Archive for November 16th, 2009
Listing the Best Albums of 2009 by Artist from A to Z: Bon Iver
November 16th, 2009
Posted in Best of 2009
Released January 20th on Jagjaguwar Records
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I can’t press Justin Vernon and Bon Iver enough. They’re one of my favorite musical discoveries over the past couple years, and they’re simply brilliant on record, and even better live. While most of the songs on their debut, For Emma, Forever Ago, seem to have a somber, wintery feel, the four songs on the Blood Bank EP seem to have a much warmer, positive vibe. The EP entered the Billboard 200 at #16, and peaked on the UK Indie charts at #1.
Listing the Best Albums of 2009 by Artist from A to Z: Bob Dylan
November 16th, 2009
Posted in Best of 2009
Bob Dylan
Together Through Life
Released April 28th on Columbia Records
A man who needs no introduction, Dylan has released his thirty-third studio album, which debuted at #1 both in the United States and the United Kingdom. It’s Dylan’s first number one album in Britain since 1970’s New Morning. Many of the songs on the album were written with Grateful Dead lyricist, Robert Hunter, and the album also features appearances by David Hidalgo of Los Lobos and Mike Campbell of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. The album has a similarity to his last album, Modern Times, with a darker, angrier Dylan writing struggling love songs. Bob Dylan also released his thirty-fourth studio album this year as well, Christmas in the Heart, featuring hymns, carols and popular Christmas songs like “Here Comes Santa Claus”, “Little Drummer Boy” and “The First Noel.” 2009 is also a special year for the sixty-eight year old Dylan, who began writing music fifty years ago. No one can deny Dylan’s importance or status in music, and even though he may not sound like he did ten, twenty, thirty, forty or fifty years ago, it’s good to see him writing albums that are still being received so well.
Weekly Concert Calender
November 16th, 2009
Posted in Weekly Concert Calender
I’m taking on a new job opportunity, so I’ll have to wait until the weekend until I can get to a show, which is none other than the return of Phish and a two-night stand at US Bank Arena. But there’s plenty of other great music events happening all week long, from The Sundresses at the Tavern, to Bishop Allen and The Academy Is… at the Southgate House, to Megadeth and Machinehead at the Madison Theater, to a benefit for WAIF 88.3 fm at Mayday hosted by Cincypunk.org, and even a reunion show from Bosley at Play by Play Cafe in Kenwood, there’s surely something for every type of music fan.
Monday
Northside Tavern
Back Room: Heavy Trash, The Sundresses
Front Room: Northside Jazz Ensemble
Mad Hatter
Big D and the Kids Table, Ill Scarlet, Atomic Potato, Jack! Bandit, Apathetic Epidemic
Southgate House
Lounge: Open Mic hosted by Mike Kuntz
Mad Frog
Tropicoso
Stanley’s Pub
Jazz Night hosted by Wade Baker
Tuesday
Southgate House
Ballroom: Bishop Allen, Darwin Deez, You, You’re Awesome
Parlour: Passafire, Super-Massive, The Pinstripes
Stanley’s Pub
Rumpke Mountain Boys
Wednesday
Northside Tavern
Back Room: Digital Leather, Foster Grants
Southgate House
Ballroom: Nekromantix, Rumble Club, De Los Muertos
Parlour: Dex Romweber Duo, J. Dorsey
Lounge: Michael & Travis from Frontier Folk Nebraska
Mad Hatter
The Flight Station, Copperview, Our Rising, Mr. Twelve Feet
Stanley’s Pub
Super-Massive
Thursday
Mad Hatter
Loco Bros Party
Mad Frog
Super-Massive
Southgate House
Lounge: The Fox Hunt
Stanley’s Pub
Bubble Life, The Skeetones
Friday
US Bank Arena
Phish
Madison Theater
Megadeth, Machinehead, Suicide Silence, Arcanium
Southgate House
Ballroom: The Academy Is…, Hot Chelle Rae, Watson Park
Parlour: AbsolutePunk.net Tour with Mercy Mercedes, The Dangerous Summer, Between the Trees, Single File
Mad Hatter
Scallywagon, Grandview, Kerberos, Eat the Rich, Hydroshock, Situation Red
Northside Tavern
Back Room: Ellison, Wake the Bear
Mad Frog
Ninefold, Raccoon City, Hollis Brown, In Space
Stanley’s Pub
Phish After Party with SOUSE
The Comet
Wist, Iolite
Baba Budan’s
Where They Landed, Moneytrees River
Saturday
US Bank Arena
Phish
Southgate House
Ballroom: Jucifer, Beneath Oblivion
Parlour: Mimicking Birds, Matthew Shelton, JD Carlson (of Moneytrees River)
Lounge: Scotty Karate
Mad Hatter
Pilot Around the Stars, All Out Best, Bazookas Go Bang, The Paramedic, Watch What You Say, Let It Happen, Life After Lift Off
Mayday
88.3 WAIF Benefit hosted by CincyPunk featuring Billy Wallace and the Virginia Blues, The Weakness and Loudmouth
Northside Tavern
Back Room: Pilgrim
Stanley’s Pub
Phish After Party with Grooveshire, Northbound Motion
Play by Play Cafe
Bosley Reunion, Lemon G
The Comet
Free Sophia
Baba Budan’s
Eclipse, Cincy Brass
