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Indy Rock Live Top Picks – May 23-29 (Japandroids, Melismatics, Margot, and More)
Race weekend is here, which means hundreds of thousands descending on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. For those who prefer the screech of guitars over tires, the choices are plentiful. Below are this week's Indy Rock Live top picks: Thursday, May 23: Team Spirit w/ S.M. Wolf at Do317 Lounge -- Power poppy Passion Pit side project. I'm there. Friday, May 24: Take your pick, they're all great. 1) Listen Local Series: Margot and the … [Read More...]
Foals w/ Surfer Blood – Deluxe 5/17/2013
Lately it's seemed like a lot of the indie bands that have coasted through Indianapolis weren't here that long before. Good shows though they may be, the excitement -- the thrill of the new -- is absent. Frequent concert goers want the thrill, which is why the Foals and Surfer Blood show at Deluxe Friday night had extra sizzle. (The Swans/Low pairing later this summer has a similar vibe.) Surfer Blood had never played Indy. I can't be 100 percent … [Read More...]
Metz w/ Television Ghost and Ancient Slang – Radio Radio 5/13/2013
Review by: Phil Glasser Radio Radio is an awesome venue. From its soft red and gold lighting and diner high tops, to its modern style front-of-house furnishings, this place vibrates with appeal. Propped up on a stool in the middle of several high top tables, I could easily get the hand crafted bar, screening a subtitled Bollywood film even the staff couldn’t explain (ed note: Aaron Caudle could!), but I digress. From my position I could see … [Read More...]
Fresh Droppings: Drink a Toast to Innocence – A Tribute to Lite Rock
Most people tend to have an immediate visceral response to "lite" rock. Reactions to songs by artists like Christopher Cross and Dan Fogelberg -- neither represented here -- are either violent teeth gnashing diatribes about how the tunes were hack-written sissy nonsense, or they're warm remembrances and nostalgic reminders of simpler times. I fall into the latter category. Most of the songs covered on Drink a Toast to Innocence -- A Tribute to … [Read More...]
The Flaming Lips w/ Skating Polly – Old National Centre 4/29/2013
Chalk this one up to a reversal of expectations. Festival juggernauts The Flaming Lips with virtually unknown duo Skating Polly as openers at a sold out Old National Centre -- hard not to assume. Well, you know what that does. The Somewhat Unexpected: Oklahoma teen duo Skating Polly bring it live. With songs that blend a sweet Tegan and Sara-like vocal chirpiness with riot grrl rage, step-sisters Peyton and Kelli were raw and refreshing. … [Read More...]
Josh Ritter w/ Martin Sexton – The Vogue 4/18/2013
Torrential rain did its best to keep fans away from the Vogue Thursday night. Fortunately, the sizable crowd on hand for Josh Ritter wasn't afraid to get a little wet. Those who braved the elements were witness to the best concert to hit Indianapolis so far this year. I won't deny the rain was an obstacle -- I missed the first half of Martin Sexton's opening set because of it. But I also wasn't that disappointed. Sexton's been around for a … [Read More...]
