Most-Recent Entries
By: Ben Cannon, Bram Epstein, and Darrin Snider
Sunday, June 6, 2021
M.O.R. Episode 2 -- Ian Thomson
By: Ben Cannon, Bram Epstein, and Darrin Snider
Sunday, May 23, 2021
M.O.R. Episode 1 -- Mark Kelly
By: Ben Cannon, Bram Epstein, and Darrin Snider
Sunday, May 16, 2021
An In-Snide Look: I Think I Could Get Used to this Life Sometimes
By: Darrin Snider
Sunday, June 7, 2020
Getting Down to Earth with mOOnMen
By: Amy Foxworthy
Sunday, February 16, 2020
The Musical Journey of Jethro Easyfields
By: Amy Foxworthy
Tuesday, February 11, 2020
Monday Mixtape: Etwasprog
By: Darrin Snider
Monday, February 10, 2020
Monday Mixtape: Excerpts from the Summer of 2014
By: Darrin Snider
Monday, January 20, 2020
Mix Tape Monday: Mashin' it Up
By: Darrin Snider
Monday, January 13, 2020
Mix Tape Monday: Back to the Gym Workout
By: Darrin Snider
Monday, January 6, 2020
Show #140: The Dead Squirrels
By: Darrin Snider (darrin at indyintune dot com)Saturday, February 16, 2013 5:00:00 PM
Okay, so after the nightmare editing sessions that brought you the
JVB/BoTo/Cristy/Swig podcast, this one was actually quite easy to edit,
thereby restoring my enthusiasm and energy for the whole otherwise
soul-sucking process. This week, I'm happy to introduce many of you, I
suspect, to The Dead Squirrels, an atomic-punk band from London's East
End famous for blowing up small woodland animals on stage and showering
the audience in ... wait ... never trust Wikipedia as a fact-checking
source source. In reality, the Squirrels -- who chose a rather
suggestive moniker despite their mainstream, easy-going nature -- are a
couple of friends of mine, mostly famous for tearing up the Fishers,
Indiana open-mic scene for the past several months. Their shows are
generally loose, always fun, well-attended, and feature a balance of
solid songwriting combined with courage to continually attempt
experimentation and risk ridcule. (Violin ... seriously?) Surprisingly,
they have also amassed a cult-like following of loyal fans -- whom I
learned are referred to as "Squirrel Nuts" -- that will, given any
opportunity, talk to you for hours about the history and direction of a
band that is just a few months old, with a fervor not unlike that of a
Browncoat recounting the battle of Serenity Valley at a Firefly
convention.This interview marks the first use of the new studio recording setup, graciously donated by our good friends at Sam Ash music in Castleton. (Hey, I'll shill the corporate line for gear. I'm not proud.) Okay, maybe the mics are set just a little bit hot still, but understand I had only been playing with the dials for less than a day when this recording was made. With luck, sound quality will continue to improve in the weeks to come and I'll graduate to only slightly sucking. Stay tuned.
Links referenced in the show:
- The Dead Squirrels can be found here: Website | Twitter | Facebook | Youtube | Reverbnation
- Their first album can be found via their website
- Did you check out our new webcam setup? If you're lucky you can catch me picking my nose at 3:00am.
- Notice the sound quality? Courtesy of our new compressor, limiter, cables, and mic stands from Sam Ash music.
- The Dead Squirrels recorded their entire album via the Garage band app for ipad.
- Still not sure what the difference is between the $25+ pop filter and pantyhose with a coat hanger.
- The Squirrels are regulars at The Stage at the American Legion in Fishers.
- Yes, I am ashamed for my knowledge of old K-Tel albums, but here's Dimensions for you.
| Currently Listening To: | |
 | The Dead Squirrels: The Dead Squirrels Click Image for Details Click Here for More Essential Listening |
| Previous Post: Show #139: Jeremey Vogt, Jenn Cristy, Borrow Tomorrow | Next Post: Show #141: Ryan Brewer Returns |
 Darrin Snider is the OCD music nerd responsible for creating Indy In-Tune. By day he's a cloud engineer and business analyst, but he still hopes to someday be an overnight freeform disc jockey married to the local weathergirl who happens to be a former eastern-European supermodel. |
Blog comments powered by Disqus
Gear Up for Summer
Ladies, don't you hate buying generic (unisex) T-shirts? We've got you covered with a line of womens'-fit clothing in a variety of styles and colors.
Check Out Our Specials This Week...
Solicitations and Submissions
Solicitations for blog posts can be made by sending and email to "blog -at- indyintune -dot- com" and should follow these guidelines:
- Local (Indianapolis-based) acts always have priority.
- Visisting acts playing a bill with one or more local acts are also considered.
- We generally don't like to repeat content found on other sites. If your request already has a lot of coverage on other sites, it will be considered low-priority unless you can give us an exclusive angle.
- For obvious reasons, we don't do solicited album reviews, though we do appreciate you letting us know when you have a new release. Consider coming in and talking about the album yourself live on the air or a podcast.
- All of our staff writers are unpaid enthusiasts. All requests for blog posts are entirely at their descretion.
- As such, they generally need a lot of lead-time to put something out -- we're talking weeks of lead time, not hours.
- That said, individual authors have full authority to ignore the following guidelines and write whatever they want ... if you can convince them to.
- In addition, feel free to write your own post and submit it for posting as a "guest blogger." Those almost always get accepted.
- Finally, regional or national acts submitting without meeting the above guidelines are generally ignored. We're not trying to be dicks, but if you send us a generic form-letter with your press release, and it doesn't even remotely concern a local artist or event, then you're not part of our core focus.