First Acts Announced for 2013’s MidPoint Music Festival
Plus news on Electric Citizen, Kenny Peck & the Smoky Jack Band, The Lockland Brakes and School of Rock Mason
The Long, Complex Ride to Superfood Stardom
MidPoint Indie Summer Concerts Announced
Plus, Tracy Walker releases decade-in-the-making new LP and the latest on MidPoint Music Festival 2013
Droning Your Sorrows
Drones to deliver beer at music fest, Jay-Z gets a presidential diss and Ghost B.C. release cheeky box-set
Monthly Hip Hop Night Comes to The Comet
Plus, The Tempers and Shiny and the Spoon celebrate new releases, Northside Music Fest returns and Kelly Thomas takes on classic with Switchblade Syndicate
Music: The Shins with Ra Ra Riot
Music: Martin Bisi
Music: Reggae Culture Splash 2013
Singles Going Steady
The Cliftones and The Socials ready new tunes for release and tasty sounds return to Taste of Cincinnati
Communication Breakdown
Led Zep says no to a president, Mountain Dew fire rappers and David Gilmour imposter arrested
Watch: Those Guys' Explosive "You Ain't Know" Video
Cincinnati Hip Hop duo get rowdy, blow up a car in new Redman-approved music video
{CommentsCant} · Friday, November 30, 2012
Those Guys have emerged as one of the more impressive up-and-comers in Cincinnati Hip Hop, both via their digital/CD releases (a handful of singles and a trio of excellent mixtapes) and their live show, which incorporates a three-piece live band. Those Guys features MC's J.Al and Jova, who met as high school freshmen and started the group upon graduation in 2008. Citing influences like Kanye, The ...
WATCH: Emery Sessions Go Hip Hop
Cincinnati MC Buggs Tha Rocka featured in unique one-shot video series filmed at historic Emery Theatre
{CommentsCant} · Thursday, November 29, 2012
Deft local MC Buggs Tha Rocka, who balances his excellent solo work with performances and recordings with the group Gold Shoes, has become the first Hip Hop artist to participate in the ongoing "Emery Sessions," a series of excellent music videos, filmed in one-shot by world-class photographer Michael...
Northside Gets a Record Fair
Northside Record Fair debuts and Over the Rhine preps two new LPs for 2013
0 Comments · Wednesday, November 28, 2012
This Saturday brings the first ever Northside Record Fair, featuring used, new and rare recordings in various formats and various other musical merch for sale (flea market-style), to Hoffner Lodge. Plus, Over the Rhine plays annual holiday show at the Taft Theatre and preps two new albums for 2013.
Lips Stay Weird, W.K. Uninvited and Rihanna's Bad Trip
0 Comments · Wednesday, November 28, 2012
A month in the life of a Flaming Lip includes a space-age musical, a King Crimson cover album, a freaky radio drama and a disruptive grenade.
Over the Rhine Prepping Two 2013 Releases
Cincinnati musical favorites again reach out to dedicated fans for project funding
{CommentsCant} · Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Well before social media made it easier to connect directly to fans, veteran Cincinnati music legends Over the Rhine were already whispering in their fans’ ears via regular notes on the band website, written intimately and poetically by OTR’s Linford Detweiler (mostly). The direct, worded contact fit well with Detweiler and wife Karin Bergquist’s mystical, emotionally resonant music, which h...
The Supersuckers
Dec. 1 • Southgate House Revival
0 Comments · Tuesday, November 27, 2012
When The Rolling Stones recently performed one of their
50th anniversary shows in London, one reviewer noted that the “bravado”
was gone and there was no mention of their longtime motto, “Th
Music: Marbin
0 Comments · Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Chicago-based group Marbin returns to the Blue Wisp
Jazz Club Saturday for a night of exploratory instrumental Jazz/Fusion.
Marbin formed in 2007 as a duo featuring Israeli-American guitarist Dani
Music Tonight: Newbees, Miss May I and Much More
Thanksgiving Eve brings tons of live music to area venues tonight
{CommentsCant} · Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Tonight's allegedly the "busiest bar night of the year," so if you like to hang out at places that are really packed, this is your jam. If you like to hear live music when you go out, you're also in luck, as a lot of the top acts seek out lucrative Wednesday-before-T...
Shake It Issues Historic Cincy Blues Compilation
Cincinnati label/record shop to issue anthology of Cincinnati Blues for Black Friday
{CommentsCant} · Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Shake It Records is getting in on Record Store Day's national "Black Friday" promotion, which, like regular ol' Record Store Day in April, means hundreds of brick-and-mortar record shops will be stocking hundreds of unique new releases by artists and labels big and small. As both a shop and a label, Northside's S...
Radio King Cowboys Show Off New ‘Chaps’
And The Newbees get a do-over for its release party for new LP, 'Modern Vintage'
0 Comments · Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Release parties at the Revival! Rootsy, rollicking Americana all-star group Tex Schramm and the Radio King Cowboys gear up for the release of their sophomore album, Lucky Chaps, and The Newbees' rescheduled release party for their excellent new LP Modern Vintage comes on Thanksgiving eve. Both release parties are at Southgate House Revival.
