When they’re not touring up and down the East Coast, the members of Winona Lake, Indiana’s own Darkroom stay busy writing and recording batches of stirring yet atmospheric songs, catchy […]

J.D. Burns Mystified

Every year during the Whammy Awards voting season we at the whatzup office make note of a good number of new bands and artists who are beginning to make an […]

“She was probably the prettiest female celebrity I’ve ever seen in person,” laughed a candid Larry LaQuin Norwood, known to his friends as Quin and to his fans as 2RQ, […]

For Massakre, it’s all about the journey of life. Although it wasn’t an easy process to complete, it could be said that writing and recording his first solo album, Reignstorm, […]

Look up, here comes a ray of sunshine,” goes the opening line of “Ray,” the first song on this impressive release by Indianapolis-based Mars or the Moon. Guitars chime and […]

There is a line dividing fans of country music. On one side stands the pop-country enthusiast, fans of so-called – hat acts – churned out by the Nashville money people […]

There’s been a welcome influx of great to outstanding original music from the region making its way into the whatzup mailbox of late, prompting me to wonder if a new […]