Jan
27
2012
Cincinnati noise rockers The Never Setting Suns have been hard at work preparing the release of their sophomore effort, entitled Time & Eternity, out March 24th. The young trio of 20-somethings got their start a few years back at a pirate-themed party held inside a laser tag arena. That show, which began at …
Jan
24
2012
Cincinnati indie-rock duo Bad Veins are set to release their highly anticipated new album, The Mess We’ve Made, on April 24th via a new deal with Austin, TX’s Modern Outsider Records. The new album was recorded over a three month period at Audiogrotto, a church-turned-recording studio, in Newport, Kentucky, and is the follow up to …
Jan
21
2012
I’ve got some sad news to report today coming out of Cincinnati’s music community. Thrash metal band, Pain Link, have decided to throw in the towel. The band issued the following statement on their Facebook page just a few hours ago: After several months of deliberation, the members of Pain Link have decided …
Jan
13
2012
In case you didn’t think that the Perfect Children would be a naturally occurring ingredient in a night that combines Two Headed Dog with Buenos Crotches, February 10th is here to show you how wonderfully wrong things can be. Here to cure you of those empty evenings full of empty glasses, spent longing …
Jan
09
2012
On February 10th and 11th, 2012, the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati will be rocking with more than 25 local blues bands. The Cincy Blues Society’s Winter Blues Fest celebrates over two decades of supporting the Blues with the same great music, but a new location. The annual festival showcases the best local and regional …
Jan
01
2012
Another era for the Southgate House has come to a close. In a few words, a musical era led by the ideals of one man and his daughter. That man, Ross Raleigh, purchased this luxurious mansion in 1976, first opening it as a Country/Western bar called Mom’s Opry. Although it only lasted two years in …
Dec
22
2011
Got a story you’d like to share about the Southgate House? Maybe you’re in a band and want to share what this one-of-a-kind venue has meant to you as an artist, or maybe you have a story about something crazy that happened backstage in the Green Room that no one else knows about. Maybe …
Dec
07
2011
Most CD reviews you see nowadays have to do with the latest releases. You rarely see any music blogs talking about albums from the past. I haven’t done a whole lot of album reviewing here on BrokenMic, be it old or new releases, and that’s something I’m working to change. Not that I …
Dec
05
2011
Christmas has come early this year by way of Cincinnati’s own Shiny & the Spoon. Amber Nash and Jordan Neff (both formerly of Magnolia Mountain) initially formed as an acoustic folk duo a couple years back. In 2011 the band became a quartet with the additions of Pete Brown on upright bass and Matt Frazer …
Nov
29
2011
Just one day after Covington’s Mad Hatter & Radiodown closed their doors for good, owners of the Historic Southgate House announced that after 30 years they would also be closing down shop. Truly a tough blow and bittersweet couple days for local musicians and fans alike. But those at the Southgate House (SGH), including marketing …