Continental Breakfast | Volume 13 | May 2nd, 2025
Nashville indie rock group Bats delighted the crowd for their afternoon set at last week’s Culture Shock. Bats’ lineup includes frontperson and songwriter Jess Awh, drummer James, steel player Nick, and bassist Ben. We got to sit down for an interview with Jess following their set, chatting a bit about Culture Shock and the band’s trip to Indiana.
“Poser country.” That’s how the alt-country band Tobacco City described their sound during our conversation after their set at Culture Shock 2025. Hailing from Chicago and consisting of Chris Coleslaw on vocals and guitar, Steve Plock on the drums, Scott Quider with the pedal steel, Lexi Goddard on vocals and guitar, and Eliza Webber on bass and vocals, Tobacco City put on a remarkable show at Saturday's festival.
Continental Breakfast | Volume 12 | April 11th, 2025
Culture Shock is fast approaching! This Saturday, April 12th, the festivities begin, and we’ll be in for a day full of music, art, and amazing vibes. Here’s an official Culture Shock Q&A panel to prepare you for the big day!
Since this upcoming 37th Culture Shock covers all aspects of “Americana,” I figured it may be useful to dive into the theme’s history, definition, and application (because it’s a super fun theme and I’m SO excited to see it in action this weekend!)
Get excited, y’all – Culture Shock 2025 is less than a week away! From 12-9pm on Saturday, April 12th, the 37th annual WIUX music festival will take place on IU’s own Dunn Meadow. We have a lot to look forward to during this year’s Culture Shock, including a fun Americana theme, food trucks, a DIY merch table, free admission (as always!), and of course, sets from some phenomenal artists.
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Maggie Baugh, a rising country artist from Nashville, Tennessee after her Bloomington show on March 14th. Baugh released her debut album, Dear Me, in October 2023.
Continental Breakfast | Volume 11 | March 28th, 2024
Jeff Greenspan is a guy who wears a lot of hats – comedian, artist, activist, and even former ad agency creative. But at the core of everything he does is a deep curiosity about people and the systems that shape our lives. In an interview with WIUX, Greenspan talked about his comedy show “Deviant Acts" that blends humor and activism, while using satire to challenge authority, and why he thinks public spaces are the best places for creative expression.
A few weeks ago, Philadelphia-based indie artist Greg Mendez sat down for a brief conversation with WIUX following a live session on 99.1. Before performing at The Bishop Bar for the second time on February 28th, Mendez chatted with us about the beginning of his music career, his newest release, the end of his tour, and his future plans.
On a crisp fall evening last October, Hannah Frances played solo to a crowd at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. She walked briskly across the stage as the lights illuminated her smile and her monochromatic outfit. Her voice and big electric guitar quickly filled the room. It didn’t take much for her to captivate this eager audience.
With all this warm weather lately, we've had to suddenly shift over into spring music mode! Here's what we've been bumping lately...with the car windows down, of course!
Whether from a place of nostalgia, historical appreciation, or rebellion, we young people love to love old media. IU Cinema’s March 4th screening of Nosferatu (1922) with a score by Radiohead was a perfect opportunity to engage with this act of finding the old in the new; discovering modern meanings in material from the past.
Last Thursday I had the pleasure of seeing the Eras of Trisha Tour. I was not sure what to expect...
Continental Breakfast | Volume 10 | February 28th, 2024
This week, we (for whatever reason) decided to imagine what songs we would play if we were WWE-style wrestlers running up to the ring. Hopefully these provide you with fun mental images!
In light of the wintery weather outside, we bundled up in the studio and talked about our favorite winter albums!
A potential Valentine’s Day mass shooting which could have taken place at Mooresville High School in Morgan County - about 10 miles south of Indianapolis - was thwarted last week after a call to an anonymous tip line notified federal authorities of the suspected shooter’s intentions ahead of time.
Continental Breakfast | Volume 9 | February 14th, 2024
If this seems like a niche, random comparison, that’s because it kind of is. But, I can’t really blame myself for it. The Captain America film franchise has been a special interest of mine since I was in my early tween years, and I have always been (to a fault) eager to jump up and explain to anyone that the films work as rich character studies, filled with complex themes and interpersonal relationships that can tell us a lot about the human condition. And of course, as part of the trans-man canon, I adore Car Seat Headrest’s Twin Fantasy.
