This Saturday evening at 7pm, the Butler University Recording Industry Club (BRIC) will be serving up a benefit concert featuring some of the finest jazz musicians in Indianapolis. The performance is in conjunction with their efforts to raise money for… Continue

We recorded this version of Alex Chilton's Big Star era song Nightime last month on my front porch... it seems like the best way we could pay tribute to Alex is by saying "we're still out here singing your songs."

RIP Alex - thanks for everything...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qaa9NC_8WqE

I was totally shocked to hear about his death today. Our plane had just touched down in Indy and I saw this news come through my Twitter feed. A heart attack, 59, New Orleans.


I first heard Big Star when I was 19 which was about 1991. My buddy and bandmate and the time, Doug Shawhan, played a worn out cassette of "Third/Sister Love… Continue

Dearest Musical Family Tree,

I am totally stoked to give you all a present today. STATE just recorded
a brand new track called "Hotel Canvas" and we're giving it to you for
FREE! Please visit the link below and properly jam this song while
chugging pints of Guinness tonight. Throw it on your iPods, iPhones,
iStuff, etc. The next show is March 30th at the Bluebird opening for
Murder By Death. We thank you all for your continued support and we hope
you enjoy the song!

Download "… Continue

Howdy gang!

The March Mixtape is here. Lots of Muncie connections this time around as that's where my music experience here in Indiana began. It's so fun to jump around on MFT listening to records I loved and lost and have now found again!

http://bit.ly/9E8fR3

Simply download and drop into Itunes. Tracklist and Info below:

Old Flames… Continue

I'm sure many MFT members and bands are going to SXSW this year.
http://sxsw.com/



You going? When will you be there?

Band playing? Where and when?



I'll be there for the Interactive portion- March 12-17. Wish I could stay for the music but for… Continue

This last Saturday the evening temperature was breaking 40 degrees for the first time in a few months, and the Bloomington streets were filled weekend revelers. On north Walnut, college kids grooved to the “sublime" sounds of imitation at the Bluebird. A bachelorette and her posse were headed to Brothers Bar and Grill to presumably obtain a stranger's underwear, show her bra to a different stranger, and then down a ton of shots with all the strangers. A drunk guy was being briskly escorted up th… Continue

By Emily Thompson:



There are two types of people in this world: the screamers and the flappers. When a person jumps off a cliff, they can either scream on their way down or attempt to fly. This cla… Continue