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Like it or not, Church Shoes’ eponymous debut record reminds me of Whiskeytown’s Stranger’s Almanac. Not because Shoes necessarily sounds like Whiskeytown (it doesn’t, but it is far twangier than […]

Indianapolis indie rockers Marmoset are the relative you don’t mind having visit for the weekend. They come in softly, warm up the room with fuzzy and familiar vibes, give you […]

Talk to any member of the now defunct B-Sharps and you’ll very likely learn one thing: they don’t like their second album, The “B” Is For Party, quite as much […]

Had Fort Wayne-based singer/songwriter Lee Miles been blessed with better physical health I’ve no doubt he’d have moved on to bigger things by now. Not because what he’s doing isn’t […]

At the bar a few nights ago I found myself disoriented. Or, should I say, more disoriented than usual. A song had come on over the jukebox that I loved […]

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 – […]

Do I hate this record? Would I play it with windows down and “normal” people within earshot? Is this just the latest in a long line of post-Pitchfork flavor-of-the-month bands? […]

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 […]