Midwest Music Summit Week: Day One
Well, that was a fun hiatus. Only having access to a dial-up connection really saps my desire to post, but here goes nothing anyway. We've got some good music on the horizon this week, thanks to Midwest Music Summit 2005.
In an attempt to get in on the summer festival scene, and to prove that we can attract just as many cool acts as our neighbors on the lake, Indianapolis will once again play host to the Midwest Music Summit. The event, which stretches out over three days (June 21-23), features artists from all genres playing bills at night clubs and ballrooms all around the Circle City. For indie kids, this means rocking out with acts both well-known (Robbers On High Street, French Kicks) and soon-to-be-well-known (Everything, Now!, Killjoy Confetti). What follows are some samples of my personal favorites.
The Changes - When I Wake. Oh man, janglepop. How I love thee. So do the Changes, a four-piece from Chicago whose timeless devotion to masterwork pop result in hooks that bury themselves in your brain for weeks on end. When you hear this song, the fact that these dudes remain unsigned will seem even more hard to swallow.
The Changes play one of the finer showcases at The Vogue on Friday night before heading up to Lollapalooza and their Sunday timeslot (which runs head-to-head with fellow Chicagoans Ok Go). Their website also features more downloads from their self-titled EP. Clear some space on the hard drive.
Check back later for more tracks and pithy commentary. It's good to be back.
In an attempt to get in on the summer festival scene, and to prove that we can attract just as many cool acts as our neighbors on the lake, Indianapolis will once again play host to the Midwest Music Summit. The event, which stretches out over three days (June 21-23), features artists from all genres playing bills at night clubs and ballrooms all around the Circle City. For indie kids, this means rocking out with acts both well-known (Robbers On High Street, French Kicks) and soon-to-be-well-known (Everything, Now!, Killjoy Confetti). What follows are some samples of my personal favorites.
The Changes - When I Wake. Oh man, janglepop. How I love thee. So do the Changes, a four-piece from Chicago whose timeless devotion to masterwork pop result in hooks that bury themselves in your brain for weeks on end. When you hear this song, the fact that these dudes remain unsigned will seem even more hard to swallow.
The Changes play one of the finer showcases at The Vogue on Friday night before heading up to Lollapalooza and their Sunday timeslot (which runs head-to-head with fellow Chicagoans Ok Go). Their website also features more downloads from their self-titled EP. Clear some space on the hard drive.
Check back later for more tracks and pithy commentary. It's good to be back.
