Weird Al and band

EPISODE 149: The Indianapolismusic.net Podcast

Prepare to hear this podcast explode like so many roadside fireworks. Steve returns and brings with him tracks from Weird Al Yankovic, Sloppy Seconds, Will Hoge, America Owns The Moon, Twilight Sentinels, Lafcadio, and MOTO. Enjoy the holiday, and don’t blow yourselves up.

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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Lafcadio

IMN OnTrack: Lafcadio

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.

Lafcadio is equally capable of putting together tightly structured songs or engaging in extended noise freakouts, and the audience may never know what’s coming up next. Adventurous listeners will find much to enjoy, though. Give them a shot at the Melody Inn on July 3rd.

Lafcadio’s music is available on local label Joyful Noise Recordings, and the company has made two tracks available on their website. You can also find more information at Lafcadio’s MySpace site.

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Everything, Now!

EPISODE 125: The Indianapolismusic.net Podcast

Panic in the streets of Indianapolis! If the ISO is calling “Rites Of Spring” controversial, who are we to argue? We also have tracks from Martin Sexton, Everything Now!, The Franchize, Lafcadio, King Deuce, The Punkin Holler Boys, Casket of the Blistered Social, and Bob’s Liquor Lounge. Man the barricades!

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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Lafcadio - “Kibosh”

Those unfamiliar with Lafcadio would do well to think about this before they venture forward into the land of Kibosh. There is a school of thought that all of us have some sort of tune or song going through our heads at all times; Lafcadio is the soundtrack for the serial killer’s cerebellum.
This isn’t music for everyone. Indeed, it might not be music for the majority of people out there. In a thousand years, someone is going to find this CD buried in a tomb and if the wonderfully deranged cover art doesn’t make them think that ancient civilization was a group of schizophrenics, then the blistering pace of this album will.

“Kibosh” starts out casually enough, but the album soon puts those pedestrian ideas aside as they burst into an odd-metered, savagely loud riff some minute and change into the track. From there, the disc is an assault on all of your senses, as well as your sensibilities. There are times while listening to this disk that I had to check to see if I was still on the same song, as the tracks morph and change so much from measure to measure. Not only did I enjoy the fact that Lafcadio bothers to challenge the listener, they do it with a sense of bravado and ingenuity. The songs have riffs that will be stuck in your head for hours, as well as providing moments that genuinely confuse the person listening.

Vocally, this disk feels more progressive than Lafcadio’s last studio offering. Most of the time the voice piercing through the music is abrasive and scream based. But there are times that the vocals evolve in to more a visceral cry for help. This serves to add another layer to the song musically, and not just screaming for screaming’s sake. Anyone can yell into a microphone and overload my speakers, but Lafcadio’s vocals are done in such a way that the voice becomes another instrument to please the listener. Well, provided the listener likes to be screamed at. If not, the listener is merely going to feel punished for his or her wrongdoings.
Lafcadio really shines through on this disk through their pure musicianship and ability to go from one place to another without losing the intensity or identity. “Waldo the Silverfish” feels like it might be a break from the brain-jarringly heavy music found on the rest of the disk, and it is for about two-and-a-half minutes. Then Lafcadio decides that you’ve had enough of the laid-back stuff and proceeds to crank the amps back up to twelve and let loose again. From start to finish this disk is musically challenging, if not sometimes difficult to process the first time that you listen to a track. From a review standpoint, I happen to enjoy that. I don’t like to feel like I listened to a disk one time and got everything out of it that there was to get.

I don’t generally tell people not to listen to things. But let’s be honest - if you are all about the simple pop song, or don’t understand why free jazz is so cool, then you just are not going to get this album at all. But if you enjoy heavy music that really makes the listener become involved with the musical experience, then you are going to love this CD. Lafcadio has once again managed to cross several boundaries on one compact disk, and I look forward to seeing them do these songs in a live environment.

Recommended for Fans of: Dillinger Escape Plan, Fantomas, Into the Moat, Comets on Fire

-Tommy Miller

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