Cayucas w/ Bonzie – Radio Radio 3/5/2013
After a long, cold winter, Indianapolis is due for a bit of warmth. Until that happens, Cayucas‘ sunny, California pop will have to do. The Santa Monica band made their first trip to the circle city...
View ArticleBear Hands, Miniature Tigers, & Total Slacker – Radio Radio 3/18/2014
MOKB Presents put together a hell-a-good indie pop buffet Tuesday night at Radio Radio. We get our share of top-notch shows around here these days, but this was a great example of a killer double-bill...
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Drive-By Truckers w/ Blitzen Trapper – The Vogue 3/25/2014
I’m entirely comfortable saying that for the past 10 years, no band has been as consistently great live as the Drive-By Truckers. Every time I’ve witnessed their cathartic brand of capital R Rock — and...
View ArticleBig Scary at Radio Radio 4/23/2014
As someone who lists Jeff Buckley’s Grace as his all-time favorite record, I’m hooked anytime I hear music that recalls the warmth that album inspires. Belgian Blues on Big Scary‘s recent release, Not...
View ArticleThe Hold Steady w/ Deer Tick – The Vogue 4/25/2014
Deer Tick‘s John McCauley ended his band’s opening set Friday Night at the Vogue by setting his pubic hair on fire. So it was that kind of unhinged night, but it was a defiantly unhinged one, in which...
View ArticleTegan & Sara – Old National Centre 5/10/2014
I’m a 40-year-old man with three children and I like Tegan and Sara. I feel no shame in admitting so. Good pop is universal — I say it all the time but it’s worth repeating — and Tegan and Sara are...
View ArticleI See Vinyl: Harvey Danger – Where Have All The Merrymakers Gone?
New feature here on IRL highlighting some noteworthy vinyl releases/re-releases. Harvey Danger was one of the most underrated indie-pop bands of the 90s. Most people know the song Flagpole Sitta, but...
View ArticleFresh Droppings: Challenger – Sweater Weather
80s influenced electro-pop outfit Challenger is set to release its sophomore album, Back to Bellevue, on May 27. You can check out first track, Sweater Weather, below.
View ArticleFresh Droppings: The Griswolds – Beware the Dog
The Griswolds are building some buzz and hit the Hi-Fi on June 27 with Gemini Club. Fans of Vampire Weekend and Cayucas take notice. Check out the track below.
View ArticleFresh Droppings: Jon Autry – I Know
I’ll skip the fluff and simply tell you to please listen to I Know, the first track from Jon Autry’s upcoming release, beautifully broken. Fans of Joe Pernice (Pernice Bros, Big Tobacco, New...
View ArticleFresh Droppings: COUSINS – Body
Canadian band COUSINS just released their latest, The Halls of Wickwire, and will be in Indy on Wednesday at the Hi-Fi in support of Chad VanGaalen. Check out their video for the gritty Body below.
View ArticleI See Vinyl: Curtis Harding – Soul Power
Curtis Harding’s debut, Soul Power, was released a few weeks back but just this week got the vinyl treatment. Harding has worked with Cee Lo and Outkast, and Soul Power shows he knows his way around...
View ArticleFresh Droppings: Army Navy – The Mistakes
Outstanding indie pop band Army Navy are back with their newest, The Wilderness Inside, on July 15. Stream the first track, The Mistakes, below. Great harmonies, winsome lyrics, a killer hook, and hand...
View ArticleFresh Droppings: On in Love
Today sees the release of the debut from On In Love, a collaboration between Shudder to Think front man Craig Wedren and composer Jefferson Friedman. The combination of Wedren’s incredible voice and...
View ArticleUpcoming: May 30-June 8 (World Party, Jon Autry, WarmFest WarmUp, More)
Summer is officially here, which means the concert calendar explodes with options. Below are some suggestions: Friday, 5/30 – Head to Fountain Square. You’ve got Belle Adair at the Hi-Fi or songwriter...
View ArticleWorld Party – The Hi-Fi 6/7/2014
Karl Wallinger, better known as World Party, had a brain aneurysm in 2001. The band’s last proper album, Dumbing Up, was released the year prior. To say I ever expected, in 2014, to see Wallinger and...
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Picture Pages: Lindsey Stirling – Old National Centre 6/9/2014
New feature here at Indy Rock Live. Picture Pages (yes, that’s an 80s era Bill Cosby reference — I’m old) featuring some cracking photos by Lisa Sangiorgio. Take a look at her snaps from Lindsey...
View ArticleBailiff – White Rabbit Cabaret 6/26/2014
Chicago trio Bailiff have played Indy several times, but Thursday night’s show at the White Rabbit Cabaret was the first time I’d had the chance to catch them perform. Now I know what I’ve been...
View ArticleFresh Droppings – Blue Skies for Black Hearts (s/t)
The new self-titled release from Portland’s Blue Skies for Black Hearts is, technically, their sixth album. But lead Blue Sky-er Pat Kearns and his rotating band of musicians have never delivered a...
View ArticleMatthew Sweet w/ Tommy Keene – Radio Radio 7/24/2014
Matthew Sweet‘s song Winona, from the classic Girlfriend, may not be about Winona Ryder, but it’s forever linked in my mind with the actress, who in the late 80s and early 90s was the coolest girl on...
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