Spissy, a local Bloomington band, performs at the Blockhouse on May 19. The band opened at the album release show for Hales Corner's debut album "Garden View."

Local music is one of the things that makes Bloomington such a great place. Being a blue city in a primarily red state, you find funky people from all over Indiana, or even the entire Midwest region, or as I see it as; young talent. Many of the local musicians find their way to either Nashville, Tenn. or Chicago as they look to continue their career as a musician.

Hales Corner, a local Bloomington band, performs at the Blockhouse on May 19. The band performed at the album release show for their debut album "Garden View."

Dietrich Jon, a local Bloomington band, performs at Culture Shock on April 10, 2015. Though the band achieved mild success in Bloomington, frontman Diederik van Wassenaer recently moved to Nashville, Tenn. in order to continue his music career.

Thee Tsunamis, a local Bloomington band, performs at Culture Shock on April 10, 2015. Self-defined as "Bubblepunk," this all-female trio is one of the top groups in the Bloomington underground scene.