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TONIGHT IN INDY : Free Brendan Benson In-Store at LUNA

2009-11-21T11:10:00.000-05:00

Brendan Benson and tour mate Cory Chisel will perform, for FREE, at LUNA Music Midtown this evening at 6pm. This is one of only four free in-stores the pair is doing on their current tour. Benson...

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New Video : Jookabox : Don't Go Phantom

2009-11-20T14:35:00.000-05:00

I have been so impressed, and spoiled, by the slew of recently released Jookabox videos from the band's new album Dead Zone Boys. This new one, released today and directed, designed and animated by...

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TONIGHT IN INDY : Ezra Furman & The Harpoons + Peasant + The Working Hour at The Vollrath

2009-11-20T12:30:00.000-05:00

(poster design : Adam Yale) Ezra Furman & The Harpoons : Take Off Your Sunglasses... MP3 : Ezra Furman & The Harpoons - Take Off Your Sunglasses MP3 : Ezra Furman & The Harpoons - I Wanna Be...

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Fresh Session : The Antlers on Laundromatinee.com : Part II

2009-11-19T15:20:00.002-05:00

MP3 : The Antlers - Atrophy (live on Laundromatinee.com) As I stated when we launched Laundromatinee's first session with The Antlers, we spent some great time with the band at The...

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New Songs : Light Pollution

2009-11-19T10:05:00.000-05:00

We were turned on to Chicago's Light Pollution a few months back and have been keeping a close eye since. The band has sent us quite a few new songs recently, but here are two of my favorites. MP3...

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New Video : N.A.S.A + Tom Waits + Kool Keith : Spacious Thoughts

2009-11-18T15:30:00.001-05:00

Today, Boing Boing premiered the video for the Tom Waits + Kool Keith collaboration from the N.A.S.A. project that, overall, was a bit of a letdown. The visuals in this video, which was directed by...

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New Songs from Ducktails

2009-11-18T15:15:00.003-05:00

Ducktails, the other project from Real Estate's Matt Mondanile, released two free downloads this week. Sandglider, McGuire In The Ocean, and Play In The Sun, a Departmentstore Santas cover, are all...

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New Video : Charlotte Gainsbourg + Beck : Heaven Can Wait

2009-11-18T14:30:00.000-05:00

French singer-songwriter and actress Charlotte Gainsbourg teams up with Beck in her new video for Heaven Can Wait. Beck produced and co-wrote Gainsburg's upcoming album IRM. Keith Schofield...

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New Song : Alexa Woodward : Eleanor + Live at The Earth House in Indianapolis

2009-11-18T08:30:00.001-05:00

Many of Alexa Woodward's banjo-driven folk songs slowly slink like fog down from the Appalachian mountains and hills of Virgina and wrap your soul in melancholy. Woodward's 2009 release, Speck, is...

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CFCF covers Fleetwood Mac's "Big Love" : Releases "Continent"

2009-11-17T16:25:00.002-05:00

Montreal-based DJ and electronic artist CFCF (aka Michael Silver) released his full-length debut, Continent, today via Paper Bag Records. He also made this free cover of Fleetwood Mac's Big Love...

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Fresh Session : Generationals on The Laundromatinee

2009-11-17T11:50:00.001-05:00

MP3 : Generationals - Angry Charlie (live on Laundromatinee.com) Many moons ago, My Old Kentucky Blog hosted a band from New Orleans called The Eames Era for an MOKB SIRIUS XMU Blog Radio session....

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Lil Wayne + Sleigh Bells : Fireman On The Ground

2009-11-16T21:40:00.000-05:00

We've been in love with Sleigh Bells' Crown on the Ground since first listen, but now an unknown has mashed this favored track with Lil Wayne's Fireman for some pretty impressive results. The Hood...

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Paper Bag Records Covers Compilation : Celebrate Seven Years

2009-11-16T21:25:00.001-05:00

Two of the best shows MOKB Presents has ever hosted have involved Paper Bag Records bands. Woodhands, of course, brings the crowd and the party every time we bring them back to Indianapolis, but the...

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New Song & Remix : Fan Death

2009-11-16T12:20:00.002-05:00

Late last month, Fan Death released a new video for their most excellent Reunited track. A new track, Cannibal, found its way out late last week, and this week a CCENTURIESS released a new remix of...

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King Khan & BBQ Jailed in Kentucky : Released, Tour Manager Takes The Rap

2009-11-16T11:20:00.000-05:00

As is being reported all over the interwebs, King Khan & BBQ, along with their tour manager, were jailed in Oak Grove, Kentucky late last week. The garage rock project, who rocked my face off at Red...

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TODAY : MOKB Presents...The Meat Puppets + Colt/Patriots Pre-Game Party! Win two tickets to the game!

2009-11-15T11:00:00.002-05:00

Your Colts/Pats tailgate starts here! TODAY! - On November 15th, MOKB, Pabst Blue Ribbon, 92.3 WTTS Circle City Tickets and Nuvo Present: A Colts vs. Patriots Pre-Game Party featuring: The Meat...

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Local News : Celebrate 15 Years of LUNA Music

2009-11-14T21:20:00.001-05:00

Venerable, independent local music store(s), LUNA Music will celebrate 15 years of life this December. To celebrate, LUNA will host an evening with Mark Kozelek (Sun Kill Moon, Red House Painters)...

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Halloween with Why?: MOKB Interviews Yoni Wolf

2009-11-13T15:30:00.001-05:00

Why? is playing at Rhino's tonight in Bloomington, Indiana! The Cincinnati gents of Why? have been getting a lot of play here on My Old Kentucky Blog, and hopefully you've been pressing play as...

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New Video : Animal Collective : In The Flowers

2009-11-13T12:00:00.000-05:00

Animal Collective released a new, drug-addled video for In The Flowers this week. The visual interpretation has been met with mixed reviews, but there is no doubting the excellence of the track...

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New Video : White Denim : I Start To Run

2009-11-13T10:40:00.000-05:00

White Denim released their second video treatment for I Start To Run this week. Fits is out now. Buy it at their website or listen...

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Good Cover / Bad Cover? :Kinema: cover Animal Collective's "My Girls"

2009-11-13T10:20:00.001-05:00

At first I was torn on this one. I definitely like it, but thought maybe it might simply be the strength of the original shining through. But now, after a couple listens, :Kinena:'s electro,...

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Fresh Session : Cymbals Eat Guitars on The Laundromatinee

2009-11-12T14:45:00.001-05:00

MP3 : Cymbals Eat Guitars - Tunguska (live on Laundromatinee.com) It has been said, lately, that Cymbals Eat Guitars are so hot they're melting internet cables all over the indie music blog viewing...

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Solange Knowles covers Dirty Projectors

2009-11-12T14:00:00.000-05:00

I'm kind of suprised this didn't happen sooner. An R&B artists reworking Stillness Is The Move, I mean, since it pretty much is an R&B track anyway. MP3 : Solange Knowles - Stillness Is The Move...

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Get Busy Committee : Uzi Does It

2009-11-12T11:15:00.000-05:00

Get Busy Committee is the new collaboration between Ryu (Styles of Beyond, Demigodz), Apathy (Demigodz, Army of the Pharaohs), and producer Scoop Deville (Snoop Dogg, The Game, Clipse). This new...

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Local News : Arrah and the Ferns Reunion Tour

2009-11-12T09:45:00.000-05:00

Arrah and the Ferns are doing a 9-day reunion tour in December. They'll be playing Earth House on Dec 2nd, and it will be one of only 2 or 3 dates that have the full band back together. Other...

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