D Ferren founded the band Hipnoses and Sockmonkey in the 90s and in 2001 released his first solo album, Saint of Life and the Morning After Cavalier. Drawing comparisons to […]

Over the years there have been plenty of mainstream artists who have talked and written about their Christian beliefs: Lenny Kravitz, Sufjan Stevens, Kings X and Tim Tebow, just to […]

Earlier this month Rebecca Stockert succeeded in placing first runner-up visual artist category in the annual whatzup Readers Poll (Whammy Awards). That’s quite a feat in a town with so […]

Tradition is a tricky thing, especially when you try to become part of it. That’s what Darren “Dag” Hunt has discovered as he and his new band, Dag and the […]

There was a time when in the career of a band, ‘making it’ meant some record company flunkie would come see you play in a dank, rowdy bar or opening […]

They’re back and they mean business: body-blow riffs, thunderous drums, killer momentum and hooks big enough to catch marlin. Cry Like a Man is I, Wombat 2.0. And, it packs […]

In sitting and chatting with Audrey Ushenko one is quickly drawn into a life rich with music, painting, family and friends. Yet as accessible as this 50-ish artist and IPFW […]

Michael Wayne Spoores Jr, aka Yung Swagstar, wants you to know he has arrived. On his new mixtape, Bombay & Lemonade, he’s heard loud and clear. The Indiana-by-way-of-Illinois-by-way-of-Iowa rapper has […]