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Fresh Droppings: Dot Dash – (Here’s to) The Ghosts of the Past

Washington D.C. band Dot Dash, made up of ex-members of Julie Ocean, The Saturday People, Youth Brigade, Velocity Girl, and others just released their latest record, Half-Remembered Dream, on Canadian...

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Fresh Droppings: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. – If You Didn’t See Me (You Weren’t...

Detroit’s 80s pop obsessed Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. are back with new album The Speed of Things. Below is their video for first single If You Didn’t See Me (You Weren’t On the Dancefloor), which picks up...

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Upcoming (October 12-19): Fountains of Wayne, FIDLAR, Nick Flora, MFT...

The Indianapolis concert calendar has been in a bit of a lull these past few weeks, but that all changes this weekend. The show schedule kicks into high gear in a mad rush to Thanksgiving. Here are...

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Fresh Droppings: Dott – Small Pony

Check out Small Pony, the wicked new track from Ireland’s Dott streaming via Impose. Swoon, the band’s debut is out in December. Like a female fronted Redd Kross. If you don’t know by now, that’s high...

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Fresh Droppings: The Rifles – Heebie Jeebies

The Rifles have released their first single from upcoming record None the Wiser. The album isn’t due until early 2014, but Heebie Jeebies will get you jump-started. Their last two releases, 2009′s...

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Fresh Droppings: Toad the Wet Sprocket – New Constellation

Big release Tuesday including new McCartney, Pearl Jam, Head and the Heart, and several more. But the album that’s getting the most attention from me today is the first new collection of tunes from...

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Fountains of Wayne, Soul Asylum, and Evan Dando – The Vogue 10/17/2013

I’m not the least bit ashamed of my love for the 90s. The majority of the decade was good to me. High school into college, meeting my wife, Jeff Buckley, and so on. The tour that made it’s way through...

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Fresh Droppings: The Lees of Memory – Velocity of Sound & Open Your Arms

Superdrag was/is one of the great unheralded bands. Most people immediately land on Sucked Out, their ubiquitous single, but the band put out several exceptional records. The band’s lead...

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Fresh Droppings: Neil Finn – Divebomber

Few songwriters have as impressive a body of work as Neil Finn. Split Enz, Crowded House, Finn Brothers, his solo material — it’s all grounded in pop craft but uniquely different and layered. Finn has...

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Fresh Droppings: Vertical Scratchers – These Plains

Vertical Scratchers is set to release their debut on Merge in February. You can check out the first track, These Plains, below. The release is dead-on: “Think the Kinks with a Buzzcocks brevity.” Sold.

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Indy Rock Live Top 10 Albums of 2013

Another year, another top 10 list. As always, these were my favorite records of the year — the ones that kept me hitting play over and over again, and listening through. Several albums I loved...

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I 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...

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Fresh 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...

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Fresh 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...

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Matthew 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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Upcoming: August 8-16 (Future Islands, Hooray for Earth, Amanda Shires,...

Saturday kicks off a busy live music week here in Indy. Some suggestions: Saturday, August 9 – Future Islands at the Vogue — Show of the week. Might be sold out by the time you read this. Read this...

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Upcoming: August 9-14 (RAA, Frank Black, S Carey, Paul Collins, & More)

Big string of shows here in Indy over the next several days. Some recommendations: Thursday, October 9: Wampire w/ Tops at The HiFi – Wampire were impressive opening for Foxygen and UMO about 18 months...

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Fresh Droppings: Martin Carr – The Breaks

During a stretch of the 90s — basically my college years — I was obsessed with the Boo Radleys. The band had figured out the unique blend of power pop and shoegaze, the two classifications of music...

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Where the Hell Have You Been?

Well, hey there. A busy work schedule, vacation, and the assorted other jobs a typical husband and dad to three has to juggle led to some negligence on my part with regard to IRL. And, to be honest, I...

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Jukebox the Ghost w/ Twin Forks and Secret Someones – Deluxe 1/15/2015

I love a great pop song. New York-based Jukebox the Ghost, over the course of four albums, has proven to be exceptional at writing them. The band’s piano-based sugar highs are goosebump-inducing,...

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