Not too long ago, there was a time when not many rock bands could sell well in Indianapolis. It could easily be traced back to 2012 when active rock station X103 stopped playing rock and shifted to pop and alternative. At that time, promotion dropped off and not many fans were aware of when...

Adversity and hard-times can sometimes make or break a band- more importantly, it can lead to some of the best stuff a band will ever write and that’s exactly what happened From Ashes to New sat down to put together what would eventually become their sophomore album- The Future. This record...

Three years removed from Threat To Survival, Shinedown are back with Attention Attention– their sixth overall and is a return to their heavier rock roots while also keeping the sounds of their previous two records. Amaryllis and Threat To Survival saw the band evolving to a more...

20 years removed from their debut record, Godsmack are still creating their best music and their latest record- When Legends Rise– is exactly that and its clear from the very beginning. The title track opens the record with a tribal drum intro from Shannon Larkin, which rips into a...

When Bride singer Dale Thompson announced a new side project following Bride’s retirement, The World Will Burn was breathed to life and their debut- Severity was very strongly-received and sold well on the indie charts. Thompson brought in longtime friend Alan Zaring to assume duties on...

With a full-length record on the horizon, Mexican-Italian-American rocker Diamante has unleashed her Volume 1 EP upon the world, offering fans a glimpse into the future of what’s to come and it’s an EP that could stand on its own without a full-length counterpart. She starts off-...

When it comes to art, poetry is one of the purest forms you’ll find. Most of your favorite songs can be looked at as poems or started as just that and Spoken Word is a genre of music that’s largely underrated and whose world is vast when you really look at it. Egypt Speaks is one of the...

Bobaflex may be the hardest band in all of music- not just rock and not just independent bands. They tour almost the entire calendar year and consistently release new music every 2-3 years- and their most recent tour leg made a pit stop at Indianapolis’ Hi-Fi. Opening the night was...

Three years removed from their return album, Dark Before Dawn, Breaking Benjamin are back with Ember- their sixth record overall and second with the current lineup and it’s a scorcher of a record. While DBD was written primarily by frontman Benjamin Burnley before the band officially...

In 2008 when Skillet enlisted Jen Ledger to take the drum duties from Lori Peters, they released Awake, which saw Ledger featured on vocals and fans lost their minds with excitement and wanted more. The next two records- Rise and Unleashed featured her even more but it still wasn’t enough...