New music venue and restaurant The Space hosted indie pop artist OTNES with opener Emily the Band on Sunday night in downtown Champaign. The Space, which originally began as a hot sauce company, ...

Champaign-Urbana has long been known for its vibrant music scene. Since REO Speedwagon’s formation here in 1967 (fun fact: there’s a street called REO Speedwagon Way in downtown Champaign), the town ...

Carman left, though, to concentrate on music full time and to re-establish Champaign. The band recently recorded a new album, "Carma," at Pogo Studio in Champaign. "Karma is everything," Carman said.

Golosinski and Rogers formed the group Obvious Man. Rogers’s girlfriend at the time organized punk shows in Champaign-Urbana, which helped them get off the ground.