Ticket Giveaway: White Rabbits at Radio Radio – Indianapolis
Tonight, Fountain Square’s Radio Radio will play host to White Rabbits. The four-piece Brooklyn dance-rock outfit is fresh off the release of its third LP Milk Famous. The release arrives on the back of the band’s buzz-worthy 2009 release It’s Frightening. Watch a live video of White Rabbits playing the album’s lead single “Heavy Metal” at Santa Monica’s KCRW below. Bloomington, IN up-and-comers The Broderick will lend their support. I recently caught these guys for the first time at The Melody Inn and was really impressed. Listen to “On the Canvas” below.
GIVEAWAY!
We are giving away two pairs of tickets to tonight’s show. Simply head over to Thought on Tracks’ Facebook or Twitter pages and share or retweet our status about the giveaway. Winners will be contacted at 2 PM, so act fast! This is sure to be a show that you will not want to miss.
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Track: Jeff Buckley “I Shall Be Released” (WFMU)
During my freshman year of college, I was trolling the virus prone and often improperly labeled file sharing service Kazaa, and stumbled upon a batch of Jeff Buckley downloads. Included in the bunch was a 1992 recording of WFMU‘s “The Music Faucet” that featured a phoned-in rendition of Bob Dylan’s oft-covered “I Shall Be Released.” Given the hackneyed song selection and gimmicky nature of singing from the phone, all signs pointed toward disaster. However, this is Jeff Buckley we’re talking about. An artist that covered Dylan as well as anybody. For evidence, check out the incomparable live compilation Live at Siné. There, he demolishes classics “Just Like A Woman”, “If You See Her, Say Hello”, “Dink’s Song” and the aforementioned “I Shall Be Released“, reforming them into fluid, perfectly toned electric guitar sketches. Buckley’s WFMU take adheres relatively closely to the original, calling to mind the grandiose send-off on The Last Waltz. Buckley is effervescent by the end of the song, clearly taken with the performance. Even his impromptu harp solo is pulled off without a hitch, taking on the aesthetic of an early blues field recording through the telephone wires. Listen to an uncut version of the recording, featuring a lengthy – albeit fun – introduction via Soundcloud or a shortened version focusing on the song via YouTube.
Written by Rob Peoni
Fresh Track: Holy Ghost! “It Gets Dark”
The duo of Alex Frankel and Nick Millhiser know a thing or two about getting a stranger’s feet moving. A little over a year after their superb self-titled debut LP, the fun returns with the release of Holy Ghost!’s first new material in “It Gets Dark”. When something isn’t broke, it certainly doesn’t need fixing, and their sound is as fresh as ever with more synths, a catchy chorus, and some funky bass lines to nudge you in the direction of the dance floor. Like all the hits off their previous record, there’s an unquestionable mysterious sexiness here that elicits a natural life high of free love and pleasure. And I, for one, can’t stop listening. You can order the song today on vinyl via DFA Records or digitally on iTunes.
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Written by Greg Dahman
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