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
Know Your 'Heights'
Eclectic local event The Heights Music Festival presents only one fest this year and it's this weekend
Droning Your Sorrows
Drones to deliver beer at music fest, Jay-Z gets a presidential diss and Ghost B.C. release cheeky box-set
Music: Cincy Psych Fest Freak-Out Series with Goat and Holy Wave
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: Martin Bisi
Elvis Impersonators Gone Bad?
Plus, new 'Twitter #music' app is unveiled after celebrities get first dibs
Music: The Shins with Ra Ra Riot
New Cincy-Spawned Releases Celebrated This Week
Hickory Robot, Big Rock Club and Why? promote new LPs, plus Northside hosts Psych Fest and Savages
0 Comments · Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Local bands Why?, Big Rock Club and Hickory Robot promote their latest releases this week. Plus, Barrence Whitfield & the Savages return to Cincinnati to play a few shows and record a new album and things get trippy in Northside with the inaugural Cincy Psych Fest at Mayday Saturday.
Freddie Flick, Zeppelin Dick and Snoop Is Sick
1 Comments · Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Actor/comedian Sacha Baron Cohen to portray Freddie Mercury in upcoming biopic, Robert Plant calls reporter a "schmuck" for asking about a Led Zeppelin reunion during a press conference about Led Zeppelin's reunion and Snoop Dogg is so high, he's rappin' about Hot Pockets now.
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My Dark Passenger
How The Afghan Whigs soundtracked my twenties and have stuck with me ever since
2 Comments · Wednesday, October 17, 2012
I can’t remember exactly the first time I heard The Afghan Whigs. I knew
of them right after high school by seeing their names on fliers for
shows at bars I wasn’t old enough to get into. But once I finally got my
hands on the band’s debut for SubPop, Up In It, in 1990, I was hooked.
The Afghan Whigs Are My Co-Pilots
The Afghan Whigs' music hit me hard in my 20s and hasn't left me since
{CommentsCant} · Tuesday, October 16, 2012
The music of one of Cincinnati’s all-time greatest musical exports, The Afghan Whigs, hit me at precisely the right time. As a child, the music of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Who tattooed itself on to my DNA, while my high school years found me becoming obsessed with College Rock, Punk, Hip Hop and Hard Rock. But The Afghan Whigs were my “coming-of-age” soundtrack ...
Edible Glow-in-the-Dark Technology Eludes Us (For Now)
0 Comments · Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Here we sit at the breakfast table, in the year 20-freakin’-12, and we can’t get a special edition of Cap’n Crunch’s Halloween Crunch that actually turns the milk glow-in-the-dark green!
WATCH: Legendary Ralph Stanley's Emery Session
Video of Bluegrass legend latest in series of videos shot at historic Emery Theatre
{CommentsCant} · Monday, October 15, 2012
One of the more soulful venues at this year's MidPoint Music Festival was the gorgeous Emery Theatre, which is in the process of being brought back to life thanks to the efforts of "The Requiem Project" (the group that has been doing the hea...
Music Tonight: Bill Frisell, Jeff Coffin and More
{CommentsCant} · Wednesday, October 10, 2012
There is a staggering amount of high-quality live music events tonight in Greater Cincinnati, especially for a Wednesday. Here are a few of the best.
• Though Jazz is the music saxophonist Jeff Coffin is most closely identified, his experience and passion extends well beyond the genre. Coffin’s and his Mu’tet make dynamic, progressive sounds, most recently heard on the studio effort...
• Though Jazz is the music saxophonist Jeff Coffin is most closely identified, his experience and passion extends well beyond the genre. Coffin’s and his Mu’tet make dynamic, progressive sounds, most recently heard on the studio effort...
Booze-Hounding for Dollars
0 Comments · Wednesday, October 10, 2012
I first developed a problem with alcohol when I was 16
and received a DUI. It’s a problem that I’ve had to live with ever
since. I’ve had long, happy periods of sobriety and I’ve had long,
gut-wrenching stretches when I’ve been a textbook alcoholic.
Southgate Revival Opening: Take Two
CincyPunk Fest to be first shows at Southgate House Revival, Cincinnati Metal Family Reunion rocks Reading and Vacation comes home
0 Comments · Wednesday, October 10, 2012
This weekend's CincyPunk Fest is now set to be first event at the new Southgate House Revival after an aborted opening last weekend, plus Cincinnati Metal Family Reunion rocks Reading and Vacation comes home
Jeff Coffin
Oct. 10 • Greaves Concert Hall (NKU)
0 Comments · Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Though Jazz is the music saxophonist Jeff Coffin is most
closely identified, his experience and passion extends well beyond the
genre.
