Sankofa / Just Might Be
An artist I’d rather not mention by name recently said that hip-hop is the only popular music genre where artists can still do things that haven’t yet...
Article Category: Album Reviews
Slow Pokes / Dead Lines
Within the first thirty seconds of Dead Lines’ opening track, “Train Hands,” Fort Wayne rock band Slow Pokes encapsulate the last 45 years of rock n’...
Jethro Easyfields / The Outland
It’s plenty impressive to conjure a compelling album of indie Americana from an island (metaphorically speaking; it’s Indianapolis). It’s quite another...
Andrew Apple / Songs from the War
Northern Indiana (depending upon whom you talk to) is either a booming hotbed of just-under-the-surface musical talent or a wasteland punctuated by...
Endgame / Almost Ready
What if you wanted a band that could play songs by Glen Miller and The Righteous Brothers? What if you also wanted to hear the music of The Doors, Journey...
The Final Hurrahs / Numero Uno
The debut record from Bricktown’s Replacements- and Guided by Voices-inspired new rock band, The Final Hurrahs, is a number of things. First, the 17...
Plaxton & the Void / Ides
Plaxton & the Void inhabit a space in the musical spectrum where vulnerable, earnest vocals float along rusty, acoustic strums and distant echoes...
Sunnydaymasacre / Yesterday Dreamers
Ten songs, 35 minutes. Fuzzy guitars, eight-track production and everyman vocals. John “J” Hubner, perhaps best known for both his writing as a music...
Set on 7 / Stack the Deck
Set on 7 are an indie rock band from Fort Wayne comprised of brothers Jon and Dan Benson along with childhood friend John Moore. Their debut album,...
Mimi Burns Band / Brave Journey
You’re not likely to find any other band that sounds like The Mimi Burns Band. In fact, I dare you to try. Brave Journey seems to mix traditional Irish,...