The level of connection [with] their fans through the entire night showed in how carefully the band planned out their setlist...
Alice In Chains @ UPROAR Festival / Klipsch Music Center — Indianapolis on August 23rd, 2013 Of all the bands that played at Rockstar Uproar Festival, headlining band Alice In Chains by far brought the biggest crowd. The already large crowd nearly doubled in size when William DuVall and the …
Navarro reminded everyone of his tragic allergy to shirts of any kind. Women all across the venue swooned.
Jane’s Addiction @ UPROAR Festival / Klipsch Music Center — Indianapolis on August 23rd, 2013 Trailing after Coheed and Cambria’s performance, Jane’s Addiction took to the stage as Pink Floyd’s “Welcome to the Machine” played overhead. Members of the audience stood to enjoy the show as the band started off …
“Coheed! Coheed! Coheed!” negated the need for an introduction ...the chillingly low first notes ...rang from [the] guitar.
Coheed And Cambria @ UPROAR Festival / Klipsch Music Center — Indianapolis on August 23rd, 2013 The crowd miraculously built up any enthusiasm they had been saving from Circa Survive’s performance as Coheed and Cambria’s atmospheric track “The Ring In Return” preluded the band’s entrance. A resounding chant of “Coheed! …
...scattered, stifled applause was a recurring theme for Circa.
Circa Survive @ UPROAR Festival / Klipsch Music Center — Indianapolis on August 23rd, 2013 After an awkward beauty pageant that was presumably meant to hype up the crowd for the show (a failed attempt), Circa Survive walked out onto the main stage to start the night. Once the members …
...Yes clearly knows who their audience is, and those who grew up with them are clearly loving every second of it.
Yes @ The Murat Theatre in Indianapolis — The theatre itself is also starting to fill out, with many already seated and the rest trying to find their seats before the show begins. Before too long, the lights go out, and we’re treated to a brief video package set to an excerpt from Stravinsky’s “Firebird Suite” that highlight the three albums that we would all hear this evening. The band greets the crowd, and we’re underway.
...Eclectic it is... Sure, there’s a contingency of rock... but you also have the occasional hip-hop act, a folk band, or even... a bare-bones, stripped down, acoustic solo artist...
For the ninth consecutive year, Indy’s largest organized battle of the bands – better known as the Battle of Birdy’s – kicked off. Over the course of the next 13 weeks, nearly 60 bands will take to the stage to compete for a variety of prizes… [from] $5000 in spending chase to a 2-song EP… and so much more…
...although it seemed to take Ann the length of the lofty song to wind up that powerhouse voice of hers, she found her bearings and left us, seemingly, listening to a recording in our living rooms...
Heart @ Klipsch Music Center in Noblesville — The weather was a bit dreary as excited concertgoers headed to their upgraded seats at Klipsch Music Center. The slight drizzle didn’t seem to dampen anyone’s mood, knowing that they were about to see an overwhelming amount of talent. There was a slight buzz in the air…
A quick spin-around made it clear that the crowd had doubled, if not tripled in size since [the openers], and from the moment O.A.R. began playing every single person on the lawn was dancing.
O.A.R. @ The Lawn at White River State Park in Indianapolis — The entire set was reminiscent of the 311 and Pepper show that graced White River’s lawn in the summer of 2011. One of the highlights of the night was during “That Was A Crazy Game Of Poker,” when the sky turned from a muted blue to a stark white; nearly every member of the audience had been handed a deck of playing cards, all of which were launched into the air at the chorus of the song.
The Neighbourhood did a live studio recording at The Pop Machine in Indianapolis for X103 and was very lucky to be there to do stills and this video. Fun fact: The console being used in this recording is a Soundcraft Series 1600 24x8x24 designed by Phil Dudderidge and Graham Blythe, …
For the blow-out-near-twenty-minute climax security disappeared and the crowd rushed the stage, creating as intimate of an atmosphere as can be had at an outdoor venue.
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Peter Frampton & Robert Cray @ The Lawn at White River State Park in Indianapolis — Frampton played favorites, such as “Baby, I Love Your Way” and “(I’ll Give You) Money, the latter of which was highlighted by a brilliant guitar solo by his young-gun second guitar player Adam Lester. Peter Frampton got all the credit until this moment we saw what his second-in-command was packing.