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Downbreed / Killing the Drama

When the new Downbreed came into my hands to review my ears visually cringed. “Oh no!” I thought, “As a putty-bodied dorky white guy advancing swiftly into his 30s, can […]

Amy Lee Moser / Moonlight Christmas

Following her local debut album, When You Love Someone from earlier this year, Amy Lee Moser has once again teamed up with Jon Gillespie at his Monastic Chambers Studios. Together […]

Heather Headley / This Is Who I Am

Although she only spent a few of her high school years in this humble burg, Fort Wayne proudly claims Tony Award-winner Heather Headley as its own. Blessed with an exquisite […]

Dive Bomberz / Dive Bomberz

Since I’m a crusty, bitter hermit and don’t get out much, when a local CD comes into my claw-like hands it brings all the excitement and uncertainty of a $1 […]

Kuft / Up

In a musical world awash with stylistic hybrids of every imaginable type, it’s only natural that music would eventually return to a pure rock origin. Kuft is an answer to […]

Jughead / Jughead

Every now and then, just as I’m slipping into a chronic state of musical ennui, an album comes along to rudely shake me out of my doldrums. The self-titled album […]

Forgiven / Main to Mitchell

Forget grunge, forget nu-metal, forget boy bands … this is nostalgic 80s hair metal like your mother used to make! From the very first track of Main to Mitchell by […]

Billy Malone

Consider the basket. For thousands of years, people have used them to carry, haul and store countless items, from life-giving grain to romance-inducing flowers. And now, in the 21st century, […]

Arvel Bird / Rakish Paddy

Like his last album, Birdstock 2001, Animal Totems by Arvel Bird is a theme album with each song representing the personality of an animal found in Native American totem poles. […]

Arvel Bird / Animal Totems

Many of the 12 musical experiences are ensemble pieces with the violin playing a prominent, but not dominant, role. “Mata (Bear)” is an upbeat collection of jazzy rock melodies with […]