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 …
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 01 2011
2011 isn’t quite over just yet, but I’m already set on what I feel are the best albums of the year – at least as far as my top picks go. Rather than attempt to rank albums 1-50 or 1-100 or even 1-25 like you’ll find most everyone else doing, I thought I’d just share …
Nov 24 2011
On the biggest bar night of the year, over twenty Cincinnati-based bands gave thanks to Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers by celebrating the music the band has given to us over the past thirty-five years. In the true spirit of Thanskgiving, all proceeds from the show went to the Leukemia and Lymphoma societies. …
Oct 27 2011
A few months back I had the great honor and pleasure of visiting Kelly Thomas and some of her band cohorts in Avondale’s Candyland Studios as they were tweaking some of the songs for their upcoming album. Being the music buff that I am and having never stepped foot into a studio, I found …
Oct 14 2011
Our friends over at CincyGroove.com are very proud to be celebrating their 4-year anniversary on November 18th at the Madison Theater in Covington, Kentucky. Music for the evening will be provided by headliner ekoostik hookah and local openers Hickory Robot and Carole Walker. In the spirit of the upcoming Thanksgiving season, CincyGroove will also be …