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Industrial Strength / Hadel Zone

Fans of Industrial Strength’s ultra-aggressive music have reason to rejoice now that the band has called off their two-year self-imposed hiatus. Bassist Rory Grams is the reason for this resurgence, […]

Tom Keessee

Doing something halfway or part-time typically produces a result that is itself but half-baked. But for the well-regarded local painter Tom Keesee, working part-time has paid off in full. The […]

Kirk Hacker / So Until Then

Pay no attention to the guitar upon the cover. At first glance I thought this album would be a taste of alternative country with perhaps a dash of blues, but […]

Basement What?

Ever come across a band that surprises you? One of the great things about doing these articles is getting to hear bands and musicians I’m not familiar with. Upon first […]

Eric Klingler / Twisted Troubadour

“Nobody loves the loser,” intones Eric Klingler on the opening track of Twisted Troubadour. The following tracks make it clear that Klingler himself is a loser at love, and yet […]

John Shaffer / Change

Fort Wayne’s John Shaffer is one of those musicians who has been around the block a few times, always close but as yet unable to grab the brass ring of […]

David Krouse

For 45-year-old Fort Wayne native David Krouse – the painter, sculptor, set designer, gallery owner, teacher, father, husband, house painter and all-around mensch – life is good. Even if things […]

Cryptic

For some, black metal is a term never heard before, or perhaps a genre that has come and gone. In the Fort Wayne area, that’s not true at all. Black […]

Groovyus

I’ve known Dan Dickerson for a number of years, but I can’t recall ever seeing him with an electric guitar in his hands. But that was before a few weeks […]

Brown Bottle Band

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 West, and from the initial crowd […]