Lee Miles / Open Your Grievous Heart
Had Fort Wayne-based singer/songwriter Lee Miles been blessed with better physical health I’ve no doubt he’d have moved on to bigger things by now....
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Kill The Rabbit
Kill the Rabbit are so beloved by their fans that they have their own chad. Remember those dangling things that caused such a stir during the 2004 Presidential...
Jon Keller / Down In a Mirror
At the bar a few nights ago I found myself disoriented. Or, should I say, more disoriented than usual. A song had come on over the jukebox that I loved...
Audio Mimes / The Facepaint EP
The Facepaint EP is the debut recording from Audio Mimes, a new four-piece band with members born and raised in the Fort. It is a subtle mixture of...
Fernando Tarango / October 31, 2009
October 31, 2009 has a charm that is inescapable, and, except for a stumble at the beginning, the songs are melodic gems. Fernando Tarango has created...
The Bergamot / Smile
It’s a tricky thing to pull off something that’s fresh and retro without turning into a novelty act. The Bergamot pull that off quite nicely with Smile....
Black Label Summer / The Rise & Fall of Josh Hall
There’s a strange but fitting twang to Black Label Summer frontman Josh Hall, known mostly for his Thunderhawk records and PBR loyalty. Maybe it’s the...
House of Bread / Superhuman Tomb
It sounds like guitarists Omar Afzaal and Bob Haddad, known mostly for their work in All Nite Skate and Castles, are having more fun together – and...
Yeasayer / Odd Blood
Do I hate this record? Would I play it with windows down and “normal” people within earshot? Is this just the latest in a long line of post-Pitchfork...
The Dead Records
Pronouncements of the death of the record industry have been de rigueur since the birth of MP3s and Napster-style filesharing towards the end of the...