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It takes nerve to not only open your album with a cover, but to open your album with, essentially, a cover of a cover. Case in point: the first tune […]

By now, Left Lane Cruiser have shed “best kept secret” status and moved into the national indie-garage-blues-rock-hyphenate cult’s embrace. But don’t think for a second that constant touring in the […]

If Toledo, Ohio makes you think of Spain, Jamie Farr and/or That Place South of Ann Arbor, then you need to add another thought to your list: Cool Music Town. […]

What do I know about the Yellow Dead Bettys? I know they’re a Fort Wayne band. I know they once got shut down at a certain local bar (to be […]

Yes, I believe the name references a “Simpson’s” episode. And the band’s MySpace page (myspace.com/knifeyspoonie) rocks some Rambo imagery. So, two points for this Bloomington-based band right out of the […]

Listening to the pop-classical “Days of Slumber,” the first cut off of Goodbyewave’s latest, I picture a Wes Anderson film made 25 years in the future, as the cool and […]

When Jethro Easyfields and the Arrowheads hunkered down south of Indianapolis, it only stood to reason that the juxtaposition of country and city would rub off on the recorded results. […]

At first listen, Kentucky Nightmare’s Take Her Favor stands out as odd, but odd in the best way possible. It’s a heady blend of dusty antique, modern indie and the […]

Within the dusty boot tracks, alternately funereal and hoedown tempos and clucking country-style electric guitars that populate the latest from Lee Miles and the Illegitimate Sons, A Farewell to Sister […]