Feb
16
2012
Have you seen the Bonnaroo lineup yet? Of course you have. What’d you think? Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Phish, the Beach Boys back together again with Brian Wilson, and recent Grammy winners and nominees Bon Iver, Foster the People, Skrillex and The Civil Wars. And what’s this, Alice Cooper, Bad Brains and …
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
27
2012
The Greater Cincinnati area’s premiere non-profitable, publicly funded radio station, WNKU, returns this year with their weekly Studio 89 series after spending 2011 on hiatus. They’ve recently announced the artists performing this year, which will take place every Monday at 7 pm (EST) beginning February 13th, in the Digitorium at Northern Kentucky …
Jan
26
2012
The MusicNOW Festival returns to Cincinnati March 28-30, 2012, with new work from Nico Muhly, Richard Reed Parry of Arcade Fire, Pulitzer Prize winner David Lang and performances by Grammy winners eighth blackbird with special guest Philip Glass, James McVinnie, Pedro Soler and Gaspar Claus, and a workshop presentation of Nico Muhly, Sufjan …
Jan
19
2012
The Wakarusa Music Festival announced today the third and final phase of artist additions. The festival, now held in the Mulberry Mountains of Ozark, Arkansas, will take place on the weekend of May 31st, 2012. Among the artists announced today are the Avett Brothers, Matisyahu, Ghostland Observatory, the String Cheese Incident side project …
Jan
19
2012
In a little less than six months, Cincinnati will be preparing for what could possibly become one of the premier outdoor music festivals in the midwest. On the weekend of July 13th, the first ever Bunbury Festival will come to life at Sawyer Point and Yeatman’s Cove. Bunbury is said to be featuring …
Jan
19
2012
Whimsical, haunting, dreamlike music that eschews the traditional formula, CheyenneMarieMize presents a rainbow of juxtapositions. The New York Times described her 2010 debut, Before Lately, as “sweet without being cloying, weary without hopelessness,” noting the vast space between notes, yet lack of air. Before Lately was a slow-burning, introspective, meditative affair. Her follow-up …
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
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
21
2011
The month of December for music bloggers means making lists of your favorite things that happened in said year. Now I can’t make every single show I’d like to see, but then again, who can? I missed a lot of great things this year in Cincinnati, from Paul McCartney and the National to Guided …