Faun Fables

INDY TOP 10 LIVE: Aug 14 - Aug 20, 2008

Weekly best bets for the Indianapolis music lover. The Indy Top 10 Live is compiled by a selection panel of local print, radio, and internet journalists and is new every Thursday online and in print in Indy.com.

Text by Steve Hayes

1. Detholz, Thunders, Red Light Driver, Beta Male

9 PM, Saturday August 16, Birdy’s

A chance to see three of Indy’s most buzzworthy acts and an avant pop act from Chicago tops the list. Thunders quickly went from an unknown band to Indy’s musical darlings thanks to their indie garage sound and all-star lineup. Beta Male brings sex appeal to their dance-pop sound while Red Light Driver updates classic Britpop from the 80’s & 90’s. Detholz visits from Chicago with a sound compared favorably to Devo.

2. Faun Fables

8 PM, Saturday August 16, Harrison Center for the Arts, $10

Local promotions group Mythopeic returns to work with an event that fits their goal of bringing unique and challenging artists to town. Faun Fables visits with a show that brings folk, art rock, and experimental sounds together and mixes them with performance art. The group brings to life the artistic vision of musician/artist Dawn McCarthy and features members of fellow musical experimentalists Sleepytime Gorilla Museum.

3. New Orleans Groove feat. Hot 8 Brass Band

8 PM, Friday August 15 & Saturday August 16, Conner Prairie, $19

The summertime tradition of Symphony on the Prairie takes on a funky bayou beat this week with their New Orleans Groove show. The Hot 8 Brass Band takes the stage to bring the sounds of the Crescent City to central Indiana. Getting their start as a street band in New Orleans, the group has won critical acclaim for mixing traditional brass band jazz sounds with more modern hip hop and R&B.
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Detholz

EPISODE 155: The Indianapolismusic.net Podcast

Things are flying and biting all around the general podcasting area. The podcast includes tracks from Hawthorne Heights, Faun Fables, Detholz,, Oneida, Hot 8 Brass Band, Black Cat Rebellion, Romance on Broadcast, and Rowco. Enjoy.

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Rowco

IMN OnTrack: Rowco

IMN OnTrack takes a closer look at one track a local artist has put on the web for your perusal, and give you a little history behind the music as well. We’re timing this look to coincide with that artist’s performance in the coming week, but our real goal is to get local music on your computer or portable media player. Think of this like the musical equivalent of a food court sample.

Rowco comes from a heritage of strong hard rock bands, so it should come as no surprise that they continue to mine that territory in their new configuration. They may list Southern Rock as an influence on their MySpace page, but that connects them more to bands like Pantera and Down than Molly Hatchet.

To get an idea of Rowco’s sound, download “Burn” from the band’s MySpace site. You can also catch them live when they open for Egypt Central this Thursday.

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Los Lonely Boys

INDY TOP 10 LIVE: Aug 7 - Aug 13, 2008

Weekly best bets for the Indianapolis music lover. The Indy Top 10 Live is compiled by a selection panel of local print, radio, and internet journalists and is new every Thursday online and in print in Indy.com.

Text by Steve Hayes

1. Los Lonely Boys & Los Lobos

7:30 PM, Saturday August 9, Egyptian Room, $28.50

Teaming up for a tour titled “The Brotherhood Tour,” Los Lonely Boys and Los Lobos are set to deliver a night of south-of-the-border influenced rock. Los Lobos came out of East Los Angeles and gained prominence with the release of their 1984 debut, “How Will the Wolf Survive.” Los Lonely Boys won audiences with their 2004 single “Heaven.” The trio of Texas-born brothers released their latest album, “Forgiven,” in July.

2. Tapes ‘N Tapes w/ Win With Willard & The Broderick

9 PM, Saturday August 9, Radio Radio, $12

The phenomenon of the “blog band” is relatively new. Blog bands are those fortunate groups that first catch the ear of the network of music bloggers and springboard on to larger success. Tapes ‘N Tapes got such a boost and are now a heralded up-and-coming indie rock act. Compared favorably to indie legends the Pixies and Pavement, the Minneapolis-based group’s sound ranges from bluesy guitar rock to a more quirky lo-fi style.

3. A Prairie Home Companion

7:30 PM, Wednesday August 13, Indiana State Fairgrounds, $34-39

The Indiana State Fair kicked off on Wednesday and brought with it seven nights of entertainment on the grandstand stage. Long running NPR radio show “A Prairie Home Companion” returns to the Fair on their “Live Rhubarb Tour.” The concert recreates the radio broadcast complete with the music, skits, and humor that define the show. Host Garrison Keillor describes the event as “the show I’d do if I could only do one more show.”

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Tapes N’ Tapes

EPISODE 154: The Indianapolismusic.net Podcast

Steve has some questions about Roy Clark, among others.  Ryan is wondering as well.  Tracks from Mastodon, Tapes N’ Tapes, Dayna Kurtz, Virgin Millionaires, Win With Willard, DJ Rusty Redenbacher, and Pennycuff.

By the way, we’re listed now on iTunes and Podcast Alley, Odeo, and Podcast Pickle, so tell your friends. It’s easier than ever to subscribe to our little slice of audio heaven. 

A) Subscribe using this link and a podcast aggregator ..OR..

B) Download directly by right-clicking and saving ..OR…

C) Listen to the PODcast in the IMN mediaplayer (Located in the upper-right corner of the page)!

Once again, all music on this podcast came from authorized downloads from artist or record company sites or from the Indy MP3 Collection.Theme provided by Background Trash. For all of your background trash needs, go to Background Trash.– Steve Hayes and Ryan Williams -

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Pennycuff

IMN OnTrack: Pennycuff

IMN OnTrack takes a closer look at one track a local artist has put on the web for your perusal, and give you a little history behind the music as well. We’re timing this look to coincide with that artist’s performance in the coming week, but our real goal is to get local music on your computer or portable media player. Think of this like the musical equivalent of a food court sample.

Most modern music shares at least some similarity with the blues and country music. Pennycuff takes these obvious influences and ushers them into a modern sound. The namesake band of guitarist/vocalist Jarrod Pennycuff has been playing for large crowds for several years, and this Thursday they open for Grace Potter and the Nocturnals at Birdy’s.

For a preview of the show, check out Pennycuff’s MySpace site. There, you can download a free copy of the band’s track “Rad.”

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Review by Jessica Welch

For those who are new to the Big Damn Band, here’s a quick primer. The name seems ironic at first, as there are only three of them (The Reverend Peyton on guitar and vocals, his wife Breezy on washboard, the Rev’s brother Jayme on drums), but the sound they create is huge. The band’s sound is rooted in the acoustic Delta blues tradition, but they’ve made it bigger, and louder, and oh my, does it make folks want to dance. Their live shows have the frenzied energy of a tent revival, as hippies, punks, drunks, and just plain folks, all stomp together to one beat. Their recorded work showcases the Rev’s phenomenal guitar picking and Breezy and Jayme’s stripped-down boom-chank beats. Continue — Read more …

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Radiohead

Joel Faurote shares more of his pictures from Sunday’s Radiohead show after the break . . .

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Schwazie

Kris Arnold shares his look at yesterday’s stop of the Vans Warped Tour at Verizon Wireless Music Center.  Click on the thumbnail for larger views:

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Angels and Airwaves

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