The New Artist nomination for Heavy
Hinges might be the most ironic of this year’s slate of Cincinnati
Entertainment Awards candidates.
Hotter Than Hell's Heavy Hinges
Heavy Hinges exude the joy and channel the sadness of their first year together
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Cincinnati Entertainment Awards' Lineup Announced
Plus news on The Cliftones, School of Rock Mason and two new local bands
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The lineup for this year's Cincinnati Entertainment Awards (Jan. 27 at Covington's Madison Theater) will feature a broad genre mix of nominees.
Nickelback: More Popular Than Gonorrhea?
Plus, Motorheadphones debut and "Love Me Do" enters Europe's public domain
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Motorheadphones storm the headphone market with a focus on mid-range audio and a Motorhead logo; The Beatles' "Love Me Do" is now in the public domain in Europe, meaning less money for Yoko; and Americans think the current Congress is worse than cockroaches, Brussels sprouts, lice and Nickelback, but better than gonorrhea (so they've got that going for them).
Snowmine
Jan. 16 • MOTR Pub
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Frontdude Grayson Sanders is a classically trained
musician and composer with a soft spot for “Stravinsky, Ravel, Bartok,
Ligeti and Autechre,” influences that clearly color the band’s 2011
full-length debut, Laminate Pet Animal.
Robert Earl Keen
Jan. 18 • Madison Theater
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Robert Earl Keen has always straddled the line between
Americana and Country Blues music. But, more than anything else, he is a
singer/songwriter who has the ability to weave sonic tales that are
vivid, interesting and fun.
Stephane Wrembel
Jan. 19 • Blue Wisp Jazz Club
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Sometimes it only takes a well-placed reference to bump an
artist up to the next level. French-born guitarist Stephane Wrembel was
already enjoying an acclaimed career when director Woody Allen tapped
him to score the theme of his 2011 Academy Award-winning film Midnight in Paris, which he performed live to the millions who tuned into the ceremony’s telecast.
Marilyn Manson
Jan. 19 • Bogart's
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Despite more than 10 years passing
since the height of Marilyn Manson’s career, his music has continued to be
exceptionally good. His latest album, Born Villain, is full of the same scream-laden, pain-filled AltMetal he’s always done and yet it continues to sound fresh.
Moving Up With Grace
From jam band frontwoman to chart star, Grace Potter and her band keep focus on their craft
0 Comments · Wednesday, January 9, 2013
In 2010, after years of work in on the jam band circuit, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
pushed their way into the mainstream with their eponymous third album for
Hollywood Records and the hit single, “Paris (Ooh La La).” With their latest album, The Lion The Beast The Beat,
Potter and her team seem to have their sights set on taking things to
an even higher level.
Music Industry ‘Reference’ E-Book Due in 2013
'Musician’s Desk Reference' announces 2013 launch and Kim Taylor goes to Sundance
0 Comments · Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Brian Penick, musician turned music-biz entrepreneur with his two-year-old promo company, the Counter Rhythm Group, announces the 2013 release of an expansive and ambitious interactive e-book to help musicians navigate the modern music industry. Plus, singer/songwriter Kim Taylor preps a new album, but first visits the Sundance Film Festival in Utah for the world premiere of the feature film, I Used to Be Darker, in which she co-stars.
Gaga's Shrinkmobile, Tapes & Vinyl Thrive and More
0 Comments · Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Lady Gaga's next tour jaunt will include the BornBrave Bus, a safe place for fans to participate in talk sessions about “mental
health, depression, bullying, school and friends"; CD sales continued to plummet in 2012, but the vinyl LP, cassette and even MiniDisc formats all got a sales boost; in this week's installment of "Just another day in The Flaming Lips," the band's giant, laser-shooting hands were stolen at a festival show. If giant, laser-shooting hands weren't so hip right now, they would have been so much easier to find.
Swear and Shake
Jan. 9 • 20th Century Theatre
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Brooklyn, N.Y.’s Swear and Shake coalesced just a couple of
years ago, but from the sound of its debut full-length Maple Ridge,
you’d swear (and shake) that this electric Folk marvel has been
percolating over the course of a decade or more with a half dozen
previous releases under their belts.
Fever Fever and Clemency
Jan. 10 • MOTR Pub
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Fever Fever
is a Columbus four-piece (not to be confused with the U.K. Art Punk band
with the same moniker) whose “Beautiful Dream” crystallizes the joy and
confusion of fresh love in a tight, understated package.
Denney and the Jets
Jan. 11 • MOTR Pub
0 Comments · Monday, January 7, 2013
Apparently, Chris Denney has only been writing songs for
the past four years, but he’s clearly channeling a lifetime of pent up
creative energy in the tunes he’s unleashing with his Nashville quintet,
Denney & the Jets.
Langhorne Slim & the Law
Jan. 11 • Taft Theatre
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At age 14, Sean Scolnick started writing his first songs,
penning Nirvana-inspired missives about authority, school and “stuff that a lot of 14-year-old
kids probably write about.” Now in his early 30s, Scolnick doesn't
employ those subjects as inspiration anymore. Listening to his
story-heavy goulash of Folk and AltCountry reveals nary any traces of
Cobain and Co. at all.
Jason & the Punknecks
Jan. 11 • Southgate House Revival
0 Comments · Monday, January 7, 2013
The Punknecks’ bio doesn’t mince words. Calling themselves
“Punky Tonkers,” Jason Punkneck is from Nashville while Polly Punkneck
is from Kansas. The duo, along with their drummer Nick Punkneck, are
apparently known for “a rowdy show of drinking, drugging, Jesus, smokin’
pot and living between heaven and hell.”
