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 a narrative through-line that […]

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. It’s a snapshot […]

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 Fu Manchu stash he sometimes […]

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 working harder – […]

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 last century, and the name […]

I’m downstairs at Hyde Brothers Booksellers, lost in the endless aisles, on the hunt for a used copy of Francois Truffaut’s Hitchcock book. With me is singer-songwriter Jon Keller, who […]

Lance Hoeppner is a busy man. Co-founder of the Fort Wayne favorite experimental rock trio-turned-duo Moser Woods, Hoeppner also performs in the Marnée Project. So why would he choose to […]

The heart of rock n’ roll, as Huey Lewis once so sagely put it, is still beating, and we can thank bands like the newly minted Heartbeat City for that […]