There are usually several tradeoffs between seeing a new band live compared to a more established band. alt-J provided the best of both worlds...

Neil Young is as much of a paradox as anyone in the history of popular music....

'Vicious Lies' works overall, even if Big Boi isn’t always the reason why it works....

The only thing predictable about Melvins over the last quarter century is their consistency. ...

Dan Deacon manages to pull off the supremely ambitious job of tackling something as immense and inexactly defined as America by delivering a piece of work that emulates those exact properties. ...

Dan Deacon with Friends closed out Indianapolis' Earth House Collective by very nearly bringing the house down. ...

Even though the elements that made Toadies great have unwound from each other, they are still used separately to great effect. ...

Florence & The Machine came to the amphitheater Indianapolis only two weeks after the final date that they cancelled due to a vocal injury sustained by Florence Welch. ...

And So I Watch You From Afar and Zechs Marquise both trade in intricate instrumental music that often gets lumped into post-rock by default. ...