Flyover Sounds : Mari Vander’s “Apathy”

So who is Mari Vander? Well, I can tell you that she’s a singer/songwriter out of the River City, aka Fort Wayne, Indiana. Outside of that there’s not much info. Before the song I’m about to share with you today Vander recorded Lullaby(The Demo Album), which is acoustic demo tracks that have the raw intimacy […]

Flyover Sounds : Bonsai’s “Golden Hue”

Growing up is filled with all kinds of confusing, painful, beautiful, and ultimately scarring experiences. First loves, first heartbreaks, first tragedies, and also first real connections with other like-minded souls. Those people that see you for what you really are, not what style of jeans or sneakers you wear. They judge you on your favorite […]

Get Some Perspective : Streetlamps For Spotlights, Jason Davis, and a Millennium Summer

This feature was initially posted in a local Midwest magazine in August of 2018. There is some dated material here, but also some great info that was edited out for publication. I felt it was a great piece about an amazing band. Enjoy. -J. Hubner Fort Wayne has plenty of guys and gals that work […]

Streetlamps For Spotlights : Millenium Summer EP

by EA Poorman Photo by Drew Allegre Jason Davis is what you’d call a jack of all trades. He runs local recording studio Off The Cuff Sound in Fort Wayne, as well as giving music lessons at said music studio. He also does all kinds of repairs on instruments. From setting up a Fender Tele […]

‘Heat Is Where The Heart Is’ : Dreamcatchers Make Music For A Great Cause

Growing up hearing that we live in the greatest country in the world, sometimes it’s easy to lose sight of the fact that not everyone has it as good as you. Especially when you grow up in a house where there’s always food on the table, clothes on your back, a roof over your head, […]

Streetlamps for Spotlights :: Sound and Color

The first thing you notice as you listen to Streetlamps for Spotlights full-length debut Sound and Color is how much these guys love texture. Sometimes it’s subtle, but these textural layers are always present in the songs. Whether it’s in Jason Davis’ guitar work with jagged punches of riffs and noise, or in Jay Hackbush’s […]

Streetlamps for Spotlights :: A Conversation With Jason Davis

by EA Poorman Jason Davis has had a hand at helping to make some of the best local record releases Fort Wayne has seen(and heard.) Over the past few years Davis has been the owner/operator of Off The Cuff Sound, an all-analog recording studio located in the Fort. He’s recorded albums by Sacred Broncos, […]

Jason Davis-Flatline Movements

Occasionally you come across an album by an artist and it gives you hope for the future of music. Just when you’ve had your fill of the next great Brooklyn band, or you could go without hearing another electronic folk duo for the next 100 years, along comes an album like Jason Davis’ excellent new […]