Concert review: The Swell Season at Clowes Hall, Nov. 2

The Swell Season with Mark Dignam
Clowes Hall, Nov. 2

Soundcheck, Nov. 4-10

Thursday

Aussie commie rock
The Grates, Pravada
Radio Radio, 1119 E. Prospect St., www.futureshock.net
9 p.m., $6 door, $8 advance, 21+

Album review: Jookabox, "Dead Zone Boys"

For the band Jookabox — and on record, that means, for Jookabox band leader David “Moose” Adamson — the east side of Indianapolis is a dark place, populated by roaming bands of vampires, the D

Concert review: Asthmatic Kitty showcase at The Toby, Nov. 1

What a crowd.

The Black Crowes go ramblin'

The Black Crowes didn’t play it safe when they recorded their new two-album set, Before The Frost…/Until The Freeze....

Jazz Notes: Indy Jazz Foundation holiday show

November will see the first major event organized by Indianapolis Jazz Foundation president Bill Lancton during his tenure, the Foundation’s annual Holiday Jazz Showcase, to be held Nov.

Concert review: Queensryche at The Vogue, Oct. 29

Someone forgot to tell Queensryche their era of glabrous metal is supposed to be dead.

Go/do: Wah! at Earth House

We like everything about this. We like that Wah! has an exclamation point after her name. We like that Journeys Fire is bringing her here (journeysfire.org).

DM Stith: braid of voices

It’s an offer that can be refused, but not easily: When reps from the independent label Asthmatic Kitty heard two songs that

The Swell Season: from film to stage

Glen Hansard figured out a good way not to have to deal with the pressure of following up a hit album that featured an Oscar-winning song, “Falling Slowly.” He pretty much made the new Swell Seaso