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WRBC Presents Washed Out with Small Black and Toro y Moi

admin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:21:53 +0000

Friday, March 5th, 2010 9.30pm
Benjamin Mays Center, Bates College
Lewiston, ME

More details coming soon, but this show, this musical experience if you will will make all others seem like a poor attempt at entertaining you.

unDISCHARGED featuring ANAMANAGUCHI (US)

admin — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:51:52 +0000

Start: Nov 14 2009 – 9:30pm

End: Nov 15 2009 – 2:00am

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

Light a fire of sensuality into your internal organs and unDISCHARGE yourself. This, the “Empire Strikes Back” to DISCHARGE’s “A New Hope,” is not a concert in the traditional sense. This is an audiovisual exhibition of what can only be called performance art because it will synthesize music, images, and bodies into a psychedelic experience appropriate for those willing to explore the inner workings of collegiate humanity.

Indeed, this event will not follow the most traditional concert format but will instead function as a collaboration between your dancing body and the following artists:

Anamanaguchi (http://www.myspace.com/anamanaguchi)
Sw33t America (http://www.myspace.com/sw33tamerica)
kid consumption (http://www.last.fm/music/DJ+Kid+Consumption)
vol-au-vent (http://www.last.fm/music/Vol-Au-Vent)
the public service announcements (http://www.myspace.com/thepublicserviceannouncements)
nando & the robo-teeth (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=683cbW7jdG4)
jamie cook (http://www.myspace.com/jamiemcook)

WRBC presents guitarist Glenn Jones

admin — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:05:20 +0000

Described by The Boston Globe as “the best guitarist you never heard of,” Glenn Jones of Cambridge, Mass. plays a concert of acoustic music at 7:00 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, in the Ronj at Ross House on Frye St. Opening for Jones will be Micah Blue Smaldone of Portland. Admission is free. For more information, please contact 207-777-7532 or dray@bates.edu

A 30-plus-year devotee of the so-called “Takoma School,” Glenn Jones has led Boston’s “avant-garage” instrumental rock band, Cul de Sac since 1989. With Cul de Sac, Jones has recorded nine albums, including a soundtrack for cult-director Roger Corman, and collaborations with guitarist John Fahey and former Can vocalist Damo Suzuki.

Jones has written extensively on the steel-string guitar’s leading lights: John Fahey, with whom he was friends for nearly 25 years, and Robbie Basho, who befriended Jones during the five years before his death in 1986. He’s toured with Peter Lang, and with some of the best of the new breed of solo guitar upstarts: Harris Newman, Sean Smith, and James Blackshaw, among others.

Jones’ second solo album, Against Which the Sea Continually Beats, was issued by Strange Attractors in March 2007.

Micah Blue Smaldone is a Portland-based musician, member of l bands such as The Pinkerton Thugs and Blood on Blood. He has been noted for playing a wide range of musical styles including punk, hardcore, folk, ragtime, and blues.

WRBC and CHC present Matt and Kim

admin — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:59:04 +0000

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.

Matt and Kim are an electronic pop duo consisting of Matt Johnson and Kim Schifino. Noted for their simple dance melodies, they have been featured in festivals such as the Siren Music Festival in Brooklyn, Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago, and the KahBang Indie Music and Art Festival in Bangor. Their most recent release Grand, which reached #170 on the Billboard Top 100, includes the Singles “Daylight,” which was recently featured in a commercial for Bacardi, and “Lessons Learned,” the video of which has been nominated for an MTV Video Music Award.

Matt and Kim are one of the premier bands in the rapidly expanding Brooklyn-based independent music scene. This show promises to be one of the best electronic shows in the state of Maine this year.

FM Belfast is Big Hit!!!

admin — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:30:16 +0000

The February 28th FM Belfast Concert was widely attended and a huge success on campus. Here are some links highlighting the event:

Icelandic Article

Bates Life Blog Post

FM Belfast Official Website\

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

admin — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:08:04 +0000

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.

FM Belfast is a four-piece electronic band. They were one of the surprise breakout artists at last October’s Iceland Airwaves Music Festival, which is held annually in Reykjavik, Iceland. Their first LP, How to make friends, was also released in October 2008 in Iceland. It is available for sale in the United States through the iTunes music store.

FM Belfast is considered one of the premier new artists in the rapidly expanding Icelandic music scene. Their music utilizes elements of dance pop and expands on it with profound lyrics and a light-hearted attitude. This show promises to be one of the best electronic shows in the state of Maine this year.

WRBC, Class of 2010 Co-Presidents, and Bates Musicians’ Union present Black Taxi (US) with Hannah Buckley

admin — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 08:20:45 +0000

Start: Jan 17 2009 – 9:00pm

End: Jan 18 2009 – 1:00am

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

WRBC along with The Class of 2010 Co-Presidents and Bates Musicians' Union present what promises to be one of the best concerts you will see at Bates this year. As part of WRBC's epic year of concerts, we bring to you BLACK TAXI, a hot rock and roll band from Brooklyn. They will be rocking the Benjamin Mays Center for one night only.

WRBC and CHC Present Anamanaguchi (US) with Lionshare (US) and Sweet America (US)

admin — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:41:49 +0000

Start: Nov 15 2008 – 9:30pm

End: Nov 16 2008 – 1:30am

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

Did you ever find yourself dancing to the sick beats emanating from your Super Nintendo? Are you into dancing yourself silly on Saturday nights? Do you like live music?

You know that you all answered yes to all of these questions.

WRBC presents Yeasayer (USA), Live at Bates College, October 23! Support: Chairlift

admin — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:17:03 +0000

Start: Oct 23 2008 – 7:00pm

End: Oct 23 2008 – 10:30pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

Straight out of Brooklyn's hot Indie rock scene comes Yeasayer, a band self-identified as "Middle Eastern-psych-snap-gospel."
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