Good vibrations abound, there are alfresco musical soirees of every flavor, from Bob Dylan to LL Cool J.
  

• Death Grips is a primal force of nature that seems built to subvert. Entering the world of this Sacramento-based experimental Hip Hop trio — frontman Stefan “MC Ride” Burnett, keyboardist/programming guru Andy “Flatlander” Morin and drummer Zach Hill — is akin to being trapped in a demented, all-immersive video game designed and conceived by Harmony Korine and Charle...  

Most who’ve heard or seen the widely buzzed-about Cincinnati Indie/Punk/Pop/Rock trio Tweens knew it was only a matter of time before a national label signed the band. It was no shock, then, when it was recently announced that the band — which just played the MidPoint Indie Summer series on Fountain Square and was hand-picked to open a string of high profile dates for The Breeders —  ha...  

Though still a few weeks from summer, this week offers a handful of multi-act musical events that offer a great chance to get the music festival season started off right.
  

What’s weirder — that Joy Division has inspired a video game or that the free, browser-based computer game actually captures the essence of the legendary U.K. gloom rockers perfectly?  

Mississippi native Charlie Mars makes emotive Pop Rock with (usually) an acoustic base. If that forms an image and sound in your head as, “just another dude with an acoustic guitar,” don’t judge  

The first day of summer isn't for three more weeks, but MidPoint Indie Summer begins this evening.

The free, every-Friday concert event — sponsored by CityBeat's MidPoint Music Festival (which recently announce...  

Over the years, Greater Cincinnati has been lucky to have at least a few radio stations dedicated to giving original, local music some airtime. While WEBN (yes, that WEBN) strongly supported local music in the ’70s/’80s, most substantial local airplay now comes courtesy of community and/or low-powered stations, plus the occasional, short-lived niche show from a huge corporate radio ...  

The second round of announcements for this year's MidPoint Music Festival lineup was featured in this week's issue of CityBeat, on streets now. For those outside of Greater Cincinnati (or you lazy folks who don't want to walk to pick up a newspaper), here's the official press release:For Immediate Release Artist Announcement “Round 2” for M...  

 This is, literally, some awesome, exclusive, breaking news: We, as humans, have words in our lexicon that have lost their meanings and/or garnered brand new, completely different meanings.