Live Buzz’s Top Shows of the Week

The IDS’ live music blog dishes this week’s best concerts. Catch all the event essentials and show coverage you need to know about at www.idsnews.com/blogs/livebuzz.


Krista Detor, Jason Wilbur, Dylan Sneed and Tim Grimm
8 p.m.
May 9
Player’s Pub
Four of Bloomington’s finest singer/songwriters combine forces for a mega-show. Experience a different side of Bloomington’s music scene with some of the best songwriting it has to offer.


Bloomington Battle of the Bands, preliminary round
9 p.m.
May 10
The Bluebird
Ongoing preliminary round for the Bluebird’s Battle of the Bands. Tuesday’s performers include We Hear Voices, E.D!, Blue Rising, Outer Planets, th’Empires and The Mundies.


Community Currency’s LP release party
8 p.m.
May 11
The Bishop
The brothers Romy, Matt and Nick are household names in Bloomington’s music scene. Under the new moniker Community Currency, they’ve teamed up with Ben Fowler, Evan Galup and Susan Anderson to produce “Labor of Love,” the first CD for the new folk-punk group.