It is hard to deny that, for those of reputable musical taste, admitting to liking anything that remotely resembles pop-punk is bound to seriously damage a person’s journalistic reputation. Regardless, I was determined to listen to Late Nite Reading’s latest, the Dedicated to Deadlines EP, and give it an unbiased and fair review.  Now that my intentions have been made public, the EP offered no... 

This Friday, September 2nd, Upland Brewing Company will present Rusted Root along with TV Mike and the Scarecrows, and also Bobbie Lancaster. This concert will take place outside of the Upland brew house with the doors opening at 5pm and the show starting at 6pm. This is the perfect start to the Labor Day Weekend! Even better than that, this event helps support a great cause!   This amazing outdoor... 

The Adam Hofmann Revival band just cut their second album called, “You’ll Get There” at Water Music with engineer Rick Kwan. Kwan has also helped produce albums with popular acts such My Morning Jacket, Bird Dog, and Springsteen. The most amazing part of this album release is that 100 percent of the profit from record sales and merchandise sales goes to a great cause called Made By Survivors.   Made... 

My Morning Jacket rolled into town on Sunday night, having just played Lollapalooza the previous night, to perform at White River State Park for local Hoosier fans as well as the “Jacketheads” that followed them from Chicago. My Morning Jacket, also known as MMJ, is regarded as one of the best live bands of my generation and with good reason too.   After watching their opening band Neko Case,... 

Don’t call it a Comeback Story Part 4: The Best Things in Life Aren’t Easy “Don’t be afraid to make enemies, to stand up and be your own person, don’t be afraid to Fight Back,” said Almond. From-DCIAC Story part 3 A Rocky week leading to Warped Tour The road to Warped Tour might seem to have happened fast for the boys in Don’t Call it a Comeback, but it was certainly a long path for... 

“Catcher in the Rye and The Upsides (The Wonder Years album) Saved my life,” said Almond. From- DCIAC Story Part 2 With Don’t Call it a Comeback finally coming to a solid line up they decided it was time to try for something bigger. The boys quickly took their recordings and uploaded them online to Pure Volume and Thebattleofthebands.com, the Battle for the Ernie Ball Stage at Warped Tour. Each... 

They say behind every great president, there is an even greater woman. Well behind every good musician there’s the girl that broke his heart, the one that showed him to love, and the music that got him through it all. From- DCIAC Story Part 1 After turning down Disney two times, Almond had it with bands. He was ready to do his own thing, now that he had walked away from Disney why not try... 

Don’t call it a Comeback Story Part 1: The Cody Almond Story They say behind every great president, there is an even greater woman. Well behind every good musician there’s the girl that broke his heart, the one that showed him to love, and the music that got him through it all.     When Cody Almond, front man of Don’t Call it a Comeback, was in third grade he fell for one of these... 

It wasn’t very long ago that I was introduced to He is We. From the first note of Rachel Taylor’s voice coming through the speakers, I fell in love. I was extremely excited to find out that they were coming to town and allowing a couple locals to open for them. The band set out on tour just 6 shows prior, along with Ocean Grove which contains the backing band of the Jonas Brothers and gem Andrew... 

He is We, consist of two main members Rachel Taylor and Trevor Kelly. The two met while working in a music shop, the kind where you can rent a tuba. You can imagine how much down time you have at a job like this. When you’re surrounded by instruments and just naturally talented, you can’t help but to mess around during down time on the job. Rachel Taylor was messing around on the keys,...