matt & Kim, who proved that complex is not always best at a Bates show last fall.  Barthel mixed the performance live onstage, layering different parts to create a sound that was both expressive and danceable.  It was easy to see why the duo are known for their energetic live performances.  The night was capped off with a DJ set from Bates’ Jamie Cook, a preeminent campus DJ.

http://www.myspace.com/phantogram
http://www.myspace.com/theyellowromancandles
http://www.myspace.com/jamiemcook

Photographs courtesy of Peter Senzamici

WRBC and CHC present Matt and Kim

September 1st, 2009 • Brooklyn, Electronic, Press Release, Rock
Tags: Brooklyn, concert, Daylight, KahBang, Matt and Kim

WRBC, Bates College Radio, and the Chase Hall Committee, the principal campus programming board, will present Brooklyn, New York Band ‘Matt and Kim’   (www.mattandkimmusic.com/), at Bates College in Lewiston in Chase Hall on September 18th, 2009. Doors will open at 9:30; the concert costs $3 for Bates Students and $8 for the general public. Tickets go on sale on www.batestickets.com on September 1^st. Read more »

WRBC in Icelandic Newspaper Fréttablaðið

March 12th, 2009 • 1 comment Electronic, Iceland, News
Tags: FM Belfast, Fréttablaðið, Iceland, iceland airwaves, united states

WRBC in Icelandic News

Bates College is now a known entity in the country of Iceland. The local paper, Fréttablaðið, covered FM Belfast’s journey to Bates in a March 10th article. The article has been translated by Bates professor, Aslaug Asgeirsdottir.

“Discussed the Icelandic Recession”

The danceband FM Belfast recently returned from a two-week trip to the United States where they participated in a variety of things.

FM Blefast played a concert at Bates College in Maine where they also participated in a seminar on the collapse of the Icelandic economy. Áslaug Ásgeirsdóttir, a professor of politics at the college lead the seminar. Read more »

WRBC and BMU to Present FM BELFAST (IS) with TaNZERMENSCH (DJ SET), Reggaenomics, and Battleship

February 21st, 2009 • Electronic, Press Release
Tags: Battleship, concert, FM Belfast, Iceland, Reggaenomics, TaNZERMENSCH

As part of the WRBC FM “Never-Ending Concert Series,” Icelandic band, FM Belfast (http://www.myspace.com/fmbelfast), will be playing a show at Bates College in Lewiston at the Benjamin Mays Center on February 28th, 2009. Doors will open at 9:30, and the Bates’ own Battleship and Reggaenomics will head off the concert, which is free. The evening will end with a performance by DJ TäNZERMENSCH.  Read more »

Photo Gallery: Iceland Airwaves 2008

October 28th, 2008 • Electronic, Folk, Iceland, Photo Gallery
Tags: FM Belfast, Fuck Buttons, Gus Gus, iceland airwaves, Reykjavik, seabear

Several members of the WRBC Board of Directors made a visit to the nation of Iceland to attend the annual Iceland Airwaves Music Festival in October 2008. The festival included performances from over 100 bands, including many Icelandic acts and several prominent international performers. Read more »