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 …
Feb
26
2011
Tonight The Seedy Seeds are celebrating the release of their third full-length studio effort, Verb Noun, with a show at Newport’s Historic Southgate House. Verb Noun was released earlier this week, and though I have yet to hear it, I’m sure the new songs will be instant gems, as the Seeds have been one of my …
Feb
21
2010
While Austin, Texas may be just another city on the map, I can’t help but think that maybe they’re putting something in the air or water that makes you believe you are in another world. At least this thought holds true for festivals like South by Southwest and Austin City Limits. I like to think that …
Oct
01
2009
Step Into the Time Machine That Is Popopolis After a seven-year abscence, Popopolis is returning to Cincinnati. The music festival was created in 1998 by Jay Hopper and Mike Breen of Rockets to Mars, who got the idea from San Francisco’s International Pop Overthrow Festival. Breen states that “If you present something as more than just a …
Jul
07
2009
When the 8th Annual Forecastle Festival descends upon Louisville’s Waterfront this weekend, several bands from right here in Cincinnati will be playing alongside greats like Widespread Panic, the Black Crowes, the Black Keys and Umphrey’s McGee. If you’re into the local scene here, I’m sure you know of names like Bad Veins and the Lion’s …