Exterminate All Rational Thought / Lining the Streets
In a time when the bands we once thought were the new kings of progressive and concept metal are putting out records that sound more like Load than...
Article Category: Music & Comedy
All Nite Skate / Western Shame
All Nite Skates debut full-length album, Western Shame, begins with an appropriate explosion
before spinning into layer after layer of epic guitar...
Brad Kelsey
Fort Wayne seems to embrace blues guitar players. From legends like B.B. King to regional favorite Duke Tumatoe, the Fort can be counted on to pack...
Sub-Surface
Dope hip-hop music in Indiana can be hard to come by, said Nearest Nova producer Gyrid Enock Root Lyon when asked about Sub-Surfaces upcoming CD...
Pleasing Melani
The Brown Bottle Band, third runners-up in the
whatzup Battle Of The Bands on August
19th, are pretty much perennial favorites at
Columbia Street...
Distractions / A Dozen Distractions
     As advertised by the title, A Dozen Distractions, the debut album by the modern folk band, The Distractions, delivers an even dozen original...
Between the Rooms
“Don’t vote for the nunchucks” explained Between
the Rooms drummer Philip Kurut on the topic of his weapons solo during the
band’s...
Action Jaxson
Just seconds after I set my mug
on the table of a north side coffeehouse, Action Jaxson drummer Wil Brown began
what would amount to taking me to school...
I, Wombat
After hearing Lou Cucinelli’s voice on my answering machine, suggesting I meet his band at Mad Anthony Brewing Co. on a Sunday afternoon, I more or...
Jim Steele / Neptune Rising
For years Jim Steele has been an in-demand jazz and session keyboard player in the Fort Wayne area, even snagging the Best Keyboard Player Whammy in...