Music floated up and down the Hill as Oblio, an indie rock band from Nashville, performed outside Java City Wednesday.

Oblio played at Western three years ago, said guitarist Terry Price.

“We got a request to come back again in January,” he said.

Price said the group goes on tour often and works part-time at a coffee shop when not on the road. Although they don’t have a record deal right now, they just released a new album, “Tonight You’re Gonna Be A Revolution.”

Bass guitarist Travis Vance said playing on campus is interesting because it’s different from what they’re used to.

“We usually play at clubs where the audience is right next to us, and we are sort of feeding off them,” he said. “But here, the closest person was like 50 feet away. But we knew they were listening.”

Vance said the experience of playing on campus was similar to when they played at Western three years ago.

“The atmosphere was very much the same,” he said. “But what we did was different. We were recovering hippies then, and our music has changed.”

Vance said that it felt “intrusive to play loud, raucous music next to a library.”

“But it was fun,” he said. “We don’t get to play outside often.”

Students came and went throughout the performance — some stopping for a few moments to catch part of the song and others simply listening as they passed.

Bowling Green freshman June Laves sat outside the coffee shop with several friends, watching the show. She said she realized a few weeks ago that Java City had bands every week and began to come out to hear them.

“It’s nice to get a cup of coffee and sit and listen,” she said.

Louisville freshman Tracy Ingram said that, although she had never heard of Oblio, she really enjoyed their music.

“When I walked out of class, I heard music that was really appealing,” she said. “I love being outdoors and listening to music, so this is right up my alley.”

Dan Forrest, access service coordinator for Library Public Services, said they started live music at Java City shortly after it opened in 2002.

“We had to hustle at first to get people,” he said. “But once word got out, we started getting a performer each week.”?

Forrest said they’ve had students, faculty, local musicians and touring groups at Java City playing a variety of music, including country, folk, rock and jazz.

Michael Franklin, media and reserves specialist for Cravens library, said last week they had a drum troupe and belly dancers.

“You don’t see that every day,” he said.