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‘Down with the Sickness’

You’re sure to hear these heavy metal and alternative bands from blocks away

Faerie Ring photo by don Henning

Faerie Ring
A self-described heavy rock band from Evansville, Faerie Ring embraces the lost art of the riff. The four-piece act’s slow, thunderous sound has filled venues across the Midwest, including a July tour that puts them in Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, and Ohio.

Xanderwolf
Photographer Alex Morgan formed Xanderwolf in 2019. With Chris Koyle on guitar, Jason Rager on drums, and Nate Windberg on bass, the punk-infused rock band released its debut LP in 2023.

A Modest Proposal photo by Darin Harger

A Modest Proposal
A Modest Proposal works so hard to provide opportunities for independent musicians with their music festival, Fuchsia Fest, and DIY shows, that it could be easy to overlook how talented the band is. The Evansville band blends alternative, post-hardcore sounds into something uniquely its own. Its new album, “Let Them Smell Their Flowers,” was released on July 5.

Jodi Keen
Jodi Keen
Jodi Keen joined Tucker Publishing Group, Inc., in April 2021 as Managing Editor, after serving as Special Publications Editor for the Messenger-Inquirer in Owensboro, Kentucky. A native of Mt. Vernon, Illinois, Jodi is a Murray State University journalism graduate. After college, she lived in Vienna, Austria, and worked first as an au pair, then as the publisher’s assistant and events editor for English-language newspaper The Vienna Review. Jodi has called Evansville’s East Side home since 2016 and enjoys reading and walking her German shepherd, Morgan. She serves on the board of directors for local nonprofit Foster Care In the The U.S.

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