Jermaine Foster's alter ego, Jermiside Scarwell, has an undying love-jones for Cincinnati. He reps for her on CD. She doesn't know. He moves away. She doesn't know. After contending in Top Cat  

REVIEWS BY MIKE BREEN · THE SLOES -- DESPERATE TRAIN Calling themselves a "progressive acoustic" band, The Sloes are a versatile three-piece specializing in (but not limited to) American  

Appearances can be a good indicator of what a band is going to sound like -- for example, Bluegrass bands with a full stack of amps are as rare as Metal bands with banjos. Following this logic, an  

Heavy Metal has seen glory and disgrace in its 40-odd years of existence. Despite being read last rites a few times in recent history, artists with the right mix of tradition and innovation have k  

I don't care for not-so-vintage tees or blue-black hair. And I barf in my mouth a little when I see underage hipsters (rather than, let's say wizened ex-Marines) sporting tattoos of hearts afire  

The details are a little sketchy, but what's clear is that Brandon Migliorisi and Ben Franks were only 13 when they flipped open the dictionary to pick a name for their new band. Now, what are t  

The buzzwords associated with a life of music could be coded and molded into one hell of a crossword puzzle -- tour, recording, mixer, Marshall, pick-guard, Waffle House, label, merch, etc. Unfort  

Local singer/songwriter Joan Whittaker's music career is veering straight towards the toilet. But don't worry; that's exactly how she planned it. Her new CD, Miss Joanie's Potty Party, is a ch  

Four boyhood friends kept looking up, no matter what, and eventually grew to be men. Now they're pictureshow, a lowercase quartet of madmen and lovers. Whenever and wherever they play, a string of   

"I don't want to entertain people while they drink, I want them to come see us play," says Lost Hands Found Fingers bassist Danny Graham. It's one on a long list of reasons LHFF has for prefer  

In the late '30s, American music icon Woody Guthrie began writing the "Woody Sez" column in the People's Daily World newspaper. The column -- a collection of musings and political cartoons --   

"Music is not to be toyed with. It's very powerful. If we can keep some kid from cutting his wrists, then sign me up," Ashley Peacock, The Times' frontman, says. The Times' music is powerful,  

Steve Schmidt plays piano. Even in the absence of a piano. His muscular, almost ruddy, fingers are splayed, drumming, no -- tickling -- the tabletop of a bar-side booth at Kaldi's on Main Street.  

Acclaim for Peter Adams' debut disc, The Spiral Eyes, has been snowballing since last year, making him a prime candidate to be the "next big thing" to emerge from the Cincinnati music scene. Th  

Not many bands can say that their debut gig was the Midpoint Music Festival. For Marking Twain, a stacked résumé probably helped. The band contains former members of local teenage Pop Ro