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Drummist Available 3 Replies

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Jeb Banner

The Patio, Indianapolis Indiana 54 Replies

Started by Jeb Banner in Music Venues- Past and Present. Last reply by Terry Janssen 1 day ago.

Jeb Banner

List of Bands that Should Be on MFT But Are Not, Yet! 175 Replies

Started by Jeb Banner in Lists, Lists and more lists!. Last reply by M. Sommers Nov 3.

David Barajas

Album anniversary: "You Shouldn't Stare" 2 Replies

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List of local Venues throughout Indy music history. 145 Replies

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Jim Granato

D TOUR premieres nationally on PBS Independent Lens THIS WEEK!

Hello All,

This is it! The final push in getting the word out that D TOUR is premiering this week, starting Tuesday, November 10th in most cities, on the PBS Emmy-Award winning series Independent Lens! The 90 minute film will be on about 350 channels across the country and at many different times. PLEASE CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS! You can do so through the new D TOUR site from pbs.org...

http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/d-tour/

Feel free t… Continue

Posted by Jim Granato on November 9, 2009 at 3:40am — 2 Comments

John Scot Sheets

Armed Forces In America (The Marketing of Elvis Costello)

Armed Forces In America (The Marketing of Elvis Costello)

On March 11 1979, Elvis Costello and the Attractions played the IU Auditorium in Bloomington Indiana, on March 14 in Columbus Ohio, he hit the wall.

The part I remember the most was they had these green lights that shot horizontally across the stage instead of shining down on the band. Elvis ordered the audience to stand up, bass player Bruce Thomas executed an amazing cross-legged drop to the stage. PLOP! I think the band though… Continue

Posted by John Scot Sheets on March 7, 2009 at 9:00am — 30 Comments

M. Sommers

Tin Lounge, Din, Gravelbed, Lines of Nazca, SoulPaint, Master Blaster, The Magical Attraction of Booty!

I've been uploading a bunch of music from my archive I think is relevant to this community on MFT.

Here's the rundown:

A whole buncha Tin Lounge stuff, now chronologically organized by album. Pretty much everything.
http://www.musicalfamilytree.com/band/tin_lounge

Din
http://www.musicalfamilytree.com/band/din

The first two Lines of Nazca albums:… Continue

Posted by M. Sommers on November 6, 2009 at 5:42pm — 2 Comments

Larry Hess

Band of the Week-Jookabox


Dead Zone Boys, the new album by Jookabox is an undeniably strange, but engaging slab of oddball pop. David Adamson's Jookabox
(previously Granpall Jookabox) project has been steadily shifting its
sound over the course of 3 albums, a shift that Adamson describes as
owing more the his evolving musical t… Continue

Posted by Larry Hess on November 3, 2009 at 2:36pm — 3 Comments

M. Sommers

Lowercase m - Anthology

is now up on MFT.

Lowercase m performed and recorded around Indianapolis throughout the mid 1990s. Their harmonious vocal sound and acoustic instrumentation delighted singer/songwriter fans throughout the area. Their folksy style augmented the alternative cover songs they interpreted, as well as their own catchy originals. They often performed at The Outback, The Patio, and Cafe Angst, and were monthly regulars at the Village Idiot, as well as performing live on local radio several times.

Pres… Continue

Posted by M. Sommers on October 30, 2009 at 12:25pm — 3 Comments

John P. Strohm

In Memory of Scarcity

Since my work directly involves delivery/distribution of music to listeners, I've given a great deal of thought over the past several years to the way things have changed and are continuing to change. We're quickly moving towards a new reality where all existing recorded music is available to everyone all the time, which has been more or less inevitable since the distribution of music via the Internet became possible. There are many issues that need to be resolved, such as compulsory licensing s… Continue

Posted by John P. Strohm on October 29, 2009 at 10:30am — 44 Comments

Larry Hess

Band of the Week-Honneycombs


Honneycombs arive rising out of the ashes of 90s alt-rock stalwarts (and John Peel favorites) Arson Garden. As sweet sounding as their
names suggest, Honneycombs craft a crisply produced brand of
folk-rock. Their sound is reminiscient of late 60s british psyche-folk
with a touch of 70s Mac-ian west coast soft… Continue

Posted by Larry Hess on October 26, 2009 at 9:00am — 4 Comments

Frankie Ferrell

Broad Ripple Music Fest review

The Broad Ripple Music Fest started early in a couple of the all-age joints and at least one bar. The air outside was perfect prototypical fall weather in Indiana which was conducive to taking the "shoe leather express" from one venue to another, if you had the time to ride it for a while. The places were fairly spread out. Acoustic folkster, Caleb McCoach got things started at Luna at noon, located a few blocks south of the main strip, while Spirit Spine treated customers to an ambient backdrop… Continue

Posted by Frankie Ferrell on October 20, 2009 at 5:00pm — 2 Comments

 
 

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