Chavar Dontae / One Of Those Days
Okay — to call this debut by Toledo, Ohio’s Chavar Dontae “local” might be a bit of a stretch (I once caught some flak for classifying the Glass City...
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Joel Gragg / When The Dust Settles
We survived the fire / we survived the flood / We survived the waves that tried to swallow us up,†sings Joel Gragg in a weathered, half-whispered,...
GoodbyeWave / Memorial Day e.p.
It’s been only a matter of months since an energized J. Hubner shared his last goodbyewave release, bright lights, strange nights, with us, and he...
Kyle Morris / Pica
Kyle Morris is helping the environment, whether he intends to or not. Self-contained, armed with pretty much just an acoustic guitar and an expressive,...
Michael Rhoades
If you want to watch Michael Rhoades compose music, don’t look for him at a piano, working through the concepts of melody, harmony, and rhythm. Rhoades...
Brother Believe Me / Things Change
When you think of rural Lima, Ohio, what kind of music comes to mind? Country? Polka? Being smack dab in the Midwest, you might expect a little metal...
Kill and Eat / Green Bushes
Enigmatic as all get out – with a website to match (www.killandeat.com) – the northern Indiana (they refuse to pinpoint their home base) combo Kill...
Big Red and Rojo / Love the Moose
If you’re only a casual whatzup peruser, you know Kevin Hambrick is no stranger to these here pages, and for good reason. He lands on these pages because...
Lee Miles / Heathen Blux
Okay, no more pussyfooting or playing it safe; with Heathen Blux, folk-footed songwriter Lee Miles has released an album better than any this reviewer...
Vigilante
“I’m an Indiana boy,” declared Fort Wayne rapper Vigilante in a recent interview. “I’ve had offers to go down to Atlanta or Texas, but I’m staying here...